Blu-Ray officially cracked!!

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largedarryl said:

ruibing said:

The recent surveys by DHG showed that the problem with lack of awareness for Blu Ray. A lot of people didn't even know the format war was over. They need to push for the fact that HD streaming and upscaled DVD is not the same as Blu Ray.

 

It's a shame that survey's show that the general public isn't capable of telling the difference in most cases.  This coupled with the appropriate resolution vs viewing distance vs tv size show how little most people benefit from 1080p movies.

 

It also depends on the movie. A lot of them just don't benefit from an enhanced picture at all, including what are probably the most popular movies. However, some movies demand it. It depends mostly on the detail of the set pieces and the level of cinematography involved. Ebert called Baraka "the finest video disc I have ever viewed or ever imagined," and it really shows what the format is capable of. It is definitely not the type of movie the general public would appreciate, though - it's basically a moving slideshow. 

Speaking of which, the movies that defined that genre, the Qatsi trilogy, pretty much demand the highest resolution possible, and haven't even been released on Blu-ray. Why do I always have to end up wanting something I can't have?