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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Technology marches on. You can now get a high-end Panasonic 3D plasma with a 3D-Blu-ray player, three sets of glasses and Avatar for what I paid for my slightly smaller lower-mid Westinghouse TV three and a half years ago. As soon as I pay of my house next year, I'm getting a new TV. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 113 |
| | Posted: | | | | I too joined the Blu-ray club this Christmas. I got a Sony BDP-S470 as a Christmas gift. I still have an 8 year old JVC 32" CRT but I've had a few Blu-ray discs for a while now due to Blu-ray DVD bundles. I haven't had a chance to watch any Blu-ray movies yet but am looking forward to it. I haven't decided how many of my 600+ DVDs I plan to replace with Blu-ray, but I'm assuming it will be less than 10%. I guess I'll have to wait and see once I get a huge HDTV what the quality difference is. | | | JAFO
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | I also just joined the Blu-Ray club. Before I got my BR player I bought some recent films that were Blu-Ray/DVD Combo packs just to future proof my collection. Now that I got a BR player I don't have to go and re-buy these again on Blu-Ray.
I did a Blu-Ray/DVD comparison of Avatar and even on my standard def. TV the Blu-Ray is much more sharper and detailed. I can see the detail in the painting of the military craft. The DVD lacks the detail and when compared to the Blu-Ray appears much more softer and just lacks detail. This really surprised me.
Regarding what titles of my collection I will double-dip and buy again on Blu-Ray, well I think I will limit it to Science-Fiction and Action films for the majority of them. Certain classics I may buy too. Comedies isn't something that I think I would re-buy on Blu-Ray. Same with certain dramas. TV Series too is something that I think I will just stick with the DVD for. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 113 |
| | Posted: | | | | Am I the only one who decided to keep my old DVD player hooked up in addition to the Blu-ray player? My Sony DVD player is less than two years old, and it seems it has more features related to DVD playback (more extensive remote buttons), plus it remembers where I stopped playing a disc, even after a reboot. | | | JAFO
Registered DVD Profiler user since 10/14/2002
"Welcome to the party pal." - John McClane, Die Hard
"Grab your ankles and kiss your ass goodbye JAFO. We're going down." - Frank Murphy, Blue Thunder |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JAFO: Quote:
Am I the only one who decided to keep my old DVD player hooked up in addition to the Blu-ray player? Nope, mine is still active too. Main reason: uop-free. While there would be a way to make my Panasonic BD-Player region-free for DVDs, there is non for UOP, and those unskippable trailers and other stuff really annoys the hell out of me, so DVDs still go in the DVD-Player. Hooked up to the TV via SCART and the very good scaler in the Sony TV does the work of upscaling. cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
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| Registered: October 3, 2008 | | Posts: 21 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JAFO: Quote:
Am I the only one who decided to keep my old DVD player hooked up in addition to the Blu-ray player? Still got my old 7-disc changer hooked up. It's an odd setup now, since my receiver doesn't have any HDMI support so the PS3 is connected directly to the TV via HDMI while the optical audio goes through the DVD input on the receiver. The old DVD player is still connected, to the DVD in of the receiver, but its audio is now only connected through the six discrete analog inputs which were mainly used previously for DVD Audio discs. My receiver has two DVD settings, DVD and DVD Multi, where the only difference is the audio inputs that are used. DVD-Multi uses analog inputs only (designed for DVD Audio playback), while the regular DVD setting uses the optical or coax input. So, now if I want to use the DVD changer, I just switch to DVD Multi, which still passes the component video to the TV. For Blu-ray, I use the DVD setting. I just have to change the TV from HDMI to Component & back when needed. I'm now starting to look for a new receiver that's more up to date with HDMI support. He Who Got His Current System Just A Couple Years Too Soon. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JAFO: Quote:
Am I the only one who decided to keep my old DVD player hooked up in addition to the Blu-ray player? . I'm keeping my Magnavox DVD Recorder hooked up. Reasons: 1. It's a Recorder 2. It has zoom function, which I use to look at credits more closely. Sadly the new Blu-Ray I bought doesn't have that feature, which would mean that I won't be adding credits from Blu-Rays since I can't zoom in to read them. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Bought my first reader today something that could be a surprise to some (I'm sure Hal is  ). Not that I will do the jump and replace all my dvds for their blu-ray version or buy blu-ray for now, since I don't even had an HD-TV to see the differences (I always think it doesn't meet the hype anyway). I was due for a new dvd reader and I was unable to find a Phillips reader so I got the BR reader because it isn't costly (88 $CAN) and easy to make multi region (wich is already done). I got my first blu-ray today from Amazon and those case are sure little and thin compare to the dvd case... | | | | Last edited: by Jimmy S |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting No_Name_Needed: Quote:
Bought my first reader today something that could be a surprise to some (I'm sure Hal is ). Not that I will do the jump and replace all my dvds for their blu-ray version or buy blu-ray for now, since I don't even had an HD-TV to see the differences (I always think it doesn't meet the hype anyway).
I was due for a new dvd reader and I was unable to find a Phillips reader so I got the BR reader because it isn't costly (88 $CAN) and easy to make multi region (wich is already done).
I got my first blu-ray today from Amazon and those case are sure little and thin compare to the dvd case... After all the ragging you gave me about Blu ray..... All I can say is welcome to the club. You've taken the first step. Next will be the TV, then the sound system. You've been sucked in, no doubt about it! The studios finally got their hooks into you! | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 366 |
| | Posted: | | | | Blu-ray has 4 times the pixel density of DVD, many times the videstreaming bandwidth and uses a more efficient compression algorithm. Not to mention significant increases in bandwidth and disc capacity Simple math will tell you that (barring a hose job by the compressionist) Blu-ray is a significant improvement.
If you think that Blu-ray is only a slight or no improvement from DVD on an HDTV, you are likely sitting too far away from the TV to take advantage of the fact you have an HDTV, or the converse, your screen is too small for your viewing distance. (Yes, there is a science between screen size and seating distance when building a home theater, even in your living room). |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting nolesrule: Quote:
Blu-ray has 4 times the pixel density of DVD, many times the videstreaming bandwidth and uses a more efficient compression algorithm. Not to mention significant increases in bandwidth and disc capacity Simple math will tell you that (barring a hose job by the compressionist) Blu-ray is a significant improvement. Blu-ray actually has 6 times the density of NTSC and five time the density of PAL. Audio quality is much better as well. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 366 |
| | Posted: | | | | OK, so my number was off a bit. I got up with the kids this morning, and they didn't care that it was New Years.
I'm running a 10-year old receiver, so I don't get experience with the improved audio. But video is most certainly night and day. | | | | Last edited: by nolesrule |
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