So there is obviously a big difference between movies on blu ray and regular dvds for newer movies (i.e. Ice age, Talladaga nights, etc.) However, I am curious about older movies if there really is a significant difference in picture quality (i.e. Training Day, Fifth Element, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon). Especially when comparing Blu Ray picture quality to a Standard def- DVD that has been upconverted to 720p/1080i. Thanks a bunch
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2007-01-29 03:07:42 · 4 answers · asked by Dorkus 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
My tv displays both 720p and 1080i, but not 1080p. Someone brought up finding out how they encoded the movies, anyone know how i can determine which encoding they used on the BDs?
2007-01-29 06:35:32 · update #1
little difference but the encoding at the studio will come out clearer on blue ray vs upconverting a dvd on a upconversion dvd player.
2007-01-29 03:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It largely depends on your TV. Old movies converted to Blu Ray (& HD DVD) look much better than upconverted DVDs on 1080p sets, but the difference isn't as noticeable on 720p HDTVs. It also depends on the encoding they use when converting. I've seen a lot of Blu Ray conversions that look pretty bad because of the MPEG codec....hopefully they'll stop using this.
2007-01-29 05:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by Adamallica 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most movie studios support Blu-ray. Hd-dvd doesn't have enough support to come out with alot of movies. Hd dvd only shows in 1080i as Blu-ray is 1080p.
2016-03-29 08:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is simple:
The blu-ray or the HD ray offer these already encoded on the DVD....its up to your TV if it can support anyone of these resolution: 420/720p/1080i/1080p....any differences won't be notice unless you have money to blow....lets say a 5k LCD TV thats at least 60inch if not more, HD/BLU Ray media player....
So you have a old DVD....and you play it on your Blu-ray player....again you won't miss much because there isn't much to be miss....its mostly on your tv....
2007-01-29 13:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by Love_Korean_Drama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋