Is Blu-Ray Worth Spending A Lot Of Money On?

worth?

its the quintessential catch 22

yes it is worth spending the money on

but at the same time no because prices are falling at a dramatic rate every month

Here's something you should ask yourself: DVD costs $20. Blu-Ray costs $30. An HD set-up would cost you around $1,000 if you want all the right equipment. If you're woking a job that pays you enough money to have all this neat stuff, than buy all means buy it. It's up to you weather it's worth every penny or just an added investment. Blu-Ray does begin to cost you a bit after a while, that's why unless it's a movie I really want (like 300, which is coming out on Blu-Ray the 31st of July), I'll rather save up the $10. But since you're only going for a 480i TV, than I don't recommend it. Don't go the way of the Blu unless you have the right set-up to take advantage of it. If you just use Blu-Ray on a standard TV, the picture quality won't look any better or sometimes can even come out worse (muddled and dark pictures).rockstar_88

Actually, it still is because it's recorded at a higher resolution than DVD, so it'll look better on a SDTV than DVD would.

sure i own a ps3 and i have a regular t.v. only 20in.
i plan on getting an LCD but thats only 480i (i think)
but the question is should i spend thousands upon thousands on just about everything new to
get the full potential of the ps3 with Blu-Ray movies?
your thoughts?GC4ever

If the LCD you're gonna get is only 480i, then I suggest stay away from blu-ray. It'll be a waste of money.

LCD isn't an image quality - it's just what the screen is: a Liquid Crystal Display. True, most LCDs are HD, but I'm sure you could find one that's SD. As for interlaced or progressive, it displays whatever it's fed. (Although I do admit it's a matter of how the image is put together.)

Back to the topic... If you're only getting an SD LCD, then not really. It should be noted, however, that Blu-Ray movies can be run in, I believe 720p and 1080i (though don't quote me on that) as well, and since there is generally little price difference between HD and SD LCDs, especially the smaller ones, it might be worth it just for "future-proofing." (Also, not that when I say "HD" I mean max resolution is 1080i/720p. I have yet to see a 1080p TV for less than one thousand dollars.)

"A lot" of money is really subjective, though. Like has been said, if you have the extra money lying around, hell yeah, go for it! Real 7.1 surround sound (one of these days)and the higher resolutions are deffinately worth it to a tech-minded person. By the way, if you're also thinking about sound, my 6.1 setup cost only $250, and it still sounds great, although it doesn't have HDMI.

Ok, bottom line: If you're concerned about being ready for the future and like pretty pictures and sound, and have the money, heh, then go for it. Spend a bit extra on an HD LCD. But if that doesn't really matter, and DVDs have never let you down, then there's really no reason to upgrade while everything surrounding itis so expensive, especially the players. (I personally don't expect DVDs to drop dead anytime soon, so that's something to think about.) Um... hope that helped.

EDIT: I see that you have a PS3. Disregard the comment about the players being expensive.

If you are a movie buff, HELL YES it's worth it.

I love my home theater!

No.:roll: I bought the new pirates of the caribean blue rays for 19.99 each, and they both came with a free ticket to see at worlds end. So basically i bought two blue rays for the cost of normal dvds and was able to take my fiance to see the new one in theaters for free. so the reason for development cost and material is all fake news to get people to spend 10 more dollars on games and movies that they forgot they are already coughin up 20 and 50 bucks a pop for respectively, outrageous!!:( It makes me sad for the populace. I mean think about it, warhawk, this game has been in development for 2 years, the developers scratched the whole original storyline and reworkedthe entire onlineaspect of it, and yet the game will only be20 dollars to download, or if you get the store bought version you get a free 40 dollar value bluetooth headsetand they will still turn a hefty profit with all that previous work and time down the drain. I mean show me the reason everyone else has to charge 10 more dollars for the same thing we been buyin on dvd for the last 10 years, just cause they want more of your money.:!:lol:

sure i own a ps3 and i have a regular t.v. only 20in.
i plan on getting an LCD but thats only 480i (i think)
but the question is should i spend thousands upon thousands on just about everything new to
get the full potential of the ps3 with Blu-Ray movies?
your thoughts?GC4ever

Why would you spend thousands upon thousands of dollars is beyond me. you probably should only spend 800-900 dollars in total to buy a TV. Hehe.

I have been renting movies lately in Blueray. I have to say I CAN"T tell the difference in general.

The next movies I rent will be in normal definition because its not worth the price difference when I didn't notice the difference anyway.

I am watching it on a philips 63" plasma which does 1080i.

Don't waist your money.

I have been renting movies lately in Blueray. I have to say I CAN"T tell the difference in general.

The next movies I rent will be in normal definition because its not worth the price difference when I didn't notice the difference anyway.

I am watching it on a philips 63" plasma which does 1080i.

Don't waist your money.

kimbrcd

I'm sure your 63inch plasma is 1366*768, any 1080i input will be converted to 768p. Though, if you are saying you can't tell any difference between SD and even 720p you have to have something wrong, or just a bad few titles. Sure, some movies look okay, no mind blowing like Discovery HD stuff, but it's still always better than DVD. You may need to do a comparison to see the difference on some. A few DVDs do well upscaled, but most the time there's no avoiding scenes with visible compression or macroblocking. What I mean to say is, besides HD the blu-ray discs have much better compression and no sign of artifacts and blocking, then better color and so on.

Is there a price difference in renting Blu-ray? (no "e")

Yes, blu-ray movies are great.

In fact, I only buy blu-ray movies now

Here's something you should ask yourself: DVD costs $20. Blu-Ray costs $30. An HD set-up would cost you around $1,000 if you want all the right equipment. If you're woking a job that pays you enough money to have all this neat stuff, than buy all means buy it. It's up to you weather it's worth every penny or just an added investment. Blu-Ray does begin to cost you a bit after a while, that's why unless it's a movie I really want (like 300, which is coming out on Blu-Ray the 31st of July), I'll rather save up the $10. But since you're only going for a 480i TV, than I don't recommend it. Don't go the way of the Blu unless you have the right set-up to take advantage of it. If you just use Blu-Ray on a standard TV, the picture quality won't look any better or sometimes can even come out worse (muddled and dark pictures).rockstar_88

sure i own a ps3 and i have a regular t.v. only 20in.
i plan on getting an LCD but thats only 480i (i think)
but the question is should i spend thousands upon thousands on just about everything new to
get the full potential of the ps3 with Blu-Ray movies?
your thoughts?GC4ever

WHY? why spend $$ on bluray if your lcd is 480i? hahahaha, actually why even buy a lcd thats 480i?

[QUOTE="rockstar_88"]Here's something you should ask yourself: DVD costs $20. Blu-Ray costs $30. An HD set-up would cost you around $1,000 if you want all the right equipment. If you're woking a job that pays you enough money to have all this neat stuff, than buy all means buy it. It's up to you weather it's worth every penny or just an added investment. Blu-Ray does begin to cost you a bit after a while, that's why unless it's a movie I really want (like 300, which is coming out on Blu-Ray the 31st of July), I'll rather save up the $10. But since you're only going for a 480i TV, than I don't recommend it. Don't go the way of the Blu unless you have the right set-up to take advantage of it. If you just use Blu-Ray on a standard TV, the picture quality won't look any better or sometimes can even come out worse (muddled and dark pictures).jdogthebomb09

Actually, it still is because it's recorded at a higher resolution than DVD, so it'll look better on a SDTV than DVD would.

HOW???? if the bluray is encoded at 1080p but your Sdtv doesnt have the hardware to run 1080p, then all you get is a scaled down 480, which is still the same as a dvd. so even if bluray is encoded at a higher resolution SDTV's cant run in that resolution.

I have been renting movies lately in Blueray. I have to say I CAN"T tell the difference in general.

The next movies I rent will be in normal definition because its not worth the price difference when I didn't notice the difference anyway.

I am watching it on a philips 63" plasma which does 1080i.

Don't waist your money.

kimbrcd

1. you r720 display is most likely taking the info off the disc, and using its internal scaler to scale the image back to the native res which is 720.

2. i have have never seen so much detail is rockys face, when i watch standard dvds. or the crank picture shows a lot of detail.

3. NOT ALL DISPLAYS ARE MADE EQUAL.

apocalypto

not bluray, but still HI DEF!!