| VitroBahllee said: It would be less frustrating if people were consciously rejecting bluray's quality, but you're seeing people with inexpensive yet 1080p TVs and bluray players continue to get DVDs because they don't even know the difference. Paying an extra $5 on average for a movie to get the 1080p, crystal clear sound version when folks already have a nice TV should be a nobrainer. My wife's grandparents have a nice 47" 1080p TV and an HD cable package they pay a huge monthly rate for... and connect to the TV with composite cables they have had lying around their house since the 1980's. A $5 cable could improve their viewing experience tremendously. It's not that they reject HD or that they wouldn't care if they switched (they'd probably go: "Oh! That looks nice!" if it was switched, think they didn't care that much, and then have a hard time watching SD after a month if someone gave them a new cable) it's that they literally don't understand what needs to be done to get the most out of their TV and they aren't going to bother to find out.
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I know, Vitro, I understand. But no way in hell I'm paying extra $5 for a better quality. It's fine, I'll live with it.
The other part about grandparents is also 100% correct. I have a friend that had his PS3 hooked up to his brand new expensive TV with those silly RGB cables. He didn't care. I brought him an HDMI cable. Came back a month later, cable was still untouched. He said it was too much hassle to unplug and plug cables and program TV channels again.
