QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Jan 13 2010, 11:27 AM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jan 13 2010, 11:15 AM) ...who is considering finally getting a player, how much noticability is the DVD up-conversion on a Blu-ray machine?
Do know about me that I'm not audio or videophile, so if that's YOU, you probably notice things that I don't.
For instance, while I still have my CDs I listen to an ipod and I'm fine with it. Audiophiles typically don't like them. I'm not one who thinks it sounds horrible, etc. I have Bose headphones, which audio folks have dubbed "buy other sound equipment" and I'm fine with those too. I don't need $500 studio quality cans. I've literally got a $150 cheap ass Sony surround sound whose speakers sit on the TV stand all bunched together because I'm too lazy to elevate and put them where I can best optimize the sound.
That is what you're dealing with here.
However, that said I simply cannot watch a movie on VHS anymore...if that's any suggestion of hope for me. I've owned a DVD player for almost 8 years and enjoy the crap out of it so much that I can't even play and enjoy an old VHS tapes. I have no patience for the drop in quality there.
Just last year for the very first time I got a 1080p HD TV (mid-sized), so I'm not watching on grandpa's old console TV.
Lastly I have NO INTENTION of replacing my DVD collection with Blu-Ray discs. I simply don't need to have Tootsie or Caddyshack or Annie Hall on Blu-ray. However I would plan to upgrade great visual films like Lord Of The Rings or Peter Jackson's King Kong and films like that.
So mostly my question comes in the form of how much more noticeable will my DVDs be improved on a Blu-ray player or is it just an up-convert only AV-philes get off on?
Thanks in advance..!
QUOTE I have Bose headphones, which audio folks have dubbed "buy other sound equipment" and I'm fine with those too.
Screw the audio shobs, Bose rocks! I have Bose surround sound speakers and a wave radio/cd player and they all sound great!
I have to agree... Last year, I bit the bullet & invested in a Bose Lifestyle system. It rocks...really rocks, and I've yet to hear anything I like better.
And, you will see a difference in DVD's when played in a Blu ray player.
