I am HD Ready!

It is true: once you seen a film in HD you never want to see a film in DVD anymore. Period. And I mean HD as in 1080p. Not the marketing bullshit wannabe-HD 720p.

The moment of truth for me was a film called Happy Feet. I think it was the perfect film to see as my first HD experience because animation by nature looks even better on HD than regular film. The animation in this film is stunning. But when you see the level of details with HD it really blows your mind away. The brain is just not adjusted to the fact that unlike with DVD you can actually see the details in the background, the crisp lines of a snowflake or the outline of a feather.

I knew HD would be something different from DVD. I remember when I watched for the first time DVD over a SCART RGB signal and that was amazing compared to VHS films. The difference in picture quality was staggering. This time I would argue that the difference in experience is even more dramatic! Only this time the audio was still "only" Dolby Digital 5.1 so as an overall shift in movie experience this probably won't compare to the one with DVD. But still I must say that watching a DVD film after a HD film is pretty lame!

Oh yeah - just to make one thing clear; the HD format of the future is of course Blu-ray :)