An update on the Blu-ray/DVD war.

[Profcrab]

Retrasado said:

Profcrab said:
After watching a few movies in HD and in SD I have to say, in many cases, there isn't much of an improvement. I'm certainly not going to rebuy more than a few Blu-Ray versions of DVDs that I own. I certainly won't be buying any new Blu-Ray movies until they are much cheaper. I know that new DVDs come out at $20, but many new DVDs I don't buy. I buy stuff that has been out for a while and runs about $10 or less. The Blu-Ray versions stay up there in price.

I give this thread a 9.6.

huh? Even my grandma can easily tell the difference with the movies I have. Do you have an HDTV? And what movies are they?

 

 

Yes I have an HDTV.  I watched Matrix (all 3), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Planet Earth and a few other movies I can't think of off the top of my head.  Of what I have seen, Planet Earth was the largest improvement.  I find that I notice the difference more in shots of landscape than in action movies.  I didn't say that there was no improvement, I said there wasn't much of an improvement in most cases, certainly not enough for me to run out and pay $25-$30 for it.  To further narrow what I would pay for, I'm not going to run out and buy BR comedies and dramas over cheaper DVD versions.

I give at post a 9.4.