Blueray vs Dvd

OK, I browsed the first page of threads, and didn't see it, so:
What is better? Blueray or dvd? provide a reason for it too ;D

Me:

DVD. Purely because there is no visible difference between the two, and it's far less expensive.. however if space comes to it, i'd go for blueray. Tbh, aside from the size of the disk, blueray is quite pointless.

Kgo

BLU-RAY is better in the fact of hd rez, if you have a hd tv... i don't own any blu movies outside or the bd rips on my hard drive, but i use bd for storage of old files.
if you get a upconverted dvd for your lcd tv's and use hdmi i can't tell the difference unless im closed to the screen.

2003 wants their thread back.

Image quality, and clarity on BD are superior to DVD period so long as they're made from master footage instead of upscaled DVD remaster.
Sound is possibly probably better but it's entirely subjective.
OP are you watching your BD movies on a CRT TV? Because there's a noticeable difference when you watch it on a medium sized (22' up) monitor or an average HD capable TV.

As far as data is concerned BD is a bit pricey but good for dumping your masses of old archives, otherwise DVD reins supreme when it comes to cost.

Something tells me we'll have a similar discussion in about ten years when HVD is on the cusp or replacing Blu-Ray. The only thing DVDs still have going for them is a lower price point, but that's more with having to try to extend the life of DVDs rather than this make believe assumption that Blu-Rays are considerably more expensive to produce.

I haven't jumped on the Blu-Ray bandwagon myself, but that's because my HDTV, which I'm using as my monitor, isn't very good and only "technically" capable of high definition but not so great in practice, and I've just not cared enough to invest in a player for the television in my living room. I'm just not overly impressed with the high definition craze, but I don't deny that Blu-Ray is superior to DVD.

DvD. I still don't feel ready to re-buy my movie collection. For some reason it doesn't feel all that long since I switched over from VHS.

BLU-RAY!!!
you see a movie how the director see's it when filming 50gb beats 4gbs by a long shot

BluRay, once you watch a movie in that format their is no going back. I love myself for throwing a BluRay drive into my new computer.

If you were referring to HD DVD, that format is now kaput. If you were referring to plain DVD, the quality difference IS noticeable.

I say Bluray, but I'm in no rush to replace my 350 DVD collection.

If you have a bluray player, then go for it! The quality is incredibly amazing, and it's not that expensive...

Hmm... i haven't really noticed a difference... having said that, i do have shiite eyesight xD

then again, our tv is pretty crap.. it's an old 52inch plasma... so it can run 1080p, but yeah.. refresh rate is pretty bad.. it tends to lag sometimes ><
this could be the source of my not noticing differences perhaps

I agree the first time I saw a BD rip of Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho I couldn't go back.

Blue-ray. Better quality, sounds cooler, etc.

This chart pretty supports OP's argument as far as image quality via tv output.

ah, that would explain it..
That and my tv is pretty crap xD

also, found this:

Both are fine but Blu rays are expensive

Blu-ray, bigger size, better quality, etc.
I don't even have a player capable of playing them and I admit they're better. I just know that the quality is good because my laptop can't play a blu-ray rip in the form of .mkv, :P (though it's 6 years old so that's probably why :/ )

I really doubt this is true at all.
I have a few new movies in DVD and 720P format and I can certain to say that the details are so much better in 720P, even on my laptop which has a FHD monitor

Don't compare TVs and monitors. The later are used up close and have a lot higher DPI display capability. When a monitor is set to its "best" resolution it tend to display at 96 DPI.

For TVs this DPI always changes since the resolution is set - either 1280x720 or 1980x1080 pixels. However for TVs even that is excessive, unless screen is BIG!

http://www.dansdata.com/gz029.htm



...the bottom line is, Dan disqalifies HDTVs from being used as monitors, since they'll never have high enough DPI to be used up close. (Then again that's *NOT* how you normally use them).

Blu-ray has superior picture quality; in my books, that makes it the superior movie format.

The Dark Knight is the film that sold me on Blu-ray, the IMAX scenes are fucking amazing to watch.