OMFG BLU-RAY IS AMAZING!!!

[olds]

Hi and welcome to 2 years ago.

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[fatpat268]

I have Blu-ray (PS3) and I have a 50" Samsung plasma.

I would not say that Blu-ray significantly increases my enjoyment of a movie
I would not pass up a good movie on DVD
All of my future movie purchases will be Blu-Ray. At this time most of my TV show purchases are still DVD. I have replaced a small number of my favorite DVDs with Blu-Ray; these are mostly war/action movies with Wall Street and The Princess Bride being the only exceptions.

I'm just not a videophile/audiophile, and I'm glad I'm not. I don't want to spend a movie thinking about the picture quality and silly details like EE and DNR. For most movies the appeal is in the story and the performance, and that doesn't change between DVD and Blu-Ray. I'd rather watch a great movie on DVD than a good movie on Blu-Ray, and unfortunately I think I'm in the minority.

I completely agree with you. I do see the difference between the two formats, but when I'm 30 minutes into the movie, I'm not worrying about the PQ anymore, I'm paying attention to the story.

I couldn't care less about HD video. I'll get a BluRay drive when that's the only way they come(no more DVD). Most of the films I watch are over 50 years old, and they look fine as is.

After reading more and more posts, I'm starting to think that your avatar picture is your real picture.

 

[CRXican]

I finally got a decent audio setup to go along with my 42" plasma. I made that a priority over Blu-ray because I think sound is just as important as picture quality. DVDs still look awesome. I'm going to hold off on Blu-ray until I upgrade the TV a long ways down the line.

I'm of the opinion that Blu-ray almost looks too real and kind of takes away the movie feel for me.

 

[JackBurton]

I finally got a decent audio setup to go along with my 42" plasma. I made that a priority over Blu-ray because I think sound is just as important as picture quality. DVDs still look awesome. I'm going to hold off on Blu-ray until I upgrade the TV a long ways down the line.

I'm of the opinion that Blu-ray almost looks too real and kind of takes away the movie feel for me.

PQ is only half of what Blu-ray offers. AQ is the other half. And let me tell you, if you have a nice audio setup, the lossless HD codecs Blu-ray offers is equally as impressive as its visuals. If you get a chance to demo a Blu-ray disc on a nice audio system, check out "Chris Botti in Boston" on Blu-ray. Amazing sounding!

 

[JackBurton]

Heh. Comparing my original release 4:3 Bugs Life on DVD vs the recent Blu-Ray release is like comparing a rusted out late 80's Ford Escort to a brand new Shelby Mustang.

If you can't see the difference between those two on decently sized HDTV then you are freaking blind.

Yep. Two other movies that blew me away were James Bond's "Dr. No" and "The Wizard of Oz." These are some AMAZING transfers and look like they were shot yesterday in HD. Absolutely beautiful looking.

 

[vi edit]

Heh. I think Cloverfied on BR hurt my house. I got Terminator: Salvation for Christmas and I guess it is setting a new bar for gratuitous LFE activity. I'm waiting to get my new house built with the dedicated, and acoutistically treated theatre room before giving that movie a chance to check for foundation issues.

 

[FM2n]

Just got me a LG BD-ROM/HD-DVD drive for my PC today...and my breathe is being taken away.

Just got done watching Jet-Li's FEARLESS...and it almost made me piss my pants. I know a lot here probably own Blu-ray and have gotten over the "wow" factor...but I had no idea it was THIS good.

Watching these movies on my Sony 34XBR960 (flagship CRT...best in the business) is just jaw dropping.

For those who care I got some pretty good movies that are favorites and I think are good choices for Blu-ray experience:

FEARLESS
300
The Matrix
The Chronicles of Riddick
Serenity

Anyone have any other good Blu-ray movie recommendations?

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR MP3s AT 256KPBS !!!

 

[CRXican]

PQ is only half of what Blu-ray offers. AQ is the other half. And let me tell you, if you have a nice audio setup, the lossless HD codecs Blu-ray offers is equally as impressive as its visuals. If you get a chance to demo a Blu-ray disc on a nice audio system, check out "Chris Botti in Boston" on Blu-ray. Amazing sounding!

orly?

Well it's just a soundbar with wireless sub but compared to the TV speakers it's worlds better. Great sound details from DVDs.

Might have to borrow a Blu-ray player for a demo though.

 

[Ausm]

i'm using a crt.

lmfao

 

[HumblePie]

I currently love my setup. 52" LCD + Sony n460 + Onkyo 707 + Polk monitors = best home theater setup I've ever owned. I'm only at 7.1 setup for my receiver though. I want to get a few more speakers so I can try out the 10.2 setup that some people are saying is amazing.

There are two things about blu-ray that can't compare to DVD. One is the PQ when it is done right, and two is the audio. DVD's are old Dolby Digital standard with high compression. Blu-rays are lossless which means no compression. There is no lost sound, or sampling or anything like that. Scary movies are even scarier with the best sound coming from a blu-ray. Action movies make my sub pound out even harder from explosions

I still have plenty of older DVDs, but I am really in the process now of selling all those off to get blu-ray versions. Well, those that actually have a good blu-ray version and not just a copy of the DVD onto blu-ray.

That is currently the biggest downfall with many blu-ray movies. Most of them are direct copies of the DVD and a person buying one has zero blu-ray benefit.

 

[Imp]

I've had a PS3 for 2 years now, but have only used the Blu-ray twice for movies. Once was testing out a new Plasma with Dark Knight. Freaking amazing, especially the iMax parts that actually took up the full screen. Didn't watch much of it though. Saw Terminator: Salvation all the way through and that was amazing.

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

I currently love my setup. 52" LCD + Sony n460 + Onkyo 707 + Polk monitors = best home theater setup I've ever owned. I'm only at 7.1 setup for my receiver though. I want to get a few more speakers so I can try out the 10.2 setup that some people are saying is amazing.

There are two things about blu-ray that can't compare to DVD. One is the PQ when it is done right, and two is the audio. DVD's are old Dolby Digital standard with high compression. Blu-rays are lossless which means no compression. There is no lost sound, or sampling or anything like that. Scary movies are even scarier with the best sound coming from a blu-ray. Action movies make my sub pound out even harder from explosions

I still have plenty of older DVDs, but I am really in the process now of selling all those off to get blu-ray versions. Well, those that actually have a good blu-ray version and not just a copy of the DVD onto blu-ray.

That is currently the biggest downfall with many blu-ray movies. Most of them are direct copies of the DVD and a person buying one has zero blu-ray benefit.

LMAO @ 10.2 surround. A quick glance at wikipedia says that only a single 30-minute short even uses a 10.2 audio format. Why would you want this ridiculous setup? Even 7.1 is completely underused.

Lossless audio does not mean there is no compression.

I haven't run into a single Blu-ray transfers that appeared to be a direct DVD copy, although some are less than stellar.

 

[vi edit]

Yeh, at best, the Onkyo 707 can do 7.2, but the power rating per channel(measured) just gets slaughtered when you go from 5 channels to 7. The only way you can get 9 channels is by taking advantage of the "B" speaker selection and I think that's only with analog sources. No fugging clue where the 10th channel comes into play.

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

Yeh, at best, the Onkyo 707 can do 7.2, but the power rating per channel(measured) just gets slaughtered when you go from 5 channels to 7. The only way you can get 9 channels is by taking advantage of the "B" speaker selection and I think that's only with analog sources. No fugging clue where the 10th channel comes into play.

LOL:

 

[vi edit]

LOL:

Yeh, I know the 10.2 format, I was talking about his 7.2 channel receiver. Some people try to coax out a another 2 channels with the "B" speakers. No clue where he'd try and dig up a 10th channel with it.

 

[bobdole369]

Sony 34XBR960 (flagship CRT...best in the business)

If I saw you walking down the street I would brain you, steal your keys, go steal your TV, and then put your keys back on your motionless body. You would go home and be like WTF?! Bob Dole stole my TV??!!

For the uninitiated, this is THE HD CRT to get. You cannot buy it at all anymore and it weighs so much you can't even ebay it. No 1080p though, but not really an issue at 34" screen.

LCD/Plasma/DLP/Projector, whatever, still haven't beaten this set.

 

[bobdole369]

lol posting in zombie thread.... /got trolled.

 

[HannibalX]

I plan on buying a new TV and BRD player in the spring. I will not be replacing any of my existing 1000+ DVDs with BRDs though. New titles will be purchased on BRD though.

 

[Kanalua]

After getting our first LCD 1080p TV (LN52A750 Samsung), PS3 and 7.1 Surround Sound...you can never go back to SD or even theater movies.

We've since replaced the TV in our room with a Hitachi 1080p LCD, PS3 slim, and 5.1 surround sound system (PS3 does a great job at downgrading audio)...

 

[sdifox]

I couldn't care less about HD video. I'll get a BluRay drive when that's the only way they come(no more DVD). Most of the films I watch are over 50 years old, and they look fine as is.

err, getting a remastered 50 year old film is great... A whole bunch of Criterion BRD have been released.

I have Casablanca on HDDVD and it looks great.

 

[TehMac]

Back in 2008, Criterion said they would begin redoing films in BluRay--they have a boxed set of Seven Samurai in DVD format, but I would really love it if they did a Seven Samurai Blu Ray version. That'd be awesome.

I'm fairly certain Akira Kurosawa used a 35mm--whatever cameras did they have for shooting films?

 

[lxskllr]

err, getting a remastered 50 year old film is great... A whole bunch of Criterion BRD have been released.

I have Casablanca on HDDVD and it looks great.

I like them grainy and soft focused; it adds character. I have the Twilight Zone DVD set, and the picture's too crisp. It just doesn't look right.

 

[JackBurton]

I like them grainy and soft focused; it adds character. I have the Twilight Zone DVD set, and the picture's too crisp. It just doesn't look right.

Sounds like you should have stuck with VHS.

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

I like them grainy and soft focused; it adds character. I have the Twilight Zone DVD set, and the picture's too crisp. It just doesn't look right.

Real "soft focus" is due to a lens flaw or diffusion filter and would be present in the source, so a transfer to DVD or Blu-ray wouldn't make any difference. They could throw some horrible edge enhancement on it to artificially sharpen the image, but there really wouldn't be any real additional detail. Film grain is largely the same, in that it would be present in any original film source and would require postprocessing effects to remove.

But if you first saw the Twilight Zone on TV or on VHS, you could have been seeing artifacts of the medium, not the actual appearance of the source. So what you've watched on DVD is probably closer to how it was actually filmed and intended to look.

 

[lxskllr]

Sounds like you should have stuck with VHS.

I don't have much problem with VHS. It's tedious rewinding them, and tapes suck in general, but I'm happy with the image quality of a good tape.

But if you first saw the Twilight Zone on TV or on VHS, you could have been seeing artifacts of the medium, not the actual appearance of the source. So what you've watched on DVD is probably closer to how it was actually filmed and intended to look.

Yea, probably. The DVD was startling, as everything had a very hard edged look to it. It almost didn't look real if that makes any sense.

I'm not big into the visual medium. I grew up with 4 channels on a B&W TV, and if you wanted to see a movie, you had to drive to it :^D It's a small miracle that you can fit a movie into your pocket now. I'm good with anything SD, and old film flaws, or transfer flaws don't bother me a bit. I would like to see more work done cleaning up the movies from the silent film era. Some of those are a little too damaged for my tastes.