Blu-Ray disappointment

Most people I see everyday are happy listening to low bit-rate MP3s on £5 headphones.

You'd be surprised but Audio/Image quality really isn't a paramount consideration for a lot of people out there.
 
Robert1986 said:
I don't know what you guys are talking about. I find it hard to sit through a SD DVD anymore after watching nothing but 1080p movies for the past few weeks. Once you get used to watching movies at 1080p, the quality of SD movies really shows itself. Ugly.

The sound you'll get with BD's is what you'll enjoy more than the picture, thats only if you invested in a decent 5.1 set-up.

Just look at the difference in LOTR SD vs HD - http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html . LOTR isn't even out on blu-ray yet, so, it can still look better.
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I agree, after watching BD movies and PS3 games I found it hard to watch Sky, moved over to Virgin Media V+ (couldn't justify the cost of SKY HD) and the upscaling helps, but it is no substitute, BBC HD is very good

Robert1986 said:
Have you even calibrated your tv set? The amount of improvement in picture quality you can get but just changing a few settings is huge.
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I did my TV (Samsung) and it made a massive difference, all TVs are set for in store use which means the brightness and contrast are usually set way to high.

msm722 said:
Dark Knight 1080p imax scenes - amazing.
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They are indeed
 
I had my first experience of Blu Ray over the weekend. Wall E was simply amazing, we also watched World Trade Centre which was good, but certainly not a huge improvement over SD which I am used to.

However, as has been said previously, the sound was phenominal. My Christmas present to myself was a Sony DG820 amplifier and Jamo A102HCS5 5.1 speakers. Wow is all I can say :)
 
A leap over what it was I had to put up with when I went to see The day the Earth Stood Still. The 7.1 was "crackley" and the film jittered about. Overall quality was flat and uninspiring.
 
Richiev4 said:
I did my TV (Samsung) and it made a massive difference, all TVs are set for in store use which means the brightness and contrast are usually set way to high.
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This

there is night and day difference on my Samsung F86 between the settings that are D65 certified (from www.hdtvtest.co.uk, it was professionally calibrated user a colour meter) and the out of the box settings.

I dont know about the panasonic plasmas, as one of the biggest criticisms has always been that certain things arent adjustable (like not being able to turn 100hz off), but i can straight away tell the difference between normal programmes and HD programmes when watching Sky HD, and thats only 1080i or 720.

The difference on blu ray is immense. Considering you've not even looked in the settings yet, id look around on www.avforums.co.uk for some optimal settings to try.

Id start Here
 
FrankJH said:
This could just be because its an awful film :D
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I knew somebody would say this ;) But honestly it wasn't the film it was the equipment. The film was another matter. Primitive cinema equipment Odeon and Vue in this backwater of an impoverished area in which I live :(
 
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