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How many blurays do you have?

<20 137 59.31%
 
20-30 16 6.93%
 
30-40 14 6.06%
 
40-50 8 3.46%
 
+50 club 17 7.36%
 
+100 club 14 6.06%
 
+200 club 17 7.36%
 
+500 club 8 3.46%
 
Total:231
SvennoJ said:
TWRoO said:
Turkish said:
TWRoO said:

Well obviously (although "can't watch a DVD anymore" is very much an overstatement.... hell if you have a decent setup you must be able to upscale your DVDs to 1080 anyway... which is what is happening with almost all your PS3 games from 720 or sometimes lower native resolutions)

The expense to upgrade just isn't worth what is (to me) a minor picture improvement... though I also don't subscribe to the huge TV in a small room idea (supposedly the perfect viewing angle is 30 degrees, I don't like having to switch looking from one side of a huge TV ot the other when the focus subject changes). The distance I am from my TV in my bedroom would require a minimum 32"TV for me to notice any benefit over 720p... and in the living room it would have to be 50" plus.
The former wouldn't actually fit in the place I have for my bedroom TV (I could fit just up to 26", though my curtain would obscure the left hand side... currently have a 19")
Again in the living room the current TV position wouldn't allow above 32" if I want to open the door to the hallway... we could go up to 50" over the fireplace, which I wouldn't mind as a TV position as long as it's safe (ie protected from the heat when the fire is on... I think it would be ok) except that the TV would be even closer to the viewer so it would be too big for my tastes. If I had my way a 1080p 40" would be perfect above the fireplace for me... I would be hard pressed to notice the difference between 720 and 1080 without getting up off the couch or maybe if there was a side by side comparison and I concentrated. (but without setting up 2 TVs I'm not going to have a side by side)

As it is 480 (or it may actually be 576i given this is Europe... not sure if PAL standards crossed over when the analogue signal dropped) is fine for now in the living room until it breaks.

I really can't. I find it weird to watch a dvd. The bitrate of a 50GB bluray is phenomenal. I'm kind of a video and audiophile. I only listen and watch to the highest quality possible. Thats why I buy cd's and have FLACs. Even anime, I get them in 10bit whenever possible.

I assume FLACs are something to do with lossless audio? Another thing I don't see the point of unless you have a lot of spare cash, a proper speaker setup done by a sound engineer (unless you have a perfect box room with no furniture) and play your music at a ridiculous volume.

Still, each to their own.

You don't need a sound engineer to hear the difference. I can hear the difference between mp3 and cd in the car. The clarity in higher frequencies and surround is very different.
I also noticed a difference when I changed my ps3's music output from the default 48khz to 44.1/88.2/176.4. Music is sampled in 44.1khz, converting it to 48khz introduces artifacts that you can hear. No ridiculous volume needed, avoid it actually, you won't hear the difference while you are blasting your ears.
I wish 96khz mixing would become more comon for blu-ray. Akira's lossless 24bit 192khz surround track sounds phenomenal. Sure the human ear can't hear such high frequences (I probably can't hear anything above 20khz at my age) but the extra resolution allows for a much cleaner mix that my amplifier adjusts to simulate the sound of a full size movie theater. Also the harmonic frequencies and timing between surround channels are much more precise allowing for better placement and interaction between sounds.

You do need a quality amp with 196khz 24bit dacs to get the full benefit and some quality speakers. TV speakers don't cut it.

Nice to know there is someone beside me who want media in the best quality possible. :)



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Like 10-15 I think. But definitely under 20.



8: Rango, Tangled, Toy Story 3, Up, Despicable Me, Inception, Inglourious Basterds, Blade Runner.
Good movies, but just random purchases (except Blade Runner) to see the potential of the new format. That's why 5 of those are CGI movies. Verdict: I could have as well just bought them on DVD.

I always hated VHS, never bought a single movie on that format and patiently waited for the first format which would do movies justice. And it took a lot of patience... Then the DVD was announced, I was fascinated right from the start, built up a huge library over the years (and as an eraly adopter I payed 50€ for each DVD in the first 2 or 3 years). BluRay didn't impress me and the format came too early - at least I thought at first, but today I think it actually came too late. Biggest disappointment: Again those (mostly redundant) extras on a separate disc? Please...

I still own around 700 DVDs (used to be around 900, all of them purchased of course).

I already gave away around 200 of my DVDs. I'll give away around 400-500 more over the next months and only keep my 200-300 most favorite movies (it may sound strange to some, but yes, I actually have several hundred most favorite movies, ranging from silent movies to modern movies, I have e.g. at least 200 movies from the 1910s to 1940s, my collection of Chaplin/Keaton/Marx Brothers/Laurel&Hardy short and featured films alone is around 50 DVDs).

Recently I decided to not buy any more movies on physical media. The future - actually already the present - is VoD.



Just one: Tenacious D Masterworks 2.



TWRoO said:
Turkish said:
Kasz216 said:
Chevinator123 said:
Kasz216 said:

0 here as well. Played a couple on my PS3... really wasn't impressed.

What Blu rays did you watch?

I forget the name of it, but those "Earth" Videos, they had when the Blu-ray was pretty new.  My Aunt owned them and lent them to me.   That and a few random rented movies from blockbuster/redbox.

I still dont own any documentaries, I need to find those Earth and NatGeo ones.

Yeah something like that I can understand wanting better resolution for, I'd love to see some 1080 Blue Planet.

For films as long as I can tell what's going on I don't think resolution matters except for crap like Transformers/Avatar.... If I can't enjoy a film at 480 it's not going to make much difference at 1080. (Hell I watched a film last night on YouTube at 360p... I do tend to look for 480 res when streaming but in this case YouTube was my only option)

Yeah i agree with you.

Spending more money on resolution feels a lot like spending more money on the printing in a book.

It looks better, but is completely unrelated to why i'm reading the book.

 

Though I'm oldschool.  To me watching a movie is about getting a good story or scenario.  Not random explosions.



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Kasz216 said:
TWRoO said:
Turkish said:
Kasz216 said:
Chevinator123 said:
Kasz216 said:

0 here as well. Played a couple on my PS3... really wasn't impressed.

What Blu rays did you watch?

I forget the name of it, but those "Earth" Videos, they had when the Blu-ray was pretty new.  My Aunt owned them and lent them to me.   That and a few random rented movies from blockbuster/redbox.

I still dont own any documentaries, I need to find those Earth and NatGeo ones.

Yeah something like that I can understand wanting better resolution for, I'd love to see some 1080 Blue Planet.

For films as long as I can tell what's going on I don't think resolution matters except for crap like Transformers/Avatar.... If I can't enjoy a film at 480 it's not going to make much difference at 1080. (Hell I watched a film last night on YouTube at 360p... I do tend to look for 480 res when streaming but in this case YouTube was my only option)

Yeah i agree with you.

Spending more money on resolution feels a lot like spending more money on the printing in a book.

It looks better, but is completely unrelated to why i'm reading the book.

 

Though I'm oldschool.  To me watching a movie is about getting a good story or scenario.  Not random explosions.

I agree on the book part, cheap paperbacks are fine. Not on the movie part though.
Movies are an audio visual experience for me. I read books for stories. 2 hour movies are usually too short to paint more then a good concept. When I watch a movie I want to let my eyes wander over the screen and pick out all the details, feel goosebumps from the sound effects, tension from sudden silence, etc. Random explosions have nothing to do with it. The best movies are those where all the elements work together perfectly, story, visuals and sound.



SvennoJ said:
Sal.Paradise said:
Turkish said:
That is so nice! Ghibli blurays are region free right?

 

Only the Japan release is for all regions...hence the ridiculous prices....

http://www.yesasia.com/us/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-blu-ray-multi-audio-subtitled-region-free/1023488874-0-0-0-en/info.html

 

SvennoJ said:
Argh, I have now... And I'm trying to cut down on my movie buying habit :/

I've already been buying these blu-ray versions
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=170130

Lool sorry, suffer with me!!!!

They look really nice, but I can't justify spending $87 on a better looking cover, or can I. nooooo.


I'm still waiting for a blue-ray release of Spirited Away :/



Nevermore said:
SvennoJ said:
Sal.Paradise said:
Turkish said:
That is so nice! Ghibli blurays are region free right?

 

Only the Japan release is for all regions...hence the ridiculous prices....

http://www.yesasia.com/us/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-blu-ray-multi-audio-subtitled-region-free/1023488874-0-0-0-en/info.html

 

SvennoJ said:
Argh, I have now... And I'm trying to cut down on my movie buying habit :/

I've already been buying these blu-ray versions
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=170130

Lool sorry, suffer with me!!!!

They look really nice, but I can't justify spending $87 on a better looking cover, or can I. nooooo.


I'm still waiting for a blue-ray release of Spirited Away :/


Its not on bluray? Weird, even Grave of the fireflies got a Blu release :(



kowenicki said:
5 people have bought more than 500 blu rays?

Wow. That's... Er....


Better to own more than 500 blurays than nothing.



I only own two :(. Advent Children, which came with my ps3, and Inception.