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outlawauron on 10 August 2008
twesterm said:

I guess I should have added I have a 40" Sony Bravia that does 720p/1080i. I usually play my games in 720p and watch movies in 1080i and I sit probably about 6-7 feet away. I also only have 5.1 surround and not 7.1..

I'd only get the titles that have some big, epic action, etc. that really stuns you. That and Planet Earth.

Future stuff to look out for would be Iron Man, The Dark Knight, and The Lord of the Rings Triology.



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Str8knox on 10 August 2008

To be honest, i really couldn't care less about Blu-ray even if I was forced to eat the damn disks. I bought my Ps3 for the games. (mainly the 1st and 2nd party exclusives.)


We have theaters and Imax for movies.




twesterm on 10 August 2008
makingmusic476 said:
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.

Are you sure about that?  I know about up until about a month or so ago they had a huge sell where just about every BluRay title was $15 dollars.  If you go there now they're all full price again, or at least they are at mine.

Pharaoh said:
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

 

Actually, 300 was one of the movies I got to compare (it was one of the ones I replaced so I had both versions for a day or so) and I couldn't really tell a difference.

 



 

twesterm on 10 August 2008
Str8knox said:
To be honest, i really couldn't care less about Blu-ray even if I was forced to eat the damn disks. I bought my Ps3 for the games. (mainly the 1st and 2nd party exclusives.)


We have theaters and Imax for movies.


 

Ugh, I hate going to theaters.

  1. People suck and have no clue how to behave.  I have never been to a movie where there aren't talkers, people that laugh too much at stupid parts, coughers, phone ringing, babies, clapping, kicking my seat, and/or people ripping a huge one in the middle of a movie.
  2. I can't pause the theater
  3. It costs as much to go to the movie as it does to buy the DVD
  4. Even when people behave, they're still a pain because they still make noise when laughing or whatever. 


 

sega4life on 10 August 2008
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.

 

 

Sorry but saying an Upscale-DvD on a 46inch looks the same as BR on a 46inch, is not Ridiculous.


Blu-ray on a 46inch and lower is a waste of money, plain and simple.

The whole reason why you get Blu-Ray and 7.1ss is to have the best of the best, throw in a small tv and you just screwed the whole setup.

 



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epsilon72 on 10 August 2008

I notice a substantial difference between DVD and blu-ray (even when the DVD's are upscaled to 1080), so buying them is worth it for me, as long as I'm not re-buying something that I already have with DVD.

If you don't notice a difference though, there wouldn't be much point to buying them since you can always get DVD's at a much better price.

 

@segalife: Size of display does not matter.  It depends on your viewing distance.  I could tell the difference on a 24" monitor if I was sitting at its normal viewing distance.



NeoRatt on 10 August 2008

I like blu-ray quality but I don't like blu-ray price... Until the cost of the movies get more reasonable I will find it hard to justify any purchases of blu-ray...

I am spending more time downloading movies then buying them now.



twesterm on 10 August 2008
sega4life said:
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.

 

 

Sorry but saying an Upscale-DvD on a 46inch looks the same as BR on a 46inch, is not Ridiculous.


Blu-ray on a 46inch and lower is a waste of money, plain and simple.

The whole reason why you get Blu-Ray and 7.1ss is to have the best of the best, throw in a small tv and you just screwed the whole setup.

 

46" is small?

 



 

sega4life on 10 August 2008

In this day and age.... Yes !



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epsilon72 on 10 August 2008
twesterm said:
sega4life said:
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.

 

 

Sorry but saying an Upscale-DvD on a 46inch looks the same as BR on a 46inch, is not Ridiculous.


Blu-ray on a 46inch and lower is a waste of money, plain and simple.

The whole reason why you get Blu-Ray and 7.1ss is to have the best of the best, throw in a small tv and you just screwed the whole setup.

 

46" is small?

 

I have a 42", and I notice differences in resolution just fine....

Maybe he likes to sit 15 feet away from his TV or something all the time...