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Also, I currently have Transformers on DVD and I plan on buying the Blu-Ray in September (1080p Megan Fox lulz) I will give my proper opinion once I compare them.



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kingofwale said:

>I can either pay $30-40 for a new movie on BluRay or pay $15-20 for a DVD that looks exactly the same because the PS3 upscales my movies.


There are soooo many things wrong with that sentence
... I don't even know where to begin to repute.

let's be fair, if you can't tell the difference between a naive 1080P movie.. vs 480P upscaled DVD.. there isn't much I can say.

 

To be honest he only said one thing, so there can only be one thing wrong with that sentence.

 

 

I can tell the difference, from hours spent in editing labs at school, but meh, I don't care.  I'd save your money until you get a TV that makes the difference worth it.  And hopefully by then they'll all be way cheaper.

Whoa, you have a kickass TV.  Nevermind.  Stick with DVDs forever then.



I haven't bothered yet, I refuse to pay much more for blu ray than a regular DVD. Its not worth the cost, and I don't care so much about image quality, I often watch "Supernatural" that I download because its impossible to get here.



Tease.

Man, why is everyone paying so much for bd movies? I only paid $20 for full metal jacket and $25 for Pirates of the Carribean



sega4life said:

 

 

 

If your TV is UNDER 46inches, Do Not Buy Blu-Ray Movies, there is no need.

DVD's are fine With-Out Upscale on 46inch TV's and below.

Like stated above the PS3 upscales DVD's that look almost identiacl to BR's on even a 54inch, I know, I own a 54inch and did not see a diffrence with my DvD compaired to BR of Talladega Nights (came with PS3), only BR I owned.

 

I haven't seen Talladega Nights, so I can't say what the quality is on that specific movie, but....  This is so untrue.  I have a 56" 1080p DLP and a 32" 720p LCD, and there is a huge difference on my DLP, and a very noticable difference on my LCD (between BR and upscaled).  Saying a non-upscaled dvd looks the same as a blu-ray at 46" is ridiculous.

Anyways, personally I haven't purchased a DVD (besides some tv shows) since I bought my PS3.  There is a quality difference, you just have to decide if it is worth it to pay more.  Nobody can really make that decision for you.

Oh, and at the OP, why on earth would you pay $30-40 for blu-rays, or $15-20 for DVD's.



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Yakuzaice said:

Oh, and at the OP, why on earth would you pay $30-40 for blu-rays, or $15-20 for DVD's.

 

I don't, that's just how much they cost unless you happen to find a sale. 



twesterm said:
Yakuzaice said:

Oh, and at the OP, why on earth would you pay $30-40 for blu-rays, or $15-20 for DVD's.

 

I don't, that's just how much they cost unless you happen to find a sale. 

 

When new Blu-Rays come out they're usually ~$18 the first day at Best Buy (that's how much I paid for Batman Begins a few weeks ago).

Although Fox's titles generally cost more.  They rip you off for everything, I swear.  Even Independence Day, as old as it is, was $40 when it first came out.

Wal-mart also has good prices on BDs, like $20-25.  Except for Fox's titles, yet again.



Yakuzaice said:
sega4life said:

 

 

 

If your TV is UNDER 46inches, Do Not Buy Blu-Ray Movies, there is no need.

DVD's are fine With-Out Upscale on 46inch TV's and below.

Like stated above the PS3 upscales DVD's that look almost identiacl to BR's on even a 54inch, I know, I own a 54inch and did not see a diffrence with my DvD compaired to BR of Talladega Nights (came with PS3), only BR I owned.

 

I haven't seen Talladega Nights, so I can't say what the quality is on that specific movie, but....  This is so untrue.  I have a 56" 1080p DLP and a 32" 720p LCD, and there is a huge difference on my DLP, and a very noticable difference on my LCD (between BR and upscaled).  Saying a non-upscaled dvd looks the same as a blu-ray at 46" is ridiculous.

Anyways, personally I haven't purchased a DVD (besides some tv shows) since I bought my PS3.  There is a quality difference, you just have to decide if it is worth it to pay more.  Nobody can really make that decision for you.

Oh, and at the OP, why on earth would you pay $30-40 for blu-rays, or $15-20 for DVD's.

 

According to HighDefDigest, Talldega nights looks like crap.  They gave it a 2 star rating, and this was back in 2006!  Standards were much lower then.  At AVS they've put it in the second to last tier in the Blu-Ray PQ tier thread.  There are 6 tiers total, 0-5.  TN is in the fifth (#5).



twesterm said:
kingofwale said:

>I can either pay $30-40 for a new movie on BluRay or pay $15-20 for a DVD that looks exactly the same because the PS3 upscales my movies.


There are soooo many things wrong with that sentence... I don't even know where to begin to repute.

let's be fair, if you can't tell the difference between a naive 1080P movie.. vs 480P upscaled DVD.. there isn't much I can say.

 

No, please do. That's kind of why I asked the question.

And yeah, I can't tell the difference and I'm wondering if most other people can't. I know I've asked many people at work the same question and all of them can't except for a single person and he's a huge video snob.

I can tell the difference. It's not as big as people say though for like 80% of movies.

Really if you can't tell the difference... it's obviously not worth it.

Just rent a few blu-rays from netflix or blockbuster or something and compare to DVDs you have.

Then again I really wouldn't pay extra even the 20% of movies that look amazing on blu-ray vs SD.  Don't really care about the graphics of my movies so much as i can see em.

I'll leave that to my friends.



yeah why are you paying 30-40 dollars per blu-ray?!?! I have a collection of 34 blu-ray movies, and have never paid over 30 for any of them. Most of them you can buy for about 20 dollars.

About the difference in quality, you can see a marginal difference on older titles that were originally shot without HD quality when upscaled. But on newer titles, there is a HUGEEEEE difference in quality between upscaled and blu-ray at 1080p. Check out 300 or casino royale, some of the best quality in blu-ray.

Blu-ray is awesome can't go back to DVD now, too spoiled



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