NIU93
2nd String
Posts: 323
Joined: Feb 2004
Reputation: 3
I Root For: NIU
Location:
|
Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
I ordered the Orange Bowl blu ray from Walmart and received it today; however, what I received is a DVD with only the Florida State logo on it. I went back and checked my order confirmation e-mail and the descripton of the item clearly states "bluray, DVD, and digital copy." So, my question is did anyone actually receive a blu ray or is this another Walmart POS that I will be returning?
PS. If you are thinking of ordering, I wouldn't Just from reading the case I can tell the whole thing is pretty FSU one-sided.
|
|
03-02-2013 10:32 PM |
|
Dog Fan
Hall of Famer
Posts: 24,853
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 145
I Root For: NIU Huskies
Location: The Paperback Grotto
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-02-2013 10:32 PM)NIU93 Wrote: I ordered the Orange Bowl blu ray from Walmart and received it today; however, what I received is a DVD with only the Florida State logo on it. I went back and checked my order confirmation e-mail and the descripton of the item clearly states "bluray, DVD, and digital copy." So, my question is did anyone actually receive a blu ray or is this another Walmart POS that I will be returning?
PS. If you are thinking of ordering, I wouldn't Just from reading the case I can tell the whole thing is pretty FSU one-sided.
I got the DVD from CBS Sports. It was never offered in Blu Ray. FSU is featured because they won the game. Just the way it is.
|
|
03-02-2013 11:10 PM |
|
NIU93
2nd String
Posts: 323
Joined: Feb 2004
Reputation: 3
I Root For: NIU
Location:
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-02-2013 11:10 PM)Dog Fan Wrote: (03-02-2013 10:32 PM)NIU93 Wrote: I ordered the Orange Bowl blu ray from Walmart and received it today; however, what I received is a DVD with only the Florida State logo on it. I went back and checked my order confirmation e-mail and the descripton of the item clearly states "bluray, DVD, and digital copy." So, my question is did anyone actually receive a blu ray or is this another Walmart POS that I will be returning?
PS. If you are thinking of ordering, I wouldn't Just from reading the case I can tell the whole thing is pretty FSU one-sided.
I got the DVD from CBS Sports. It was never offered in Blu Ray. FSU is featured because they won the game. Just the way it is.
Meh...I get the FSU one-sidedness, but was really hoping for 1080p. Oh well, guess I will just not delete game from the DVR. Thanks for the info, Dog Fan!
|
|
03-02-2013 11:14 PM |
|
HuskieFootball Addict
Heisman
Posts: 5,238
Joined: Oct 2008
Reputation: 45
I Root For: NIU, NIU, NIU
Location: Central Illinois
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-02-2013 11:14 PM)NIU93 Wrote: (03-02-2013 11:10 PM)Dog Fan Wrote: (03-02-2013 10:32 PM)NIU93 Wrote: I ordered the Orange Bowl blu ray from Walmart and received it today; however, what I received is a DVD with only the Florida State logo on it. I went back and checked my order confirmation e-mail and the descripton of the item clearly states "bluray, DVD, and digital copy." So, my question is did anyone actually receive a blu ray or is this another Walmart POS that I will be returning?
PS. If you are thinking of ordering, I wouldn't Just from reading the case I can tell the whole thing is pretty FSU one-sided.
I got the DVD from CBS Sports. It was never offered in Blu Ray. FSU is featured because they won the game. Just the way it is.
Meh...I get the FSU one-sidedness, but was really hoping for 1080p. Oh well, guess I will just not delete game from the DVR. Thanks for the info, Dog Fan!
You might want to re-think that DVR thing. We have our DVR from Comcast and it went on the fritz. We had to turn it in for a new one and lost EVERYTHING that we had kept on there....like both MACC games. :-(
|
|
03-05-2013 05:13 PM |
|
HuskieJohn
Hall of Famer
Posts: 23,591
Joined: Dec 2010
Reputation: 64
I Root For: NIU
Location:
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-05-2013 05:13 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: You might want to re-think that DVR thing. We have our DVR from Comcast and it went on the fritz. We had to turn it in for a new one and lost EVERYTHING that we had kept on there....like both MACC games. :-(
Does it have a USB port?
My dads does and he just downloads the recordings onto an external hard drive.
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2013 05:22 PM by HuskieJohn.)
|
|
03-05-2013 05:22 PM |
|
HuskieRak
Heisman
Posts: 5,933
Joined: Feb 2007
Reputation: 27
I Root For: NIU! NIU! NIU!
Location: Jacksonville, FL
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
WatchESPN still have it?
|
|
03-05-2013 05:36 PM |
|
NIU007
Legend
Posts: 34,252
Joined: Sep 2004
Reputation: 318
I Root For: NIU, MAC
Location: Naperville, IL
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
The Kent State game is still on there, last I checked. Not the Ohio one though.
|
|
03-05-2013 06:03 PM |
|
NIU93
2nd String
Posts: 323
Joined: Feb 2004
Reputation: 3
I Root For: NIU
Location:
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-05-2013 05:22 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:13 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: You might want to re-think that DVR thing. We have our DVR from Comcast and it went on the fritz. We had to turn it in for a new one and lost EVERYTHING that we had kept on there....like both MACC games. :-(
Does it have a USB port?
My dads does and he just downloads the recordings onto an external hard drive.
Yes, I have Directv's Genie. I have a 2 TB external hooked up to it, so it's already on the external hard drive. I would like to keep it hi def. I don't have a blu ray burner; that is why I purchased from Walmart. It was advertised as a blu ray, but came as a standard def DVD. Ugh...
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2013 06:48 PM by NIU93.)
|
|
03-06-2013 06:48 PM |
|
huskiebob
Heisman
Posts: 8,528
Joined: Nov 2004
Reputation: 44
I Root For: NIU Huskies
Location: The Space Coast
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-05-2013 06:03 PM)NIU007 Wrote: The Kent State game is still on there, last I checked. Not the Ohio one though.
WatchESPN still has all our games that were carried on the ESPN platforms in 2012. That includes, Iowa, UT-Martin, Kansas, CMU, Ball State, Buffalo, Akron, WMU, Toledo, EMU, the 2012 MACC and the Orange Bowl. They even have the GoDaddy Bowl from early 2012. The quality is good if you have a decent internet connection.
|
|
03-06-2013 08:35 PM |
|
NIUslumo
1st String
Posts: 1,746
Joined: Dec 2005
Reputation: 3
I Root For: NIU
Location: Kenosha
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-06-2013 06:48 PM)NIU93 Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:22 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:13 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: You might want to re-think that DVR thing. We have our DVR from Comcast and it went on the fritz. We had to turn it in for a new one and lost EVERYTHING that we had kept on there....like both MACC games. :-(
Does it have a USB port?
My dads does and he just downloads the recordings onto an external hard drive.
Yes, I have Directv's Genie. I have a 2 TB external hooked up to it, so it's already on the external hard drive. I would like to keep it hi def. I don't have a blu ray burner; that is why I purchased from Walmart. It was advertised as a blu ray, but came as a standard def DVD. Ugh...
Just curious, can you play this directly from the external Hard Drive? Any issues with it? I wouldn't be opposed to hooking up a Hard Drive to my DVR. It would make it easier to keep things like old games. I burn some of them to DVD, but the quality is obviously bad. I'm not sure what a Genie is, I just have a regular HD DVR with DirecTV.
|
|
03-07-2013 10:32 AM |
|
HuskieJohn
Hall of Famer
Posts: 23,591
Joined: Dec 2010
Reputation: 64
I Root For: NIU
Location:
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-07-2013 10:32 AM)NIUslumo Wrote: Just curious, can you play this directly from the external Hard Drive? Any issues with it? I wouldn't be opposed to hooking up a Hard Drive to my DVR. It would make it easier to keep things like old games. I burn some of them to DVD, but the quality is obviously bad. I'm not sure what a Genie is, I just have a regular HD DVR with DirecTV.
My dad plays the stuff thru the DVR. Its just not on the DVRs internal hard drive. The benefit is that if the DVR dies he still has the shows when he gets a new DVR.
|
|
03-07-2013 10:47 AM |
|
NIU007
Legend
Posts: 34,252
Joined: Sep 2004
Reputation: 318
I Root For: NIU, MAC
Location: Naperville, IL
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-06-2013 08:35 PM)huskiebob Wrote: (03-05-2013 06:03 PM)NIU007 Wrote: The Kent State game is still on there, last I checked. Not the Ohio one though.
WatchESPN still has all our games that were carried on the ESPN platforms in 2012. That includes, Iowa, UT-Martin, Kansas, CMU, Ball State, Buffalo, Akron, WMU, Toledo, EMU, the 2012 MACC and the Orange Bowl. They even have the GoDaddy Bowl from early 2012. The quality is good if you have a decent internet connection.
Yea, he was asking about the MACC games. Last year's is still there but not the Ohio one, since that was 2011. I think I've rewatched all of 2012's games already at one time or another.
|
|
03-07-2013 11:05 AM |
|
HuskieFootball Addict
Heisman
Posts: 5,238
Joined: Oct 2008
Reputation: 45
I Root For: NIU, NIU, NIU
Location: Central Illinois
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-05-2013 05:22 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:13 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: You might want to re-think that DVR thing. We have our DVR from Comcast and it went on the fritz. We had to turn it in for a new one and lost EVERYTHING that we had kept on there....like both MACC games. :-(
Does it have a USB port?
My dads does and he just downloads the recordings onto an external hard drive.
When we talked to the idiots at Comcast about our sick dvr, they told us there was no way to save the recordings on it. I thought that was odd at the time. However, it was a pretty old dvr so who knows.
In about a week, I will be able to tell Comcast to shove it. We are getting our phone, internet & tv thru a new company in our area that uses fiber optics. In fact, SO many people in our area are doing this that Comcast might as well pack a suitcase & leave.
The internet will be screaming fast...so MAYBE I will be able to see why some of you actually like ESPN3 for watching Huskie football. As it is now I think it sucks - and there is no HD quality. I am hoping to see a 100% improvement with the super fast internet speed we will have.
|
|
03-07-2013 11:09 AM |
|
NIU007
Legend
Posts: 34,252
Joined: Sep 2004
Reputation: 318
I Root For: NIU, MAC
Location: Naperville, IL
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-07-2013 11:09 AM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:22 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:13 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: You might want to re-think that DVR thing. We have our DVR from Comcast and it went on the fritz. We had to turn it in for a new one and lost EVERYTHING that we had kept on there....like both MACC games. :-(
Does it have a USB port?
My dads does and he just downloads the recordings onto an external hard drive.
When we talked to the idiots at Comcast about our sick dvr, they told us there was no way to save the recordings on it. I thought that was odd at the time. However, it was a pretty old dvr so who knows.
In about a week, I will be able to tell Comcast to shove it. We are getting our phone, internet & tv thru a new company in our area that uses fiber optics. In fact, SO many people in our area are doing this that Comcast might as well pack a suitcase & leave.
The internet will be screaming fast...so MAYBE I will be able to see why some of you actually like ESPN3 for watching Huskie football. As it is now I think it sucks - and there is no HD quality. I am hoping to see a 100% improvement with the super fast internet speed we will have.
Which carrier? I'm looking to switch from Comcast if I can find something cheaper.
|
|
03-07-2013 11:14 AM |
|
HuskieRak
Heisman
Posts: 5,933
Joined: Feb 2007
Reputation: 27
I Root For: NIU! NIU! NIU!
Location: Jacksonville, FL
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
Cable is highly overrated. And this is coming from someone who watches a lot of TV and live sports.
Keep your high-speed internet, get rid of cable, buy an HD OTA Antenna (all local channels in HD), and buy a jailbroken Apple TV. This setup saves me about $100/month.
Get all the local channels (NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS) (1080p) through the antenna. And a jailbroken apple tv is heaven for those who love TV but hate cable. Shows are usually available a couple hours after they originally air. Great picture from sports streams too. Plus if you subscribe to Netflix, Hulu Plus, NHL GameCenter, MLBTV etc, you can stream the pic from the box to your TV. Greatest thing I've ever done for my bank account.
(This post was last modified: 03-07-2013 11:25 AM by HuskieRak.)
|
|
03-07-2013 11:24 AM |
|
Dog Fan
Hall of Famer
Posts: 24,853
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 145
I Root For: NIU Huskies
Location: The Paperback Grotto
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
I have satellite with a 50" 1080P Sony Bravia smart TV. I have internet access through the TV, DirecTV Genie, and my Sony Blu Ray player. No way a computer can match that. I do my work on a computer. I don't need one for entertainment.
|
|
03-07-2013 11:30 AM |
|
HuskieFootball Addict
Heisman
Posts: 5,238
Joined: Oct 2008
Reputation: 45
I Root For: NIU, NIU, NIU
Location: Central Illinois
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-07-2013 11:14 AM)NIU007 Wrote: (03-07-2013 11:09 AM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:22 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote: (03-05-2013 05:13 PM)HuskieFootball Addict Wrote: You might want to re-think that DVR thing. We have our DVR from Comcast and it went on the fritz. We had to turn it in for a new one and lost EVERYTHING that we had kept on there....like both MACC games. :-(
Does it have a USB port?
My dads does and he just downloads the recordings onto an external hard drive.
When we talked to the idiots at Comcast about our sick dvr, they told us there was no way to save the recordings on it. I thought that was odd at the time. However, it was a pretty old dvr so who knows.
In about a week, I will be able to tell Comcast to shove it. We are getting our phone, internet & tv thru a new company in our area that uses fiber optics. In fact, SO many people in our area are doing this that Comcast might as well pack a suitcase & leave.
The internet will be screaming fast...so MAYBE I will be able to see why some of you actually like ESPN3 for watching Huskie football. As it is now I think it sucks - and there is no HD quality. I am hoping to see a 100% improvement with the super fast internet speed we will have.
Which carrier? I'm looking to switch from Comcast if I can find something cheaper.
The company is iTV3. I don't believe they are anywhere YET except Central IL. It's an up and coming and people here are ditching Comcast in droves.
We switched to them about 5 months ago for my business and now are saving $100 a month. We don't have TV at our office, but they handle our internet and all of our phone stuff. I used to have 3 different phone company bills - 2 local and AT&T for our long distance. Now it's all on one and much cheaper.
|
|
03-07-2013 11:42 AM |
|
HuskieJohn
Hall of Famer
Posts: 23,591
Joined: Dec 2010
Reputation: 64
I Root For: NIU
Location:
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-07-2013 11:24 AM)HuskieRak Wrote: Cable is highly overrated. And this is coming from someone who watches a lot of TV and live sports.
Keep your high-speed internet, get rid of cable, buy an HD OTA Antenna (all local channels in HD), and buy a jailbroken Apple TV. This setup saves me about $100/month.
Get all the local channels (NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS) (1080p) through the antenna. And a jailbroken apple tv is heaven for those who love TV but hate cable. Shows are usually available a couple hours after they originally air. Great picture from sports streams too. Plus if you subscribe to Netflix, Hulu Plus, NHL GameCenter, MLBTV etc, you can stream the pic from the box to your TV. Greatest thing I've ever done for my bank account.
+1
We have the same thing - the Apple TV
Smart TV where we use Netflix streaming plan...right now they are charging use $3.00 a month for some reason. We were expecting to pay $7.99 a month.
I have our laptop hooked up with an HDMI cord to stream all the shows that are free online. Also ESPN3.com is offered thru AT&T (our ISP). Finally we have the in-laws Comcast log in to watch a ton of other options.
Right now we are paying $21 a month for 3mb internet and all the TV we watch. After the internet promo ends after a year we will be paying about $43. We were paying $67 a mo for 1.5mbs internet and the standard cable package. That is a savings of over $550 the first year and $288 each year after. I spent $500 to buy the smart TV and all the HDMI wires.
|
|
03-07-2013 11:56 AM |
|
NIU93
2nd String
Posts: 323
Joined: Feb 2004
Reputation: 3
I Root For: NIU
Location:
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-07-2013 11:30 AM)Dog Fan Wrote: I have satellite with a 50" 1080P Sony Bravia smart TV. I have internet access through the TV, DirecTV Genie, and my Sony Blu Ray player. No way a computer can match that. I do my work on a computer. I don't need one for entertainment.
Wow, Dog Fan, we have similar tastes in A/V gear. I am a bit of an A/V snob, which explains my irritation with Walmart. I want the OB on blu ray!
|
|
03-07-2013 02:25 PM |
|
Dog Fan
Hall of Famer
Posts: 24,853
Joined: Dec 2003
Reputation: 145
I Root For: NIU Huskies
Location: The Paperback Grotto
|
RE: Anybody order Walmart Orange Bowl Blu ray?
(03-07-2013 02:25 PM)NIU93 Wrote: (03-07-2013 11:30 AM)Dog Fan Wrote: I have satellite with a 50" 1080P Sony Bravia smart TV. I have internet access through the TV, DirecTV Genie, and my Sony Blu Ray player. No way a computer can match that. I do my work on a computer. I don't need one for entertainment.
Wow, Dog Fan, we have similar tastes in A/V gear. I am a bit of an A/V snob, which explains my irritation with Walmart. I want the OB on blu ray!
It would have been nice in Blu Ray, but the OB will not be a big seller. Thus, they are going for the lowest common denominator. And that's DVD, since DVDs can be played on Blu Ray players.
|
|
03-07-2013 02:31 PM |
|