tama nga, there's value to be had by sticking to your current cache of SD DVD especially if high bitrate naman... and then investing in a good standalone processor. if we say mga P1k on average ang premium ng HD-DVD/blu-ray against standard dvd's, mga 30 titles lang bawi ka na. kung meron kang mga 100 or more titles, all of that will benefit from the better performance of that external video processor.
With the external video processor, nagiging near-HD quality ang mga SD DVD with high bit-rate or basta generally well-produced. In fact, I would say that they many will look just as good or even better than some HD discs, especially when combined with my projector.
Pero mahilig din ako sa older material na ang ganda naman ng movie for the movie's sake, such as: Passage to India, Ordinary People, Sophie's Choice, Bonnie and Clyde, It Happened One Night, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, etc., most of which might take a lot of years before they come out on HD-DVD. Without an external video processor, these DVD's would look generally soft but with the vp, the pq improves a lot so you don't get distracted by the poor picture.
Actually, I have exactly 931 SD DVD titles, boxsets counted as one, including 234 concerts.
My thinking is that each time I improve my current set-up, each of those DVD's appreciates in "viewing value." Right now, its pretty fun to watch an older SD DVD na nakalimutan ko na storya. With the new video processor and screen, the experience is really different!
Hope you can come soon sa bahay! Sa concerts lang ay magsasawa ka ng husto.
