Originally Posted by Mark_H
[quote=Tassie Devil]But given good gear, as most Meridian lovers here have, upscaled DVDs can also be excellent provided the material is of recent origin. No, not quite as good as BluRay but not all that far behind.

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Seriously, it's time the "upscaled DVD is almost as good" guys give up and move on. And the 612 just hammers that final nail home. Lossless audio on blu-ray craps all over the sound quality of DVD in the same way as the image quality does. "



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I think No.2 definition sums it up .

I think this 'DVD must die ' cos Blu is so brill is totally inaccurate . For a start a huge part of the catalogue is unreleased on BD plus stupid studios cannot agree on a minimum quality level for new releases . My latest 2 discs were 'Chris Botti in Boston ' ( Dolby True 7.1 ) and the excellent German film ' Sophie Scholl ' in 2-channel PCM .

I regularly come across reviews over at highdefdigest.com which point out deficiencies in video quality on new releases . To imply that BD always delivers is misleading at the very least though I'm sure , Mark , you have a Master List of Reference discs somewhere wink

For once , I agree with Bob Stuart regarding the ' catalogue ' ; I'm not quite ready to give up on my Hitchcock , John Forde , Film Noir and Concert collection of dvds until they are bettered and available .

BD done properly and losslessly can of course beat SD but

a ) it doesn't always ( apparently the new Steve Winwood/Eric Clapton Live BD has standard dts audio only )

b ) it doesn't neccessarily totally invalidate the enjoyment from the earlier format

c ) some BD discs are nothing but upconverts anyway


My .02c

Best

~M~

Last edited by Meridialien; 2009-06-09 09:45. Reason: stoopid grammar
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