Blu Ray

[Aytee]

Are old films released on Blu Ray - ie those not shot with a high defintion camera - worth getting? Somebody has said you may as well stick to DVDs for these ones.

Juts bought a player so would be grateful for the advice.

Thanks

[wiggal]

We have Independence Day and Shawshank Redemption, which I would class as older, and both are fantastic on the Blu Ray!

My fella used Independence day to test the surround when it was all plugged in and wow! lol!

[MrBounty]

If you have an upscaling DVD player, it would probably do just the same job - shelling out more cash for the same movies on Blu-Ray is not something i would do.

Personally, i'd stick with DVDs for "older" movies and Blu-Ray for newer titles

[Ethel]

You can your very last penny that eventually these films will be broadcast on television in hd format. If you already have the dvds it is pointless buying them again.

[Aytee]

Thanks very much

[WoWo]

Old films were shot in HD, I know that sounds crazy but they are shot on film and not video tape like most TV is. Obviously depending on the quality of the film used it will be an accurate representation of what was at the end of the camera lens.

For example I rented The Seventh Seal on Blue Ray, filmed in 1957, looked amazing.

Here are some details...

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how _to/4258801.html

[VHG]

Remember that whereas TV screens are 30 or 40 or so inches across, a cinema screen is 20 or 30 feet across.

To blow up any picture that big it needs to be in good quality, and as Wowo says, because old movies were shot on film they are very high quality.

I bet even silent movies shot in the 1920s on film are considered "high quality" because they were blown up to be shown on the cinema screen.