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Serious_frusting on 01 June 2010
Vetteman94 said:

The last 2 weeks info should be up tomorrow, just trying to figure out the new form design and how to post and such


I'm still trying to figure out how to post without having to use the quote icon



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LoveGenie on 01 June 2010

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mitlar37 on 01 June 2010

Does anyone here remember VHS? The long rewind times, tapes getting "eaten" by the player, constantly having to clean the heads, picture quality degrading with time and number of playbacks. And the picture quality of a brand-new VHS movie was nowhere near a dvds picture quality. VHS sucked hard compared to dvd in every way. Blu-Ray is a minor upgrade to dvd. I only buy special effect heavy movies on Blu-Ray, like Transformers, Avatar, Blade Runner, etc. My wife and 2 of her friends couldn't really see the difference in Transformers Blu-Ray and the upscaled dvd version on my 1080p 50" Hitachi plasma, saying that the dvd version is "good enough". That in a nutshell is why Blu-Ray hasn't taken off. People with 100s of dvds aren't going to go out and replace their library because upscaled dvds are "good enough".



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Nomad Blue on 01 June 2010
mitlar37 said:

Does anyone here remember VHS? The long rewind times, tapes getting "eaten" by the player, constantly having to clean the heads, picture quality degrading with time and number of playbacks. And the picture quality of a brand-new VHS movie was nowhere near a dvds picture quality. VHS sucked hard compared to dvd in every way. Blu-Ray is a minor upgrade to dvd. I only buy special effect heavy movies on Blu-Ray, like Transformers, Avatar, Blade Runner, etc. My wife and 2 of her friends couldn't really see the difference in Transformers Blu-Ray and the upscaled dvd version on my 1080p 50" Hitachi plasma, saying that the dvd version is "good enough". That in a nutshell is why Blu-Ray hasn't taken off. People with 100s of dvds aren't going to go out and replace their library because upscaled dvds are "good enough".

Why do they have to replace them?  They just buy new movies on Blu-ray rather than DVD.



Vetteman94 on 01 June 2010
mitlar37 said:

Does anyone here remember VHS? The long rewind times, tapes getting "eaten" by the player, constantly having to clean the heads, picture quality degrading with time and number of playbacks. And the picture quality of a brand-new VHS movie was nowhere near a dvds picture quality. VHS sucked hard compared to dvd in every way. Blu-Ray is a minor upgrade to dvd. I only buy special effect heavy movies on Blu-Ray, like Transformers, Avatar, Blade Runner, etc. My wife and 2 of her friends couldn't really see the difference in Transformers Blu-Ray and the upscaled dvd version on my 1080p 50" Hitachi plasma, saying that the dvd version is "good enough". That in a nutshell is why Blu-Ray hasn't taken off. People with 100s of dvds aren't going to go out and replace their library because upscaled dvds are "good enough".

Im sorry if you realy think that Blu-ray is only a "minor upgrade" to DVD and you cant really tell the difference,  then you need to visit an eye doctor and an ear doctor as well.   Upscaled DVDs can only take you so far,  you cant add pixels that arent there, its impossible. 



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Vetteman94 on 02 June 2010

These numbers are a couple weeks old,  but here are the numbers for week ending 05/16/2010

Blu-ray Ratio : 13:87

Top 20 Blu-ray Ratio : 27 : 73

Top 20 Sellers



Vetteman94 on 02 June 2010

Here are the numbers for week ending 05/23/2010

Blu-ray Ratio 12:88

Top 20 Blu-ray Ratio  22:78

Top 20 Sellers



nanarchy on 02 June 2010
Vetteman94 said:
mitlar37 said:

Does anyone here remember VHS? The long rewind times, tapes getting "eaten" by the player, constantly having to clean the heads, picture quality degrading with time and number of playbacks. And the picture quality of a brand-new VHS movie was nowhere near a dvds picture quality. VHS sucked hard compared to dvd in every way. Blu-Ray is a minor upgrade to dvd. I only buy special effect heavy movies on Blu-Ray, like Transformers, Avatar, Blade Runner, etc. My wife and 2 of her friends couldn't really see the difference in Transformers Blu-Ray and the upscaled dvd version on my 1080p 50" Hitachi plasma, saying that the dvd version is "good enough". That in a nutshell is why Blu-Ray hasn't taken off. People with 100s of dvds aren't going to go out and replace their library because upscaled dvds are "good enough".

Im sorry if you realy think that Blu-ray is only a "minor upgrade" to DVD and you cant really tell the difference,  then you need to visit an eye doctor and an ear doctor as well.   Upscaled DVDs can only take you so far,  you cant add pixels that arent there, its impossible. 

Yes blu-ray is a significant upgrade, however the reality is most people won't notice a significant difference, upscaling in "some" players is good enough that they feel there simply is no need to go and get a blu-ray, especailly when the majority of people don't have sound systems where the difference between them is even possible to hear so most only see a slight improvement in picture quality.



mitlar37 on 02 June 2010

 

Whether you're dealing with 1080p/24 or standard 1080p/60, doesn't alter our overall views about 1080p TVs. We still believe that when you're dealing with TVs 50 inches and smaller, the added resolution has only a very minor impact on picture quality. In our tests, we put 720p (or 768p) sets next to 1080p sets, then feed them both the same source material, whether it's 1080i or 1080p, from the highest-quality Blu-ray player. We typically watch both sets for a while, with eyes darting back and forth between the two, looking for differences in the most-detailed sections, such as hair, textures of fabric, and grassy plains. Bottom line: It's almost always very difficult to see any difference--especially from farther than 8 feet away on a 50-inch TV.

http://reviews.cnet.com/720p-vs-1080p-hdtv/

You can google and find other articles. My sofa is the closest to my tv at 8 1/2 feet And yes I can see a difference which is why I stated in my previous post that I buy some movies on Blu-Ray even though my wife says I'm wasting my money. And I'm no audiophile- my 500w Sony 5.1 home theater is just fine for me.



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Vetteman94 on 02 June 2010
mitlar37 said:

 

Whether you're dealing with 1080p/24 or standard 1080p/60, doesn't alter our overall views about 1080p TVs. We still believe that when you're dealing with TVs 50 inches and smaller, the added resolution has only a very minor impact on picture quality. In our tests, we put 720p (or 768p) sets next to 1080p sets, then feed them both the same source material, whether it's 1080i or 1080p, from the highest-quality Blu-ray player. We typically watch both sets for a while, with eyes darting back and forth between the two, looking for differences in the most-detailed sections, such as hair, textures of fabric, and grassy plains. Bottom line: It's almost always very difficult to see any difference--especially from farther than 8 feet away on a 50-inch TV.

http://reviews.cnet.com/720p-vs-1080p-hdtv/

You can google and find other articles. My sofa is the closest to my tv at 8 1/2 feet And yes I can see a difference which is why I stated in my previous post that I buy some movies on Blu-Ray even though my wife says I'm wasting my money. And I'm no audiophile- my 500w Sony 5.1 home theater is just fine for me.

Thats nice and all but you were talking about the difference between Blu-ray and DVD which is 1080P vs 480P not 720P.   Which 1080P is about 5 times the resolution of 480P.