Blu-ray Disc player HELP!!!

Sandman1am

rwheelwright

letsgowithbob

Alright, lets try to make this simple. Resolution is what all the numbers are. Lets start at the beginning. your old regular tube tv that you had when you were a kid was a 480i resolution. That means in a certain area, there were 480 different dots that could make the picture. Then 720 came, and there were 720 dots to make a picture with (think more detail, because you can use more dots to gain clarity) after 720 was 1080, and for now, that's the best thing going. Now the letters you see ( i and p) are how each dot gets changed to a new one. In (i) which stands for interlaced (as in 1080i) every odd line gets updated, then every even line gets updated) now there are 1080 of these, so 540 odd, 540 even, and so on. With the (p) as in 1080p, which stands for progressive, every dot gets updated every cycle. so you are constantly getting a new picture. now I will try to explain hz. as in 60 hz refresh rate, 120 hz refresh rate. hz is how often the dots are updated. 60 hz is 60 times a second, 120 hz is updating 120 times a second. so if you are playing video games or watching a fast moving movie or sports game, the faster the dots update, the less blurry your image will be. For myself I just bought a dvd player that upconverts to 1080, that means it takes the 480 lines of resolution, an turns them into 1080, it works pretty well for me, and I don't have to rebuy my 3000 or so movies as blue rays. I will in time get a blue ray player, but have not as of yet.....hope this helped

james40

I bought a Sony last year, can't remember the model number and love it. The first movie I watched was the new Star Trek movie. It was fantastic on the t.v. You will notice some differences between DVD and BR but it depends on the movie and T.V. you have.

Sandman1am

Thanks guys for all of your help with this. I found it very informative and I learned quite a bit. I will be looking for a deal on these soon. Maybe I will wait until after Christmas as I am not in a rush. If anyone has an idea as to which particular model or if there is a deal I can't pass up let me know. Thanks again guys.

Vulchor

Sorry...wrong one.