DVD or Blueray?

[Samus-Fan]

Yea, to see the difference, you need a good TV. Crappy TV isn't gonna help your image quality.
I watch a ton of movies, DVD I never thought was that bad, you watch it and think it's fine.
Then I watched a Blu-Ray (It was a HD DVD, same thing just BluRay had a fancier name) and it's hard for me to watch regular DVD movies because the quality is that much different on our projector.

When we rent, we normally rent DVD. but when we buy, it's always BluRay if possible.

And replace DVD's? Nah.
At least, not in the next 5-10 years.
But by then we'll have a new system, and BluRay will be the old.

[Kujo]

Ahh I see.

Now there's my problem, the tv.
My tv isn't that old, but it's not that new either.

How many years? If your TV has either an HDMI connection or Component Video connection then you're fine.

I would assume as well that I would need a good sound system as well, to get the best out of the better sound quality that blu-ray has the potential for?

Yes however, it's not like something you need to have right away. I had my blu-ray set up for about a year now and I only got my surround sound about a month ago.

Another question though, do you think blu-rays will one day replace DVDs completely?

Honestly, no I don't. I think at one point in the future both forms of physical media will be replaced my direct download thanks to services like Netflix. There will ALWAYS be those people who prefer a physical medium, I'm one of them. I enjoy having my giant movie collection. Netflix gains popularity everyday but there is too much money in physical media for it to ever go away. And as far as Blu-ray replacing DVDs they way DVD replaced VHS... I seriously don't see it. There isn't enough of a demand for blu-rays and while I am a big fan of the picture perfect quality, there are just as many people who are perfectly content with standard DVDs and don't see the reason to upgrade. My brother is a die hard DVD supporter with no intention of upgrading. Movie companies know that there is more money involved in keeping both movie solutions available for as long as possible.

[LemonRising]

I don't really remember when we got the tv, might be alright though.

Thanks for all the info, very helpful.



I UNDERSTAND NOW.

[Kiss]

DVD. Cheaper.

[LemonRising]

Lmfao Kiss, good answer.

[Trunks]

I've never watched a Blu ray movie before. I have a ps3 and a 1080i TV, so yeahhh. I may borrow one from someone just to see if their really is a difference.