You can explain it all you like
and, whilst you're technically correct with the amount of pixels on a screen and shit like that, DVD was a point where the quality was good enough that any improvement isn't significantly noticeable that it actually becomes a worthwhile investment. Especially when your telly upscales your DVDs (don't bother to whine about how this isn't the same as HD, I don't fucking care).

The only thing where HD telly is really noticeable, is when watching sport.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:09, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I really don't want to go into why upscaling is fucking shit.
You might not notice a difference, Al. That's fine. It's subjective. I, for example can't watch DVDs anymore on my relatively modest screen because the signal looks like shit.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:11, Reply)

No, you choose not to watch DVDs on your telly because you're a picky bastard
I bet you tell people you can hear the difference between mp3s ripped at 192Kbps and 360Kbps too.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:12, Reply)

No
But I can tell the difference between a proper audio track on a DVD or bluray, compared to the compressed sound that is broadcast by the TV companies.

There's no point ripping an mp3 at anything over 256kbps
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:15, Reply)

A woman could probably tell the difference between 192kbps and 320kbps, thinking about it.
But it's unlikely you or I could unless we were listening on equipment that was capable of playing up 20KHz. Most computers and car stereos cut off at around 16KHz, which is where a 192kbps rip will start losing quality. 16KHz is also about where the average adult man will also start losing the ability to tell the difference.

Women are capable of hearing at higher frequencies than us, as are some men, so 20KHz is a good cut off and that equates to a 256kbps compression rate, or thereabouts.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Between this and my amateur mechanics
I believe I hold the title of "Most Boring Person on the Internet".
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Against some stiff competition, I think you may be right.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:51, Reply)

I'd have thought you'd have had at least a passing interest
being a music-nobber, and all.
( Kroney, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:53, Reply)

It is good for that
I struggle to see the point of it for many other shows though
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Documentaries benefit from it too

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 11:37, Reply)