Posted by Bruce Sherman on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Gabrielle-Drake-comes-to-our-little-tiny-town-tp1512874p1512892.html

Marc, thanks. in terms of digital media, I have things on laserdisc, which I never bought on DVD. I don't think I would buy things on Blu-ray that I already own on DVD.

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Martin
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Blu-Ray


> The better question is, I own the dvd set already. I have a PS3 which
> plays blu-ray, why would I purchase the blu-ray, what advantage would get
> me? I have a dvd player that upconverts to 1080p (so does the ps3)

Yeah, UFO in Blu-Ray is going to be a bit harder to sell than most, because
the DVDs have such great picture quality. Real 1080p does look better than
unconverted DVD (especially on larger screens), but only if they do a
competent job on the video/audio transfer.

There already are HDTV versions of UFO, seen on an HD channel in the USA
(and floating around on the Internet via BitTorrent), but these versions
have some significant differences with the DVDs:

1) they are cropped for widescreen TV (image missing)
2) they have "fake" 5.1 surround sound audio (annoying)
3) they have inconsistent picture quality (some good, some not)

Also, there is simply less attention to detail on the HDTV transfers
compared to the DVDs, in that for the DVDs, the stock footage was
all digitally replaced with the original footage to improve image
quality, while the HDTV versions have degraded image quality whenever
stock footage appears.

I think some people may look at the above list and decide that they're
going to stick with the DVDs. Although some people may prefer to have
their widescreen TV filled (no black bars on the sides).

Marc




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