Whats up with all this blu ray and high definintion bs?

Question

If i buy a blu ray dvd player does that mean i also have to buy a high definitin tv?

Answer 1

you dont have to but you should to get the full effect, blu ray is considered the top of the line HD so a HD tv is only fitting.  dont pay any attention to the people arguing about which is better, blu ray or HD dvd.  its a derivative of the gaming console war.  if you look at facts you will see which one is the better investment.

Answer 2

No you don't but why spend about $400 probably more on something and not use it to it's full potential. using a blu ray on a regular tv is like buying a $1000 pc with a 12'' inch $25 monitor. But first of all before you do that make sure you know which one you want. Blu Ray only plays Blu Ray Disc which can get pretty expensive for even the oldest movies. plus they don't even have a lot of movies in  blu ray yet. The best way to get one (if you have kids or a husband) is to buy a playstation 3. HD DVDs play on any dvd player and the HD players play all dvds. ITS YOUR CHOICE

Answer 3

Yes, if you want to view it in Hi-Def.  Go ahead and get the TV.  Times are changing, and you will be amazed at the picture quality.

Answer 4

No. But there's really no point in having a blu ray player if you don't have a HDTV to play it on. The entire purpose of blu-ray and HDDVD is that it looks better on an HDTV than DVD.

Answer 5

Blu Ray and HD DVDs are only good if they are filmed on a high definition camera. Most arent yet. "Planet Earth" is, and is a great watch. I would wait a couple years until worrying about it. They haven't made the full changeover yet. You'll be suckered like I was if you buy now. Best to wait. Especially since plasma prices are dropping and the technology is getting better everyday.

Answer 6

Holy cow. Lots of misinformation here.

1. Any Blu-Ray player except for a $1200 Denon model just announced will play on ANY TV.

2. On analog TVs Blu-Ray movies will look like really well mastered DVD.

3. All Blu-Ray players play standard DVD and CDs.

4. When you decide to upgrade your TV to HD the Blu-Ray player can upscale DVD images to near HD quality.

If you want a temporary machine or are not planning to by an HDTV for a long time I wouldn't buy one but if you are buying a movie player and think that you may upgrade your TV in the next year go with a Blu-Ray player.

Some people are still talking about its' competitor HD DVD and the recently ended war but the war is really over. As of Fridays announcement that Warner would make only BD movies after May '08, the winner of the war has been declared. Blu-Ray. I thought it might take a year for it to happen but now I think it will be VERY soon that HD DVD closes up shop.

HD DVD was hit hard and is scrambling to recover. They were surprised by Warners move to back BD and even cancelled the HD DVD event at this years CES.

http://www.cepro.com/article/warner_bros...

Warner chose to do this because Blu-Rays have outsold HD DVDs 2-1. In Europe it was 3-1 in favor or BD and in Japan it was 10-1 in favor of BD. Warner only wants to sell more movies.

Many people beleive that this spells the end of HD DVD and a win for BD, me among them

http://www.avtruths.com/blurayvshddvd.ht...

Furthermore Paramount has a clause in their contract allowing them to pull out of HD DVD in the event that Warner went Blu-Ray exclusive. Well since that happened expect Paramount (and of course Dreamworks) to switch to BD. This leaves only Universal for HD DVD. (Giving BD about 85% of the movies being made in Hollywood.)

I know that HD DVD will fight back. Expect great deals and free offers from HD DVD. But realistically the war is over.

Ultimately the only way for consumers to win is for one of them to win so that all of the studios will make HD movies in a format accessable to everyone. I also expect that once Blu-Ray wins (or HD DVD if that happens) you will see second and third tier manufacturers to make players driving the price to $100 by 2009-1010. Funai just announce one for $299.

They have to make this happen or the window is going to close and internet HD movies are going to take over before BD has a chance to flourish. LG and Netflick have already announced an internet movie device and VUDU's machine is already available.

Buy now or buy later but buy Blu-Ray.

Incedentally Warner took no money to select Blu-Ray. But Paramount and Universal each took $150 Mil to select HD DVD. I am not stating opinions here. Only facts. I never cared which format was winning. I don't own either one yet.

Answer 7

No, you don't have to buy an HDTV, but blu-ray won't look that much better on a regular tv so there's no point in buying one unless you later plan on buying an HDTV.

It's not really BS, I mean a lot of people are buying HDTV's now and want to be able to use them to their full potential. Without an high definition source such as a Blu-Ray or HD DVD player an HDTV is just a tv.

Answer 8

Miguel35 expressed a bias opinion so I would not listen to his answer, although there is some truth to it.  You definitely do not want to buy either an HD or Blu Ray DVD player without an HDTV.  It is just pointless.  The move by Warner to back Blu Ray is huge, but they did not make their decision because Blu Ray is selling better, as can be seen by the crushing amount of HD DVD players sold over this past holiday season.  There is no doubt that Sony has been paying off companies to side with their technology, which is why you always see overly excited setups in your areas Best Buy and Circuit City.  HD DVD offers way more than the Blu Ray technology does but because of whatever is going on behind the scenes (big business) us consumers are being screwed like usual.  It should be about the consumers, and what that want, but clearly Sony doesn't give a d**n about that.