MCheu
join:2002-06-10
Toronto, ON | reply to DeathK
Re: NOPE Just like you, I guess a bit of both. The local video shop allows rentals of the players and movies in all 3 formats, so I don't own a highdef player in either format, but I've been able to play around with maybe about 10 titles in each format in the last year or so to a limited degree. Thus, I admit I haven't experienced a great selection of movies nor have I had time to play around with them for any length of time.
Only the most recent big deal releases have been even remotely worthwhile. I still believe that the majority of HD-DVD and BluRay releases are not as good as they should be if the studios expect people to upgrade and rebuy these movies. Admittedly, I haven't tried the discs on a true HDTV yet (a widescreen flatscreen TV yes, but it's not big enough to display at full resolution). The artifact blotches and grain are quite a bit more noticeable on that same TV compared to the DVD version. I purposely rented the hidef versions of some movies I already own on DVD as I was curious what the big deal was. I continued renting a few new releases and the players to see if the releases were getting better. They are, but not enough to make me want to bother with the expense.
If you believe the formats are so much better (I'm guessing you're leaning towards HD-DVD), please recommend some HD-DVD or BluRay movies to check out. Perhaps I've just made some bad choices in my rentals, and I really do want to find out what the big deal is, because so far, I just don't see it. |
