1:35: I wonder if James ever figured out that the reason for the 16:9 letterboxing was not due to the output, but due to the fact that the DVD player was most likely set to 4:3 letterbox and not 16:9, which still stretches 4:3 content, unless it's pillarboxed on the DVD itself, but treats 16:9 properly.
My Sony DVD player outputs in 16:9 when configured correctly. Granted I used it for Jackass Number Two, as it was my first taste into the forbidden world of shows made for a more mature audience.
The only way to collect and watch media that makes sense to me anymore is ripping blu rays and saving them locally to a hard drive, and then watching them on my PC with a media server like Plex or Kodi. Streaming is convenient, but the quality is limited and you can never really own any of your media. Streaming platforms are basically TV channels where you can choose which program you want to watch at any time, but their lineup is constantly changing. Blu rays have so many temperamental technical issues that vary from player to player that DVDs never had. When you have it ripped to an MP4 or MKV file, and a program to play them on your computer, then everything just works, and having all of your media at your fingertips without having to switch discs (or worry about discs breaking) is so convenient that the idea of going back to anything physical actually causes me pain. Sure, hard drives eventually die, but you have the ability to back everything up to a new drive periodically. You can't do anything to stop disc rot.
kodi is okay, but plex sucks honestly. I just prefer hooking my tv to my steam deck and streaming like that on some website like wco or fmovies with a adblocker.
James L. Anderson : Within the past year I started watching movies on an Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One and only within the past month or two I started trying out 4K And Blu-Rays. So I figured I'd just relay my own experience I have with this and share my trials and errors. Now the first XBOX 360 I had went dead within 5 minutes... No joke. I used the thing for 5 minutes and it shut down. I got a blinking light and I could never get it to power on again. This is my second one. I've had it for a while now and it has been okay. I use a fan on the front of it here trying to prevent it from overheating. But if it overheats in 5 minutes that's some faulty design. Before I talk about Blu-ray I gotta say I love the DVD-player on the Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One. The image looks great and I like the wireless technology on the controller that I don't have to point the thing at the TV. No matter where it is I can just reach over and push the button. The only downfall of this is if you accidentally bump it or throw it aside you'll end up stopping the DVD or skipping a scene. But usually I don't encounter this problem. The battery sucks! It seems like I can only get through two or three movies before it goes dead and then I have to charge it. I like when you hit 'Select' it shows all your stats, like how long the movie is and all that stuff. It's unobtrusive and it looks good. As for the picture since I've owned an HD-TV it's the first time I've been able to actually watch movies in the prober screen size. Like if it's a regular 4:3 movie it doesn't stretch it to fill the screen. If the movie is in widescreen then it actually fills the TV. On my old DVD-player a widescreen movie would get letterboxed and it stretches the whole thing out. I think the problem is that the old DVD-player did not have an HDMI output - it only had the regular RCA-cables. So what I've come to learn is that going from this (referring to RCA) to that (HDMI) makes a huge difference. No wonder the image is so much clearer. Well, on the downside I'm now starting to learn how many of the DVD's in my collection are not formatted for widescreen TV's. In this case the letterbox area is part of the image, so the TV doesn't know it's supposed to fill the whole thing and it really sucks. Whenever this happens I have to use the TV's digital zoom to get it to fill the screen. Now I understand why everyone was complaining about the original "Star Wars"-trilogy never being released in this format. In other words the special editions will fill the screen, the original unaltered versions will not. So once I felt confident using the Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One as my DVD-player I decided to get myself some 4K And Blu-Rays and try them out. Well, listen to this; there was no sound on the movies. There was sound on the opening logos, the trailers in the beginning, the bonus features, everything-- but when you play the main movie - no sound. It seemed to be a problem related to 4K And Blu-Ray as it never happened on any of my regular DVD's. I went into all the menus and messed about with the audio settings - nothing solved the problem. That was until I tried the other menu you get by pushing the triangle button. It brings up a bunch of vague symbols. I tried them all out to see what they do. One of them turned out to be another menu for audio settings. This menu had some options that were not in the main menu that you see when you first turn on your XBOX 360 And XBOX One. I changed some PCM or bitstream or something and finally the sound came on. There's another problem I'm having with the controller, but it's more like a minor inconvenience. When you're playing a Blu-Ray the controls are different than if you're playing a regular DVD. Play and pause is no longer 'A', now it's 'Start'. Fast-forwarding and rewinding; on a regular DVD it's left and right on the control pad, but on a 4K And Blu-Ray you have to use 'L' and 'R'. It was much easier before because I could use one hand or even just reach over. But now I have to pick the thing up and use both hands. I'm aware that there's a special controller specifically made for the Blu-Ray but I was fine using the regular game controller until they changed the controls. Another thing I noticed was that while the trailers are playing you can't jump to the menu like you usually can on a DVD. But you can use the chapter-skip, so this means you have to skip through each trailer one at a time until you finally get to the menu. At least this is what happens on the 4K And Blu-Rays that I own. The image quality is crystal clear but unless you're sitting close to the TV it doesn't make that big a difference. Not worth the headache and the higher prices. The biggest difference I saw was going from RCA to HDMI. The Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One made my standard DVD's look way better. As for 4K And Blu-Ray it looks nice but I'm in no hurry to replace my DVD collection. You know how long it's been taking to get all my VHS movies on DVD? Still, half my collection is VHS. Remember HD-DVD's? Guess we can forget that ever existed, right? In the next few days I'm gonna talk about some more obsolete video formats that some people may not remember. So check in real soon. Oh wait! And one last thing about the Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One; this thing plays games too, right? I almost forgot. Well, I have yet to play an Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One game. As funny as that is, it's true.
I remember seeing this video WAAAAY back in the day. PS3 fans were so mad they unsubscribed and shit.
Funny as all hell
They haven’t changed much. I think they have gotten worse, actually 😂
Im mostly a pc player, but I like the ps3 honestly. Definitely easier to mod and has some gems on it
I wanted to buy the ps3 remote control based off of his review in the past.
1:35: I wonder if James ever figured out that the reason for the 16:9 letterboxing was not due to the output, but due to the fact that the DVD player was most likely set to 4:3 letterbox and not 16:9, which still stretches 4:3 content, unless it's pillarboxed on the DVD itself, but treats 16:9 properly.
My Sony DVD player outputs in 16:9 when configured correctly. Granted I used it for Jackass Number Two, as it was my first taste into the forbidden world of shows made for a more mature audience.
He was watching on that tiny TV? No wonder he didn’t think Blu-Ray was much of an upgrade!
and to this day James still uses a PS3 for Blu-ray
That’s a shame cause he’s missing out on how awesome physical media is nowadays compared to back then
its funny to think james was just using the ps3 as a blu ray player
After a while, I was using my PS2 more to play DVDs than to play games (although I went back and forth).
Ps3 The best thing was the blu ray player. xbox 360 was better every other way
I mostly use my PS5 as a streaming and Blu-Ray device at this point, lol
the fat ps3 was such a nice looking console. Funny enough im the only one that thinks that
I got the slim one, but I kinda prefer the original. The silver looks good, the glossy top looks better, etc
@@RetroWrathX13B The Gun Metal Metal Gear one looks the best
You’re not the only one, the only reason I got a slim was because I heard it was more reliable. The fat model definitely looks the best IMO
@@wachinimagaming4898 the fat model also plays ps2 games.. giving it much more value
@@dragmire0001 not all fat models do though, just the really early versions of it
The only way to collect and watch media that makes sense to me anymore is ripping blu rays and saving them locally to a hard drive, and then watching them on my PC with a media server like Plex or Kodi. Streaming is convenient, but the quality is limited and you can never really own any of your media. Streaming platforms are basically TV channels where you can choose which program you want to watch at any time, but their lineup is constantly changing.
Blu rays have so many temperamental technical issues that vary from player to player that DVDs never had. When you have it ripped to an MP4 or MKV file, and a program to play them on your computer, then everything just works, and having all of your media at your fingertips without having to switch discs (or worry about discs breaking) is so convenient that the idea of going back to anything physical actually causes me pain. Sure, hard drives eventually die, but you have the ability to back everything up to a new drive periodically. You can't do anything to stop disc rot.
kodi is okay, but plex sucks honestly. I just prefer hooking my tv to my steam deck and streaming like that on some website like wco or fmovies with a adblocker.
The ps3 really was better as a dvd and and blu ray player than it was for actual video games.
That probably would’ve landed better with a console that didn’t have so many amazing games.
Haha what a blast from the past, HDMIs really changed the game, huh
James L. Anderson : Within the past year I started watching movies on an Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One and only within the past month or two I started trying out 4K And Blu-Rays. So I figured I'd just relay my own experience I have with this and share my trials and errors. Now the first XBOX 360 I had went dead within 5 minutes... No joke. I used the thing for 5 minutes and it shut down. I got a blinking light and I could never get it to power on again. This is my second one. I've had it for a while now and it has been okay. I use a fan on the front of it here trying to prevent it from overheating. But if it overheats in 5 minutes that's some faulty design. Before I talk about Blu-ray I gotta say I love the DVD-player on the Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One. The image looks great and I like the wireless technology on the controller that I don't have to point the thing at the TV. No matter where it is I can just reach over and push the button. The only downfall of this is if you accidentally bump it or throw it aside you'll end up stopping the DVD or skipping a scene. But usually I don't encounter this problem. The battery sucks! It seems like I can only get through two or three movies before it goes dead and then I have to charge it. I like when you hit 'Select' it shows all your stats, like how long the movie is and all that stuff. It's unobtrusive and it looks good. As for the picture since I've owned an HD-TV it's the first time I've been able to actually watch movies in the prober screen size. Like if it's a regular 4:3 movie it doesn't stretch it to fill the screen. If the movie is in widescreen then it actually fills the TV. On my old DVD-player a widescreen movie would get letterboxed and it stretches the whole thing out. I think the problem is that the old DVD-player did not have an HDMI output - it only had the regular RCA-cables. So what I've come to learn is that going from this (referring to RCA) to that (HDMI) makes a huge difference. No wonder the image is so much clearer. Well, on the downside I'm now starting to learn how many of the DVD's in my collection are not formatted for widescreen TV's. In this case the letterbox area is part of the image, so the TV doesn't know it's supposed to fill the whole thing and it really sucks. Whenever this happens I have to use the TV's digital zoom to get it to fill the screen. Now I understand why everyone was complaining about the original "Star Wars"-trilogy never being released in this format. In other words the special editions will fill the screen, the original unaltered versions will not. So once I felt confident using the Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One as my DVD-player I decided to get myself some 4K And Blu-Rays and try them out. Well, listen to this; there was no sound on the movies. There was sound on the opening logos, the trailers in the beginning, the bonus features, everything-- but when you play the main movie - no sound. It seemed to be a problem related to 4K And Blu-Ray as it never happened on any of my regular DVD's. I went into all the menus and messed about with the audio settings - nothing solved the problem. That was until I tried the other menu you get by pushing the triangle button. It brings up a bunch of vague symbols. I tried them all out to see what they do. One of them turned out to be another menu for audio settings. This menu had some options that were not in the main menu that you see when you first turn on your XBOX 360 And XBOX One. I changed some PCM or bitstream or something and finally the sound came on. There's another problem I'm having with the controller, but it's more like a minor inconvenience. When you're playing a Blu-Ray the controls are different than if you're playing a regular DVD. Play and pause is no longer 'A', now it's 'Start'. Fast-forwarding and rewinding; on a regular DVD it's left and right on the control pad, but on a 4K And Blu-Ray you have to use 'L' and 'R'. It was much easier before because I could use one hand or even just reach over. But now I have to pick the thing up and use both hands. I'm aware that there's a special controller specifically made for the Blu-Ray but I was fine using the regular game controller until they changed the controls. Another thing I noticed was that while the trailers are playing you can't jump to the menu like you usually can on a DVD. But you can use the chapter-skip, so this means you have to skip through each trailer one at a time until you finally get to the menu. At least this is what happens on the 4K And Blu-Rays that I own. The image quality is crystal clear but unless you're sitting close to the TV it doesn't make that big a difference. Not worth the headache and the higher prices. The biggest difference I saw was going from RCA to HDMI. The Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One made my standard DVD's look way better. As for 4K And Blu-Ray it looks nice but I'm in no hurry to replace my DVD collection. You know how long it's been taking to get all my VHS movies on DVD? Still, half my collection is VHS. Remember HD-DVD's? Guess we can forget that ever existed, right? In the next few days I'm gonna talk about some more obsolete video formats that some people may not remember. So check in real soon. Oh wait! And one last thing about the Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One; this thing plays games too, right? I almost forgot. Well, I have yet to play an Original XBOX XBOX 360 And XBOX One game. As funny as that is, it's true.