What's the difference between DVD and Blu-ray?

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Originally Posted by dontbenosey2003

Hi

I was just wondering can you tell the difference between normal dvds and Blu-Ray dvds?
I am buying the samsung P1400 so was wondering how it will look. I have the 40" samsung 1080p also so hopefully they will co-operate very well.

oh god you are going to be blown away. heres the deal, you have a 1080p tv. this means it has 1080 line of horizontal resolution, a dvd simply does not have enough capacity for a transfer that can scan more than 480 of the 1080 lines. since blu-ray has more space a transfer can be put on the disc that can fill up all 1080 lines of your tv. when you multiply it out your going to get about 6x the resolution from a blu-ray disc. your going to get blown away. and i don't mean to insult your intelligence, im just warning you, for most movies there will be black bars on the bottom and top of your hdtv, so don't come in here saying, "why are there black bars" are we will all haze you into our blu-brotherhood. welcome.