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Arkaign on 01 May 2014
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KylieDog said:
Arkaign said:
KylieDog said:


Not a leap like VHS to DVD.


The resolution increase is actually much larger from DVD to BD, and DVD on my TV looks about like VHS to me. It somehow manages to be both muddy AND blocky.

Funny enough, people often said the exact same nonsense about DVD when it came out.

"Oh, VHS looks just as good as DVD".

"Really?, what TV and sound system do you have?"

"My RCA 21" from 1987, I just run the sound through my TV"

"ooooooookay then"


Sorry but you're talking nonsense.  VHS was either 4:3 ratio or had massive back bars if you wanted widescreen.  VHS also suffered degradation so people had a good reason to buy their movies again. 

Sure Bluray is better than DVD, but not in ways most people care about, unlike VHS to DVD.


If everybody thought like you did, we'd still be on N64 and VHS. And with 4K becoming the new standard over the next ten years combined with crappy internet in most places + new data caps and stagnant internet providers/death of net neutrality (will result in huge price hikes for streaming) :

DVD will be pushed off a cliff, BD will continue to slowly grow. The market is just getting more diverse.

You do realize that right now there are countless people online who say things like "That Xbox One looks no better than Xbox 360", or "Playstation 4 looks no different than Playstation 3". Just as they did last time, and the time before that. The amount of people with poor vision or bad AV setups doesn't make them right. Justin Bieber sells tens of millions, doesn't make him a quality act either.

There will always be better and inferior options and platforms.