Blu-ray worth the price?

Is blu-ray dvd really worth the extra price? I saw at best buy they played an actual DVD on it, an older movie that was supposedly up-scaled on a blu-ray dvd and it was horrible and blotchy. But whenever i see it normally it looks great its like a whole new picture. Is it worth the extra $500 or is it just better to wait until they actual make the movies more worthwile for the blu-ray?

Well, first off, I wouldn't put much faith in Best Buy's displays. Most of them aren't configured properly. Besides which, upscaled DVD is not nearly the same as a true Blu-Ray disc.

Next, if you don't have a large screen HDTV, don't even worry about either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD at this time.

But even if you do have a large screen HDTV, it's still too early to get involved with either HD video format at this time.

Too many people remember the last major video format war between VHS and Betamax were still new on the market. Eventually VHS won out, but not before a lot of people had purchased Betamax players...

Furthermore, the picture difference between a good upscaled DVD player and Blu-Ray/HD-DVD just isn't as great compared to VHS vs. normal DVD. Even then, DVD didn't require a new TV - even your old TV would show a dramatic improvement with DVD.

Between the expensive requirement of needing a HDTV, the relative high price of players, and the small and still very expensive library of movies, neither HD format is really worth it at this time. Blu Ray is not the only option - there is also HD-DVD, which you can get for under $300. All of the movies I have seen 0 and I have most of them - look great!