HD Players/TV's/DVD's are a scam. Don't be fooled.

[Danalys]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_resolution

Image resolution describes the detail an image holds. The term applies equally to digital images, film images, and other types of images.

there's more detail that can be resolved from film than can be sampled for HD.

 

[The Man Of 16]

yes, the despute is not whether or not film is better than HD. We all know it is. but the fact is, theyre not going to start selling 3 foot in diameter spools of film.

The dispute is whether or not HD is better than DVD's. The answer is yes, HD is better than DVD's and HDTV's are better than normal TV's.

Just because none of you have taken the time to go and actually LOOK doesnt mean youre right. I feel like im taking crazy pills here, im younger than most of you and yet I still know more.

This reminds me of being on the playground playing tag and there was always that one kid that would just deny being tagged, but would still run around.

 

[Kritish]

My wife and I always laugh when we see the ads for Blu-Ray, I mean it's DVD. how much more "HD" can you get? it is a ridiculous scam pandering to the technophiles out there who just have to have the latest technology. It's very sad.

Like it or not, you’re going to have to make the convert. Either that or you’ll end up like my grandmother you just figured out how to use an eight track tape player she bought at a garage sale. Pretty soon blue-ray or HD will be the only thing out here. Progress is a ***** isn’t it?

 

[Movies205]

Do you even know what High Definition is? High Definition refers to the compression. A regular TV is only 320 by 480, this is why when you watch a DVD on your laptop or computer it doesn't look nearly as good as it does on the TV, because your laptop's resolution is a 1000 x w/e. Yes it's true Film is not video and it uses an entirely different process, however... the minute it's transfer to digital, it follows the same principles as video. The way it works, is there are 29 frames per second, that means 29 still pictures each second. Now think about how big a .JPG is, now think about how the size varies from how big the actual image is, now think well over 20,000 still pictures... That's going to BE HUGE! A DVD only hold 4 gigs, so it's compress to like 320 by 480. What HD means is that there's a larger storage capacity, HD being around 15 gigs, and Blu-Ray Between 25-50 gigs. Now combine this with the fact that HD-TVs put a resolution of either 720 or 1080, if you play a DVD obviously it's not going look good, your going need HD, which means video that has a resolution of either 720 or 1080(I don't know if they've decided on a ratio yet). This is why HD looks better because the IMAGE IS BIGGER!!!