Blue ray on SD tvs

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#1 smiggy4000
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Is there a noticable differnece when playing Blue rays on a SD TV vs just watching the DVD.

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#2 ArchoNils2
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besides a few additional features (like menus ingame and online services etc), not really. I'd say the price difference is only worth if you wath the movie at least at 720p. Btw, isn't it a crime to use a SD Tv with your PS3? :P

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#3 evilmaster2424
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Is there a noticable differnece when playing Blue rays on a SD TV vs just watching the DVD.

smiggy4000
probably not seeing as the video has to be down converted to and SD resoultiuon. so its probably abotu the same
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#4 lordfalsus
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thats most def a no go. never seen a blu ray on sd but id imagine it looked like crap.. on my old ps3 the hdmi port stoppped working and had to go to composite.. before i bought a slim. and even blu rays on that were kinda crappy.

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#5 ThePerro
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besides a few additional features (like menus ingame and online services etc), not really. I'd say the price difference is only worth if you wath the movie at least at 720p. Btw, isn't it a crime to use a SD Tv with your PS3? :P

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I'm still rocking an sd tv :(

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#6 bigboss1203
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No, you only tell the difference if its on an HDTV, otherwise theres no point in buying blu ray movies for an SDTV

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#7 Fightingfan
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No, you only tell the difference if its on an HDTV, otherwise theres no point in buying blu ray movies for an SDTV

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Well you could get uncompressed audio with a SDTV.
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#8 smiggy4000
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Ive realised now that as the PS3 can use youtube I can just play one of the many comparison videos straight to my SD tv and get a better comparison, rather than using my pc as the montiors now are just below HD quality anyways really.
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thats most def a no go. never seen a blu ray on sd but id imagine it looked like crap.. on my old ps3 the hdmi port stoppped working and had to go to composite.. before i bought a slim. and even blu rays on that were kinda crappy.

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Never heard of component cables? ;)

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#10 smiggy4000
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[QUOTE="lordfalsus"]

thats most def a no go. never seen a blu ray on sd but id imagine it looked like crap.. on my old ps3 the hdmi port stoppped working and had to go to composite.. before i bought a slim. and even blu rays on that were kinda crappy.

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Never heard of component cables? ;)

Its the green, red, blue cables, you may see the port on the back of hd tvs. There basically the yellow cable split in 3, so you usuallly get 5 plus including the audio ones.

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#11 TevoxZi
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[QUOTE="TevoxZi"]

[QUOTE="lordfalsus"]

thats most def a no go. never seen a blu ray on sd but id imagine it looked like crap.. on my old ps3 the hdmi port stoppped working and had to go to composite.. before i bought a slim. and even blu rays on that were kinda crappy.

smiggy4000



Never heard of component cables? ;)

Its the green, red, blue cables, you may see the port on the back of hd tvs. There basically the yellow cable split in 3, so you usuallly get 5 plus including the audio ones.



I know that, I was just saying you don't need HDMI to get HD -signals but only in Digital. I wasn't asking, but thanks anyway.

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#12 Diddies
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IMO HDTV is a must for PS3. I went and spent a lot of money on a LED and it is a great investment.
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[QUOTE="ArchoNils2"]

besides a few additional features (like menus ingame and online services etc), not really. I'd say the price difference is only worth if you wath the movie at least at 720p. Btw, isn't it a crime to use a SD Tv with your PS3? :P

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I'm still rocking an sd tv :(

the only games i use an sdtv for are fighters...and thats because there is no input lag....when im playing games that require memorization of frames and quick responses...i need there to be no lag between the cpu and the monitor...cause sf4 is impossible in a competitive sense on an hdtv with 2 or 3 frames of lag...when alot of moves take that long...and the difference between a tech and getting f'd is 1frame

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#14 Fightingfan
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[QUOTE="ThePerro"]

[QUOTE="ArchoNils2"]

besides a few additional features (like menus ingame and online services etc), not really. I'd say the price difference is only worth if you wath the movie at least at 720p. Btw, isn't it a crime to use a SD Tv with your PS3? :P

lpjazzman220



I'm still rocking an sd tv :(

the only games i use an sdtv for are fighters...and thats because there is no input lag....when im playing games that require memorization of frames and quick responses...i need there to be no lag between the cpu and the monitor...cause sf4 is impossible in a competitive sense on an hdtv with 2 or 3 frames of lag...when alot of moves take that long...and the difference between a tech and getting f'd is 1frame

I can count frames and I run SSF4 in HD, same goes for MvC2 I count the frames perfectly.

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#15 lpjazzman220
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[QUOTE="lpjazzman220"]

[QUOTE="ThePerro"]

I'm still rocking an sd tv :(

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the only games i use an sdtv for are fighters...and thats because there is no input lag....when im playing games that require memorization of frames and quick responses...i need there to be no lag between the cpu and the monitor...cause sf4 is impossible in a competitive sense on an hdtv with 2 or 3 frames of lag...when alot of moves take that long...and the difference between a tech and getting f'd is 1frame

I can count frames and I run SSF4 in HD, same goes for MvC2 I count the frames perfectly.

it might just be my tv then....its kinda old...one of the first lcd hd tvs to come out.....but yeah....i still run those games on sd tvs lol

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#16 Fightingfan
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^^ I did have frame rate lag as well on my old 64inch when playing games like Rockband so I guess its just the Tvs..
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#17 Santesyu
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thats most def a no go. never seen a blu ray on sd but id imagine it looked like crap.. on my old ps3 the hdmi port stoppped working and had to go to composite.. before i bought a slim. and even blu rays on that were kinda crappy.

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my sdtv while the ps3 is playing a movie looks far from crap actually looks pretty awesome tbh.
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#18 Foliage-King
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Im to scared to get a Hd tv :( Im scared the moment I get one some new feature will come out. Plus I dont know enough about tvs to ensure I get my moneys worth, great specs, and no input lag
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#19 Hanzoadam
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If your on about picture quality then no, but as people have said already you do get those extras,

I have a HDTV 1080 and my blu rays look really good amazing quality and detail, my brother watches some of my blu rays on his SD tv and they just look like DVD quality

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#20 Reptylus
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I tried playing BD on a SD-TV: No colors, all black and white.