Video Asylum

Perfect Vision might have been close to correct a year ago....

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oscar

In Reply to: RE: Blueray and upscaled DVDs indistinquishable. posted by ruxtonvet on September 23, 2007 at 05:08:08

The early Blu-ray movies were atrocious. Now, the releases are consistently good and far superior to their DVD counterparts, upsampled or not. I've already retired my DVD collection in favor of Blu-ray discs.

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"I've already retired my DVD collection..." - Oscar, not to be argumentative, but ... - Audiophilander 10:10:41 09/24/07 (3)
...it isn't ALL about picture and sound quality, IMO. It's also about what is available and the intellectual or entertainment value of the content reproduced. Certainly sound & picture quality are important, but rarity and desirability are also factors. Picture quality, while important, shouldn't be critical to the appreciation and enjoyment of the content.
Of course one always wants the BEST duplication available, especially where current movies are concerned, but it isn't always possible to achieve high resolution presentation with older collectible TV programs, films and concert footage, especially when the original negatives or videotape masters no longer exist. Now if new movies are ALL that the enthusiast finds interesting then I suppose you have a point, but limiting ones viewing based solely upon picture quality sounds a little like folks who buy books by the pound because they place greater value on a book's page count than it's content.
AuPh

Edits: 09/24/07 09/24/07
- Well said: I still like "Jour de Fete" all all it's low-def glory - 4season 16:30:29 09/24/07 (0)
  Even the restored color print is far from videophile quality!
- Not enough time spent watching movies.... - oscar 12:32:31 09/24/07 (1)
  I get distracted by other "stuff". e.g. Pointyball, real Futbol, SACD, more Pointyball (how 'bout dem Boys !), plenty of satellite HD channels to watch, though could use Sci-FI HD, BBC HD, etc....
  - P.S. DVDs need to find a new home... looking for customers. - oscar 12:36:17 09/24/07 (0)
    The doubledip urge is about to hit as the holiday software rush cranks up... "Blade Runner" in HD is definitely on the list.

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