Computer resolution can be nice but the screens are usually small. I have a 55" screen (140 cm) TV and you can tell the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD.
It has even more to do with the 720p vs. 1080p TVs. The difference between BR and DVD isn't as great on 720p TV, because the DVD signal is blown up only from 480 scanlines to 720 scanlines. On a 1080p TV, the signal is forcibly blown up a lot more. Professionally, the maximum scale factor we judge acceptable (when we have to blow up raw footage shot too wide, for example) is 10% - over that we judge it's too noticeable. That gives you an idea what we think of SD signal like DVD played on HD screens!
Then the size/quality of the screen comes into play. If it's large and of high quality (smaller/more pixels), the difference is far more noticeable.
DVD is on the way out. It's SD and like everything SD it's obsolete. It's a matter of years and probably might have gone faster if not for the bad economy in the bigger markets like the US and Japan. Sooner than later, it will be available only in multi-format packages with BR/digital file/DVD, no longer as a dedicated product, and that will be the last phase before its extinction a a medium for commercial content.
At least the majors and the manufacturers have perfectly understood customer concerns and have done all they could to make the transition super smooth this time, opting for a format which player was easily retro-compatible with DVD and CD, and that let people use one device instead of three, and which remained compatible with the last SD TVs beside. It's a bit hard to understand why people hesitate to switch to BR or complain about the predictable disappearance of DVD soon. 150$ is cheap and it's for the average products of the big brands. It's but the price of a few DVD titles.
It really looks like no one watches Mad Men based on the absence of discussion.
27/03/2012 02:44:01 PM
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I intend to, at some point. Though as Stephen notes, the DVDs are expensive. *NM*
27/03/2012 06:13:04 PM
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People buy DVDs? I thought everything was streaming or Blu-Ray now.
27/03/2012 06:15:07 PM
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I'm still hoping Blu-Ray will go the way of the betacam.
28/03/2012 10:38:22 PM
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It won't.
29/03/2012 01:29:52 AM
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I don't watch my DVDs on a TV. *NM*
30/03/2012 08:52:27 PM
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You're also by default saying you can't pay for Netflix streaming
30/03/2012 11:41:40 PM
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As far as I know Netflix is only available in the UK and Ireland in Europe
31/03/2012 02:52:55 PM
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No you don't.
30/03/2012 01:40:57 PM
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Not much to say. Everyone's an asshole, so you watch it without caring or getting involved.
27/03/2012 06:17:30 PM
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Hamm was the cop in The Town
27/03/2012 10:56:11 PM
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Yes, but that role still fits the common thread of casting and how it relates to Mad Men
27/03/2012 11:58:47 PM
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I think you're selectively remembering roles for many of the cast members.
28/03/2012 01:09:35 AM
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Re: I think you're selectively remembering roles for many of the cast members.
28/03/2012 08:36:10 AM
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I do
28/03/2012 12:51:11 AM
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I was unable to secure my Auchentoshan so I went with the Glenfidditch 30 year.
28/03/2012 01:17:29 AM
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I've never seen more than about 3 minutes of an episode. The idea is not interesting to me. *NM*
29/03/2012 03:25:13 PM
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I've chosen to watch the much inferior Pan Am. Hey, at least they're hot. *NM*
29/03/2012 10:06:48 PM
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Totally. *NM*
30/03/2012 08:55:47 PM
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Didn't they cancel that show after 3 episodes or something? *NM*
30/03/2012 11:40:57 PM
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Not quite, but it does appear to be cancelled
31/03/2012 05:06:45 AM
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