Will a Blu-Ray player take advantage of 720p? I recently ordered a Sony Bravia L-Series KDL-32L5000 32-Inch 720p. Would it be worth it to get a Blu-Ray player as opposed to a conventional DVD player?
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blu-ray on a bigger set w/ 1080p is a more ideal fit for Blu-ray, however 1080p resolution on a set this small is really overkill. A BR player on a 720p set will give you a better HD picture than any standard DVD player could, you'll just have to weigh is the extra cost worth it to you?
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I have the same question! I just ordered a Blu-Ray player.But my guess is it will be better than standard DVD quality. Like an HDTV broadcast! But I think stadard DVD's look fine anyway!
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I have this Sony 32" in my bedroom hooked up to a PS3 and blu rays look great. I also have a 46" 1080p Samsung in living room with a Panasonic blu ray player and both pictures look the same to me. I have read in many AVS forums the naked eye cannot tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on a 32" HDTV when at least 6 feet or more form the set. Hope this helps.
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i have a Sony 32" that's 1080P. you do have to spend a bunch tho and unless you sit fairly close like me (7-8 ft) you probably won't see any difference between 720 and 1080. your money would probably be better spent getting a set with a high contrast ratio
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You may get more features & a better built but it doesn't give better sound & picture. I have the pioneer reference BDP-09FD at $2,500.00 and it now has problems playing new blu-ray discs. I purchased a $89.00 Sony in May of 2014 and it had just the same great picture & sound that the pioneer has,however i needed to return the Sony because it also had problems playing some blu-ray discs by freezing & the player turning itself off!? At this time no new firmware were available for these players. I'm done with blu-ray!
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Thanks for the update. I ended up buying the LG BD570 Network Blu-ray Disc Player after all my investigations and it has turned out to be a great device.I hardly use it for disc playback though, but it's nice to know that the option is there.
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yes, 1080p is better than 720p and you will notice a difference even at 20ft away (given the source material/player/source is in 1080p)!
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Yes, they all play regular dvd's, not just blurays. If you only have a 720p/10801 television, then the bluray player will output the pic at that level. You may have to adjust the settings, but it will still out output it at 720p/1080i
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Doggone. And I was just thinking about springing for a samsung 4671 (a consensus 5 stars from Amazon consumers). The main thing that bugs me about the V2500 series is the omission of Normal mode when adjusting aspect ratio. Since the set automatically interprets a 480i signal as 720p or 1080i, you're stuck watching nothing but short fat people unless you can control aspect ratio from the DVD player and set-up box. It wouldn't matter if all source material were in hi def, but unfortunately most is not. Sony made a colossal blunder, but apparently woke up by the time of the 3000 series.
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My husband and I are debating the BD65 vs the BD85. If your HDTV has wifi do you need it on the blu-ray player also or is it simply redundant?
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Is 1080i & 1080p good enough for you? If so, then the 606 is what it is. All DVD that played on low-end players will be converted to 1080i provided you use HDMI cable connection to your LCD HDTV. Any blu-ray or 1080p will be supported as is provided you use HDMI to your TV also...I love the 606, excellent sound and video for the money spent, can't beat.
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Freddie 4 Wheeler, thanks for a real answer to my real question. I am impressed. I would be willing to live with clunky, but up until your response I was left with the impression there was no upgrade path with blu ray. When I asked elsewhere all got war "buy a ps3".Thanks,Jim
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The LN26A450 is a lower resolution monitor(720P Vs 1080P). If your using it for HD TV only, than the picture might actually look better on the lower res monitor because that is the resolution HD TV is broadcast in. If you want the most out of your DVD's, BluRay's, and video games then go with the 1080P.
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The picture quailty will be the same unless a cable in between the tv to reciever or reciever to ps3 is bad..other wise it doesnt alter the video just passes it threw. The audio on the ps3 should be set to LPCM and not Bitstream. Blu-rays have TrueHD and DTS-HD-MA audio which the 720 cant decode. But the ps3 can, and send it to the reciever threw LPCM over HDMI. LPCM the player(ps3) does all the decodeing, Bitstream the reciever does the decodeing. Hope that helps
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I think that's the one biggest flaw with this Sony model. If it senses a 720 or 1080 signal, it won't allow you to select Normal setting. A 4:3 image gets blown up and distorted by either "full" or "zoom" settings. I solved it with DVDs by changing the setting at the level of the Sony player. But I haven't hooked up to a hdtv digital box yet, so I'm not sure how I'll deal with it then. You could use your DVD player as a tuner, possibly, but I hope there's a better solution than that or the TV gets sent back.
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Why would you want to watch Blu Ray movies on a regular tv?? Wait until you get the HDTV to get a Blu Ray player. Unless you have the BR player already....then...get a cheap $20 dvd player.
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Is this TV capable of "24p"? I'm not sure what that is, but it supposedly improves the picture quality, so, and Panasonic just introduced this kick-ass BD player, which I would sooo consider buying after I get a new TV, since my 3-year old LCD (Dynex) totally stopped working about a month ago...(I'm using my gramma's 14" DTV for now, would upgrade yesterday, but I'll be w/o the necessary cash probably for another 8+ months...). Thanks.
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Hi Leslie, I believe all DVD players are 720p, not HD - to get HD from recorded media you need to be into blu-ray - which this TV does not do. I personally like the softer tones from DVD/720p - when you get that high quality picture - very few people look good, IMHO.
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I bought the bd 530 at walmart for 65 bucks. For a blu ray player it's worth the price, I can browse you tube and play funny videos. I might not get my netflix, but that's why I have a monitor cable to hook my laptop or pc to the bigscreen. Enjoy the bd 530 it's a great buy.