Sofdec7
03-02-07, 05:20 PM
I didn't see this posted yet - please feel free to delete if it already has.
I just got back from Best Buy and they had a stack of Nine Inch Nails blu ray and HDDVD sampler discs available in the game section (BD's by the PS3 games and HDDVDs by the 360 games). A nearby sign says that the sampler is free with any PS3/360 game purchase but the discs ring up as $0.00 so you can just take it to the cashier without purchasing a game.
The disc comes in one of the CD-sized cardboard cases that they usually keep bonus discs inside of - contents of the disc include:
March of the pigs
Closer
Beside you in time
The hand that feeds
Head like a hole
A few things to note:
No menu (the menu button just restarts from track 1)
BD is encoded in VC-1 and audio is in Multi Ch. 48 kHz 650kbps (track 1) or 2Ch 48 kHz 256kbps (according to the PS3). The video quality jumps all over the place (sub-tens to the teens to the twenties all the way into the thirties). Averages (without doing any scientific research - just keeping my eye on the Mbps level - usually stays around 16-18.
As it's a free sampler, the audio is censored - because of this (and possibly it using a different video file than the actual retail BD) it won't be the perfect way to get an idea of what to expect from the final product, but for a free sampler it's a nice little thing to pick up if you're in the area. The song selection isn't bad either!
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6325/dsc02370ov5.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5948/dsc02371ht4.jpg
EDIT: And just to be clear - the HDDVD case to the right of the sampler is not the one included :)
I just got back from Best Buy and they had a stack of Nine Inch Nails blu ray and HDDVD sampler discs available in the game section (BD's by the PS3 games and HDDVDs by the 360 games). A nearby sign says that the sampler is free with any PS3/360 game purchase but the discs ring up as $0.00 so you can just take it to the cashier without purchasing a game.
The disc comes in one of the CD-sized cardboard cases that they usually keep bonus discs inside of - contents of the disc include:
March of the pigs
Closer
Beside you in time
The hand that feeds
Head like a hole
A few things to note:
No menu (the menu button just restarts from track 1)
BD is encoded in VC-1 and audio is in Multi Ch. 48 kHz 650kbps (track 1) or 2Ch 48 kHz 256kbps (according to the PS3). The video quality jumps all over the place (sub-tens to the teens to the twenties all the way into the thirties). Averages (without doing any scientific research - just keeping my eye on the Mbps level - usually stays around 16-18.
As it's a free sampler, the audio is censored - because of this (and possibly it using a different video file than the actual retail BD) it won't be the perfect way to get an idea of what to expect from the final product, but for a free sampler it's a nice little thing to pick up if you're in the area. The song selection isn't bad either!
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6325/dsc02370ov5.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5948/dsc02371ht4.jpg
EDIT: And just to be clear - the HDDVD case to the right of the sampler is not the one included :)