Seriously, is it worth paying an extra $10 for a movie; is Blu-Ray really that much of an upgrade from a picture quality standpoint?
It's amazing. Yes it's worth the $10 dollar difference. Though if you have Netflix, I think they carry Blu-Ray too. -Petey
It would depend on the quality of your own set-up; obviously you will need a good HDTV and sound system for it to make a big difference. If you do, it's definitely worth $10 - in England it's more like a $20 surcharge.
Why would you want to go out and purchase all of your movies again on Blu-Ray? I can understand buying newer movies on Blu Ray but don't trash your collection and waste all that money. The jump from VHS to DVD was a bigger deal than the one from DVD to Blu ray.
Yep. Component connection is a wash; spend the extra $100 for a Monster HDMI cable on a 1080 HDTV and you will think you are in the movie.
After just pimping Blu-Ray in my previous post, I will also agree with this statement. No need to spend a bunch of money on upgrading a collection, but if you have $400 to spend on a decent Blu-Ray player plus a 6.0 or above HDMI cable, it's worth it.
We used our PS3 to play Blu Ray discs on the 58" plasma TV, with HDMI connection to a high end sound system. It was utterly like being in a theater. I have a HD DVD player that plays my normal DVDs better than the PS3 does and HD DVDs. DirecTV with HD. HDMI everywhere. By far, and hands down, Blu Ray is the superior and quite noticable quality experience. Is it worth buying EVERYTHING in the Blu Ray format? I say no. The HD DVD player does a nice enough job on regular DVDs and I found it's worth buying regular DVD format for most movies but Blu Ray for movies with lots of CGI, special effects, and high end sound tracks. Like Transformers or Spiderman or the latest Rambo movie. For your typical Sandra Bullock movie, plain ol' DVD is fine.
Please don't tell you spent 100$ on a Monster HDMI cable? They carry digital signals. It doesn't matter what type of HDMI cable you use. You'd have to be extremely unlucky to get one of substandard quality even for 5 dollar versions. -Petey
I bought two HDMI cables for $8 dollars total and they are the same quality that Monster uses. Dont get sucked in by Moster and waste $92 perfectly useful dollars.
Yes, the PS3 doesnt do the best job of playing DVD's (it gets very dark) the same goes for playing .avi's and other video files I have shared from the external HD in my room (very dark as well).
What, The PS3 was the rated the Best Blu ray player within this last year. Its a sony Blu-Ray Player. <aybe need setting's changed. Blu-Ray is well worth it!!! We just watched Polar Express 3-d With my 5 year old last night and it was amazing. Crystal clear 1080P 3-D action.
My Monster cable was a part of my Sony Blu-Ray/TV package. Not all HDMI cables are the same though. It's all about how much information flows through the cable; a higher capacity = better quality, especially in the audio.
