Dvd...better quality than a theater right?

[Zombie B0yy]

I really am suprised. A lot of people on this site seem to think the picture quality of a movie theater is better than the picture quality of a dvd. Yes I understand DVDS look like crap on an HDTV, but dvds on a regular tv look better than a theater...i never ever thought once in my life that someone would say a theater has better PQ than a dvd...thats really shocking to me

[arush5268d]

Please don't spam our website. You don't need to start a new thread about how you think that Blu-ray isn't worth the money...

You are only showing your ignorance. Instead of whining and crying...why don't you try reading through this forum and you'll learn a LOT!

[Riff Magnum]

you probably wouldn't say that if the image from your dvd was blown up to the size of a movie theatre screen. It would look craptacular.

[Zombie B0yy]

Originally Posted by arush5268d

Please don't spam our website. You don't need to start a new thread about how you think that Blu-ray isn't worth the money...

You are only showing your ignorance. Instead of whining and crying...why don't you try reading through this forum and you'll learn a LOT!

I never said anything bad about blu-ray ever...I love blu-ray. I was just staring a new thread because this is a different topic.

[CAB]

Truth is often considered shocking.

[Zombie B0yy]

Originally Posted by CAB

Truth is often considered shocking.

I always thought DVD and theater had the same quality....? I know theater has a bigger screen but they look about the same dont they

[tilapiah6]

edit: woot

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

I always thought DVD and theater had the same quality....? I know theater has a bigger screen but they look about the same dont they

This feels like a bait thread. I'd recommend finding a better theater and going early on screenings.

[Zombie B0yy]

Originally Posted by CAB

This feels like a bait thread. I'd recommend finding a better theater and going early on screenings.

no im just trying to hear some opinons thats all. I just think PQ in a movie theaters looks the same as a DVD. Granted, bluray blows away both by far.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

no im just trying to hear some opinons thats all. I just think PQ in a movie theaters looks the same as a DVD. Granted, bluray blows away both by far.

Which is shocking to me because opinions aside 35mm film is well over 2x the resolution of Blu, much higher color depth, and no compression.

[Zombie B0yy]

Originally Posted by CAB

Which is shocking to me because opinions aside 35mm film is well over 2x the resolution of Blu, much higher color depth, and no compression.

well aside from all the technical stuff, do you honestly feel when you go to a movie theater, the PQ is better than if you watched a dvd at home (not on an HDTV)

[CAB]

I have no doubt that it is. Ive read that film does lose quality the more it is used so perhaps going on opening screenings will help.

[Zombie B0yy]

Originally Posted by CAB

I have no doubt that it is. Ive read that film does lose quality the more it is used so perhaps going on opening screenings will help.

hmm...interesting. Well thank you very much for being mature and actually having a discusion instead of the above posters who are just angry at life lol

[BStecke]

I would have to say that the theatrical experience is better than that of a DVD from a PQ standpoint. AQ is negotiable, since there really seems to be less of a standard for audio presentation in theaters than PQ. When I saw Dark Knight an hour after watching the prologue on the Blu-ray it was apparent that that blows the theatrical presentation away.

[MasterXeus]

Originally Posted by Zombie B0yy

well aside from all the technical stuff, do you honestly feel when you go to a movie theater, the PQ is better than if you watched a dvd at home (not on an HDTV)

1. Why are we comparing a 24-64" Tv to a (30 by 70 foot ?) Theather screen ?

Have you gone to a theather with DLP-Digital Projection?

[itchiban]

You can't simply compare "theater" to DVD. Most theaters still screen with an analog 35mm projector - and 35mm is theoretically even better than bluray, because it can be compared to a digital resolution of 4096x2048, but the quality gets worse because of the abrasion (each time the movie is screened), and before that, the loose of quality in an analog duplication process.

[little flower]

Dvds do look a lot more clear than movies do in the Cinema, in my opinion. I guess that is because the movie is so much bigger in the Cinema though.

Now I don't have a HDTV yet, so I don't really know what dvds would look like on a HDTV and Blu-ray player.

[xtop]

find a better theater if you think dvds on an sd tv set look better than the cinema

[Beta-guy]

I think I know who Zombie B0yy is, I think I've argued with him on another forum, he could be fοx2jk a poster who would have a avatar of Zombie Boy, though I must say he's losing his touch, he isn't as bad of a troll as he used to be if it is indeed the same person...

[Deciazulado]

OK a DVD has 480i x 720 pixels in a 16:9 shape

That is equivalent to about 368p x 654

The ITU tests on theatrical projection done some years ago meaured near 700 lines per picture height visible on screen resolution. That's close to 720p x 1280. That was sitting at around 1.5 times the picture height distance from the screen. Now if you sit at the back of the theater like many people from the VHS generation do, that's nealy 3.6 times the picture height (more than twice the distance) mmm 720p x 1280 / 2 = 360p x 640. Voilá. One reason you might think DVDs look better than theaters = sitting too far away to notice the difference. Reason 2: Well if the projectionist throws the focus off, you might loose 4 times the resolution, and you end up again with 360p x 640 or less. Then your theater errr.. sucks.