Sony Blu-ray vs DVD Upscale
Filed under: Electronics, High Definition | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: December 3, 2008 | 3 Comments
There is a big debate going on, in one corner we have Sony Blu-ray and in the other we have DVD upscale, Suzi and Jason are discussing if the latter is just as good. Suzi from the Gadget Show asks if Blu-ray is all that it is cracked up to be, or can you get just as good a result if you get yourself an upscaling DVD player and play your DVD’s through that’s.
DVD upscale works by creating a new line of pixels; this is done by copying parts of the surrounding pixels. Basically what they are doing is guessing what the High Definition picture should look like, in theory it is possible to create an image that can fool the human eye.
In the video they have two identical TV’s showing the same movie, one on Blu-ray and the other on DVD upscale. The one on the left is the Blu-ray and they notice that it has better colors, much more detail in the shadows, overall a more detailed picture.
The result is, the Sony Blu-ray is worth the extra money
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IMO it depends what film you are buying or how much extra cash you have to spend. For me BD is the only option for buying TDK and other big special effects films but otherwise DVD upscaling will do just fine.
Here’s a magic trick, folks,…
Get a Blu-ray film, lower the tv sharpness setting to 0, then compare the same film on standard dvd upscaled, but increase the tv sharpness settting to 50 percent or higher.
Guess which one looks clearer, more detailed?
Yep, the upscaled. Go test it out.
The tv sharpness setting can make a huge difference how clear the picture is.
Actually, on a digital TV the sharpness setting on most TVs should be set to the minimum as it does nothing but introduce artifacts in the picture.
Blu-ray is definitely better than upscaling because the source has more detail. Upscaling simply reduces quality loss, it doesn’t actually add anymore detail to the picture.