300 Blu-ray vs. 300 HD DVD

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Originally Posted by sdwillie

It's almost impossible to tell the difference. HDDVD can't read fast enough to create a 1080P image, so if your set doesn't support that resolution you'll get exactly zero benefit from blu-ray. What's more, you need a really big screen (at least 60 inches to expand the image) and have to sit really close (more than a foot and you lose it bcause the effect is tiny) to find jaggies.

So if you don't have:
A-a five foot television
B-that can produce 1080P
C-and want to sit far enough away that you can actually see what you're watching

then the format is irrelevant to what you'll see.

People will weigh in differently, because a lot of people shape their opinions based on what they want to believe, rather than the evidence staring them in the face.

If you don't meet those criteria the only difference you can in reality experience is that, since Sony and Disney absorb beyond normal production expenses, blu-ray discs are usually a few bucks cheaper.

Okay Trolly McTrollerton. Thanks for this very uneducated opinion.

#1) Even a CD can read fast enough to create a 1080p image
#2) You'll notice a difference from about 50" and up, not 60"
#3) The PCM track on the Blu-ray is more desirable than the TrueHD track found on both because of the dialogue normalization. Anything that brings down levels brings down the overall dynamic