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[captive]

so, eh, about hd movies: i have an sdtv and am planning to buy blade runner: the final cut on brd later this year. since i won't own an hdtv for some time, i've been wondering--will a movie on an hd-format (assuming it has a great transfer) look any better than one on dvd (assuming it has a great transfer) on a good ol' sdtv?

yes, i'm a noob.

No.

 

[djkimothy]

Holy moly. Best buy here was selling SM trilogy for $69 canadian when it was released. Now the release day sale is over and it's at $85. We have two racks full of the box set plus some allocated at the "new release" section.

I'll just hve to pick it up at Syracuse in a couple of weeks.

Anyways, Ratatouille is tomorrow yah? It's mine along with Call of Duty 4.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

so, eh, about hd movies: i have an sdtv and am planning to buy blade runner: the final cut on brd later this year. since i won't own an hdtv for some time, i've been wondering--will a movie on an hd-format (assuming it has a great transfer) look any better than one on dvd (assuming it has a great transfer) on a good ol' sdtv?

yes, i'm a noob.

I think the only way it would look better is by *being* a better transfer. I suppose enough DVDs have macroblocking and noise that HD media has at far, far lower levels (if at all). But the big benefit is the resolution, and you won't benefit by that at all.

So (I assume) what you'll see are images on par with the best-looking DVDs you've ever seen.

 

[bud]

i see, thanks.

 

[StoOgE]

I think the only way it would look better is by *being* a better transfer. I suppose enough DVDs have macroblocking and noise that HD media has at far, far lower levels (if at all). But the big benefit is the resolution, and you won't benefit by that at all.

So (I assume) what you'll see are images on par with the best-looking DVDs you've ever seen.

banding, color, black level and macroblocking would all be significantly improved, as well as audio (assuming the right equipment). I would say it would be better looking than a DVD... however the resolution bump is the biggest bump, and you'll lose that.

 

[djkimothy]

I remember hooking my PS3 to my standard TV before we got the HDTV. It seriously didn't look any better than the better DVD transfers out there.

The only tangible difference I would suggest would be the elimination of the awkward pause from dual layer DVDs. Blu-ray discs, and I supposed HDDVDs, have eliminated that.

 

[Days like these...]

If I have to draw it up for you, a look at your post history in this very thread has demonstrated a certain enthusiasm for trollbait statements on behalf of HD-DVD. To then make the proclamation that "Both sides have idiots but team blu ray seems a smidge more shall we say vocal" seems disingenuous at worst, ironic at best.

Not that you're the only one in here guilty of boosterism, mind, but that post was rather amusing.

I know I'm not without fault but I'm reformed no more baiting from me. Scouts honor!

 

[lupin23rd]

Oh shit Dragon Wars on BD on January 8th, the format war is OVER!

 

[Raistlin]

Both sides have idiots but team blu ray seems a smidge more shall we say vocal. Pet and the whole 'I bleed blu' brigade are something else.

Concerning the walmart guy who talked 11 out 12 people from buying and hd dvd player even if that was a joke post the others encouraging him were most definitely not joking. That speaks volumes in and of itself.

Read about the HD DVD dude up above.

Not sure how you can get more vocal than that. Handing out self-made 'information sheets' (illegally I would think) right inside of a store … and creating a website specifically to ‘battle’ BD.

 

[Warm Machine]

On my 32inch HD CRT in 1080i I noticed a huge diff from DVD. Mostly though in contrast and color. Fine detail was noticable as well. I did A to B comparisons with The Polar Express and I was really impressed by what I saw. Since I've gotten a 1080p panel all of the extra detail beyond that was impressive.

I think if you have a SD TV that is calibrated well through its menus you'd probably get better color and contrast as well. Fine details however you'd probably not notice.

 

[_Angelus_]

This shit is better than the wars in the gaming forum.
Book marked for daily enjoyment.
I'm happy with DVD, let the blood spill though,seeing this war carry on is lovely.
:lol

 

[dallow_bg]

So no one here has tried hooking up a BD or HD DVD device to an SDTV just to try?

 

[captive]

So no one here has tried hooking up a BD or HD DVD device to an SDTV just to try?

I have, PS3 through composite on a 30 year old sony CRT. Worked just fine, looked just like a DVD.

This shit is better than the wars in the gaming forum.
Book marked for daily enjoyment.
I'm happy with DVD, let the blood spill though,seeing this war carry on is lovely.

G.T.F.O.

 

[OokieSpookie]

G.T.F.O.

Agreed.

 

[SSGMUN10000]

So where do I to get good prices on Hd dvds?? Is there a definite site?

 

[OokieSpookie]

So where do I to get good prices on Hd dvds?? Is there a definite site?

My personal suggestion is get an amount of money you want to spend in hand and go to Best Buy and check their open box area.
You can make a killing.

Other than that Amazon is surprisingly good and they have free shipping.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

This shit is better than the wars in the gaming forum.
Book marked for daily enjoyment.
I'm happy with DVD, let the blood spill though,seeing this war carry on is lovely.
:lol

 

[distantmantra]

Other than that Amazon is surprisingly good and they have free shipping.

Has this happened to anyone else? For some reason, they've now started taking SEVEN DAYS to ship everything I order. This all started with my Robocop blu-ray preorder (I emailed them asking why it was taking so long, and they never gave me a straight answer, but I did get a $10 off coupon code), and I've noticed that they're already "delaying" preorders estimated ship times. My copy of Blade Runner isn't scheduled to ship until six days after it's released, and my wife's preorders of Rent and Hairspray (Christmas presents), won't even ship until Christmas Eve. Items that are in stock and ready to ship out take SIX TO SEVEN DAYS to actually ship. I realize that super saver shipping takes a little longer to get to me, but it shouldn't be delayed a whole week before being shipped from their warehouses.

 

[Dot50Cal]

so, eh, about hd movies: i have an sdtv and am planning to buy blade runner: the final cut on brd later this year. since i won't own an hdtv for some time, i've been wondering--will a movie on an hd-format (assuming it has a great transfer) look any better than one on dvd (assuming it has a great transfer) when seen a good ol' sdtv?

yes, i'm a noob.

Better color accuracy, cleaner picture with no artifacts etc etc. Just take a look at the Patriot:

Blu-ray Scaled down to DVD res

DVD

 

[Battlezone]

To be fair, this was based on a quote from Wal-Mart re: the $198 A2 price. They probably meant that Toshiba players at that price were not limited, with the A3 replacing the A2. Just a guess.

Also, yeah, best buy has made me very happy. Not only did they give me an A3 for my $99 A2 order, but I went to the customer service desk yesterday and they let me pick 3 free discs to match their current deal (picked Transformers, Shining, and Shaun of the Dead).

I'm assuming you haven't gotten the player yet, so how did you get them to match? Did you just take your receipt over there and ask for it?

 

[captive]

Has this happened to anyone else? For some reason, they've now started taking SEVEN DAYS to ship everything I order. This all started with my Robocop blu-ray preorder (I emailed them asking why it was taking so long, and they never gave me a straight answer, but I did get a $10 off coupon code), and I've noticed that they're already "delaying" preorders estimated ship times. My copy of Blade Runner isn't scheduled to ship until six days after it's released, and my wife's preorders of Rent and Hairspray (Christmas presents), won't even ship until Christmas Eve. Items that are in stock and ready to ship out take SIX TO SEVEN DAYS to actually ship. I realize that super saver shipping takes a little longer to get to me, but it shouldn't be delayed a whole week before being shipped from their warehouses.

Ill let you know next week after i ordered a bunch of stuff. I havent had any propblems with shipping, although im a prime member.

 

[_Angelus_]

I have, PS3 through composite on a 30 year old sony CRT. Worked just fine, looked just like a DVD.


G.T.F.O.

Abit crabby today, eh?
Maybe you should take your own advice.

 

[captive]

Better color accuracy, cleaner picture with no artifacts etc etc. Just take a look at the Patriot:

Blu-ray Scaled down to DVD res
http://dot50cal.the-horror.com/avs/scaled1.jpg[IMG]

DVD
[IMG]http://dot50cal.the-horror.com/avs/scaled2.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
That movie is awesome on blu-ray. The booming cannons, :drool:

[quote]Abit crabby today, eh?
Maybe you should take your own advice.[/quote]Absolutly not. You may not know but despite red team vs blue team disagreements, theres one thing we can agree on, and its that we always prefer hi def over watching DVD's, and that you DVD is the bestest people can go get bent.

 

[BobLoblaw]

Right click -> Save

Perfect reply gif!

 

[_Angelus_]

That movie is awesome on blu-ray. The booming cannons, :drool:

Absolutly not. You may not know but despite red team vs blue team disagreements, theres one thing we can agree on, and its that we always prefer hi def over watching DVD's, and that you DVD is the bestest people can go get bent.

You're sounding like some extreme elitist that does nothing more than walk around with a brown thumb up his ass way too often.

 

[captive]

You're sounding like some extreme elitist that does nothing more than walk around with a brown thumb up his ass way too often.

If preferring Hi Def over DVDs makes me an elitist, sign me up.

 

[OokieSpookie]

You're sounding like some extreme elitist that does nothing more than walk around with a brown thumb up his ass way too often.

Ignore it Captive, the cleaners will deal with it soon enough.

 

[xS1TH L0RDx]

If preferring Hi Def over DVDs makes me an elitist, sign me up.

fucking truth.

 

[Chumly]

Well I ended up deciding to get a HD-DVD player the A3 from Best Buy. With 10 Free movies it was to good of a deal to pass up. With the 5 Free DVDs by mail what would u guys recommend. Heres the list

Category A:
Aeon Flux
Babel
The Italian Job

Category B:
The Hulk
Pitch Black
The Thing

Category C:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Swordfish
Full Metal Jacket

Category D:
Firewall
The Frighteners
U2: Rattle and Hum

Category E:
Black Rain
Darkman
Troy

 

[gkryhewy]

I'm assuming you haven't gotten the player yet, so how did you get them to match? Did you just take your receipt over there and ask for it?

I took my shipment confirmation email, and they did a return/rebuy (while the item is still enroute).

 

[_Angelus_]

Ignore it Captive, the cleaners will deal with it soon enough.

Yeah call for a ban,that'll do the trick. I get attacked by some extreme format whore and you all are acting like I violated your bleeding vaginas.
Some of you little ladies need to tear your skirts off already.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Well I ended up deciding to get a HD-DVD player the A3 from Best Buy. With 10 Free movies it was to good of a deal to pass up. With the 5 Free DVDs by mail what would u guys recommend. Heres the list

Category A:
Aeon Flux
Babel
The Italian Job

Category B:
The Hulk
Pitch Black
The Thing

Category C:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Swordfish
Full Metal Jacket

Category D:
Firewall
The Frighteners
U2: Rattle and Hum

Category E:
Black Rain
Darkman
Troy

Category E is a total crapfest...but doesn't Black Rain have Jennifer Connely?

 

[OokieSpookie]

Yeah call for a ban,that'll do the trick. I get attacked by some extreme format whore and you all are acting like I violated your bleeding vaginas.
Some of you little ladies need to tear your skirts off already.

Actually , that is one of the nice parts of this board.
Nobody has to call for a ban because some people are just that good at doing it themselves.
Nobody attacked you.
You came in and said right from your very first post in here that you do not care about high def and you are here just to stir shit and watch the drama.
Then someone made a polite suggestion.
Your second post was another personal attack, as was the one that followed.

This is not the gaming forum, and as much as alot of the people do not totally get along this kind of thing is not needed or wanted.

 

[OokieSpookie]

Well I ended up deciding to get a HD-DVD player the A3 from Best Buy. With 10 Free movies it was to good of a deal to pass up. With the 5 Free DVDs by mail what would u guys recommend. Heres the list

Category A:
Aeon Flux
Babel
The Italian Job

Category B:
The Hulk
Pitch Black
The Thing

Category C:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Swordfish
Full Metal Jacket

Category D:
Firewall
The Frighteners
U2: Rattle and Hum

Category E:
Black Rain
Darkman
Troy

My picks

 

[VanMardigan]

Did I get "outed" yet? :lol

I turned in my Blu Ray movies at Netflix and should get The Reaping, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, and License to Wed. All pretty recent movies. I have to say that Netflix seems to have much better HD DVD selection than BB Online. Not only that, but their Blu Ray selection may be even bigger, going by the number of "now" and "long wait" titles out I saw during the short time that I was "format neutral".

chumky, apparently there's a new list with TMNT and Syrianna, if you like those.

ookie: U2 is good for fans of the film, but as an HD showpiece, not so much. It's mostly black and white, and features few "WOW" moments. It still looks gorgeous at times and sounds terrific on my setup. A big step up from dvd, but not reference material at all.

 

[MaX_PL]

i now prounce you chuck and larry is a bad movie. worst adam sandler movie ever actually.

 

[VanMardigan]

i now prounce you chuck and larry is a bad movie. worst adam sandler movie ever actually.

I heard it's pretty terrible, and I don't like Sandler anyway, but my wife wants to see it and she likes the fat guy from King of Queens. That movie isn't supposed to come out till tomorrow, so I'm pretty surprised they shipped it today.

 

[NekoFever]

Category A:
Aeon Flux
Babel
The Italian Job

Category B:
The Hulk
Pitch Black
The Thing

Category C:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Swordfish
Full Metal Jacket

Category D:
Firewall
The Frighteners
U2: Rattle and Hum

Category E:
Black Rain
Darkman
Troy

That's what I'd go for.

Ocean's Thirteen is out here today and I don't know what on earth is going on with the HD releases. Most sites only list Ocean's Thirteen on its own without even the option of the box set (I only want Ocean's Eleven), but the HMV site was offering Ocean's Eleven on HD and BD as a standalone release. No mention of it anywhere else.

I ordered the HD DVD, figuring that the worst that could happen was that there was a mixup and they cancel the order or send me the DVD and I could get a refund, and something has shipped. Seems that we'll find out what's happening when it turns up in a couple of days, but they still don't exactly make it easy to get HD movies around here.

 

[gkryhewy]

Chumly, here is the correct/newest list, as well as my picks:

Category A:
Aeon Flux
Babel
The Italian Job

Category B:
The Hulk
Pitch Black
The Thing

Category C:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
TMNT
Full Metal Jacket

Category D:
Firewall
The Frighteners
U2: Rattle and Hum

Category E:
Black Rain
Darkman
Syriana

 

[captive]

Yeah call for a ban,that'll do the trick. I get attacked by some extreme format whore and you all are acting like I violated your bleeding vaginas.
Some of you little ladies need to tear your skirts off already.

You're doing an awful lot of crying for someone who thinks everyone else is crying.
Where did i attack you?

 

[NekoFever]

So no one here has tried hooking up a BD or HD DVD device to an SDTV just to try?

My friend has an SDTV but is buying HD and BD movies. It makes sense being that they look slightly better than DVD (better colours, little or no artifacting, and he swears they look sharper) and if you have a decent sound system you can take advantage of the better audio. Also when the times comes for him to buy an HDTV he has a library of HD movies ready to go and be enjoyed all over again.

Anyone who got a 5.1 system well into the DVD era and got to revisit all their movies with a completely transformed audio experience knows how much fun that can be.

 

[OokieSpookie]

ookie: U2 is good for fans of the film, but as an HD showpiece, not so much. It's mostly black and white, and features few "WOW" moments. It still looks gorgeous at times and sounds terrific on my setup. A big step up from dvd, but not reference material at all.

Yeah, I was thinking more for sound than anything else.
Plus I am a huge U2 fan so I have to always give it the go.

 

[duk]

Now that I have joined the HD ranks (HD DVD thanks to best buy deal), I can never go back. It is AMAZING.

I have to rebuy my fav movies now

 

[OokieSpookie]

Now that I have joined the HD ranks (HD DVD thanks to best buy deal), I can never go back. It is AMAZING.

I have to rebuy my fav movies now

Welcome

Spoiler

Even though to chose the wrong side =x

to the madhouse

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

If preferring Hi Def over DVDs makes me an elitist, sign me up.

Likewise.

Also, if having perfect eyesight makes me an elitist, sign me up.

Blurry shit FTL.

 

[captive]

Likewise.

Also, if having perfect eyesight makes me an elitist, sign me up.

Blurry shit FTL.

.
Since i got my 50" i find myself constantly cleaning my classes for even the smallest smear or spot.
Be glad you have good eyesight, glasses freaking suck.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

.
Since i got my 50" i find myself constantly cleaning my classes for even the smallest smear or spot.
Be glad you have good eyesight, glasses freaking suck.

Yup, elitist! :lol

 

[djkimothy]

.
Since i got my 50" i find myself constantly cleaning my classes for even the smallest smear or spot.
Be glad you have good eyesight, glasses freaking suck.

Do what I do, get contacts.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

If preferring Hi Def over DVDs makes me an elitist, sign me up.

If you prefer Blu-Ray you're an elitist. HD-DVD is just a low tech stop gap that existed to keep HD enthusiasts amused until Blu-Ray hit the scene. Why people still support it is beyond me.

 

[StoOgE]

If you prefer Blu-Ray you're an elitist. HD-DVD is just a low tech stop gap that existed to keep HD enthusiasts amused until Blu-Ray hit the scene. Why people still support it is beyond me.

thanks for sharing

i remember back when you were an xbot, what happened, sonys checks bigger?