Upconverted DVD Vs Blu-Ray - Difference On Screen Size

[Merc1785]

At what screen size do you guys think one begins to see a major difference in Picture Quality between an upconverted DVD and a Blu-Ray?

Of course, like Blu-Ray transfers, not all DVDs are created equally and some DVDs such as the digitally remastered Ultimate Edition James Bond or Superbit movies look "HD Quality" like upscaled.

I have a 32" LCD TV and some times I have a hard time telling the difference between the two. However, when I watch them on my 60", it is clearly apparent Blu-ray is superior.

I think it is a big advertisting point for us to prove to the uneducated consumer there is a major difference between upconverted SD and BD. Pushing HD audio of course helps too.

[Siejuban]

My HDTV in my bedroom is 23", only 1080i, I have 2 upconverted DVD player connected to it plus the PS3, even at 8 feet away from the screen, I can still tell the diff between Blu-Ray with my 2 upconverted DVD player, sharper, more detail, it is very diff. even my TV is just only 1080i, all using HDMI output.

Added: I watched CARS DVD and Blu-Ray. the different is more can be seen

[Curumo]

Originally Posted by Merc1785

At what screen size do you guys think one begins to see a major difference in Picture Quality between an upconverted DVD and a Blu-Ray?

Of course, like Blu-Ray transfers, not all DVDs are created equally and some DVDs such as the digitally remastered Ultimate Edition James Bond or Superbit movies look "HD Quality" like upscaled.

I have a 32" LCD TV and some times I have a hard time telling the difference between the two. However, when I watch them on my 60", it is clearly apparent Blu-ray is superior.

I think it is a big advertisting point for us to prove to the uneducated consumer there is a major difference between upconverted SD and BD. Pushing HD audio of course helps too.

it is probably some really bad BD transfer, or something is colossaly wrong with Your setup... as i said zillions of times, huge difference is visible even on a smallest monitors/tvs today even on 720p... there's no point in any debate or need for proving such a simple fact that upconverted dvd is still just a little better standard dvd, light years behind BD (what is the name of that hddvd idiot who said he preferred upc. dvds over hd?)... today i use Samsung 37'' 1080p but year before i started with 24'' Dell, and 2 yrs ago even apple HD trailers, way from true BD movies, looked uncomparably better on 20'' monitor then any sdvd... It is simply uncomparabele. Period. Unless U watch movies from 20 ft or more, of course.

[Merc1785]

Originally Posted by Curumo

it is probably some really bad BD transfer, or something is colossaly wrong with Your setup... as i said zillions of times, huge difference is visible even on a smallest monitors/tvs today even on 720p... there's no point in any debate or need for proving such a simple fact that upconverted dvd is still just a little better standard dvd, light years behind BD (what is the name of that hddvd idiot who said he preferred upc. dvds over hd?)... today i use Samsung 37'' 1080p but year before i started with 24'' Dell, and 2 yrs ago even apple HD trailers, way from true BD movies, looked uncomparably better on 20'' monitor then any sdvd... It is simply uncomparabele. Period. Unless U watch movies from 20 ft or more, of course.

Nothing is wrong with my setup. There just are unfortunately subpar BD transfers i.e. "XXX" that do not look any better than a good looking DVD i.e. "Transformers" upscaled.

No one has ever experienced a similar situation?

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by Merc1785

Nothing is wrong with my setup. There just are unfortunately subpar BD transfers i.e. "XXX" that do not look any better than a good looking DVD i.e. "Transformers" upscaled.

No one has ever experienced a similar situation?

XXX was one of the first crap that Sony Picture put on BluRay back in June/July 2006. Most title released back then (on BD25) with PCM + MPEG2 were crappy..

[BluStar88]

anything 32" and up

[Digital Filmmaker]

At 16 feet wide, the difference is quite noticeable.

[lgans316]

37" and above.

[RUR]

Originally Posted by Digital Filmmaker

At 16 feet wide, the difference is quite noticeable.

**Screen Size Envy**

[HDPerfection]

Originally Posted by Digital Filmmaker

At 16 feet wide, the difference is quite noticeable.

that's what she said .....anyway.....upconvert looks pretty good on my 50". I have played SDVD's in my progressive scan player and the PS3, the upscale on the PS3 is a tiny bit better but the progressive scan player doesn't have as many pixels swimming around in the background..it all depends on your preference there...I doubt you would notice the difference on a smaller tv if you were just watching an SDVD but if you are compairing SDVD to BRD I think 20" and up you would notice a difference as it is alot more crisp on the BRD....