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Originally Posted by ken0042
Two points Madman:
- Have you seen a High Def format movie on your TV yet? If not; you might want to reserve judgement on wether its better or not.
- Also not sure what you mean by "can't burn backups." I'm positive there are blu-ray DVD burners out there now.
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No I have not, being 5 years old it has enough lines of resolution for my DVD set up but does not do 1080p etc... Honestly I don't remember what my TV can do - it may be 1080i or maybe just 720... but I think DVD max's out at 500-600 ish...
Still if I watch a decent transfer the picture is really good, (same goes for some HD-TV shows or movies I get via Bell Satellite) I guess what I'm saying is I'm not sure the world needs these next gen HD discs yet... and ya if you can do a direct comparison (side by side or switching sources) I'm sure you will notice the HD is cleaner, but is it really needed? again I think 90% of the people do not have the tools to watch DVD's at full potential, and the studios constantly put out DVD's that do not live up to the potential of DVD (it's like they transfer from VHS sometimes)... I think the technology is being pushed because of piracy issues... There may be Blu-ray or HD-DVD burners but I think they are very expensive still and like DVD I'm sure they can't do the same capacity as the originals, e.g. with DVD you most like have to compress it in order to fit it on 4 gigs - as the original copy can be 8.5. - I can buy everything I need to Burn DVD's for around a hundred bucks...
The studios have yet to prove to me that they use every ounce of DVD space to make sure the quality is as good as it can be on DVD releases... on a few yes, but mostly its a cash grab, and I for one will not be spending thousands upgrading everyhting I own for a minute difference in quality so they can continue to under use the technologies potential and just grab my cash