Does Your Better Half Appreciate Blu Ray?

wingnut4772

I am sitting here watching an SD DVD 4:3 ratio version of Ladder 49 with the
GF and she turns and says to me, " See how good this movie looks? It's every bit as good as Blu Ray. I really don't see a difference and I would never buy a Blu Ray player ".

So, after I picked up my jaw in disbelief, here I am venting my amazement.

I am wondering how many people have this same opinion? A co-worker told me his GF says the exact same thing.

(To soften the blow though, she did sing the praises of my 60' Pioneer Kuro. )

nikolas812

I don't have a better half...:(




But when show people the difference between SD and Blu Ray. They all leave wanting Blu Ray players and a Projector.:D




Never had one person say they couldn't tell the difference..




Nick

Ricardo

Darla, something is wrong with her; I understand people that have trouble hearing differences in sound from different systems, but even my wife will see how better an HD picture looks compared to standard. I feel sorry for you

wingnut4772

I am thinking that maybe she is just impressed with the Kuro. (Everything looks good on it) I don't know but I remember another co -worker (a female) bought a Panasonic (I think) Blu-Ray HT in a box get up and she really doesn't see the difference in PQ either. maybe it's a chick thing. Personally I think they are insane.

reeltrouble1

my wife could care less

now my better half is my frontside, which says anything my backside does, well, stinks.

RT1

timlitton

My fianc

Face

Yes, she appreciates it.

The biggest downfall is, she recently found out they have hockey in HD...my favorite. :rolleyes:

Lowell_M

Generally, chicks are insane, yes.

My wife is totaly on board with both BluRay and my insane audio hobby. She has actually caused some of my upgrade-its!

bsoko2

wingnut4772 wrote: »

I am sitting here watching an SD DVD 4:3 ratio version of Ladder 49 with the
GF and she turns and says to me, " See how good this movie looks? It's every bit as good as Blu Ray. I really don't see a difference and I would never buy a Blu Ray player ".

So, after I picked up my jaw in disbelief, here I am venting my amazement.

I am wondering how many people have this same opinion? A co-worker told me his GF says the exact same thing.

(To soften the blow though, she did sing the praises of my 60' Pioneer Kuro. )

Most women are this way. They just want the story, not the effects and could care less on how it looks.

Bill

Disc Jockey

My wife loves Blu Ray, for the picture and the sound. I can't understand how your gf can't tell the difference - especially on a 60" tv!

sdcfan18

timlitton wrote: »

My fianc

WilliamM2

My wife could care less about Blu-Ray or HDTV. We get all the local channels in both SD and HD, yet she is always watching the SD channels.

The GF on the other hand loves high def.:D

acsubie

my GF enjoys watching movies, regardless of HD or blu ray, but i must admit she was excited for the blu ray version of batman

comfortablycurt

To some people it's just not really an issue. Some people don't even understand why you'd need anything that looked better than a SD DVD. It doesn't really make that huge of a difference in my opinion. It does look better...but it's not like watching movies for the first time again or anything. I'll get a Blu-ray player in like 3 years when I can get a really good one for like 200 bucks.

cfrizz

Can I tell the difference, yes. Does it make me want to go out & buy a HDTV & player, nope. As long as it sounds good, I'm happy.

Willow

My wife loves HDTV as do I. But we were expecting tonns more when we watched our first BR movie. So she does appreciate HD content just not to the extent of all the HOOPLAH(sp?) that BR has

comfortablycurt

cfrizz wrote: »

Can I tell the difference, yes. Does it make me want to go out & buy a HDTV & player, nope. As long as it sounds good, I'm happy.

Exactly, I'm still perfectly content with my SD DVD player, and my crappy CRT TV. Looks just fine to me. I still probably watch more VHS than DVD for that matter. Audio quality is more important to me, the main reasoning I'd have if I ever bought a BR would be for the sound codecs more so than the picture quality.

mantis

My wife is like "whatever". She doesn't think HD is better or Blu ray. She is happy to watch and get the experience. She mostly doesn't like the Surround sound. She is cool with watching movies in our bedroom on a DVD player running directly to a HD Sharp Aq 45 inch LCD on the wall. She thinks it sounds fine and the picture is great.
You already know how I feel about all that.

Early B.

comfortablycurt wrote: »

It doesn't really make that huge of a difference in my opinion.

I agree. Initially, I was impressed, but the PQ is just different, not necessarily better, IMO. It's analogous to the old DTS vs. DD debate. Some of us preferred DD.

My wife could care less. On a similar note, I recently tried to explain to her why I needed three more HT subwoofers, but she didn't go for it.:(

JohnLocke88

My girlfriend seems to like BRs. However, for comedies and such, she really doesn't seem to care (neither do I for that matter). However, for a comparison, i ran Batman Beings (HD-DVD) on my LG and her SD copy of the same movie on my PS3 at the same time, difference was night and day for her.

So, I'd say get the movies you like on BR and let her have the SD copies of her chick flicks (saves you money anyways )

dkg999

My GF thought BD was better, until she saw the price of BD movies and noticed they wanted a dollar more per movie to rent them. She then decided that it didn't look enough better to justify the price. We just don't discuss the HT, because she just doesn't get it. Now 2 ch music, she's all onboard with and I could drop a couple of grand on a new piece of gear and she would be all good with it.

cheddar

My wife often comments how great BR looks which makes me happy ... and that I should turn the volume down when the subwoofer kicks in which doesn't make me so happy ...

mantis

cheddar wrote: »

My wife often comments how great BR looks which makes me happy ... and that I should turn the volume down when the subwoofer kicks in which doesn't make me so happy ...

I got an experience. I have a old set of Klipsch KG3.5's that I don't use. I was board one day and decided to listen to them. I hooked them up and sat down to some tunes. My wife comes into the room and comments on the sound quality. She says " They sound great they sound BETTER then your other speakers"....I almost wanted to kill her . She liked the Horn loaded sound. I'm not a big fan. They are nice sounding but not even close or in the same league as my Dyn's.

Dan

Cardinals-1

Wifes will never understand. I am thinking of getting rid of my big speakers because I have listened to her crap for 11 years.

A radio shack boom box for me.

Monster Jam

My 2 cents:

I certainly can se how someone might say "The Blu-Ray picture is MARGINALY better than an upconverted DVD, and therefore not worth the extra money." Got it, and I wouldn't argue the point.

My wife doesn't mind that we have Blu-Ray and only a 1080i TV - we don't see much of a difference from Blu-Ray with a well-mastered DVD (e.g. Superbit). Thats the truth. What will be nice is when we upgrade to a 1080p TV - the difference will be significant. Is it worth the price? Debatable. Thats a preferential decision, like all others.

Knucklehead

I dont think my wife really cares one way or another, i think she says it looks great just to humor me....the blu ray pic for me is somewhat better..if I didnt get my blu ray on black friday for 130.00 i probably wouldnt have one. a good quality dvd is ok with me.....like everyone else on here the sound does it for me. i think 500 bucks is better spent on audio than video..thats just my opinion. im happy with my 1080i Panasonic plasma.;)

Igo

wingnut4772 wrote: »

I am sitting here watching an SD DVD 4:3 ratio version of Ladder 49 with the
GF and she turns and says to me, " See how good this movie looks? It's every bit as good as Blu Ray. I really don't see a difference and I would never buy a Blu Ray player ".

So, after I picked up my jaw in disbelief, here I am venting my amazement.

I am wondering how many people have this same opinion? A co-worker told me his GF says the exact same thing.

(To soften the blow though, she did sing the praises of my 60' Pioneer Kuro. )

I had a 36 inch CRT TV when DVD came out. My girlfriend hated the black bars on the top and bottom of the sreen so badly that she refused to watch a movie unless it was VHS and "formatted to fit your TV screen". Of coarse I had to rent all the movies and I liked DVD so she had a screaming fit everytime I rented DVD instead of VHS.
Her **** is still sitting in rural South Georgia watching VHS on CRT while I'm watching BluRay on my Fiddy inch in Las Vegas. HhHAhahahahAhaha

adam2434

My wife has never commented on better picture with Blu-ray. Of course, my front projector is only 720p, so I’m not getting the full effect.

To be honest, I’m not overwhelmed by the improvement myself, on my 100” 720p display. It is an improvement over SD DVD, but nothing like the improvement of going from SD TV to HD TV. Maybe if my display were 1080p, I’d have a different opinion.

wingnut4772

It is a better picture and IMO should be noticeable, but you guys are right. It doesn't blow you away over the SD version enough to where that average layperson would say Holy Bejeezus. I liked HD-DVD myself and was sad to see it go. I am just wondering what this portends for Blu Ray as a format. Does it have a lasting future?

CaligulaPolk

My wife wasnt impressed with blu-ray in first place but she noticed different in picture few weeks after we replaced 1080i tv to 1080p and made a lot difference.

Now we buy blu-ray movies every week..


Now, i got to talk about buying Emotiva amps!! She dont like idea of spending money lol

Pepi28

My wife loves it. Every who comes over loves it. I guess it all depends on the gear you are using to really show it off. I only buy bluray now. Except of course for movies that are for the kids since they do not have bluray in there rooms.