Does anyone think Blu-ray is...overrated?

[arush5268d]

Originally Posted by CAB

I couldn't agree more with the OP. Anyone who owns more than 359 titles is insane. Oh wait, UPS dropped off a package. Make that 360 titles.

One of my favorite posts today

[Blaumann]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

Im sure I will get KILLED for this, i have bluray and it is awesome, but i feel in a way...its made out to be sooo mindblowing and amazing, but it really isnt all to die for. I feel like it isnt necessary. I never thought dvds looked bad until HDTV came into the scene. DVDS look terrible on HDTVS, but they look fine on a regular tv.

Bluray is good and all, it is a much sharper picture, but i feel like it isnt anything to kill for. I like blu, and wont go back to dvds, but I feel like it isnt worth $700 for a player (granted i didnt spend that much but you get the idea)

Please dont slam me by saying my setup sucks because thats not the case, and thats just really immature and ignorant. ALso i know what to expect, many people will probably get mad because I am coming on a bluray website and saying things that may go against it. So of corse I expect people to attack me in immature ways.

If most players would actually cost $700 (and the films $100): yeah, i'd have some problem justifying it as well.

Since i pay about as much for my BDs than for my DVDs: Hell yeah, it's underrated!

[Zombie B0yy]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

WTF?!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?! The film they use to project in theatres is actually twice the resolution as Blu-ray! It is 4K where Blu-ray is outputting video at just under 2K! Perhaps the theatres in your town need to have their prjector lenses and/ore projection booth windows severely cleaned? Add to this the fact that the image is blown up to a 100+ foot screen and your arguement is moot.

did you just say theaters have better quality than blu-ray...wow you need to get your eyes checked!

[Deciazulado]

Well my BD player + upscaling DVD player + CD player + multichannel SACD player cost a total about 499 with some other goodies thrown in I don't use like a game and some other internet stuff.

When you throw a DVD image on a big screen, DVDs are the ones that are overrated


About what you get on the average film presentation vs the most excellent theatrical presentation vs the original negative vs the DI vs BD vs DVD there are a few posts and threads around...

[gaeljet]

i think that guy ain t wrong, i always thought the same way, fortunately blu ray s are good, but it s also because the dvds are so bad on hd tv, i couldn t believe it the first time i saw it..

[Zombie B0yy]

Originally Posted by gaeljet

i think that guy ain t wrong, i always thought the same way, fortunately blu ray s are good, but it s also because the dvds are so bad on hd tv, i couldn t believe it the first time i saw it..

THANK YOU FINALLY SOMEONE WHO IS OPENMINDED AND GETS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY!!!!!!!

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

did you just say theaters have better quality than blu-ray...wow you need to get your eyes checked!

I didn't say that theaters look better. I did say that they have better resolution. I also said that the projection size of the image is massively larger. If you were to set up the theatre projector to the same size as a home theatre screen, then you'd see that the film is much higher quality.

Well, technically, that isn't always the case where the theatre doesn't look good. Have you seen a proper digital cinema presentation on a theatrical screen yet? Holy shit does that look good. Blu-ray projected to that size would probably look the same as film projected. But, the digital cinema quality is slightly better than Blu-ray at 12 or more times the size of the standard home screen.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

THANK YOU FINALLY SOMEONE WHO IS OPENMINDED AND GETS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY!!!!!!!

Not really a valid point. Blu-ray viewed in a proper setup is phenomenally improved upon over DVD... even if DVDs are being watched on a 21" tube television. Colour and clarity of a Blu-ray is better in EVERY case. Certainly not as much on an smaller TV, but there is still a big difference. When I first got my PS3 I had a 21" tube TV for 3 weeks and it was still an astounding difference between DVD and Blu-ray playback quality.

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

Im sure I will get KILLED for this, i have bluray and it is awesome, but i feel in a way...its made out to be sooo mindblowing and amazing, but it really isnt all to die for. I feel like it isnt necessary. I never thought dvds looked bad until HDTV came into the scene. DVDS look terrible on HDTVS, but they look fine on a regular tv.

Bluray is good and all, it is a much sharper picture, but i feel like it isnt anything to kill for. I like blu, and wont go back to dvds, but I feel like it isnt worth $700 for a player (granted i didnt spend that much but you get the idea)

Please dont slam me by saying my setup sucks because thats not the case, and thats just really immature and ignorant. ALso i know what to expect, many people will probably get mad because I am coming on a bluray website and saying things that may go against it. So of corse I expect people to attack me in immature ways.

It hits all by itself.

[GORT]

This site has gone from great information and help to whine and complain about every little thing it's just sad.

[Yeha-Noha]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

but I feel like it isnt worth $700 for a player

I think Blu-ray is worth whatever you can afford to put into it whether it be $300 for a player or $3,000 as long as you at least have a 720p HDTV and a decent audio system. Wait until the holidays in Nov - Dec and I'm sure you'll find a BD player worth buying.

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

Im sure I will get KILLED for this, i have bluray and it is awesome, but i feel in a way...its made out to be sooo mindblowing and amazing, but it really isnt all to die for. I feel like it isnt necessary. I never thought dvds looked bad until HDTV came into the scene. DVDS look terrible on HDTVS, but they look fine on a regular tv.

Bluray is good and all, it is a much sharper picture, but i feel like it isnt anything to kill for. I like blu, and wont go back to dvds, but I feel like it isnt worth $700 for a player (granted i didnt spend that much but you get the idea)

Please dont slam me by saying my setup sucks because thats not the case, and thats just really immature and ignorant. ALso i know what to expect, many people will probably get mad because I am coming on a bluray website and saying things that may go against it. So of corse I expect people to attack me in immature ways.

you just answered why people perfer blu-ray because SD dvds stink on hdtvs

[Riff Magnum]

No.

[Exile68]

yeah blu ray sucks im so glad i bought a HD player

i think i know what he is trying to say that wow factor thing. But i think familairty breeds contempt. You get used to a HD set up and the appreciation starts to wear off a bit. I am no longer so blown way when i watch sports and stuff on sky HD but its the only was i would watch sport now.

[papaholmz]

This is about the most pointless thread I think I've ever read here at blu-ray.com

Of course we don't think it's overrated or we wouldn't have blu-ray movies, a blu-ray player, and an HDTV. And you obviously don't think it's overrated too or you wouldn't have these things either.

I think what you meant to ask was if we think spending over $800 on a blu-ray player is ridiculous. And I think most of us would say yes.

What it boils down to is that we get what we think we need or in some cases what we want and we almost always get what we think we can afford. So blu-ray is not overrated, but it may be too expensive for some people.

-papaholmz

[little flower]

I think everyone has a right to their opinion

I have not seen a movie in blu-ray yet. I plan to get my first HDTV and my first Blu-ray player (which most likely will be a Play Station 3) for my room sometime this year or next year. I do have Enchanted on Blu-ray and I do plan to buy movies on Blu-ray, since I know I will be getting a HDTV and a Blu-ray player.

I am still going to purchase dvds though. For movies that I like enough to buy I will get them in blu-ray and for movies that I really like I will get them in blu-ray and dvd. I like to collect Disney dvds and I am not going to stop just because Blu-ray is out. Sleeping Beauty is one of my favorite films, so I pre-ordered that on Blu-ray and Dvd and I know about the extra bonus dvd on the blu-ray edition, but I still wanted the 2 disc Platinum dvd Edition. In fact I will still watch Sleeping Beauty on vhs.

I have seen some previews of Blu-ray so I have an idea, but once I start watching movies in Blu-ray on my HDTV (Sleeping Beauty will be the first Blu-ray movie that I watch) I will have a better idea.

[CBFETT]

No, Blu Ray is not overated! There is a plain and simply answer to your original question. I have a high end movie theater in my home built by a Home theater company. When I upgraded to Blu Ray, the jump in sound and picture was huge! So Blu Ray kicks a$$!

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by gaeljet

i think that guy ain t wrong, i always thought the same way, fortunately blu ray s are good, but it s also because the dvds are so bad on hd tv, i couldn t believe it the first time i saw it..

and upscaling sd dvds is wrong no matter how the machine tries they are still sd

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Exile68

yeah blu ray sucks im so glad i bought a HD player

i think i know what he is trying to say that wow factor thing. But i think familairty breeds contempt. You get used to a HD set up and the appreciation starts to wear off a bit. I am no longer so blown way when i watch sports and stuff on sky HD but its the only was i would watch sport now.

funny

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by papaholmz

This is about the most pointless thread I think I've ever read here at blu-ray.com

Of course we don't think it's overrated or we wouldn't have blu-ray movies, a blu-ray player, and an HDTV. And you obviously don't think it's overrated too or you wouldn't have these things either.

I think what you meant to ask was if we think spending over $800 on a blu-ray player is ridiculous. And I think most of us would say yes.

What it boils down to is that we get what we think we need or in some cases what we want and we almost always get what we think we can afford. So blu-ray is not overrated, but it may be too expensive for some people.

-papaholmz

i spent 369.00 on my blu-ray