Blu-Ray: What's the difference? How much better than DVD? Is it worth buying?

Yeah you can get Godfather Trilogy for only 35 bucs at best buy.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

I just ordered Apocalpyto on Blu Ray, for those who have seen it, what were your thoughts? I also preordered Passion of Christ on blu ray, coming out in February.
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Apocalypto is one of my favorite blu-rays i own. the PQ and AQ is top notch. good flick too, although if your the type that hates subtitled moviesyou might not like. oh yeah and lots of violence and gore if thats your thing.

also amazon right now is a having a pretty good sale on some blu-rays, buy 10 get $100 off http://www.amazon.com/gp/...d=1000300361&plpage=1 listof movies is small but if you can find 10 you want its a good deal.
 
bourne trilogy finally getting released in january...

amazon also has sin city listed for release this tuesday...
 
Originally Posted by WearinTheFourFive

People in here don't understand, the battle between blu-ray and HD-DVD came down to gamers and porn. Usually whoever the porn business backs comes out on top. And plus, every PS3 comes with a built in blu-ray player while you had to purchase a HD-DVD player on top of your XBOX 360...It's quite simple really.
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Originally Posted by ShaunJon

Originally Posted by Crazy EBW

Originally Posted by shatterkneesinc

Originally Posted by ShaunJon

If you wanna see the difference between standard and blu ray dvd's go to best buy. Me and my girl were standing there looking at the little demonstration dvd they play on their hdtv's and there is a big difference. But like everyone else said, you gotta get a hdtv to get the results. That's why im trying to upgrade from my 26 in. 720p to a 32 in. 1080p
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hmm a 32in 1080p..
I dont recommend that because 32in is way too small for you to experience 1080p in all its glory. 720p will suit you just fine.
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Yes it's def not worth it unless you really get a deal on it or you just HAVE to have it...
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what would be a good size to get then?
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I believe it has to be over 42"
 
Originally Posted by sole vintage

Originally Posted by ShaunJon


what would be a good size to get then?
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40inches and higher to notice a difference in 1080p is there any deals for lost on blu ray
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my best advice for you, or for anyone , when shopping for movies is to use amazons authorized retailers. SICK ++@ DEALS ON THERE
 
i don't understand why people are so apprehensive about blu-ray

it's seriously the perfect complement to any hdtv
 
This Is Still Available...At Amazon Too....
Best Buy has The Godfather Collection 4 Discs Blu-Ray for $41.99 Choose in-store pick-up to save on shipping, otherwise ship for $2.49. Thanks darthscooby

Price comparison:
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^ An offer I can't refuse... (sorry, I just had to use that line
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nice heads-up though... thanks...
 
Originally Posted by WearinTheFourFive

People in here don't understand, the battle between blu-ray and HD-DVD came down to gamers and porn. Usually whoever the porn business backs comes out on top. And plus, every PS3 comes with a built in blu-ray player while you had to purchase a HD-DVD player on top of your XBOX 360...It's quite simple really.
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the adult film industry was basically moot in this because people realized there's such thing as *too much* detail.

and the thing with the gamers was secondary to the line in the sand that was drawn for the studios. Toshiba withdrew HD-DVD after Warners finally chose a side,tipping the scale towards BR.
 
Originally Posted by knightngale

Originally Posted by infamousod

you absolutely need an HDTV to get the HD (high definition) resolution that a Blu-Ray player outputs. A regular TV, even early plasma/LCDs only got 480p resolution tops, meaning 480 pixels stretched across the screen. Compare that to 720p or even better 1080i or 1080p. where you have more than twice as many pixels meaning you can get smoother edges and higher quality picture. In my spoiled opinion it makes a whole world of difference. Plus a good player will upconvert DVDs so they look better when you play them on Blu-Ray players (some DVDs more than others).

the quality of the TV makes the biggest difference. As long as you use an HDMI cable and a Blu-Ray player that is. Blu-ray is 1080p which means if you get 720 or 1080i you're missing something, but it still looks a lot better than an old fashion tv. (the "i" stands for interlaced and the "p" stands for progressive, which is the method in which the pixels are laid out, progressive is a lot better for fast-moving scenes).

$900 Blu-Ray players are dead, just like there were once $900 VCRs and $900 DVD players and $5000 computers. But make sure you get a Blu-Ray player that can plug into the Internet for firmware updates. If Blu-Ray changes the way its disks are read slightly to prevent copying or to improve quality (which is rare but they already did) then your player may not work as well without the update. Not sure how much if at all it will make a difference. Also some more expensive players may upconvert better.

and yes, HD-DVD is dead

as far as PS3, its what I have and it works great except for the lack of an IR receiver so I can't use my universal remote to control it. it makes the most sense at this point but I wouldn't frown upon a regular BR player if its a good deal on a good player.
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there are still $5k computers


HD-DVD was only 1080i vs Blu's 1080p. It also held a lot less data on each disk. Relatively speaking, it was trash.
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HD-DVD did support 1080p. The amount of of storage is irrelevant to picture quality.
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ah yes the low-life NTer makes his grand entrance into the thread. Find the guy who says the smartest thing in the thread and try to correct him.

I know there are still expensive computers I was making a point. And the majority of HD-DVD players which Toshiba used to undercut BR's prices were 1080iand obviously the storage space doesn't affect picture quality but the lack of storage space compared to blu-ray still makes it trash, relatively speaking.
 
Gave my girl the christmas heads up about Band of Brothers and Godfather trilogy... also Amazon has American Gangster for like $12 today...
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Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

Originally Posted by akf0dy7

Band of Brothers on Blu-ray =
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if you like war movies and have a blu-ray player i highly recommend it,.
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I've been looking into getting this.
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trust me, its worth it if your into war movies.
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I've never understood how they get movies that weren't shot in Hi-Def to be displayed in Hi-Def.


The original recordings are much better quality than the DVD version so if you go back to the originals you can improve the quality - it's not like they just transferred the DVD to blu-ray.

It's a bit like remastering an old music album - they'll use the original tapes and record them to CD capturing as much of the information as possible.

- yep. the film movies are shot on has a resolution of something like 1400x1400, depending on the type of film used that number can go up or down. google'film resolution', and you should come up with a few links to explain it further.
- i tried to explain this to a friend that was convinced an upconverted DVD looks just as good as BR or HDDVD, he just couldnt understand. to make it worsedude works on computers for a living...



Originally Posted by nnarum

Originally Posted by pip777

Originally Posted by DRjordanlover45

i dont think you'll be able to capture the whole quality of blu-ray if you dont have an HDTV

but blu ray quality is
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blu ray >>>>>>>> HD DVD >> DVD
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QFT!!!!!
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Lies. Blu-ray = HD DVD. There was no difference in movies that were put out on each format. Stop spreading lies.
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Originally Posted by fraij da 5 11

Originally Posted by Food4Thgt

Just droppin some knowledge...

First off..Blu-Ray way >>> HD DVD..but doesnt mean you should throw out the HD DVD i would get a box that plays both

LG has one that plays both blu-ray and hd dvd..

You will get the most out of your blu-ray player with a TV that is 1080p, 120hz, and a decent contrast ratio of maybe 40,000 or more.

The important part is the hdmi cable you use make sure to get the one the best suits your tv..
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Im not sure if you actually know what you're talking about...

Contrast ratio as a # itself isnt at all a good way to shop around... There is no standard for measuring it so 20,000 on a Samsung vs a Sony could actually be considerably (keen eye) different...

And there really isnt one HDMI cable that suits a TV more than another... not sure what youre getting at there...


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I meant like the different HDMI cables for TVs.. Like a HDMI cable that can support a 120hz TV doesn't necessarily need to be used on a TV of 60 hz..
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120hz HDMI cables is a gimmick... any properly functioning HDMI will support a 120hz TV... Plasmas have been running on faster processors for a while now... why do you think 120hz cables surfaced AFTER LCD started throwing the 120hz processor at you?




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Originally Posted by infamousod

Originally Posted by knightngale

Originally Posted by infamousod

you absolutely need an HDTV to get the HD (high definition) resolution that a Blu-Ray player outputs. A regular TV, even early plasma/LCDs only got 480p resolution tops, meaning 480 pixels stretched across the screen. Compare that to 720p or even better 1080i or 1080p. where you have more than twice as many pixels meaning you can get smoother edges and higher quality picture. In my spoiled opinion it makes a whole world of difference. Plus a good player will upconvert DVDs so they look better when you play them on Blu-Ray players (some DVDs more than others).

the quality of the TV makes the biggest difference. As long as you use an HDMI cable and a Blu-Ray player that is. Blu-ray is 1080p which means if you get 720 or 1080i you're missing something, but it still looks a lot better than an old fashion tv. (the "i" stands for interlaced and the "p" stands for progressive, which is the method in which the pixels are laid out, progressive is a lot better for fast-moving scenes).

$900 Blu-Ray players are dead, just like there were once $900 VCRs and $900 DVD players and $5000 computers. But make sure you get a Blu-Ray player that can plug into the Internet for firmware updates. If Blu-Ray changes the way its disks are read slightly to prevent copying or to improve quality (which is rare but they already did) then your player may not work as well without the update. Not sure how much if at all it will make a difference. Also some more expensive players may upconvert better.

and yes, HD-DVD is dead

as far as PS3, its what I have and it works great except for the lack of an IR receiver so I can't use my universal remote to control it. it makes the most sense at this point but I wouldn't frown upon a regular BR player if its a good deal on a good player.
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there are still $5k computers


HD-DVD was only 1080i vs Blu's 1080p. It also held a lot less data on each disk. Relatively speaking, it was trash.
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HD-DVD did support 1080p. The amount of of storage is irrelevant to picture quality.
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ah yes the low-life NTer makes his grand entrance into the thread. Find the guy who says the smartest thing in the thread and try to correct him.

I know there are still expensive computers I was making a point. And the majority of HD-DVD players which Toshiba used to undercut BR's prices were 1080i and obviously the storage space doesn't affect picture quality but the lack of storage space compared to blu-ray still makes it trash, relatively speaking.

- i wouldnt take it that far to call yourself the guy who said the smartest thing. you dropped a lil knowledge to the ones that didntknow but some of your comments were'nt exactly accurate, and some of them sound a bit fanboyish.

- i mean, you admit storage capacity has nothing to do with picture quality, but then try to use that basis to call the other format trash? c'mon dude. doyou know why Blu-Ray needed the 50GB of storage? they started out using an old MPEG2 codec that took up alot of space (and had alot of problems) they didntwant to use the VC-1 codec developed by Microsoft even though its compression was alot smaller and didnt have nearly as many problems as the MPEG2 codec theywere using for Blu-Ray.
- turns out, after the first series of Blu-Ray players and Movies had so many problems out the gate, Sony switched to the same Codecused by HD-DVD. most folks dont know this and i wouldnt expect you too either. it was Toshibas mistake for not capitalizing off this in the first stages ofBlu-Ray's debut.

- and thats how HD-DVD got away with a 30GB disc and Blu-Ray had to use the 50GB discs. storage space meant nothing, but it didnt stop folks from trying to useit as some type of deal breaker
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- however i will say, Sony being so stubborn at first may have worked out for us. since Sony started out using a codec that demanded the extra space, now thatthey have adopted the new codec that leaves at least 20GB of extra storage so now the extras on BR are in HD too versus standard definition extras on BR andHDDVD at first.
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