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theprof00 on 29 September 2008
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tuoyo said:

Find yourself a VCR, and pop a tape into it. After that, throw a DVD into your player, and watch it on your HDTV. When you're done with that, do me a favor, and pop a Blu-ray movie into your PS3. Notice anything shocking when comparing VHS to DVD and anything, well, disappointing when comparing that DVD movie to Blu-ray?

That's what I thought.

Why would I want to buy a Blu-ray player and Blu-ray movies, which are more expensive than DVDs, when I can get the same basic experience (if not quite as enhanced) for little or no additional cost?

 

I agree with this 100%.  The difference between VHS and DVD on a HDTV is unbelievable.  In fact VHS is unwatchable on my 6ft screen with a HD projector which is disappointing because it means I can't watch my recordings of the 2000 and 2004 Olympics anymore or the VHS movies I bought (won't waste money buying them again on DVD).  DVD on the other hand looks amazing (at least movies with quality transfers do).  In fact they look even better than HD programming from Sky HD apart from BBC HD (which is simply amazing - wish I could say the same about movies on Sky Movies HD).  However, the difference between HD DVD/Blu Ray and DVD is minimal.  I went for a Home Cinema exhibition where they were demonstrating Transformers using an 8ft wide projection screen and £6000 projector.  They played the same scene on DVD using a quality upscaling DVD player and on HD DVD using a HD DVD player.  I could barely notice the difference and certainly not a big enough difference for me to want to be paying like £15 for movies when I can get them for about £7.  My wife didn't even notice any difference at all.  And that was using an 8ft wide display with a projector which cost more than most people would spend on a car.  Obviously there is a difference but the difference for the average person doesn't justify the additional expense and doesn't come even within 50 lightyears of the difference between DVD and VHS.

It is not only resolution that is important.

do some research for christs sake. All i see on this site is: graphics don't matter!

Well, graphics don't matter. there is a whole online component to BR, and the sound quality AND video quality are better.

Plus it has more room for extra sound tracks, and other things. BR isn't just a high res DVD.