As above? In very simple terms please :D

 

What is so special that Blu-Ray DVDs cost about twice as much :confused: Surely a DVD is a DVD!

asked the same myself.

 

i think its Hi definition of sorts, might be wrong though

As above? In very simple terms please :D

 

What is so special that Blu-Ray DVDs cost about twice as much :confused: Surely a DVD is a DVD!

 

When you need advice bud, wiki will always be there :)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

Just basicaly HD also the discs face is alot smoother and near imposible to scratch

When you need advice bud, wiki will always be there :)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

 

Yeah i thought about going round the houses searching etc.... I just thought somebody might be able to tell me in simple terms without using big words etc.... :)

 

Anybody? TBH i just want to know why on earth they are about twice the price :confused:

Just basicaly HD also the discs face is alot smoother and near imposible to scratch

 

Any idea why such a big price difference?

 

Oh and thanks for a simple answer :D :bow:

Apparantley My Dinosaur Of A Tv Is Not Capable Lol

HD You get what you pay for like Sky HD etc. Then the soft where and producing etc etc.

 

Main thing is its a new toy :rolleyes:

Apparantley My Dinosaur Of A Tv Is Not Capable Lol

 

 

I have a HD tele and thats not compatable :wack:

Main thing is its a new toy :rolleyes:

 

LOL, fair enough. I ain't splashing out twice the price for DVDs just yet though :eek: :rofl:

Apparantley My Dinosaur Of A Tv Is Not Capable Lol

 

I have a HD tele and thats not compatable :wack:

 

I'm betting mine ain't compatible then :rolleyes: Even if i did start buying Blu-Ray DVD's :rofl:

mine aint even HD compatible lol.

 

Still not sure what HD is!

 

better colour? better pixels? or whatever. All I know I turn it on it plays and I can watch television, thats all I need to knoe lol

LOL, fair enough. I ain't splashing out twice the price for DVDs just yet though :eek: :rofl:

 

Plus you will need a Blu Ray DVD player and a HD TV :smash:

mine aint even HD compatible lol.

 

Still not sure what HD is!

 

better colour? better pixels? or whatever. All I know I turn it on it plays and I can watch television, thats all I need to knoe lol

 

My sister and brother in law went to great lengths to get a big screen TV which was HD ready and it don't mean jack sh1t! cos they don't wanna pay loads more a month for sky HD or HD DVD's.

mine aint even HD compatible lol.

 

Still not sure what HD is!

 

better colour? better pixels? or whatever. All I know I turn it on it plays and I can watch television, thats all I need to knoe lol

 

Hd is High Definition, So better pic and sound quality, It does make a big differance

Plus you will need a Blu Ray DVD player and a HD TV :smash:

 

My PS3 plays them i think, but obviously my TV won't so hey ho' i guess i'll keep watchin normal DVD's and spend extra money on my car :D

Yep the PS3 will play them but with a normal TV you might as well just have a normal DVD, I still buy normal DVD's

 

Whats your PS3 online user name??

Yep the PS3 will play them but with a normal TV you might as well just have a normal DVD, I still buy normal DVD's

 

Whats your PS3 online user name??

 

LOL, don't have one, don't really play on it TBH, it is basically for my little brother :rolleyes::smash:

Been toying with the idea of a new Tele but, not much point coz then as said in a few of the above posts, u have to pay extra for Sky HD and Blu-Ray discs etc. I'll just wait till they are old technology and a lot cheapr !!! By which time there'll be something 100 times better lol

Been toying with the idea of a new Tele but, not much point coz then as said in a few of the above posts, u have to pay extra for Sky HD and Blu-Ray discs etc. I'll just wait till they are old technology and a lot cheapr !!! By which time there'll be something 100 times better lol

 

Abso-bloody-exactly! I'll do the same :D

Only just got sky anyway. more for our daughter's benifit as i hardly watch tele myself. I have zero attention span !!

I have zero attention span !!

 

I don't.................................thats why i watch TV :rofl: :rofl:

HD is new. There's still improvements being made all the time. I'd advise anyone to wait a while because there's still one hell of a lot of refinements to be made and standards to be agreed. There are also many new and better video processing chips, which haven't yet found their way into products yet. Home camcorders will soon be capable of 1080p at 60 frames/sec, so I'm hanging on for that one.

lol well blu-rays can store about 8x the data a normal DVD can because it uses blue lasers instead of red lasers, and there are several layers to the data on the disc, instead of one or two on normal DVDs. hence, loads more game data for games (PS3 and maybe PC in the future), and less compression of films. in fact, sound is hardly compressed at all, so you will hear 'perfect' sound (depending upon speakers and hearing capability :tongue: ) and a far sharper picture (6x i think they say), but all this sexy technology aint going to work on your black and white wood TV, you need an HD-ready telly that can blast these extra pixels to the screen. kapiche?

oh, and theyre expensive cos theyre new. they cost the same as what DVDs did when they came out!

Kewl answer :cool:

I've got both the HD DVD drive for the xbox and the PS3s bluray drive. The difference on a good movie is fantastic on a large HD TV. I must say though that HD DVD looks better than Bluray. Pity it's been ditched. On the plus side you can pick up HD DVD films for about £4.50 in the fire sales \o/ I wouldn't bother with bluray at the moment. I find it quite grainy on a 50" plasma. There is talk of it being revamped in the near future. It's certainly not worth the extra money unless you have more money than sense. On the plus side your PS3 will upscale normal DVDs and make them look better on a HD TV. Not HD quality but better than normal DVD quality on a normal TV.

 

My adivce is (assuming you have a large HD tv) buy the xbox 360 HD DVD player from Gamestation for £20. Comes with the xbox dvd remote control. That unit was £150 6 months ago. Then pick up some good HD DVD movies from HMV or play.com in the fire sales. Save yourself a few quid and get better quality images imo.