Aaack!

I have gotten so used to BD via Netflix and watching movies and the news on TV in HD that when Netflix sent me CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and it turned out to be SD, not BD, I felt like I was watching a movie through slightly dirty glasses. It was like going from DVD to VHS.

I remember when I first watched the SHREK DVD (SD) on our then-new HD-capable TV, and I was blown away by the detail (and the lack of scanning lines) - I thought it was like seeing it in the theater.

I suppose a few years from now when we're all used to 4K ultra-HD TVs that we'll look back on BD as being a bit fuzzy.

Aaack!

I have gotten so used to BD via Netflix and watching movies and the news on TV in HD that when Netflix sent me CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and it turned out to be SD, not BD, I felt like I was watching a movie through slightly dirty glasses. It was like going from DVD to VHS.

I remember when I first watched the SHREK DVD (SD) on our then-new HD-capable TV, and I was blown away by the detail (and the lack of scanning lines) - I thought it was like seeing it in the theater.

I suppose a few years from now when we're all used to 4K ultra-HD TVs that we'll look back on BD as being a bit fuzzy.

True. I still get DVDs from Nutflix on ocassion and it doesnt take long for me to realize Im watching that dreadful DVD format. :D

Aaack!

I have gotten so used to BD via Netflix and watching movies and the news on TV in HD that when Netflix sent me CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and it turned out to be SD, not BD, I felt like I was watching a movie through slightly dirty glasses. It was like going from DVD to VHS.

I remember when I first watched the SHREK DVD (SD) on our then-new HD-capable TV, and I was blown away by the detail (and the lack of scanning lines) - I thought it was like seeing it in the theater.

I suppose a few years from now when we're all used to 4K ultra-HD TVs that we'll look back on BD as being a bit fuzzy.

The comparison in your title makes me think you completely missed the point of that song....

The comparison in your title makes me think you completely missed the point of that song....

"Completely missed"? How so?

"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released in 1979. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by television. The song topped several music charts and has been covered by many recording artists. It was the first music video shown on MTV in North America and has been widely parodied in popular media.

In an interview, group member Trevor Horn has said that his lyrics were inspired by the J. G. Ballard short story The Sound-Sweep , in which the title character, a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus nostalgia, which is also echoed in the tone of the music. The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past. In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created.

"Completely missed"? How so?

"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released in 1979. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by television. The song topped several music charts and has been covered by many recording artists. It was the first music video shown on MTV in North America and has been widely parodied in popular media.

In an interview, group member Trevor Horn has said that his lyrics were inspired by the J. G. Ballard short story The Sound-Sweep , in which the title character, a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus nostalgia, which is also echoed in the tone of the music. The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past. In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created.

The difference.... it was said in such a way that it was a bad thing that video killed the radio star.... BD killing DVD is not bad :)