Come on Buzz. You know there is no work involved in producing video...it is all fun and one big vacation .

I have Blue-ray player on my PC, but not on my HD TV. But for your video Buzz, I will buy one!

I think you will sell more on DVD right now, and it will be easier w/perhaps less returns for your distributors (what do they say?), but those that have the capability will appreciate the higher quality (I very much enjoy 1080i HDTV and the difference it makes on broadcast sports and hunting shows is stunning). As people replace players and TV's, they would “grow into" the Blue-ray format. It would be a shame to not utilize the HD footage that you have been compiling. Aw, decisions, decisions!

Doing both formats is the solution...but all the extra work!!!

Something else to consider is that some (most?) Blue-ray players (including the PS3) support upscaling, so if one plays a DVD on a Blue-ray player and has higher quality FP TV and the correct [HDMI] connection, the DVD will look better than if played on a DVD player and the same TV. As was stated, the DVD format does not preclude the people w/Blue-ray players.

Of note is that for the highest quality available, one needs a 1080p TV in addition to their Blue-ray player. My primary large screen flat panel TV is an older gen and does 1080i max and has no HDMI port so the Blue-ray needs to be connected via component cables, and I will lose some of the quality. The same can be said with the 720p (still considered "HD") flat panels, which have been very popular especially in the ~40-42" range due to their attractive price points (they will downscale Blue-ray to 720p...so your downscaled Blue-ray disk may not look any better than an upscaled DVD!). All very confusing and I barely understand it! Point is, the "best" possible quality depends on having all the latest/greatest and having it correctly setup. Those who cannot tell the difference between a standard DVD and a Blue-Ray likely have a mishmash of technology, and/or are using sets that upscale minimizing the actual difference. As once properly configured, Blue-Ray at 1080p is indeed stunning and not just the clarity but the colors and overall vividness.

Oh, and of course it all depends on how far you sit from the TV!

I have both DVD and BluRay in the house. Tend to buy more BluRays these days.

Buzz, I am absolutely no help here. I have been accused of being a troglodyte. How was the hog hunt with MJ? Stop whining about the cold. We have single digits in Upstate NY.

Rick

Hi Rick

It was great fun but I know that I am not cut out for the cold! Shooting with all the night vision kit aint that easy either. Great seeing you and Bill at the show and looking forward to your safari!

I don't own an HD TV (won't until my big screen dies) or a Blu-Ray. I don't play video games, or have any of that stuff. It costs like hunting with you and Myles, and I'd rather save for that.

Rich
Low Techie...

Buzz:

A customer with a BluRay player will buy a video in standard DVD format if that's all that is offered . On the other hand, a customer with a standard DVD player will never buy a video on BluRay.

The safe business decision is to offer the video on DVD thus serving a larger market. The BluRay should only be offered as an option, if at all, inasmuch as it would involve increased production, materials, and holding costs (e.g., inventory, cash flow) such that the retail price would either have to be adjusted higher or anticipated profits decreased.

Chuck - Maybe it's just us here in New Mexico? I agree with you, don't have one, don't know anyone else who does. JMTCW.
If I buy something new it would be a blue ray I guess?


Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

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Originally posted by dr_dog_guy:
Here's one safari hunter that doesn't have blue ray, and I don't know anyone with one. So I would look at the charts and draw the obvious conclusion.

Something that does not seem to have been mentioned.

There is no point of having a video produced in Bluray if the original quality is not in Full HD - 1920x1080.

Tape based HD cameras produce 1440x720 footage.

The quality is of course better than normal DVDs, which are 720x560. But no where as good as the Full HD from a camera that can record 1920x1080.

I have an upscaling program, which is supposed to upscale standard videos to HD.

I have not had teh timke to try it, but will and see what improvement it gives.

While still somewhat of a Luddite, I do have a BR player. I would prefer that format, but I have not yet seen other hunting videos released in that format. It might be a little ahead of the curve. Certainly some motion pictures are released simultaneously in both formats, but I suspect economies of scale are involved here.

Whatever the adult film industry is doing is probably the right answer. Hell, those guys were years ahead of the curve figuring out how to make money off the internet.