Blu Ray or DVD's?

[bds0688 10+ year member]

I think the older movies don't look as good cause the publishing company didn't give a shit and doesn't put the effort in making it look good. Didn't do the compressing and codecs well. Just shoveled it out the door.

For example, The Nightmare Before Christmas on Blu-Ray is tier 1 material. It is a claymotion movie from the early and mid 90's. Age has nothing to do with quality.

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

where can i sign up for the xbox720?

You can start worrying about that in 2012 , put it on your xmas list

 

[xX J Brutal Xx 10+ year member]

the ones around here do
also another thing i see is people buy old movies on bluray and expect them to look good...

for example, like titanic from 1997 on bluray doesnt look that great... idk if its cause the movie wasnt filmed in HD or what.... but a recent movie like pineapple express on bluray looks amazing

so i guess that buying bluray versions of movies that were filmed pre-HD is a waste?

that would be all fine and dandy if Titanic was actually released on Blu Ray. but it's not yet.

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

Im sure Microsoft will release one hell of a next machine.
I just hope it atleast uses the blu ray format. Ofcorse a interchangeable internal hdd would be killer,but I dont see that happening. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

I doubt it because then Microsoft will have to pay Sony liscene fees and so on. I brought my PS3 for gaming, but the blu ray is a huge plus.

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

that would be all fine and dandy if Titanic was actually released on Blu Ray. but it's not yet.

hmm, i definitely remember watching it in hd like a year or so ago... maybe it was hd dvd... whatever it was, it looked good in hd, but not nearly as good as recent movies

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

hmm, i definitely remember watching it in hd like a year or so ago... maybe it was hd dvd... whatever it was, it looked good in hd, but not nearly as good as recent movies

It was

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

hahaha to the people who say you cant tell a diffrence between blu ray and dvd

thats like not being able to tell the diffrence between co-ax speakers driven by a head unit

and component speakers driven by an amp

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

hahaha to the people who say you cant tell a diffrence between blu ray and dvd

I don't think anyone's saying that, what was said was that in order to see a difference, you have to have a TV capable of resolving the difference.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

I don't think anyone's saying that, what was said was that in order to see a difference, you have to have a TV capable of resolving the difference.

right, you gotta have the proper equipment...... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Indeed. And if it takes that long for a format to disappear in the face of DVD, which was a quantum leap from the capabilities of VHS, I don't see regular DVDs going anywhere soon. For a lot of people out there (like me), the HD format simply isn't going to provide anything useful for them.

However, I think people are more readily adopting newer technology at an accelerating rate. Hell, vinyl was king for a long time.

The period from vinyl to cassette > cassette to CD > CD to mp3 (for lack of a better term...digital maybe) > ...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Hell, vinyl was king for a long time.

I give vinyl a better chance going into the future than CDs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Then again, I can justify $3k on a turntable a heck of a lot more than I can on a TV.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I give vinyl a better chance going into the future than CDs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Then again, I can justify $3k on a turntable a heck of a lot more than I can on a TV.

I was speaking from a mainstream perspective.

I can't justify spending $3k on either one.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

if you market it enough people will buy it

look at me, I said I didnt need an iphone yet I bought one

pay the $100+ per month for it and buy stuff from the app store

enough marketing made me think I needed it, so i bought it

If blu ray is glamorized enough and the price goes down to $100 everyone will get one

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

if you market it enough people will buy it
look at me, I said I didnt need an iphone yet I bought one

pay the $100+ per month for it and buy stuff from the app store

enough marketing made me think I needed it, so i bought it

If blu ray is glamorized enough and the price goes down to $100 everyone will get one

Apple could quadrulple its marketing efforts and I still have no need for one. Maybe if it was the same per month (the service) and the phone was free, I would.

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

I have a PS3 now, so I prefer Blu-Ray due to the much-improved picture and audio. But, I still have a DVD player for now. Once the Blu-Ray prices come down, I will probably be strictly Blu-Ray. Just can't beat the quality.

geo