Thread: DVD or VHS?
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Joking aside, if I'm locked into the poll, then I have to go with DVD.
GreyHorace
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DVD is the all time best home video format to ever be created, especially with Bluray. Don't why anyone would vote for a crappy VHS.
MetalAlien
Planet Killing Feet
As someone who grew up on VHS I was very happy when DVD came out... if for nothing else than the durability. You could watch DVDs over and over and they looked and sounded the same. VHS wears out over time. I hated that.
DVD is not Blu-ray. It's just a digital VHS really, both formats target 480i.
Blu-ray is the ultimate home video format and is comparable in quality to 35mm film print. It makes going to the cinemas redundant if you have a decent home theater. The thing was a blessing for old movies.
Blu-ray is the ultimate home video format and is comparable in quality to 35mm film print. It makes going to the cinemas redundant if you have a decent home theater. The thing was a blessing for old movies.
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VHS is very nostalgic, but I'm going with DVD for obvious reasons. But tbh, I don't care for either. There are some who watch almost everything that they can on television or out in cinema. Was never that guy
The DVD is definitely better for the durability. Back in 2008 when I got some VHS's from a Video EZY that was closing down for cheap, putting them in the VCR just had all sorts of artifacts and the sound sort of warbled out at different times. DVD was a real innovation and is the lowest/earliest home viewing tech that I will tolerate. Funny enough, my 4K BluRay player does a really good job of upscaling DVD's so they don't look that bad really, even on my 4K display.
DVD is not Blu-ray. It's just a digital VHS really, both formats target 480i.
Blu-ray is the ultimate home video format and is comparable in quality to 35mm film print. It makes going to the cinemas redundant if you have a decent home theater. The thing was a blessing for old movies.
Blu Ray is definitely better, but it's worth noting PAL/Region 2/British and European DVD's are actually 576p, not 480p.
It can cause cropping issues on some American made TV content, but makes a pretty decent improvement in image quality for films and our own TV shows.
What I hate about 4K BD is that most players can't handle the layer transition, so you lose a part of the movie trying to seek. But physical all the way. I prefer VHS over DVDs for the vintage look.
DVDs rot over time, BDs have a durable layer that prevent that.
DVDs rot over time, BDs have a durable layer that prevent that.
It's 576i and 480i. There should be some quality difference, but I don't know if it happened very often in practice. Some of them would be reencoded from NTSC, had speed issues, etc. There were 6 regions though and mine would have the worst releases, maybe British discs were better mastered.
Grinchy
Permission to suckle
Blu-rays are cool, but I hate how they inject that watermark on all the movies. It's really distracting to see blu-ray's website advertised in crucial scenes.DVD is not Blu-ray. It's just a digital VHS really, both formats target 480i.
Blu-ray is the ultimate home video format and is comparable in quality to 35mm film print. It makes going to the cinemas redundant if you have a decent home theater. The thing was a blessing for old movies.
In this poll, DVD. Fuck rewinding! Scene selection and resume were a god send.
Though DVDs were fatally flawed with ease of being scratched and (relatively) short lifespan. Both are fine for the mass consumer, but not up to snuff for archival. Blu Ray how ever seems to have fixed both of these. (Especially M-DISCs)
Though DVDs were fatally flawed with ease of being scratched and (relatively) short lifespan. Both are fine for the mass consumer, but not up to snuff for archival. Blu Ray how ever seems to have fixed both of these. (Especially M-DISCs)
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Anypne remember the old snap cases?
Shit was so fragile ha
Don't forget special features and commentaries
MetalAlien
Planet Killing Feet
Can't believe this was never released on Blu-ray... At least a 4K version is supposed to be released.
James Cameron Hints at The Abyss Finally Getting 4K Release
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Producing these sort of menus that would good in HD would be too expensive. They are gimmicks anyway. It's good that they spend money on restoration instead.
Can't believe this was never released on Blu-ray... At least a 4K version is supposed to be released.
James Cameron Hints at The Abyss Finally Getting 4K Release
James Cameron has a history of telling stories and developing special effects that feel ahead of their time, and while projects like Titanic and Avatar remain staples of the pop-culture zeitgeist, one of his earlier efforts, The Abyss, doesn’t always earn the same attention. Cameron recently...
It's a running gag at this point. He keeps saying that every year and yet The Abyss and True Lies never get a date. Been waiting for 15 years now.
Both movies had HD transfers done a long time ago and were shown on cable, these version are available on torrents.
I got an Italian version for True Lies. I did Euro versions for many movies that were never released here.
I know. It's some legal loophole release. Not approved by Cameron. It's based on old DVD / D-Theater transfer. Looks okay at best.
These are screenshots from it I think:
I know. It's some legal loophole release. Not approved by Cameron. It's based on old DVD / D-Theater transfer. Looks okay at best.
These are screenshots from it I think:
At least not an uprezzed DVD lol. I always upgrade to the latest format. I'm sad to see that there will never be 8K releases in physical media though.