new to blue ray

[arsosa]

Hello I was wondering if anyone could answer my question regarding my scenario. My regular DVD player recently died and I have to purchase a new unit. I am not sure whether to purchase a blue ray player based on the TV I currently have, the Pioneer 4270HD, which is 1024x768 pixels... not true HD. so now that I am on the market again I wondering whether a Blue ray DVD is worth the $$$ or should i simply stick with another HDMI regular DVD player until I get a new TV in the future. If anyone has any suggestions i would greatly appreciate it

[Blu Titan]

Upgrade to Blu-ray and you won't regret it. With your 720P TV, you will be able to notice a difference in the picture quality and the audio when playing Blu-ray movies. there will be great prices on Blu-ray players on Black Friday. Check out the Official Black Friday Sales Thread for more info: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=68990

[coolmilo]

And from now call it blu-ray and not blue ray.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by coolmilo

And from now call it blu-ray and not blue ray.

there is no "dvd" behind the name either

[BACsader]

Actually, to be more correct, it's Blu-ray.

[arsosa]

Just so i understand a little better the blue ray dvd player will have to downconvert the 1080 image to 720P? And with a Normal DVD player the 720x480 image has to upconvert? Is this correct?

[arsosa]

just so I am clear the blu-ray plater will downcovert the 1080 image to 720p while the normal DVD player takes an SD (720x480) image and upconverts to 720P. Thanks... (Hope i am not making a fool of myself with my limited knowledge)

[ngkf7]

Even if your currently deceased DVD player upconverted a standard definition DVD, a Blu-Ray Disc will look (and sound) far superior, even if just in 720p. I have my PS3 plugged in to a 720p TV and I can rarely watch a DVD again, even though the PS3 upconversion is so good.

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by arsosa

just so I am clear the blu-ray plater will downcovert the 1080 image to 720p while the normal DVD player takes an SD (720x480) image and upconverts to 720P. Thanks... (Hope i am not making a fool of myself with my limited knowledge)

DVDs are 480i. A DVD player will output 480i or 480p for progressive scan. The TV set does the conversion to its native 768 resolution.

With your TV set, you will probably want to have a Blu-ray player set to output 1080i. That maintains all of the original resolution. The set will then drop it down to its native 768 resolution. If you set the player to output 720p, you lose the other 48 lines. Not a big deal, I suppose. But, why discard those lines if you don't have to. There's also one less scaling step to go through.

As to your original question, I think Blu-ray is definitely worth it for a 42" 768 line display. There's also improved audio to consider, if you have a decent surround sound system.

[ozzman]

Just for the record I have a 1080i T.V and i set it to 1080i instead of 720p.
I find the picture is better for Blu.(that's just what i do and have no complaints )

[Midnightsailor]

I also have a PS3 connected to a 768 line HDTV. The difference is amazing.

(Blu-ray is definitely worth it just for the audio though!)

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by arsosa

Hello I was wondering if anyone could answer my question regarding my scenario. My regular DVD player recently died and I have to purchase a new unit. I am not sure whether to purchase a blue ray player based on the TV I currently have, the Pioneer 4270HD, which is 1024x768 pixels... not true HD. so now that I am on the market again I wondering whether a Blue ray DVD is worth the $$$ or should i simply stick with another HDMI regular DVD player until I get a new TV in the future. If anyone has any suggestions i would greatly appreciate it

(read the bold)...That is a misnomer! Your TV set is definately HD.

The term "TRUE HD" only came into play once manfacturers were able to produce 1080p sets. It's all marketing hype! Both 720p (which yours is) and 1080p sets are HD. My Panny Plasma is 720p and I can tell you that it provides me with amazing HD imaging from Blu-ray.

So go ahead and buy a Blu-ray player and be amazed at the images you are about to discover.