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akuma587 on 14 September 2008
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CDiablo said:
Username2324 said:

Frankly I'm getting tired of these threads, it's very simple.

Blu-ray looks better, sounds better, and IS better than DVD. Whether you want to admit it or not is your own problem.

And a 720p/1080i 42" is one of the worse HDTV's you could get, anything larger than 37" should be 1080p.

Also, how can you say "it looks like DVD" when you didnt view the same film on DVD? You fail.

 

It looks like most of the shit i have seen on DVD, simple as that. Ive seen like hundreds of DVDs and I know what to expect quality wise when watching/buying one.

You seem like you are one of the people that feel that I am someone purposely putting down Blu, and so are all my friends. I dont have anything against the format(as I said the black levels looked nice, also I dont have a good sound system so 5.1/7/1 dont matter to me), but its just not worth the money to have a slight upgrade in quality.

Its probably just your TV, which is not exactly your fault if you can't afford a new one (they are expensive, I know, because I just bought one).  How old is it may I ask?  If it is more than 3-4 years old, there is a pretty good chance it doesn't deinterlace properly, meaning the picture will not look very good compared to a 720p signal, a 1080p signal, or a 1080i signal on an HDTV that does deinterlace properly.

Newer TV's in general will look better too.  Do you know what your contrast ratio on your TV is?  I imagine it is in the 10,000:1 range.  I just bought one in the 50,000:1 range, and 30:000:1 is a very normal standard for TV's these days.  This can make a HUGE difference as it really lets you show off the level of detail stored on a Blu-Ray that is not stored on a DVD.  Blacks will look very rich and you will see colors that even an older HDTV couldn't display.

 



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