Enhanced quality of dvd on Blu-Ray player?

[user350044u]

Blu-ray players are suppose to enhance the picture quality when watching a regular dvd. Is the quality really noticable or very little? Do you think purchasing a blu-ray player for the dvd enhancement is a good idea?

[GrumpyMac]

No.

Look - players do not enhance standard def DVD's. You have been listening to too much marketing.

The players will 'up-convert' or 'magnify' the image so the television will see a 720 or 1080 signal.

This is like taking a postage stamp and magnifying the image on a photocopier 10 times. The result IS a 8x10 picture - but ... do you really think this is 'enhanced'?

Some players like the Oppo series of players will try to 'fill in' things in each video frame and can do a decent job. But there is only so much you can do with an image designed for a nine-inch screen. (Yes - standard def was designed to fill a nine-inch tube because that was the limit of technology back in 1949. It has been the frozen standard ever since.)

So do not buy a BluRay player to enhance standard DVD's. Buy a BluRay player so it can play real BluRay disks, but still play your library of existing DVDs.

[shon_stout]

Yes go buy one blu-ray is so clear i mean it so cool the quality is so good