DVD or Blueray?

[LemonRising]

Which of the two do you buy to get your movies?

Why?




TELL THE LEMONS



slow day today. Probably blame school.

[LiNuX]

don't have a blu-ray player at home so I'm still on DVD.

I used to like the good old days with tapes. You could record over them easily.

[LemonRising]

Yeah I'm with you, still got my dvds.
I loved VHS.
Still got all my old disney ones.
Hahahaa

I mean, is bluray really that much better?



Also realized I spelt bluray wrong. I had the actual colour in mind lol

[LiNuX]

don't know how much better it is - as long as I can watch the movie, I'm good - I still have a few VCRs and still watch old movies from time to time there.

HD DVDs failed a while back. Wonder what's after bluray. Quarter-sized disks. would be cool, but probably easy to break and lose.

[Street_Soldier69]

whats a CD?? or blu-ray??

i still use 8-track tapes.

nah, i buy BOTH because i have a PS3 which does.... EVERYTHING

its been slow today cause i havent been here, i was looking after my nieses

[LiNuX]

PS3 Doesn't play VHS...

[Street_Soldier69]

PS3 Doesn't play VHS...

-_- so? lol if also doesnt make waffles, or cut the grass.

im talking about new products.

[LiNuX]

so it doesn't do EVERYTHING. False advertising.

[Street_Soldier69]

so it doesn't do EVERYTHING. False advertising.

yes, but they expect you to know what they mean by the word EVERYTHING, it even shows you everything it does before it says everything. ya it doesnt really matter cause im getting off topic again.

i still buy both blu-ray and CD.

[LemonRising]

I just don't understand getting both? IDK why this is so confusing for me lol

I still haven't figured out what blu-ray really is, why it's supposed to be better, and etc.

BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDNT HAVE NO VHS TAPES OR DEE VEE CEES OR BLUE LIGHTRAYS OR WHATCHAMACALLEMS.
WE WENT TO PLAYS WITH REAL PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.

[Street_Soldier69]

I just don't understand getting both? IDK why this is so confusing for me lol

I still haven't figured out what blu-ray really is, why it's supposed to be better, and etc.

BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDNT HAVE NO VHS TAPES OR DEE VEE CEES OR BLUE LIGHTRAYS OR WHATCHAMACALLEMS.
WE WENT TO PLAYS WITH REAL PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.

blu-ray holds more, and i have learnt that you can scratvh a blu-ray CD alot, and it still will not skipp or freeze.

[LemonRising]

Hmm it'd be interesting to see how much more they hold. LET ME GOOGLE THAT.

Which will take forever because my cousin's computer is realllllylyyy slowwwlwlwlww

[Street_Soldier69]

A CD can hold 700MB of data.

1024MB=1GB

an a blu-ray can hold up to 200 GB!!!!! thats around 12 CDs.

[LemonRising]

Here's what I've found:


The most common DVD type is DVD-5 (1 side, 1 layer) having 4.7GB of storage. Double-sided DVDs are rarely used.

DVD-5 4.70GB Single sided, Single layer
DVD-9 8.54GB Single sided, Dual layer
DVD-10 9.40GB Double sided, Single layers
DVD-14 13.24GB Double sided, One side single layer, one side dual layer
DVD-18 17.08GB Double sided, Dual layer

Info from WikiAnswers (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_storage_capacity_of_a_DVD)

And for Blu-ray:


A single-layer disc can hold 25GB.
A dual-layer disc can hold 50GB.

To ensure that the Blu-ray Disc format is easily extendable (future-proof) it also includes support for multi-layer discs, which should allow the storage capacity to be increased to 100GB-200GB (25GB per layer) in the future simply by adding more layers to the discs.

Info from Blu-Ray FAQ (http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/)

[Street_Soldier69]

o.... DVD... i looked up CD. =P

blu-ray still kills them both.

not counting the top 200GB blu-ray. A single-sided, dual-layer Blu-Ray disc will hold approximately 50 GB of data.

[Iceskater101]

i have regular dvds because i don't have a blu ray player

[Street_Soldier69]

i dont really care, cause i dont watch very many movies, and all my games are blu-ray, so i have no choice in DVD or blu-ray.

[xmtxm]

I do dvds because I do not have a blue ray player.

[Kujo]

The difference is picture quality. (the major difference that is) And yes, you CAN tell the difference IF you know what to look for. If you're sole purpose is just to watch the movie once or twice (like renting) go with a DVD.

If you're a real big movie buff an you want the picture to look as absolutely perfect as possible (currently) then get your movies on Blu-Ray. However, in order to take advantage of the Blu-Rays picture quality you need to have your BDP (Blu-Ray Disc player) hooked up to an HD tv. IF you have an older TV you're wasting your time and money since a standard analog TV doesn't output ANY video signal greater than 480p and a low budget HD tv only outputs at 720p. Blu-Ray discs support and are meant to be displayed at 1080p. (480p, 720p, 1080p are all resolutions that the TVs support. like your computer monitor. Higher the resolution, the more pixels per square inch, the clearer and crisper the image)

Aside from having a crystal clear picture quality, blu-ray also supports multiple audio codecs that standard DVDs don't. For instance, a Blu-ray can support 7.1 DTS (7.1 surround sound) where as a DvD only supports 5.1. Again, this isn't a huge difference UNLESS you're a movie buff and you want your movies to sound they way they were intended to like at the movies.

And the last difference in Blu-rays vs DVDs is that with all that extra storage capacity, developers are able to squeeze a TON of extra features on the disc that just will not fit on standard DVDs. One of the selling points of MOST movies on blu-ray/dvd is the extra content. Movies like the Lord of the Ring Trilogy had something like 16hours of extra stuff across I think 8 or 9 discs... ON TOP OF the 3 discs just for the movies. Tho its not out on Blu-Ray yet, that same collection will fit on 4 maybe 5 discs and, because it costs less to produce 5 discs compared to 11, blu-ray box sets tend to be cheaper than there dvd counterparts.



So, to answer your original question, should you get your movies on DVD or Blu-Ray the answer is this:

1) do you have a TV that supports 1080p and are you really into movies / extra features? if yes, go with Blu-ray.
2) do you just wanna sit down and watch a movie? go with dvds.

[LemonRising]

Ahh I see.

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

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?




All in all I'm getting the feeling that if you have all the equipment to get blu-ray, get it, why not; if you don't, dvds is fine too.

Thanks for the info Kujo, very helpful.

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

[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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.