Interesting! But at full screen the SD images look a bit fuzzy, and the computer viewing distance is not comparable with a normal TV viewing distance. Is this more applicable to just viewing on a PC????? (Not sure what conclusions to draw!) 🤔

you could get a similar effect by turning up the sharpness on your telly

imo hd is vastly overrated unless you have a BIG screen

I could discern worthwhile differences in scenes 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9 but the rest were "so what?"

elephant wrote:

I could discern worthwhile differences in scenes 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9 but the rest were "so what?"

Sure, but that's on a computer monitor. Ramp that up to a 55 or 60" TV and you'd see a much bigger difference. SD would become more pixelated.

No real visible difference - only sound

There is a huge difference between Sd and HD. No question about it. I have a 42" pioneer Kuro plasma which is truly superb both in HD and SD.
Though the SD is definitely lacking in resolution, it's still very watchable. The HD from my BD player really makes this tv shine.

When we are starting to move from 40" screens to 50+" screens, the difference will be more and more noticeable. Those bigger screen will no longer be able to display SD images to a very satisfying level I am sure (haven't seen one yet that would do it for me....)

Well I spent some time looking at one of the latest Samsung LED Tvs today, 40" and 50" screens and I have to say the picture quality was amazing, especially when playing HD content. They are also 200hz sets which shows. I think the BV10-40 will be a cracking picture based on what I saw today. It really is so difficult to keep up with technologies, they just change so quickly.

moxxey wrote:

elephant wrote:

I could discern worthwhile differences in scenes 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9 but the rest were "so what?"

Sure, but that's on a computer monitor. Ramp that up to a 55 or 60" TV and you'd see a much bigger difference. SD would become more pixelated.

sorry :) that was the point I was trying to make, I should be less cryptic

The LOTR serie on DVD has the highest bitrate possible. 3 hours are spread over 2 dvds. Very acceptable on SD, bad example to compare.

In general, normal DVD vs BR, the pq is so obvious, even on a 32 inch. It is like comparing VHS vs DVD. Period!