It’s been a little over a week since I purchased my Blu-ray player. What can I say . . . I’m not getting it.
I’ve watched 3 different anime so far (Code Geass, Claymore, and Darker Than Black). The picture was good. It was brighter and sharper but I never did have picture quality problems with my anime. I’ve also watched “regular” DVDs (Kill Bill, Simpsons, Paul Blart and various TV shows on DVD). Again ,the picture quality was similar to the anime (bright, vivid color and slightly sharper images) Then I tried watching true Blu-ray movies (Talladega Nights and part of Reservoir Dogs, and Star Gate) I didn’t notice anything spectacular about any of them. The only times that I thought “Yeah, this is Blu-ray) was when they did close ups on the actors’ faces. You could really see the details of their faces (and sideburns) but other than that, I don’t think it was worth the $200+ I spent to purchase it.
But I most add the sound quality on the Blu-ray is exceptional. I’ve heard things I’ve never noticed before from raindrops to the faint sounds of crickets in the background.
Maybe at some visual point your eyes can’t tell the difference in picture quality (maybe that’s what’s happening in my case) or maybe I haven’t watched a good, true Blu-ray movie, yet. It’s kinda difficult to rent new releases on Blu-ray at my local video store. They get the latest Blu-rays a week after they are released (ugh, wait a whole week?! I’ll pass) and I don’t plan on paying the $30+ price tag to own a new Blu-ray disc.
I’ve decided to keep the Blu-ray player because despite not really seeing much of a difference between Blu-ray disc and regular DVDs the player does make my regular DVDs look a bit better and the player comes with a nice Netflix option which allows me to download movies instantly from my queue onto the Blu-ray where I can watch them whenever and how many time as I want and the sound quality is great. Plus, I kinda like telling my -friends and family that I own a Blu-ray but if I had to do over again I’d wait until the price of Blu-ray discs have gone down before purchasing the player.
Oh, well! Chalk it up to a learning experience.
