blu ray looks like dvd? - Blu-ray Forum

mojox20 · 12-10-2008, 04:25 AM

hey guys. im new here so please be gentle to me. i have a samsung LN46A550, 46 inch 1080p lcd and a ps3 hooked up to it via hdmi.

im fairly new to blu ray. i saw the dark knight playing on one of the tvs in circuit city and it looked awesome. so i went ahead and bought the blu ray.

all my tv and ps3 settings are pretty much left the way i bought it. when i was watching the movie i see absolutely no difference in blu ray vs dvd?

can somebody help me with the settings. also my time warner hd channels don't impress me either. how come my hd tv doesn't look very hd to me??

thanks for any help!

andyman1970 · 12-10-2008, 04:35 AM

First you need to make sure you PS3 and HD TV receiver video settings are set to 1080p or whatever the highest resolution you TV is capable of displaying. Then you need to calibrate your TV using calibration disc. I would suggest the Digital Video Essentials this is very informative and walks you through every step of getting the best picture possible with out paying some one $200.00 or more to professionally do this. Or you can use almost any Disney Blu-ray or Sony pictures blu-ray. They usually have a feature that allows you to calibrate, but no instructions on how.

Also, are you using HDMI cabels or basic component cables that came with the PS3? this could also be a problem.

Kaiju · 12-10-2008, 04:35 AM

must be your eyes. everything you said sounds fine. blu ray definitely looks 1,000,000 times better than dvd imo.

RealSkyDiver · 12-10-2008, 08:44 AM

Either Samsung makes crappy TV or there is something essentially wrong with our set-up. HD on my 46" TV looks like watching it in the theaters. Even local HDTV channels I pick up with my antenna over the air look great but it varies depending on the source material.

ChoosyLobster · 12-10-2008, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojox20

hey guys. im new here so please be gentle to me. i have a samsung LN46A550, 46 inch 1080p lcd and a ps3 hooked up to it via hdmi.

im fairly new to blu ray. i saw the dark knight playing on one of the tvs in circuit city and it looked awesome. so i went ahead and bought the blu ray.

all my tv and ps3 settings are pretty much left the way i bought it. when i was watching the movie i see absolutely no difference in blu ray vs dvd?

can somebody help me with the settings. also my time warner hd channels don't impress me either. how come my hd tv doesn't look very hd to me??

thanks for any help!

ill give you a good suggestion calibrate your tv here is a website that helps you calibrate enjoy http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1010609!!! i have the 40 inch 750 series and it looks amazing

ryoohki · 12-10-2008, 10:24 AM

Yeah sure whatever

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1089714

ChoosyLobster · 12-10-2008, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryoohki

Yeah sure whatever

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1089714

you showed him LOL

bhampton · 12-10-2008, 10:52 AM

Hey,

Mostly it sounds like some options have not been set right.

Maybe you are not choosing the right resolution from your PS3 to your HDTV.

-Brian

Tempest · 12-10-2008, 11:15 AM

Your PS3 is probably set to 480p output and needs to be changed to 1080p.

Also you do ONLY have the HDMI cable making the connection from your ps3 to the TV right? no other cables connected?

Also your TV may have a setting too.. not sure.. needs to be checked in the TV settings..

Sounds like something is forcing your system to 480p through some setting.

schizbomb · 12-10-2008, 05:56 PM

Man, I knew that the TDK BD didn't look as good as it should/could be. I thought I was going blind.

big-bleu · 12-10-2008, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojox20

hey guys. im new here so please be gentle to me. i have a samsung LN46A550, 46 inch 1080p lcd and a ps3 hooked up to it via hdmi.

im fairly new to blu ray. i saw the dark knight playing on one of the tvs in circuit city and it looked awesome. so i went ahead and bought the blu ray.

all my tv and ps3 settings are pretty much left the way i bought it. when i was watching the movie i see absolutely no difference in blu ray vs dvd?

can somebody help me with the settings. also my time warner hd channels don't impress me either. how come my hd tv doesn't look very hd to me??

thanks for any help!

your kidding right that you can't see the difference
first of all much clearer picture and sound and you can check scenes without leaving the movie, no matter how much SD is upconverted its still 480i

you got to use hdmi to get great video

TVguy86 · 12-10-2008, 10:05 PM

yea i just helped a buddy hook up a PS3 and get it all set up. He bought a new tv with HDMI and his old one had DVI. He was running a DVI to HDMI converter before. Just by taking it off and running HDMI it reset his video options. We had to go back into the PS3 settings and configure them.

So basically from the PS3 menu almost all the way left i believe is the settings tab. You then have to go to display settings and check all resolutions. You should notice a difference immediately.

richieb1971 · 12-10-2008, 11:29 PM

HD is not for the beginner. It takes time to understand things. Personally I would have made the PS3 plug and play. The devices can talk to each other most of the time. There is still 1 out a 100 people still using composite video thinking its HD. The mind boggles.

Septimus Prime · 12-10-2008, 11:31 PM

Sure. The disc itself looks almost exactly like a DVD disc.

SDBlu · 12-11-2008, 12:07 AM

I'm almost certain you did not reset your PS3. It is imperative you do this when you switch over to a higher resolution TV...otherwise it will display the same resolution it did on the last TV.

You do this by keeping your finger pressed on the power button on the PS3 itself...keep holding it down til you hear a beep. Then the menu screen will appear asking you to choose the optimal resolution settings. After that you should notice a big difference.

6Ringz22 · 12-11-2008, 12:16 AM

I have the exact same TV hooked up and it looks 1,000,000* better. I don't know mayne

My_Two_Cents · 12-11-2008, 12:24 AM

Calibrating your set is good advice, but it is NOT the problem you are seeing. Any set, out of the box, is going to look better with HD/BD than with DVD. Your problem is most likely what others have already described. Your PS3 is not outputting a 1080p (or whatever max your set can hendle) signal. As for your HD cable, check to make sure the box is set to output 1080i or 720p. It may only be outputting 480i/p.

mojox20 · 12-27-2008, 10:17 PM

sorry for the late reply.

all my settings look correct. everything is set on 1080p on the tv and ps3.

i was at circuit city again today and they had a samsung demo with a split screen showing what it looks like with and without "auto motion plus"

i guess that is what impressed me. it gives that looks like im there kind of feeling. i read some people don't like that.

any way my ln46a550 does not have that feature so maybe thats why im not that impressed. overall im not impressed. the dark knight blu ray looks like a regular dvd to me. but i will try a few more blu rays since i haven't seen many of them so far. and i ordered a calibration cd, i hope that helps.

perfectdark · 12-27-2008, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojox20

sorry for the late reply.

all my settings look correct. everything is set on 1080p on the tv and ps3.

i was at circuit city again today and they had a samsung demo with a split screen showing what it looks like with and without "auto motion plus"

i guess that is what impressed me. it gives that looks like im there kind of feeling. i read some people don't like that.

any way my ln46a550 does not have that feature so maybe thats why im not that impressed. overall im not impressed. the dark knight blu ray looks like a regular dvd to me. but i will try a few more blu rays since i haven't seen many of them so far. and i ordered a calibration cd, i hope that helps.

I had this same problem last year. Thought bluray was a waste since it looked the same to me and my friends too so i sold my PS3 and movies. This year i happened apon a good deal on a Ps3 so i grabbed it again. and bought some movies that i wanted regardless of what format.. I must say now, after watching allot fo bluray movies (newer movies look better than older ones) when i pop in a DVD i can then see the difference, it just looks dull, not as crisp and a little blurry than what i'm use to.. I think most poeple expect bluray to be like looking out the window when compared to DVD, well its not, but it is crisper,clearer and you will notice it when you go back to standard DVD

Kryptron · 12-27-2008, 11:51 PM

Quote:

i ordered a calibration cd

I sure hope you ment Calibration BD.
I have the same tv as you but the 40" version and i can tell you there is a pretty big difference between dvds and BD.

Here's a thread with settings for the Samsung 550 series.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1020612

Hope that helps.

12-10-2008, 04:25 AM	#1
mojox20 New Member Member since:Dec 2008	blu ray looks like dvd? hey guys. im new here so please be gentle to me. i have a samsung LN46A550, 46 inch 1080p lcd and a ps3 hooked up to it via hdmi. im fairly new to blu ray. i saw the dark knight playing on one of the tvs in circuit city and it looked awesome. so i went ahead and bought the blu ray. all my tv and ps3 settings are pretty much left the way i bought it. when i was watching the movie i see absolutely no difference in blu ray vs dvd? can somebody help me with the settings. also my time warner hd channels don't impress me either. how come my hd tv doesn't look very hd to me?? thanks for any help!

12-10-2008, 04:35 AM	#2
andyman1970 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Birmingham, Alabama, USA DVD collection:9 Blu-ray reviews: 45 Trading Score:7	First you need to make sure you PS3 and HD TV receiver video settings are set to 1080p or whatever the highest resolution you TV is capable of displaying. Then you need to calibrate your TV using calibration disc. I would suggest the Digital Video Essentials this is very informative and walks you through every step of getting the best picture possible with out paying some one $200.00 or more to professionally do this. Or you can use almost any Disney Blu-ray or Sony pictures blu-ray. They usually have a feature that allows you to calibrate, but no instructions on how. Also, are you using HDMI cabels or basic component cables that came with the PS3? this could also be a problem. Last edited by andyman1970; 12-10-2008 at 04:37 AM.

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12-10-2008, 04:35 AM	#3
Kaiju Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:445 Blu-ray collection:1230 Trading Score:102	must be your eyes. everything you said sounds fine. blu ray definitely looks 1,000,000 times better than dvd imo.

12-10-2008, 08:44 AM	#4
RealSkyDiver Active Member Member since:Nov 2008	Either Samsung makes crappy TV or there is something essentially wrong with our set-up. HD on my 46" TV looks like watching it in the theaters. Even local HDTV channels I pick up with my antenna over the air look great but it varies depending on the source material.

12-10-2008, 10:24 AM	#6
ryoohki Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:6 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:5	Yeah sure whatever http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1089714

12-10-2008, 10:52 AM	#8
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:981 Blu-ray collection:2537 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	Hey, Mostly it sounds like some options have not been set right. Maybe you are not choosing the right resolution from your PS3 to your HDTV. -Brian

12-10-2008, 11:15 AM	#9
Tempest Senior Member Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray collection:223 Blu-ray reviews:7	Your PS3 is probably set to 480p output and needs to be changed to 1080p. Also you do ONLY have the HDMI cable making the connection from your ps3 to the TV right? no other cables connected? Also your TV may have a setting too.. not sure.. needs to be checked in the TV settings.. Sounds like something is forcing your system to 480p through some setting.

12-10-2008, 05:56 PM	#10
schizbomb Junior Member Member since:Dec 2007	Man, I knew that the TDK BD didn't look as good as it should/could be. I thought I was going blind.

12-10-2008, 10:05 PM	#12
TVguy86 Active Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:GO HUSKERS.	yea i just helped a buddy hook up a PS3 and get it all set up. He bought a new tv with HDMI and his old one had DVI. He was running a DVI to HDMI converter before. Just by taking it off and running HDMI it reset his video options. We had to go back into the PS3 settings and configure them. So basically from the PS3 menu almost all the way left i believe is the settings tab. You then have to go to display settings and check all resolutions. You should notice a difference immediately.

12-10-2008, 11:29 PM	#13
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	HD is not for the beginner. It takes time to understand things. Personally I would have made the PS3 plug and play. The devices can talk to each other most of the time. There is still 1 out a 100 people still using composite video thinking its HD. The mind boggles.

12-10-2008, 11:31 PM	#14
Septimus Prime Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:164 Trading Score:2	Sure. The disc itself looks almost exactly like a DVD disc.

12-11-2008, 12:07 AM	#15
SDBlu Special Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:So Cal Blu-ray collection:171	I'm almost certain you did not reset your PS3. It is imperative you do this when you switch over to a higher resolution TV...otherwise it will display the same resolution it did on the last TV. You do this by keeping your finger pressed on the power button on the PS3 itself...keep holding it down til you hear a beep. Then the menu screen will appear asking you to choose the optimal resolution settings. After that you should notice a big difference.

12-11-2008, 12:16 AM	#16
6Ringz22 Junior Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Vegas	I have the exact same TV hooked up and it looks 1,000,000* better. I don't know mayne

12-11-2008, 12:24 AM	#17
My_Two_Cents Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Wherever I may roam.... Home Theater Gallery:40 4K collection:35 Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:19 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:4	Calibrating your set is good advice, but it is NOT the problem you are seeing. Any set, out of the box, is going to look better with HD/BD than with DVD. Your problem is most likely what others have already described. Your PS3 is not outputting a 1080p (or whatever max your set can hendle) signal. As for your HD cable, check to make sure the box is set to output 1080i or 720p. It may only be outputting 480i/p.

12-27-2008, 10:17 PM	#18
mojox20 New Member Member since:Dec 2008	sorry for the late reply. all my settings look correct. everything is set on 1080p on the tv and ps3. i was at circuit city again today and they had a samsung demo with a split screen showing what it looks like with and without "auto motion plus" i guess that is what impressed me. it gives that looks like im there kind of feeling. i read some people don't like that. any way my ln46a550 does not have that feature so maybe thats why im not that impressed. overall im not impressed. the dark knight blu ray looks like a regular dvd to me. but i will try a few more blu rays since i haven't seen many of them so far. and i ordered a calibration cd, i hope that helps.

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