Okay, what is higher quality...Bluray or upconvert DVD?

[Clams]

http://forum.slysoft.com/showpost.php?p=119051&postcount=6 http://forum.slysoft.com/showpost.php?p=14965&postcount=29

Yes you're right - "Ever" was strong. I do use Sony burners and blanks, I actually like turning thier products against them. <EG>

But I won't buy any other Sony hardware or software. I really, REALLY dislike them. I dislike them enough to skip over Blu-Ray and wait for the next great thing.

-W

 

[KarstenS]

The comparison you're posting is hardly valid considering the difference in file sizes.
Regardless, Blu-ray is always better.

http://forum.slysoft.com/showpost.php?p=125259&postcount=58

Which is the image from a Blu-ray and from a regular dvd upconverted by an Oppo DV-983H?

source:
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/...oppo-dv-983h/video-measurements-viewing-tests

The top picture is from the Oppo DV-983H. Sure, the Blu-ray image looks better, but I'm not sure that it looks tons better.

To compare the images objectively, they should be in the correct resolution (HDready 1080p).

 

[Webslinger]

To compare the images objectively, they should be in the correct resolution (HDready 1080p).

I'm pretty sure they were and then reduced using the same method. I own an Oppo dv-983HD, a Toshiba HD-A35, and a LG GGC-H20L that I output over HDMI via a Radeon 4870 using Powerdvd Ultra. I've also tested a PS3. HD-DVD and Blu-rays always look better. They do not always, however, appear significantly better depending on the source material (U2's Rattle and Hum on HD-DVD and Blu-ray is not exceptional to say the least, for example), and the Oppo dv-983HD is pretty damn impressive and produces better output than the PS3, Toshiba, and Powerdvd Ultra with SD material. Also, software dvd players have a history of being problematic:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all

I've become so fed-up with software solutions for HD playback that I will probably take a very hard look at Oppo's new blu-ray player, when it's released.

 

[KarstenS]

I'm pretty sure they were and then reduced using the same method.

With its reduced size is like comparing apples with pears. Nearly 80% of the picture information has gone in the pictures you did post. This is not a template for comparisons.

 

[Webslinger]

With its reduced size is like comparing apples with pears.

No. Since they are reduced using the same method, it's still a useful comparison (if you reduce something that holds more detailed information than something else with a lossy compression method, the item with more detailed information even when compressed will still be more detailed than the item that wasn't originally--all other things being equal). I can still tell the Blu-ray is better in the pics. And at 1080p, I can still see the same relative difference.

Regardless, most people are not viewing this forum at 1080p, and I'm not about to upload uncompressed pics at that size.