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Posted by jeffreybehr (A) on December 12, 2008 at 10:37:23

In Reply to: RE: I don't understand uncertainity of Blu Ray adaptation posted by Brian A on December 11, 2008 at 15:13:23

Nu-uh. BrD (and HD DVD) players play DVDs just finely, and some of those players have EXCELLENT uprezing chips. One factor contributing to Blu's lack of market penetration is that uprezed DVDs look better enough on an HD screen that lots of folk think that's plenty good enough.

'Joe SixPack' may LOVE the way pro football looks in HD on his HD flat-screen TV, but he also loves the way his old DVDs look from his uprezing player. TV is a populist, lowest-common-denominator form of entertainment. That's why, for instance, most people on most TVs have garishly orange faces.

I've had 3 HD-disc players, have a 96"-wide 2.35-ratio screen, own about 200 HD discs, and simply don't buy DVDs, but I imagine I'm in the serious minority, even on these kinds of forums.

PS. It's 'Blu-ray Disc'. My Costco has a note near the Blus that calls them 'Blu-Ray DVDs'. I'll bet the BR association loves that...NOT! :-)
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