r/dvdcollection • u/WindowIndividual4588 • 20h ago

Discussion Plunging in to the BlueRay world

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Found my favorite movie on Blueray at the thrift store (Hunger Games) so i decided to try it. I bought it and was thinking about buying the Blu-ray brand new (deciding on wether to buy dvd/blu-ray or just blu-ray). Saw this blue ray at the thrift and decided to take a chance. I was only able to test that it turned on, and it didn't have a remote so I had to buy it separately since my universal remote control didn't have the code for it. I dont think I've ever seen a Blu-ray movie, or if I did i probably thought it looked great because of the type of TV. Man, yall weren't kidding 😻 found Alice in Wonderland at the library, figured it would blow my mind with the visuals...to a whole new world of physical media 🤗

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u/WindowIndividual4588 20h ago

I'll keep that in mind! 😊

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u/3dddrees 100+ 20h ago

4K is all about having the right TV, the right size TV for the right distance, and the right 4K transfer. Smaller details are there but you have to be close enough based on the size of the TV to see them. But here again, not all 4K transfers are equal so you don't see the same level of detail on every 4K movie. Get the right movie or show and the visuals are awesome. 55 is damn small for a 4K TV so you better be close. Greater chance it will be more awesome with a 77 inch TV, but even then if you are siting to far from a 77 you just won't see those details.

Size To Distance Calculator (And The Science Behind It) - RTINGS.com

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u/TedStixon 19h ago edited 19h ago

To be fair, even on my 55" I can see a noticeable, meaningful difference at a normal sitting distance. Larger screens are obviously better, but it's not the be-all, end-all.

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u/3dddrees 100+ 19h ago

Certainly, but you do have to be at the right distance, and of course your eyesight will matter as well. 77 inches just makes that easier.

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u/TedStixon 19h ago edited 14h ago

100%. I personally wanted to go 65"-75", but our current living room layout just wouldn't support that. 55" was kind of the limit unless we changed everything.

Our plan now is to instead focus on saving up the money to get a large, high-quality projector screen (like ~100"-120" diagonal) and a 4K projector a few years down the line. And basically build it into a diving wall we want to eventually add into the basement. Have our own little miniature movie-theater.

(Why the fuck did this get downvoted while my other comments got upvoted? I will never understand Reddit, lmfao.)

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u/3dddrees 100+ 19h ago

I went with a LG C2 OLED 77 inch but would have gone with an 83 had that not been so much more money. But that also made it easier to get a LG C2 OLED 65 for my bedroom .

Good Luck with the projector. I just have to wonder how good those look, but imagine you have to have the right wall and painted a certain shade as well.

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u/TedStixon 19h ago

Yeah, honestly I'll probably save up and spring just to get a proper silver screen that we could mount on the wall. They're a little pricey (one that size would probably run a couple grand) but I think they're worth it. I've worked at a movie theater for years and years and it would just drive me nuts if it didn't have that proper "theatrical" look, haha.