I love HD but I don't plan on buying Blu-Ray myself. DVDs are good enough for me. I do want more HD TV channels that have real HD, not shows upverted.
But I only bought my 1080p TV for video games.
Blu-Ray doesn't offer enough for me. Better picture but to me, it's not much better then DVD. I only notice a big diffrent in quality when I am watching sports in HD and nature shows. They it look crisp and amazing.
You don't see a noticeable difference in picture quality between DVD and Blu-Ray? WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT are you out of your mind? Did spell check miss something, are you confused over which cables to use or are you just a troll looking to start up some angry replies.
No kidding Wes. What happens when consumer entertainment development is not the largest reserach sector in the world as everything out there is already good enough looking or sounding. Companies could have to start innovating the way we interact with media or we as a society could start caring more about social issues like poverty, education of children, human rights or countless other things than entertainment media.
A very sad day indeed.
In regard to Brian, I understand what you mean. Most people have 37-42" tvs. Not a lot of people have 72" or 60" TVs with the latest feature sets were blu-ray really starts to shine over traditional DVD upconverted. For a lot of people, upconverted dvd is good enough if it costs 1/3rd or 1/2 the cost.
Now that sad thing, this whole survey was back in April. Before the Economic Issues and Financial Worries about big-ticket items and spending on luxury items. I wouldn't be surprised if that 7% planning to invest in Blu-ray this year might have dropped down to 4-5% or less. I believe this too was before Hulu's big watch-anything-anytime advertising campaigns on all the major networks during primetime too that's been going on. Maybe that'll be another -0.2%.
Most of the pro-sport channels are using 1280x720P, not 1920x1080i/P. Why you wasted your money in watching 1080P display is strange. What gaming platform are you using that you know the games are being generated in 1080P? A lot of claims out there and little evidence.
Also, how wide is your 1080P HDTV and how far back is your typical viewing distance? For a 50" 16:9 1080P HDTV the viewing width would be 43.6", and if you sit farther back than 65.4" then you eyes are not going to resolve the entire 1080P resolution unless your eyes are better than 20/20.
Maybe you don't see a difference because of the way you are using the HDTV. How you can say you do not see the difference in a six-fold increase in pixel resolution and a much larger color palette is bewildering.
Who gives a fuck, blu ray is a messed up bag of hurt, DRM laden shit, slow loading buggy players, expensive discs for what??? A little better AV quality, wopdee fucken do
If you can't tell the difference between dvd and blu ray than your TV is not big enough. Also, you do not have high end equipment. Third, you are sitting too far from you TV. Everything looks good on a 32" TV from 30 feet away. The difference is strinking if properly set up. Many people refuse to accept the fact that Blu-ray is superior cause of the cost factor. They comfort themselves that what they have is good enough. Most people are not detail oriented, so they would not see the difference. It is not just the sharper picture we are talking about. It is about contrast (the difference between the white and black), the color (vibrant) and the depth of picture (120hz TVs create a sense of depth in the picture, some love it some hate it but it is there). This effect is rarely noticeable on DVDs, Broadcast or home video recordings but this 3D effect is really noticeable onBlu Ray. We are not even talking about the unparalleded clarity of picture. Hope this helps you jump on the Blu bandwagon.
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I love HD but I don't plan on buying Blu-Ray myself. DVDs are good enough for me. I do want more HD TV channels that have real HD, not shows upverted.
But I only bought my 1080p TV for video games.
Blu-Ray doesn't offer enough for me. Better picture but to me, it's not much better then DVD. I only notice a big diffrent in quality when I am watching sports in HD and nature shows. They it look crisp and amazing.
You don't see a noticeable difference in picture quality between DVD and Blu-Ray? WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT are you out of your mind? Did spell check miss something, are you confused over which cables to use or are you just a troll looking to start up some angry replies.
"And if you want to get down to it, Hollywood doesn’t record most movies in HD quality. Some movies are yes, most aren’t"
Most hollywood features are actually shot on film, which has far higher resolution than 1080p HD video.
the day everyone says technology is "good enough" will be a very sad day.
No kidding Wes. What happens when consumer entertainment development is not the largest reserach sector in the world as everything out there is already good enough looking or sounding. Companies could have to start innovating the way we interact with media or we as a society could start caring more about social issues like poverty, education of children, human rights or countless other things than entertainment media.
A very sad day indeed.
In regard to Brian, I understand what you mean. Most people have 37-42" tvs. Not a lot of people have 72" or 60" TVs with the latest feature sets were blu-ray really starts to shine over traditional DVD upconverted. For a lot of people, upconverted dvd is good enough if it costs 1/3rd or 1/2 the cost.
Now that sad thing, this whole survey was back in April. Before the Economic Issues and Financial Worries about big-ticket items and spending on luxury items. I wouldn't be surprised if that 7% planning to invest in Blu-ray this year might have dropped down to 4-5% or less. I believe this too was before Hulu's big watch-anything-anytime advertising campaigns on all the major networks during primetime too that's been going on. Maybe that'll be another -0.2%.
Most of the pro-sport channels are using 1280x720P, not 1920x1080i/P. Why you wasted your money in watching 1080P display is strange. What gaming platform are you using that you know the games are being generated in 1080P? A lot of claims out there and little evidence.
Also, how wide is your 1080P HDTV and how far back is your typical viewing distance? For a 50" 16:9 1080P HDTV the viewing width would be 43.6", and if you sit farther back than 65.4" then you eyes are not going to resolve the entire 1080P resolution unless your eyes are better than 20/20.
Maybe you don't see a difference because of the way you are using the HDTV. How you can say you do not see the difference in a six-fold increase in pixel resolution and a much larger color palette is bewildering.
Who gives a fuck, blu ray is a messed up bag of hurt, DRM laden shit, slow loading buggy players, expensive discs for what??? A little better AV quality, wopdee fucken do
If you can't tell the difference between dvd and blu ray than your TV is not big enough. Also, you do not have high end equipment. Third, you are sitting too far from you TV. Everything looks good on a 32" TV from 30 feet away. The difference is strinking if properly set up. Many people refuse to accept the fact that Blu-ray is superior cause of the cost factor. They comfort themselves that what they have is good enough. Most people are not detail oriented, so they would not see the difference. It is not just the sharper picture we are talking about. It is about contrast (the difference between the white and black), the color (vibrant) and the depth of picture (120hz TVs create a sense of depth in the picture, some love it some hate it but it is there). This effect is rarely noticeable on DVDs, Broadcast or home video recordings but this 3D effect is really noticeable onBlu Ray. We are not even talking about the unparalleded clarity of picture. Hope this helps you jump on the Blu bandwagon.