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Originally Posted by BB_Eye

Sure... it's the same movie at four times the native resolution running at a higher bitrate than you get on a regular DVD. Obviously you don't need blu-ray just like you never needed DVD's over VHS, but I think the difference is more than worth it considering blu-ray players are getting cheaper.

You occasionally get some poor transfers of older movies though. Chungking Express was disappointing in this respect.

It's probably a very strange thing to be saying, but I actually like a film to look like a film - that grainy, picturesque quality rather than total clarity. Takes away from the magic for me.

I remember watching The Fellowship of the Ring on HD and my eye was struggling to stay with the action because everything was so crystal clear. Spent most of the time watching the blades of grass behind them.