Blu Ray question!

• Are you sure your TV is over 32"?
• Are you sure you are not watching on SD resolutions?
• Are you sure it's a Blu-Ray Disk?
• Are you sure your television supports 1080i/p?

If you are sure that you have none of these problems...

I can't help you. :arrow:

What does it matter if your TV is over 32"? I have a 22" monitor, and I can tell a helluva difference. I am totally floored by the quality of a blue ray vs even an unscaled dvd. The quality of The Dark Night on BR seriously had my jaw on the floor.buckugly

HD resolutions are always for monitors.

Not for televisions.

[QUOTE="buckugly"]What does it matter if your TV is over 32"? I have a 22" monitor, and I can tell a helluva difference. I am totally floored by the quality of a blue ray vs even an unscaled dvd. The quality of The Dark Night on BR seriously had my jaw on the floor.samuraiguns

HD resolutions are always for monitors.

Not for televisions.

Well actually I second that question b/c I have a 27" HDTV and I definitely notice a difference (for the good). The real question is what type of TV does he have--if it's SD then no he won't really notice any difference; if it's HDTV then you have to wonder if his calibrations are right and/or his PS3's BD settings.

Or if push-comes-to-shove, like you mentioned it could just be the media that he's putting in there or it can sometimes be the actual movie--depending on the age of the production some things don't always look good transfered to hi-def.

1) it could be that he has an Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV). Better than SD, but not as good as HD.

2) Depends on the movie that he's watching. Some of the older movies I don't think should be on Blu-ray. Personally, I think that if it wasn't shot digitally, then leave it on DVD.

• Are you sure your TV is over 32"?
• Are you sure you are not watching on SD resolutions?
• Are you sure it's a Blu-Ray Disk?
• Are you sure your television supports 1080i/p?

If you are sure that you have none of these problems...

I can't help you. :arrow:

samuraiguns

[QUOTE="samuraiguns"]

• Are you sure your TV is over 32"?
• Are you sure you are not watching on SD resolutions?
• Are you sure it's a Blu-Ray Disk?
• Are you sure your television supports 1080i/p?

If you are sure that you have none of these problems...

I can't help you. :arrow:

codezer0

I have a 42" hitachi and a 52" sony and i wish i would have purchased the vizio instead i think they have the best picture

[QUOTE="samuraiguns"]

• Are you sure your TV is over 32"?
• Are you sure you are not watching on SD resolutions?
• Are you sure it's a Blu-Ray Disk?
• Are you sure your television supports 1080i/p?

If you are sure that you have none of these problems...

I can't help you. :arrow:

codezer0

1080p can't be seen on screen's smaller than 37".....So I heard...... "CNET"

1080p can't be seen on screen's smaller than 37".....So I heard...... "CNET"

samuraiguns

If you have a TV that supports 1920x1080, and you are watching blu-ray it means that you will see more pixels - resulting in what appears to be a sharper image. It will be more obvious if previously you were watching movies on an older tellie which has a display res of (kind of) 768x576 (in Oz)

If you dont really notice anything, it could be that your tv doesnt actually go to 1920x1080, or you are used to watching medium resolution tvs like 720 or 1024 or something so the difference isnt as obvious. Or it might mean that you go to the movies a lot and are used to great big screens! :)

It doesnt make a difference whether it was shot Digital or Film, its the resolution of the movie when mastered onto the disc. Older DVDs just had the films mastered into older tv res (720x576) so it looked less sharp. It is funny because Digital Film actually has less resolution than Film which is 2048x1556 (anamorphic)

HD is referred to in kinda weird ways these days.

HD (from a film industry POV) is a resolution - 1920x1080 - anything else is a salesperson trying to sell you a TV under false pretenses. The size of the tellie doesnt matter, as long as its got that resolution. 540p and 720p etc mght be _higher_ resolutions than your old tellies, but technically they arent HD (salespeople made up 'FullHD' and 'HD' to make things confusing more customers)

sorry i went off on a rant bit but it annoys me when salepeople try to say that HD means it has a HD tuner in it....

ow well enough of that rambling...

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[QUOTE="samuraiguns"]

1080p can't be seen on screen's smaller than 37".....So I heard...... "CNET"

codezer0

LOL...me and you are on the same team! I have a this one in bedroom and it's suits me just fine....it may not have the 1080p but it does do 1080i so it still looks just as good. A matter of fact, it's the perfect set up for me since my TV is and/or never was so far from my eye view in my room (less than 3 feet).

1) it could be that he has an Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV). Better than SD, but not as good as HD.

2) Depends on the movie that he's watching. Some of the older movies I don't think should be on Blu-ray. Personally, I think that if it wasn't shot digitally, then leave it on DVD.

brotherreese

[QUOTE="brotherreese"]

1) it could be that he has an Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV). Better than SD, but not as good as HD.

2) Depends on the movie that he's watching. Some of the older movies I don't think should be on Blu-ray. Personally, I think that if it wasn't shot digitally, then leave it on DVD.

Kuruption84

Top gun looks so clear and pristine...why would someone think otherwise?....

1) it could be that he has an Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV). Better than SD, but not as good as HD.

2) Depends on the movie that he's watching. Some of the older movies I don't think should be on Blu-ray. Personally, I think that if it wasn't shot digitally, then leave it on DVD.

brotherreese

2) Mmmm no. A lot has to do with the transfer. There are many great looking BD movies that were shot on film, such as Black Hawk Down, The Shawshank Redemption, Man On Fire and The Dark Knight.

Some of the older movies I don't think should be on Blu-ray. Personally, I think that if it wasn't shot digitally, then leave it on DVD.

brotherreese

i don't know about that films like 2001 and blade runner meant to be better than most including the majority of dark knight, only the imax sequences look awesome the rest just looks great.

ok maybe not dark knight, as that was shot on film, but you get the point.

prepare to get modded. apparently "blu ray" has nothing to do with ps3 and ur posting in the wrong forum. I got modded twice for posting stuff like thistheROOTS420

What does it matter if your TV is over 32"? I have a 22" monitor, and I can tell a helluva difference. I am totally floored by the quality of a blue ray vs even an unscaled dvd. The quality of The Dark Night on BR seriously had my jaw on the floor.buckugly

[QUOTE="brotherreese"]

1) it could be that he has an Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV). Better than SD, but not as good as HD.

2) Depends on the movie that he's watching. Some of the older movies I don't think should be on Blu-ray. Personally, I think that if it wasn't shot digitally, then leave it on DVD.

Large_Soda

2) Mmmm no. A lot has to do with the transfer. There are many great looking BD movies that were shot on film, such as Black Hawk Down, The Shawshank Redemption, Man On Fire and The Dark Knight.

correct, its all the transfer, film has more res than digital HD film anyways, so it is just a matter of the transfer res and quality - BD's can hold hold the HD res, while old DVDs could handle being mastered into the TV res of the time... thus=laaaaame lol

so if an older movie was shot on film and it was mastered to blu-ray it would be just as nice - if not more so - than newer HD films...