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I stand by my statement of 300 being an outstanding blu-ray picture to showcase what the newer releases can offer up in comparison. Soulreaver put up some screens, which show it off but even they don't even do it justice. The beginning sequence of the child Leonidas in the movie where he kills the wolf, and comes back standing in the village square with snow falling around him, the people bowed down, and a wolf pelt on his back. This is the best visual sequence in the movie, and at 1080p you can see every single detail on each piece of snow in the air and on the ground, its amazing.
It was the first blu ray I bought way back when, and it really is a lot better visually, I don't know what was up with the tv you were viewing it on.
I have 20 20 vision though, and i don't wear glasses, (not saying you do) just saying if you do that could affect vision quality. :)



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If you're interested, I can post some anecdotal HD v.s. SD comparison shots twesterm.
Maybe you'll be more trusting with other VGC members compared to other forums and random sites.

Taken from the same TV, by the same person(me) on the same chair seated on the same distance with the same (crappy) camera.

Every man likes Jessica Alba right?
Of course the camera might lose some of the detail, but it's still noticeable.
And no I didn't have better material to compare with lots of facial close-ups and particle effects(Though not much can beat that face)...

Edit: I seem to have unconsciously leaned forward a bit in one pic...




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i second jessica alba's face, too bad she has a baby. I may buy it and eat it



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makingmusic476 said:
I haven't seen Wall-E yet, but the first Pixar film I plan to buy on Blu-Ray is Finding Nemo.  I love that film, and I'm sure it will look absolutely beautiful on Blu-Ray. :D

I *might* but Monsters, Inc. at some point as well, but only if it's really cheap, and I have lots of spare cash. :P

I enjoyed Wall-e a LOT. It's one of my favorite movies.
What's weird is I can't recommend it to any of my friends since I'm not confident they'll like it.

And Yeah Finding Nemo is great. It's my brothers favorite Pixar film. 

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Doesn't really matter, as long as you don't have any sexual innuendos.
It's like soul food.
I can just look at that face, breathe deep, and stare.... like a stalker!




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Might I add, Jessica Alba is sexy as fuck...can you guys bring some more photos or demonstrations of her please!!!! LOL

But yea I have a hard time buying Blu-ray's. I mean they are like $30-$40 a pop and when I see a DVD that is for $20 less. I buy automatically.

Blu-ray only gives a higher definition visual that's all. I mean DVD is okay and I have a whole collection that is beginning to build up considerably now.

Blu-ray extra features like edited cutscenes is really not a big deal. Until the day comes where its a standard for Blu-ray then I will then buy them. Until then only movies I thought that are nice like anything of Jessica Alba and when Dark Knight releases I will get.



Look, blu-ray movies look so much better than upscaled DVDs on my 32 inches HDTV. You can tell the difference easily, also the colors look much more vibrant on blu-ray. The price is high for BD movies but the quality of the image is much better than upscaled DVDs. Maybe you'd want to wait until BD movies get cheaper. I have like 6 of them...



I want them cheaper. I mean its really DVD's priced at $10-$20 competing against my purchase of Blu-ray's!!

The only Blu-ray movie I have is Superbad, that was my only purchase and my cousin choose that movie for me. I never seen that movie and seeing it in HD was a truly blessing considering how Foggell was getting a lot of girls...lol

But generally speaking if Blu-rays would go down to the $20 range. I might switch over, but DVD is still going to be my first pick.



I refuse to pay for a DVD unless it is loaded with physical extras (not ones on the disc, think Criterion Collection) because they are too easy to pirate.

Upscaled DVD's look good, but the color and many other things just don't compare when you get down to it, especially on a bigger screen. That doesn't mean that upscaling is something you shouldn't take advantage of though I use both regularly.

I refuse to upgrade from DVD to Blu-Ray if either the movie wouldn't look that great anyways or if the picture on the Blu-ray is sub-par.

If you are paying more than $25 for a Blu-Ray, you are spending way too much. I get most of mine for $20 or as low as $10-15 when there is a good sale.



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I have bought a few Blu-Rays that offered limited improvement over upscaled DVD, but they are in the minority. Realize that 1920x1080 pixels of data mastered from a degraded source (old film transfer, etc.) is just going to be 1920x1080 pixels of very nicely replicated film flaws. Poorly compressed/mastered video similarly offers little improvement as well. Some HD-DVDs seem to have this problem, likely due to the lower storage capacity (150 minutes of HD video will have to be compressed further to fit within 30GB than 50GB).

Compare clean digital source to Blu-Ray transfer (pixar movies, any CGI movie, or film shot with a digital camera) and the result is typically flawless. Watch the same film on DVD upscaled and if you can't notice the ridiculous difference in quality, your eyesight is either failing, or you really don't want to see the difference to justify the additional cost.