Blu-ray not as impressive anymore.

[Xerious]

watch dvds for a week straight, then go back to blu. that should fix it.

[Crème Blu-ray]

Yes, it's happened to all of us. I still have unwrapped DVDs that I'll never watch because I'm waiting for them to come out on Blu-ray. Even broadcast HDTV isn't up to par: Most of the time it's OK, but when they show a sequence with high "frame differentials" like a whitewater river, torrential downpour, blizzard, fast pan or even fade to black, the compression artifacts are like visual sandpaper.

[broganreynik]

I just did a weekend stay doing a medical study, and when I walked into the loung I saw the tv was a regular sd-tv, albeit a big screen. So I was a little upset at the 1.33:1 ratio, but I figured no big deal, well the tv was super old and dim, and to top it off, their DVD player was a piece of crap, so we had to watch VHS. VHS!!!! Needless to say, as soon as I got home, I popped in a Blu and just sat in awe of the quality.

[theNothingComes]

Originally Posted by Grubert

I can't judge on the picture quality of POTC2 because I was all the time rolling my eyes at its stupidity.

Ooooooooooooooooooooh. Now that was just mean.

[Thegide]

Every time I see those high contrast horizon shots in 300, my jaw hits the floor... and this is 4 months later. Perhaps it's the XBR effect

I'm still blown away.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Pellaeon

Same thing happened to me with HDTV. I think we just get to accepting HD as norm over time. I now hate to watch SDTV and DVD.

blu-ray is great but I'm thinking the hdtvs of 8 years ago were better especially back then in stores when people use to crowd around the tvs but now hdtvs in stores are hideous how many people do you see looking at the tv sets

[g217814]

I feel the same way at times but there is also a wide variety of video and sound quality among BD's. Sometimes it's the director/studio's intent to make a movie grainy and soft and in other cases it just a poor transfer. POTC & POTC 2 is some of the best I've seen and heard so far on BD and for me Sleepy Hollow was one of the worst, it just seems to vary.

[sowecrazy]

yeah i still watch tv in SD cause i get basic cable for free, theres no need to pay for hd cable, ur payin for advertisement, so when ever i watch a blu-ray the wow factor is still there. i am ledgend looks awsome

[coolmilo]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

When I first watched blu-ray my jaw hit the ground at the quality. I just couldn't get over how clear it was. I bought movies sometimes just to get that awesome blu-ray experience. Well, 56 blu-rays later, the feeling is gone.

StockStar, I have some good news for you that will again make your jaw hit the ground again (btw, you should probably see a doctor about that because it sounds painful ). Anyway, wait for OLED to hit the market in a big way (2 to 3 years) because this new technology will bring new life to your Blu-ray collection. Think about it, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Check it out at your local Sony Style store (11" OLED TV). OLED is simply amazing. It's just too bad it wasn't a 50 inch screen.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by coolmilo

StockStar, I have some good news for you that will again make your jaw hit the ground again (btw, you should probably see a doctor about that because it sounds painful ). Anyway, wait for OLED to hit the market in a big way (2 to 3 years) because this new technology will bring new life to your Blu-ray collection. Think about it, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Check it out at your local Sony Style store (11" OLED TV). Simply amazing. It's just too bad it wasn't a 50 inch screen.

Ive already seen the OLED hooked up to a PS3 and you are right, it will make me re-watch every single one of my blu-rays. OLED is stunning.

My GF and I were in Sony Style and I showed her the OLED and at first she was like, "WTF? Whats the big deal, it looks the same as your HDTV"

There was an XBR4 right close to it and I pointed to it and I said, that HDTV there is better than mine, now look at the XBR4 and then look at the OLED and tell me if it looks the same to you. She saw the difference right away.

[DutchBoy]

Thank goodness I'm not the only one!

I was thinking just the other day how I don't get "wow"d as frequently anymore -- when I first got my LCD and started watching BDs, I'd be audibly gasping the entire time something was on.

But now, I'm so used to how good the picture is that the only time I gasp is when I notice how poorly something looks otherwise.

I guess you just get so used to seeing that 1080 picture that you have nothing to reference it to anymore and it becomes the norm. That being said, there are still some point in certain movies that still make me go wow. When I was watching Cars the other night, the scene at the racetrack from overhead with all the fireworks going off, I was reminded of just how great a picture I'm getting.

[Palanthian]

Originally Posted by john_1958

blu-ray is great but I'm thinking the hdtvs of 8 years ago were better especially back then in stores when people use to crowd around the tvs but now hdtvs in stores are hideous how many people do you see looking at the tv sets

Hehe, you should see where I work. I work in a fairly poor area, so we have our nice 46" Samsung LCD hooked up to our Blu-ray player and people stare commonly. Many jaws hit the floor. lol Especially when he have POTC2 or Spider-man 3 in there.

[saprano]

Yea i kinda got use to it to. but it depends on the movie. sometime's there's really good quality movie's ,like NCFOM, that just make me go wow. not wow like before, but still wow , Beside's i still have an SDTV in the same room that i still wach( not enough HD channels worth hooking up the cable box).......so the feeling go's away, and come's back

[funkybudda]

Originally Posted by Blu As Hell

Hey, Hey, Hey, remember we are not looking at that movie for Oscar winning, perfomances, direction, or writing. It's just good ole fashion, stupid, dumb....wait a minute....nevermind.

well, even if some movies that are Oscar worthy I find it hard to accept, such as No Country for Old Man. The story plot was decent, all the actors were good in their respective roles but I failed to see why this is Oscar caliber performance. I actually enjoyed Michael Clayton alot more.

[supersix4]

lol Thats the best when people compare two different types of movies to one another POTC should never be in the same cat. as NCFOM

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by supersix4

lol Thats the best when people compare two different types of movies to one another POTC should never be in the same cat. as NCFOM

were simply talking about the PQ and AQ of the two movies. I think thats comparable.

[john_1958]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Grubert
I can't judge on the picture quality of POTC2 because I was all the time rolling my eyes at its stupidity.


i have never understood why people don't like this movie. Yeah, its not Best Picture of the Year, but it keeps me entertained everytime I watch it. Its not a bad movie at all.


I'm with you its still better then alot of movies out there

[Grisle]

Sure I'm used to BD, but NCFOM was still an amazing picture. The shots were just amazing and I was still awed by it. I agree that in our minds BD is now the standard while DVD is below it, but I still get really excited to see what the movie is going to look like on BD.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Palanthian

Hehe, you should see where I work. I work in a fairly poor area, so we have our nice 46" Samsung LCD hooked up to our Blu-ray player and people stare commonly. Many jaws hit the floor. lol Especially when he have POTC2 or Spider-man 3 in there.

thats how i remember instore when people were overwelmed it was eye candy but not in any stores i've seen lately
the stores usually have lcd brightness set way to high as if they washed hd right out of the set lol

[Memnoch71]

I still have my 10 year old 36" Sony (Thing must weigh 200lbs) hooked up to a PS2 and I can watch a DVD on it. I have all the Spider Man movies in SD and BD. I can go from the SD on the 36", the switch over to the PS3 on my 57" 1080p upconverting and it is a big step up. But then I put in the BD of the exact same movie and it still amazes me how much better it gets. I guess this is all relative.

I've seen display models setup in stores recently(Sams Club) that look ridiculously bad. (Why hook up a regular DVD player to a 50" LCD 1080p set and put on the SD of Transformers?) It was a mess, then right beside it is a Huge Blu-Ray display playing Open Season(I believe). What a difference, it really does depend on what you are comparing it too.