Are Blu-Ray Discs Better Than DVDs?

@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
June 24, 2010 7:17pm CST
We don't have an HD Ready TV but we do have loads of DVDs and old-fashioned videotapes that hubby has collected over the years. I realise that the sound on our telly isn't the best but I've played DVDs at Mum's house on her HD Ready TV and I can honestly say that the sound on that isn't much better, even after tweaking the sound on the telly. This begs the question; are Blu-Ray discs more suited for HD Ready televisions because I have heard that the picture AND sound are far better than conventional DVD. Does it matter how much one spends on a DVD or Blu-Ray machine? This does remind me of the format wars between Betamax and VHS many years ago and we all know who won that one. I was just wondering if Blu-Ray lives up to the hype?
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derek_a
@derek_a (10873)
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4 May 12
Hi Janey.. Well, I have to admit that I am hard pressed to know the difference. A friend of mine has a Blu-Ray player and it doesn't look any different to our HD broadcast television and my standard DVDs are not HD anyway, are very difficult for me to tell the difference. They are all good quality and the infintessimal amount of clarity that may come through with Blu-Ray is something that I find very hard to detect. So I won't be getting a Blu-Ray any time soon. _Derek
derek_a
@derek_a (10873)
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5 May 12
Come to think of it, not he doesn't have an HD TV. It's one of those monster large screen things that were out just before HD.. I have seen Blue Ray playing in stored on big screens, the salesmen pointed out, but I still found it hard to see a huge difference. Perhaps it's just me, but I do find that once viewing such clear picture, I get acclimatised to them, and still can't really tell the difference from standard broadcasting TV stations but then if I put on an old video... I still have a video recorder attached via one of the scart sockets, as I have quite a few films on video. I am slowly getting DVDs of the old films I bought usually from Ebay or play.com. _Derek
Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
4 May 12
Does your friend have an HD telly though? I believe blu-ray is more true to HD than DVD that er..isn't lol.
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abj163
@abj163 (1036)
• India
25 Jun 10
yup i think so.....because the quality of blue ray discs in better than dvd......i have a lot of blue ray prints in my pc and they are better than dvdrips....i have blue ray rip of avatar which is awesome and i have kites too..it is also nice than dvd rips...... so i think blu-ray discs are better than dvds
Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
25 Jun 10
Thanks for your response. Do you ever play Blu-Ray discs through your television?
abj163
@abj163 (1036)
• India
25 Jun 10
nope i never tried blu-ray discs through my television because i dont have dvd player or blu-ray player.......its better to watch movies on pc by downloading
lady Di
@lady1993 (27221)
• Philippines
4 May 12
I think Blu Ray is good for new players..it's still famous until now so maybe it is the best to use. We had blu ray discs but they wouldn't play in our ld player so we bought a new player and all discs played fine.
Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
4 May 12
Also, blu ray machines are coming down in price...and the discs!