09-24-2008, 10:46 PM
MacMagus wrote:
> > Blu-Ray is perceived by most as
> > 1.) a slight incremental improvement over DVD
>
> Anyone who has watched a Blu-Ray (or HD-DVD)
> disc on an HDTV knows otherwise.
I have a high def tv. I get HD broadcasts. I have an upscaling DVD player. I enjoy a wide variety of content at 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i. Do I need more expensive excuses to sit in front of the boob tube?
It's like having a giant bag of Cool Ranch Doritos and someone says, "Hey! You know, for only twice as much as you paid for those Doritos you can have a small bag of Cooler Ranch Doritos, too! They're even better than what you've got!!"
And my response is, "Thanks, but this bag of Doritos is plenty for now."
Not sure where you meant to go with your response. My statement indicated that hi-def media (not just Blu-Ray) provide more than "an incremental improvement" over DVD; your response, the intent of which seems to be to dispute my statement, went on to detail the numerous sources of hi-def content you enjoy while failing to address the point I made in my comment.
I have an HDTV. I receive HD broadcasts (free local channels, not cable programming), but I don't watch TV very often. I do enjoy watching movies in the comfort of my own home, in the best possible quality; Blu-Ray is ideal for this. I'm paying no more for the BD discs I buy now than I did for the DVDs I purchased a few years ago. Because Blu-Ray players are backwards compatible with DVDs, I'm able to continue to enjoy my existing DVD library; as titles become available in BD I'm free to decide whether I want to upgrade or keep the DVD version I currently own. Call me dense, but I don't see a downside here.
For those whom regular DVD is good enough, terrific. Stick with it. DVD will be around for a long while still.
(BTW, image quality of upconverted 480p content is NOT as good as properly done HD, no matter how desperately some people want to believe it is.)