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statix
United States1760 Posts
Basically, I'm in the market to buy a new laptop and the model that I'm looking at lets you upgrade to a Blu-ray player for $150 dollars more. I'm wondering if it's really worth the extra money. I do plan on watching a lot of movies on my laptop but is there really a noticeable difference between Blu-ray and DVD formats? $150 dollars isn't TOO much money but it's still money that could be spent elsewhere. Any help is appreciated. | ||
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AmorVincitOmnia
Kenya3846 Posts
no you won't see a difference. edit: plus blu rays are more expensive than dvds | ||
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renegade_zerg
Korea (South)525 Posts
On March 12 2009 10:36 AmorVincitOmnia wrote: on a lap top screen? no you won't see a difference. edit: plus blu rays are more expensive than dvds unless you have a new laptop with a 1080p screen | ||
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
On March 12 2009 10:37 renegade_zerg wrote: unless you have a new laptop with a 1080p screen Or have a laptop connected to a 30" cinema display!!! Actually... just use mini-DVI -> HDMI and run it on an actual TV screen. But it would be a pain to plug your laptop into a big screen every time, not to mention defeating the purpose... | ||
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xmShake
United States1100 Posts
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statix
United States1760 Posts
On March 12 2009 10:44 xmShake wrote: Depends on the resolution of your laptop, but 19/20 times its not worth it. Edge-to-Edge HD Widescreen 16.0 inch WLED LCD (1366x768) W/2.0 MP is what the specs say oh and this is the laptop that im looking at picking up. | ||
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xmShake
United States1100 Posts
On March 12 2009 10:46 statix wrote: Edge-to-Edge HD Widescreen 16.0 inch WLED LCD (1366x768) W/2.0 MP is what the specs say oh and this is the laptop that im looking at picking up. Resolution isn't that high, so don't bother unless you plan on buying lots of blu-ray movies for some reason. Also, unless you're already set upon getting that, I would look through here to see if you can get any better deals. http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=32&name=Laptops-Notebooks | ||
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renegade_zerg
Korea (South)525 Posts
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statix
United States1760 Posts
On March 12 2009 10:48 renegade_zerg wrote: nice. i just bought that laptop and i love it. Definately worth the blueray if you watch a lot of movies on the go like i do. do you have the normal screen or did you upgrade to the RGBLED one? | ||
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renegade_zerg
Korea (South)525 Posts
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teh leet newb
United States1999 Posts
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Chuiu
3470 Posts
http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html | ||
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funkie
Venezuela9377 Posts
On March 12 2009 11:35 Chuiu wrote: There is a huge difference between DVD and HD in both resolution and color. Colors are much more defined and since the resolution is much higher everything becomes much clearer. These are crude comparisons but they give you a good idea of how much better HD is. Notice how closeups are significantly better in HD. http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html Yes try watching the same show on regular DVD quality and then on HD. it completely changes the whole purpose of life. T_T; thx God for HD | ||
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PobTheCad
Australia893 Posts
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statix
United States1760 Posts
On March 12 2009 11:35 Chuiu wrote: There is a huge difference between DVD and HD in both resolution and color. Colors are much more defined and since the resolution is much higher everything becomes much clearer. These are crude comparisons but they give you a good idea of how much better HD is. Notice how closeups are significantly better in HD. http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html So even without 1080p the quality will be a lot better than a regular dvd? That's what I got from that link anyway. On March 12 2009 11:41 PobTheCad wrote: is the dvd player you are upgrading from double as a burner? Yes. | ||
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xxsaznpride
United States506 Posts
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
On March 12 2009 11:33 teh leet newb wrote: If you have a 1080p TV that you can hook your laptop up to via HDMI, then yeah, it's probably worth it. Also, it looks like that screen can be upgraded to 1080p, so if you're going to do that, get the Blu-Ray drive. Standard definition DVDs just look like shit compared to HD once you've seen it. Although, you can always just pirate HD movies and watch them on your laptop without the need for a Blu-Ray drive. I was thinking pretty much this exact thing, just out of curiosity, do you have surround sound/home theater? The only problem with the laptop as a bluray/dvd player is that they do NOT output sound through HDMI, because its on the video card. So if you wanted to hook it up to your home theater (if you have one) it needs a digital optical out as well. Without that, you just have stereo sound :D I personally love the effect of 5.1 speaker set up. Its cool in bioshock when fucking enemies are behind me, I hear the assholes shouting from the back speakers. Edit: and yes, bluray is a MUCH higher resolution than DVD's, from whatever you read, that is true. DVD's can look grainy on TV's that are like 32in or bigger. One of the best examples of bluray definition that I saw was in The Dark Knight when batman is kid napping the asian guy in Hong Kong or whatever, and it pans out and you can see an entire city, the definition is beautiful, it really shows how it captures even the smallest of details, its quite beautiful. I am not too sure how up conversion works, but you should see if it can also up convert DVD's to 1080p/1080i/720p. It makes it look better, but bluray and movies that are meant to be displayed at 1080p still look a lot better, I vaguely recall something about uncompressed vs compressed formats? I am not too sure. I will read up on it later. Edit: A year later I feel like I should add some more to this! I was either wrong or my information was now outdated. HDMI does output audio through laptops and video cards now (if it ever hasn't?) but there is no digital optical out on a laptop so you would have to use your TV as a passthrough to a sound system IF you have a sound system. By pass through I mean you would have to go laptop HDMI to TV and then the TV would NEED a digital optical cable in order to get that audio quality. Also if your laptop video card can't output 1080p on the screen it can't output it onto a TV so there is no point in getting a bluray player for such a marginal increase in quality. If you really want HD movies you can always download them on a laptop that can output the quality, or just buy a separate bluray player. Also up-conversion doesn't look as good as legitimate bluray because up-conversation is just expanding the pixels to create artificial 1080p, it still looks better than standard definition however it is not on par with true high definition. It is just an imitation but its good so you don't have to throw away all the DVD's you have collected. About the video files. Bluray is uncompressed video feed while DVD is compressed to make it more easily fit on the disk. Think of it as FLAC audio vs MP3. | ||
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Chuiu
3470 Posts
On March 12 2009 11:45 statix wrote: So even without 1080p the quality will be a lot better than a regular dvd? That's what I got from that link anyway. Yes. Yes, the jump from DVD to 720 is a noticeable difference. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
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AmorVincitOmnia
Kenya3846 Posts
a lap top screen just seems too small to really be able to fully appreciate it, regardless of whether or not it's capable of playing 1080p. | ||
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