DVD Quality. (tenuous blu ray justification)

One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes because
of the atrocious image quality. The first time I have tried to watch it on
a non-CRT TV. Both grainy and low resolution. I am certain this must be by
far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

I recall EXACTLY the same feeling as when I purchased my DVD player. VHS
movies became unwatchable

I suppose "what goes around comes around",

Anyhow... having established Blade Runner is available on Blu Ray, I guess I
have no alternative but to "buy in"....and as soon as possible. I feel an
irrational compulsion to do this.

Question: How the heck to I justify Blu Ray to 'er indoors? Will simply
purchasing Mamma Mia! be sufficient? Any other recommendations?


D

Vortex3 wrote:
One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes because
of the atrocious image quality. The first time I have tried to watch it on
a non-CRT TV. Both grainy and low resolution. I am certain this must be by
far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

Are you sure it's the DVD that's low quality, and not the upscaling to
fit your TV?

You could try playing it through a PS/3 instead. Plays DVDs, it's a
games console for the kids - and it just happens to play blu-ray too...

Andy

"Vortex3" wrote in message
...
One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes because
of the atrocious image quality. The first time I have tried to watch it
on a non-CRT TV. Both grainy and low resolution. I am certain this must
be by far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

I recall EXACTLY the same feeling as when I purchased my DVD player. VHS
movies became unwatchable

I suppose "what goes around comes around",

Anyhow... having established Blade Runner is available on Blu Ray, I guess
I have no alternative but to "buy in"....and as soon as possible. I feel
an irrational compulsion to do this.

Question: How the heck to I justify Blu Ray to 'er indoors? Will simply
purchasing Mamma Mia! be sufficient? Any other recommendations?


D

Yes, buy a Sony PS3. It is not only an excellent blu-ray player but also an
excellent media centre to play all your music, picture slide shows etc. At
about £300 it is one of the best purchases I have ever made. (Incidentally
it also plays games!)

Sandblast the screen, you will soon get used to the poor resolution again...
Brian

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"Vortex3" wrote in message
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One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes because
of the atrocious image quality. The first time I have tried to watch it
on a non-CRT TV. Both grainy and low resolution. I am certain this must
be by far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

I recall EXACTLY the same feeling as when I purchased my DVD player. VHS
movies became unwatchable

I suppose "what goes around comes around",

Anyhow... having established Blade Runner is available on Blu Ray, I guess
I have no alternative but to "buy in"....and as soon as possible. I feel
an irrational compulsion to do this.

Question: How the heck to I justify Blu Ray to 'er indoors? Will simply
purchasing Mamma Mia! be sufficient? Any other recommendations?


D

"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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Vortex3 wrote:
One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes
because of the atrocious image quality. The first time I have tried to
watch it on a non-CRT TV. Both grainy and low resolution. I am certain
this must be by far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

Are you sure it's the DVD that's low quality, and not the upscaling to fit
your TV?

You could try playing it through a PS/3 instead. Plays DVDs, it's a games
console for the kids - and it just happens to play blu-ray too...

Andy

Yup,

I guess some of the the manufacturers of the very first generation DVD's
used first generation film scanning technology to digitize.

Other newer DVD's are fine.

Roll on Boxng Day sales.

David

Vortex3 wrote:
One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes because
of the atrocious image quality. The first time I have tried to watch it on
a non-CRT TV. Both grainy and low resolution. I am certain this must be by
far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

I recall EXACTLY the same feeling as when I purchased my DVD player. VHS
movies became unwatchable

I suppose "what goes around comes around",

Anyhow... having established Blade Runner is available on Blu Ray, I guess I
have no alternative but to "buy in"....and as soon as possible. I feel an
irrational compulsion to do this.

Question: How the heck to I justify Blu Ray to 'er indoors? Will simply
purchasing Mamma Mia! be sufficient? Any other recommendations?


D

In mitigation (which I'm sure you don't want) - the BRC DVD transfer
was awful and isn't indicative of how most DVDs should look.

Having said that the HD version of it (I actually have the HDVD copy)
is beautiful and is the last one I will ever buy (off the top of my head
I have bought 7 versions of this bloody film).

On 8 Dec, 09:10, JR wrote:
Vortex3 wrote:
One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes because
of the atrocious image quality. *The first time I have tried to watch it on
a non-CRT TV. *Both grainy and low resolution. *I am certain this must be by
far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

I recall EXACTLY the same feeling as when I purchased my DVD player. *VHS
movies became unwatchable

I suppose "what goes around comes around",

Anyhow... having established Blade Runner is available on Blu Ray, I guess I
have no alternative but to "buy in"....and as soon as possible. * I feel an
irrational compulsion to do this.

Question: *How the heck to I justify Blu Ray to 'er indoors? *Will simply
purchasing Mamma Mia! be sufficient? *Any other recommendations?

D

In mitigation (which I'm sure you don't want) - the BRC DVD transfer
was awful and isn't indicative of how most DVDs should look.

Having said that the HD version of it (I actually have the HDVD copy)
is beautiful and is the last one I will ever buy (off the top of my head
I have bought 7 versions of this bloody film).

Ouch. Is it really that good?
Looks like I might need to upgrade sooner rather than later. Now that
a PS3 isn't the cheapest way to own one I might try and pick one up in
the new year.

Malcolm H wrote:

Yes, buy a Sony PS3. It is not only an excellent blu-ray player but also
an excellent media centre to play all your music, picture slide shows
etc. At about £300 it is one of the best purchases I have ever made.
(Incidentally it also plays games!)

That will really impress his wife. Her trying to do the prescribed
housework and requiring bodies to occasionally lift themselves while
hoovering 'cuz they are stuck there trying to get past the green monster
nevermind watching TV...

--
Adrian C

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:10:05 +0000, JR wrote:

Vortex3 wrote:
One of the first DVD's I purchased (I guess about 12 years ago) was Blade
Runner - "The Directors Cut"

Last night I watched it (or tried to) but gave up after 20 minutes because
of the atrocious image quality. The first time I have tried to watch it on
a non-CRT TV. Both grainy and low resolution. I am certain this must be by
far the "worst" DVD I have quality-wise.

I recall EXACTLY the same feeling as when I purchased my DVD player. VHS
movies became unwatchable

I suppose "what goes around comes around",

Anyhow... having established Blade Runner is available on Blu Ray, I guess I
have no alternative but to "buy in"....and as soon as possible. I feel an
irrational compulsion to do this.

Question: How the heck to I justify Blu Ray to 'er indoors? Will simply
purchasing Mamma Mia! be sufficient? Any other recommendations?


D

In mitigation (which I'm sure you don't want) - the BRC DVD transfer
was awful and isn't indicative of how most DVDs should look.

Having said that the HD version of it (I actually have the HDVD copy)
is beautiful and is the last one I will ever buy (off the top of my head
I have bought 7 versions of this bloody film).

I have the 5 disc Blu-Ray version and you won't ever need to buy
another version of this film as every version is here.

Marky P.

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:16:03 +0000, Mike Henry
wrote:

In ,
Mike wrote:

On 8 Dec, 09:10, JR wrote:
Having said that the HD version of it (I actually have the HDVD copy)
is beautiful and is the last one I will ever buy (off the top of my head
I have bought 7 versions of this bloody film).

Ouch. Is it really that good?

Yes. I think it's breathtaking.

Worth buying to see the Final Cut which IMHO is the best version of the
film, with a superb transfer, and effects tidied up, and in HD it's
superb.

The detail visible in the city flypasts etc has to be seen to be believed!

Review he
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/review...lallver01.html

PS. Keep your old DVD copy (and I agree that wasn't typical of DVD, that
region 2 transfer was awful) for comparisons later!

May I add that the Vangelis soundtrack sounds excellent in lossless
surround :-)

Marky P.