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disolitude on 04 May 2014
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SvennoJ said:
disolitude said:
 

If you really think I am the market "norm" in terms of what people own, buy or like...you are delusional. I would buy a Plasma over LCD any day. Currently I'm rocking a 65 inch 4K TV but will sell it and get a 4K DLP projector once its widely available. I tend to get the best of the best because I have the means and interest in technology.

However unlike some people here I fully know that 95% of the population doesn't give a shit that plasma has deeper blacks and response time, that 144hz gaming on PC's rapes the consoles or that Bluray non compressed quality is slightly better than digital.

The bottom line is that the general population lives in the "good enough" state of mind when buying technology. Even for me who demands the best, bluray and physical media is a a shittier option due to sheer convinience. Digital video distribution today is more than adequate for someone with high end gear in order to enjoy content to the full extent.

You only find blu-ray slightly bettter than streaming? Where do you stream from? I see a massive difference on a 92" 1080p screen, yet even on 65", I assume with a 4K upscaling blu-ray player, the difference should be profound. Nevermind the difference in sound.

Really your first and second paragraph contradict each other.

Or maybe I understood wrong, yes the general population with a small tv or 720p / HD ready variant won't see a big difference. Anyway everytime I give digital a try again I've always come away disappointed.

My initial "good enough" comment was strictly comentary on why bluray isn't gaining traction in the mass market. We all have busy lives, and in most casual movie watching cases majority of the people would much rather stream a decent 720p res movie on Netflix instantly, rather than head out to best buy to buy a bluray and watch it in 1080p 30 minutes later. Even if the price was the same for both options (bluray is ususally more expensive to boot) I bet people would go with digital.

I realize that I am not the norm or the majority with my Tv setup but even as someone with a high end TV (and previous projectors like yourself), only movies I personally would even consider buying for 1080p/quality sake would be the few dozen classics that I really enjoy and would rewatch more than once. Do I really care if I'm watching the latest Adam Sandler crappy comedy in best possible 1080p quality?Not really...

For those must have movies, I have been buying blurays and ripping them myself or purchasing them through iTunes lately. You can easily compress an excellent 1080p quality 2 hour movie down to ~8GB (10 mb/s bitrate).  iTunes I find has very good 1080p movie quality and 5.1 audio as well. After downloads there are ways to losslesly remove DRM form iTunes video purchases. When done you have your own 1080p copy DRM free and ready to use on any device at any time.  

Here is a comparison ArsTechnica did of iTunes 1080p vs bluray in 2012.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/03/the-ars-itunes-1080p-vs-blu-ray-shootout/

This difference isn't as large as one might think and you have to think in 2 years since and beyond, things will only get better on the digital side...