BR worth it with 1080i TV?

[pontifex]

My TV only goes to 1080i, not 1080p. it will do 720p.

Worth it to get a BR player to use with this TV?

 

[cubby1223]

It's a small step up to Blu-ray, but a large step down to dvd. You will see improvements in Blu-ray, but it's always subjective. Some people appreciate quality video while other people don't care for it.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's a small step up to Blu-ray, but a large step down to dvd. You will see improvements in Blu-ray, but it's always subjective. Some people appreciate quality video while other people don't care for it.

Does it depend on the size of the TV?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's a small step up to Blu-ray, but a large step down to dvd. You will see improvements in Blu-ray, but it's always subjective. Some people appreciate quality video while other people don't care for it.

that doesn't make sense.

anyone have a helpful answer?

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: pontifex
that doesn't make sense.

It makes plenty of sense. When people upgrade to Blu-Ray, most people are meh about it at first. But show them a standard DVD a few months later, and they'll realize how much worse they are.

Yes - you will see a large difference between BR-D and DVD with a 1080i HDTV.

 

[Shawn]

For $139.99 it is!

Seriously, I got an HD DVD player when all I had was a 32in Olevia HDTV and I could tell the difference. So much so that I bought a Blu-ray player too. I eventually bought a 40in 1080p Sony Bravia and it's a big improvement, but I could definitely tell the difference between a standard DVD and an HD DVD/Blu-ray on my 768p set. It was a worthwhile improvement IMO.

 

[kalrith]

The size of the TV and your viewing distance matter. Also what TV is it?

Regardless of what TV, what size, and what viewing distance, there is an improvement of BD over DVD. Not only do you get an increase in resolution, but the contrast, colors, and sound are all much better on BD. How much of difference you'll see depends on the things mentioned above. I know I can see a huge difference between BD and DVD on my 50" 768p plasma at 9 feet away. If I sat 15-20 feet away, there would still be an improvement, but it probably wouldn't be enough of one to warrant buying into the newer format. The first BD I watched was about 15 feet from a 50" at my in-laws' house. This was a few years ago, and they had spent close to $1,000 on the BD player, and I didn't think it was worth it for the small difference I saw. It might've been worth $140 though.

 

[Arkaign]

Yes. This Xmas pick up The Dark Knight, perhaps Wall-E, and a BR player. You will thank me.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: kalrith
The size of the TV and your viewing distance matter. Also what TV is it?

Regardless of what TV, what size, and what viewing distance, there is an improvement of BD over DVD. Not only do you get an increase in resolution, but the contrast, colors, and sound are all much better on BD. How much of difference you'll see depends on the things mentioned above. I know I can see a huge difference between BD and DVD on my 50" 768p plasma at 9 feet away. If I sat 15-20 feet away, there would still be an improvement, but it probably wouldn't be enough of one to warrant buying into the newer format. The first BD I watched was about 15 feet from a 50" at my in-laws' house. This was a few years ago, and they had spent close to $1,000 on the BD player, and I didn't think it was worth it for the small difference I saw. It might've been worth $140 though.

it's a 30" (maybe 32") philips flat screen CRT HDTV. viewing distance is about 10 feet, i would guess.

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: cubby1223
It's a small step up to Blu-ray, but a large step down to dvd. You will see improvements in Blu-ray, but it's always subjective. Some people appreciate quality video while other people don't care for it.

that doesn't make sense.

anyone have a helpful answer?

It can be like an acquired taste.

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: kalrith
The size of the TV and your viewing distance matter. Also what TV is it?

Regardless of what TV, what size, and what viewing distance, there is an improvement of BD over DVD. Not only do you get an increase in resolution, but the contrast, colors, and sound are all much better on BD. How much of difference you'll see depends on the things mentioned above. I know I can see a huge difference between BD and DVD on my 50" 768p plasma at 9 feet away. If I sat 15-20 feet away, there would still be an improvement, but it probably wouldn't be enough of one to warrant buying into the newer format. The first BD I watched was about 15 feet from a 50" at my in-laws' house. This was a few years ago, and they had spent close to $1,000 on the BD player, and I didn't think it was worth it for the small difference I saw. It might've been worth $140 though.

it's a 30" (maybe 32") philips flat screen CRT HDTV. viewing distance is about 10 feet, i would guess.

That's pretty far from a 30-32". I'm sure there would be a difference, but I'm not sure it would be a noticeable difference unless you watched the same DVD and BD back to back.

 

[cubby1223]

There's a noticeable improvement at 10 feet from a ~30" tv. Also take into account that the movies you buy today you will still have 5, 10, 15 years from now. What size tv might you have in the future if when rewatching the movies? I think it's safe to say it'll be a very long time before we see a legal competing consumer format that matches Blu-ray's A/V quality.

 

[zinfamous]

yes of course. DVD is no comparison to BD on my 720p set.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: erwos

Originally posted by: pontifex
that doesn't make sense.

It makes plenty of sense. When people upgrade to Blu-Ray, most people are meh about it at first. But show them a standard DVD a few months later, and they'll realize how much worse they are.

Yes - you will see a large difference between BR-D and DVD with a 1080i HDTV.

yes, this explanation is more clear. And it is very true. You will hate DVD after watching BD for a while.

 

[zinfamous]

and HD is FAR more than simply about resolution. Color depth, among other things, is more important and significantly better with BD.

so, for many functions, viewing distance is irrelevant. That only applies to resolution, which tends to rank 4th out of the 4 important qualities of HD.