relen;322977 Wrote: > My expectation is that BRD will be a lukewarm success, not because of > the death of packed media, but because people just don't think they > need it. Stick a good scaler on the end of a good (not $50) DVD player > and you can't tell the difference really.
I don't agree with a few comments in this thread - I don't think physical media will 'die', I don't think MP3's sound almost as good as full media. Why anyone would want to pay almost the same price for technically inferior data I have no idea. But in regards to this comment, I especially don't agree. A good source encoded in 1080p, on a calibrated 1080p display will look better than an upscaled DVD...period. The whole idea that you can fudge digital data back in to audio or video makes no sense to me. It's just not logical. Unfortunately, the reality is that like MP3 players - poorly calibrated or crummy '1080p' displays can and will hide the differences. I know it was much closer before I had my DLP calibrated. I realize this raises the argument that perception is reality. And I can't really argue with that. But for someone willing to buy less electronics, more selectively...there IS a difference. It bothers me to hear otherwise because it gives the music and entertainment industry an excuse to cut corners in the initial recordings because "it'll never be seen/heard at it's best anyway". There are articles that discuss the way audio is recorded now with the idea it'll never be heard by anything better than MP3 format anyway. That's sad. For example "HD" streaming movie content rarely (ever?) includes HD audio sound. In reality, that's one of the most impressive aspects of my blu-ray entertainment experience. The surround affects are amazing. Digital delivery effectively eliminates that. And yes, I realize I'm ranting. -Nick -- x94blair3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ x94blair3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50035 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
