Blu-ray on SDTV

The Blu-ray movie will just show at the standard definition resolution (480i) -- it will not look any better than a DVD. You need an HDTV for that.zidura

not really it looks a little better

there is more detail but, an hdtv is oviously better

For the moment go with a 720p 26'' hdtv. It will be a great tv, untill the 1080p gets cheaper.ludacriss

I can't find the HDTV thread. I want to buy a hdtv and want to know if the contrast ratio does matter on a 26''.

Lol, how does it look better when they're both the same? 4080iccheng187

will blu-ray disc movies work high definitionon a 720p/1080i tv? or will it downscale to 480i since i don't got 1080p?LeDavester

YOu can play Blu-rays at any HD resolution, only recently though the PS3 could only do 1080i or 1080p, but I think they finally added 720p support like any other blu-ray player did.

First, Blu-ray at SD resolution will look better than the DVD. DVDs have tons of compression and other issues. These DVD problems might be hard to see on a SD tv as it can hidethem, but if you have a HDTV and tried a DVD at 480p, then the same Blu-ray at 480p, the Blu-ray would destroy it.

If there was any chance to see the improvement of Blu-ray's compression and detail in say dark scenes on a SDTV, it better be a good quality tv and you are using no less than Component video. That means no yellow composite, no s-video, if you use those you'd only hurt image quality or not achieve the best possible picture your tv could show. And some 4:3 SDTVs have an enchanced widescreen mode where it will focus all the scanlines into a 16:9 shape, making it appear more solid and brighter.

at least someone knows what their talking about

First, Blu-ray at SD resolution will look better than the DVD. DVDs have tons of compression and other issues. These DVD problems might be hard to see on a SD tv as it can hidethem, but if you have a HDTV and tried a DVD at 480p, then the same Blu-ray at 480p, the Blu-ray would destroy it.

If there was any chance to see the improvement of Blu-ray's compression and detail in say dark scenes on a SDTV, it better be a good quality tv and you are using no less than Component video. That means no yellow composite, no s-video, if you use those you'd only hurt image quality or not achieve the best possible picture your tv could show. And some 4:3 SDTVs have an enchanced widescreen mode where it will focus all the scanlines into a 16:9 shape, making it appear more solid and brighter.

TimothyB

First, Blu-ray at SD resolution will look better than the DVD. DVDs have tons of compression and other issues. These DVD problems might be hard to see on a SD tv as it can hidethem, but if you have a HDTV and tried a DVD at 480p, then the same Blu-ray at 480p, the Blu-ray would destroy it.

If there was any chance to see the improvement of Blu-ray's compression and detail in say dark scenes on a SDTV, it better be a good quality tv and you are using no less than Component video. That means no yellow composite, no s-video, if you use those you'd only hurt image quality or not achieve the best possible picture your tv could show. And some 4:3 SDTVs have an enchanced widescreen mode where it will focus all the scanlines into a 16:9 shape, making it appear more solid and brighter.

TimothyB