What's the difference between a blu-ray CD and a dvd cd?

[Sly21C]

Besides the size between the two, what is the difference between them? What makes blu ray better than DVD?

I would like to buy an Avatar movie in the next few months and I was wondering if it would be better to buy a blu ray cd or a dvd cd, I would also have to buy a blu ray player before that ofcourse. I already have a dvd player. So would watching Avatar on a dvd be inferior than watching it on blu ray?

 

[boramk]

So would watching Avatar on a dvd be inferior than watching it on blu ray?

Erm yeah... 720x480 vs 1920x1080 ... You will see a huge difference...

Btw its BluRay and DVD, not BluRay CS and DVD CD

 

[Hemps]

Blu-Ray has a much larger storage capicity than DVD, blu-Ray 25-50GB - DVD 4.5-9GB
So much more information can be stored, thus they can store higher quality video and sound.

I have seen Avatar DVD and Blu-Ray side by side on a samsung led, the Blu-Ray knocks the socks off it!
It really is stunning stuff.

 

[oronte]

Blu-ray is better assuming you have an HD tv to take advantage of it.

 

[rodga]

+1
no point of having blu ray if u dont have an HD tv

 

[bullzeye.za]

I think this is what you're looking for

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u98/adzez/Avatar/Avatarbd1.png - BluRay
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u98/adzez/Avatar/Avatardvd1.png - DVD

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u98/adzez/Avatar/Avatarbd2.png - BluRay
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u98/adzez/Avatar/Avatardvd2.png - DVD

There is clearly one superior format

 

[AstroTurf]

Believe that everything is smoother, less blurry and faster as well (camera work and so on).

 

[OverKill69]

Besides the size between the two, what is the difference between them? What makes blu ray better than DVD?

About R100

 

[noxibox]

And the local DVD version (rental at least) is the wrong aspect ratio according to the box.

 

[Pitbull]

Straight answer - size

HD = More space

Normal discs don't have the space

 

[RazedInBlack]

Besides the size between the two, what is the difference between them? What makes blu ray better than DVD?

I would like to buy an Avatar movie in the next few months and I was wondering if it would be better to buy a blu ray cd or a dvd cd, I would also have to buy a blu ray player before that ofcourse. I already have a dvd player. So would watching Avatar on a dvd be inferior than watching it on blu ray?

I've got Avatar on Blu Ray and believe me its spectacular! On an HD TV ofcourse.

 

[mjkelly]

I am assuming Sly meant technology wise, how is a bluray different to a DVD? I mean is the actual disc different, or just the laser that read/writes it? What actually makes the bluray better than a dvd, we all know a bigger size video file will yield a better quality.

Easier just to google or wikipedia this, probably more informative than asking on an open forum anyways... (no offence to anyones knowledge)

 

[sn3rd]

To the post above, bringing up the question of technology; Blu-ray uses a blue laser, while DVD uses a red laser. That is the key difference. The blue light has a smaller wavelength, and is thus able to manipulate the disc at a much finer scale. Thus, the density of information on the disc is much higher, and you can store far more data in the same area.