Is the difference between DVD and Blu-ray?

[kostya]

I have 25 inch 1080p monitor, and yeah, I can tell the difference between 720 and 1080 when I am about a foot away. The 1080 has crisper lines. When I am watching anime, most of the time, I am not that close to the monitor so I do not care if it is 480, 720, or 1080. Even when I am close enough to see, I do not really pay enough attention to care.

I should find my old avi and Real Player files from back when I was 12 and downloading off Kazaa. I remember even then thinking that the quality on them was crap. I could see artifacts. Very obvious ones.

[halfelite]

You also have to take into account most people sit to far away from there tv for a true hidef picture. on a 50" screen running 1080p you should not no farther then 6.5 feet.

Sure, if you want to kill your eyesight.

Its not killing your eyesight. If you get to far away from 1080 you lose the detail in the picture and might as well watch lower resolution. If you get to close you start to see pixelation. You are supposed to sit about 1.5 times the diagonal viewing distance of your tv. Any ways I think its something like you shot not sit 5 feet or closer then you start to strain your eyes. Its an old wives tale that you lose your eyesight from sitting to close to a tv. Think how close you sit to a computer monitor. started with 10" monitors now most people run 20"+ and still sit the same distance.

[vuzedome]

Is 6 feet away from a 46inch safe enough?

[BuriaL]

Strangely enough my manual dont seem to say the viewing distance.
I found some info tho.
http://www.thebestplasmatv.com/guides/size-optimal-viewing-distance/


Sitting to close may mess with youre eyesight. Youll get "short-sighted"(dunno what the word is in english) in the long run.

[lapa321]

I notice a HUGE difference between 480p, 720p and 1080p video. Artifacting is the biggest thing, HD has less of it. Picture quality is also sharper.

I can 100% tell the difference between the three if they're played alternating on my TV (42" 1080p Sharp LCD).

You don't really need to see them side by side. So far, the BlueRay rips i've watched are sharp enough for you to clearly see the pores on their skin. That has become my standard for 1080p You can actually see the laugh lines and crows feet.

[halfelite]

Strangely enough my manual dont seem to say the viewing distance.
I found some info tho.
http://www.thebestplasmatv.com/guides/size-optimal-viewing-distance/


Sitting to close may mess with youre eyesight. Youll get "short-sighted"(dunno what the word is in english) in the long run.

That is the right word. But there is an if to that. eye doctors just are not sure what causes near-sighteded. There has been a steep rise in it in the past years but they do not know if its from laptops/computers/cell phone use. or something else.

[nstgc]

You don't really need to see them side by side. So far, the BlueRay rips i've watched are sharp enough for you to clearly see the pores on their skin. That has become my standard for 1080p You can actually see the laugh lines and crows feet.

I saw a comparison of 1080p Gundam 00 to 720p 00. It said something like "can you tell the difference" and the difference was you could see the panty lines.