IMO, Blu-ray does not deliver it's promise [incorrect settings / mod] - Blu-ray Forum

SkantDragon · 01-14-2009, 05:46 PM

You folks are being trolled. Not all trolls type badly and are rude. A good troll can keep people going with false claims just on the edge of believability for a long time.

The situation this guy is describing can't be true. I have a 65" screen and one of the best DVD upscalers on the market, and DVD already looks pretty poor at that size. The compression artifacts and lack of sharpness are obvious and distracting. This guy claims to have a high end 100" system, and can't see the difference between his DVD and Blu-ray. Meanwhile, his broadcast HD supposedly looks better than both.

That's just not possible. Not even if his Blu-ray was misconfigured somehow. And how long has it been, and it's supposedly still that way? Blu-ray is not hard to setup. You guys are being trolled.

The notion that upscaled DVDs (or broadcast HD or digital downloads) look just as good as Blu-ray is a myth being pushed by certain interested companies. And the real purpose of this thread is to lend credibility to that myth for anyone searching the internet trying to figure out if Blu-ray is as good as its claims.

In the real world, the difference between Blu-ray and upscaled DVD on a high end 100" system is nothing short of dramatic. This isn't one of those questionable differences like when audiophiles claim old analog tubes somehow sound better. At that screen size, you couldn't miss the difference if you'd been hit by pepper spray a minute before.

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01-14-2009, 05:46 PM	#30
SkantDragon Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	You folks are being trolled. Not all trolls type badly and are rude. A good troll can keep people going with false claims just on the edge of believability for a long time. The situation this guy is describing can't be true. I have a 65" screen and one of the best DVD upscalers on the market, and DVD already looks pretty poor at that size. The compression artifacts and lack of sharpness are obvious and distracting. This guy claims to have a high end 100" system, and can't see the difference between his DVD and Blu-ray. Meanwhile, his broadcast HD supposedly looks better than both. That's just not possible. Not even if his Blu-ray was misconfigured somehow. And how long has it been, and it's supposedly still that way? Blu-ray is not hard to setup. You guys are being trolled. The notion that upscaled DVDs (or broadcast HD or digital downloads) look just as good as Blu-ray is a myth being pushed by certain interested companies. And the real purpose of this thread is to lend credibility to that myth for anyone searching the internet trying to figure out if Blu-ray is as good as its claims. In the real world, the difference between Blu-ray and upscaled DVD on a high end 100" system is nothing short of dramatic. This isn't one of those questionable differences like when audiophiles claim old analog tubes somehow sound better. At that screen size, you couldn't miss the difference if you'd been hit by pepper spray a minute before.

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