Blu Ray vs. DVD?
Jun. 29th, 2011 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rogueslayer452Okay, this has been bugging me for a while, what exactly is the difference between Blu Ray and DVD? Better, higher quality in picture I get that, but otherwise what exactly is the benefit of having something more expensive than your average DVD, which in turn is still majorly costly itself?
Because today I grabbed the Sucker Punch DVD only to realize that it's the theatrical cut, the extended director's cut version with all the bonus features are on the Blu Ray release, the DVD only has like, two special features, and that's it. Which honestly? I think that's rather stupid. Most people don't have Blu Ray, some don't even want Blu Ray, and I would rather have an extended version of the movie without it being a privilege for only Blu Ray users. I don't know whether they are even releasing the extended cut on a regular DVD which is really pissing me off. I don't know, I find this rather too complicated and too much of a hassle, and kind of a rip-off, imo.
Because today I grabbed the Sucker Punch DVD only to realize that it's the theatrical cut, the extended director's cut version with all the bonus features are on the Blu Ray release, the DVD only has like, two special features, and that's it. Which honestly? I think that's rather stupid. Most people don't have Blu Ray, some don't even want Blu Ray, and I would rather have an extended version of the movie without it being a privilege for only Blu Ray users. I don't know whether they are even releasing the extended cut on a regular DVD which is really pissing me off. I don't know, I find this rather too complicated and too much of a hassle, and kind of a rip-off, imo.
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Date: 2011-07-04 11:53 am (UTC)HD TVs were not MADE for dealing with SD. Seriously, you have to get a high quality tv to have SD look genuinely good in it because of all the extra shit that has to be put into it to make SD look remotely decent. And if you are looking at television shows on dvd from pre-2002ish (say, sex and the city season 1 or something) then the quality is just going to SUCK no matter how much your tv costs, unless your screen is TINY, which sort of defeats the purpose anyways.
I seriously cannot deal with watching my buffy early season dvds or my sex and the city dvds on a 50 inch or 55 inch high end HD tv sans bluray player. With a bluray player upgrading it, it is watchable, but on a regular dvd player it looks like SHIT, I can't even watch it.
That being said, if you have a GOOD bluray player and a GOOD hd tv most FILMS will look good enough that you won't notice a huge difference unless there is a lot of camera movement (action streaks a lot more watching SD on an HD tv, so watching a Bourne movie makes it noticeable). TV though, TV is a different story. TV that wasn't originally filmed in HD (so basically anything before 3 years ago) is never going to look totally crisp on an HD TV. And just... UGH, it frustrates me, how much noise you can see, so much *grumble*
So THAT is the point of bluray.
As for special features: point blank, they can FIT MORE SHIT onto a bluray disc.
Now, why do they release dvds with NO special features, LAME. SUPER FUCKING LAME. But they did it before bluray too, with releases with like nothing and releases with a second disc and what not.
/end rambling