[David E. Bath]

In article ,
Audio Empire writes:

I've also yet to buy a Blu-Ray player. I enjoy the HD programming on my HDTV
from my AppleTV and my DirecTV satellite system, but I don't see enough value
in HD via Blu-Ray to justify paying $40 for a Blu-Ray copy of a film that I
can get in regular DVD for $20.

I felt the same way about Blu-ray until I saw one at a friends home.
The picture is noticably sharper and the colors more real than any
other HD source I've seen on my 55" HD TV.

But more appropriate for this forum is the sound quality. Dolby
Digital and DTS on Blu-ray has 3-4 time the bitrate of DVDs abd it is
also noticably clearer. Since purchasing my Blu-rau player I have
watched several titles that I have on DVD and the sound quality jumps
out at you. The first example was Blade Runner, a movie I have had on
VHS, Laserdisc, DVD, and now Blu-ray and it never sounded or looked as
good. Also, I've bought several titles that include a DVD copy and
again, easily noticable differences. Also, several titles I've bought
include a 5.1 PCM 24bit/96KHz audio track that I ahve not been able to
check out since my hardware does not support it.

On the price question, many stores sell new Blu-ray releases at $20-22
during the first week, and I've seen quite a few titles that have been
out for a year or more available at prices ranging $5.99-$14.99.

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David Bath - RAHE Co-moderator