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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: Should I bother with Blu-ray? (Plasma with 1080i only) posted by Funky Bob on February 24, 2010 at 14:21:28

Native higher resolution images will always look better downscaled than lower resolution images will look upscaled. As an example, I have a 42" 852x480 plasma in the bedroom: Blu-ray and 1080i broadcasts blow away DVD and 480i broadcasts, even though all sources are scaled by the monitor to 852x480 in the end.

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That's my experience also� - David Aiken 21:48:03 02/24/10 (2)
with a 1366 x 768 LCD screen.

There's also the advantage of the new sound codecs with Blu-ray and I think on some films the improvement in sound quality is as big or bigger than the improvement in the picture quality. Depending on the OP's taste in viewing and the quality of his sound system, the sound improvement alone may be a significant reason for the step up to BD.

David Aiken
- I primarily watch 50s, 60s classic movies from Criterion. (nt) - Funky Bob 23:05:02 02/24/10 (1)
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  - still a benefit - Joe Murphy Jr 15:48:51 02/25/10 (0)
    Re: your movies, the video will almost always be better and the audio, even from way back depending on where the BD is sourced from, may slightly benefit as well.
    
    I have read comments from others who have purchased Blu-ray movies from that era and close to it. Nearly all have had good things to say about the step up in quality going from DVD, and in some cases laserdiscs, to Blu-ray. Remember, in order to go to Blu-ray resolution (yes, 4:3 included), the studio will almost always make a new High Definition master for the release. There are some older masters that don't look as good as today's which are used when a studio cheaps out, but even then the Blu-ray will show you more resolution than the DVD.

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