To HD, or not to HD

[slackergirl]

So here is my quandary for all to opine:
I have an idea for a vid using a movie I got on a blu-ray/dvd combo pack. Now, I've not made the transition to full HD editing since a) I don't have a blu-ray drive on my comp, and b) my old-ass editing program can't handle anything over 720p anyway. However, I will soon be getting a capture device or card that can capture 720p images from my PS3, because I HAVE to recapture all the Shadow of the Colossus footage when the remaster comes out in 2 weeks in all its beautiful detail and I am SO EXCITED about that!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So anyway, which is preferable? Capturing higher resolution footage from the blu-ray, or ripping 480p footage from the DVD?

As a side note, anyone know of a capture device that can get 1080p? I saw one that can get 1080i on an HDMI input, but not as pass through, so you couldn't capture and play/watch at the same time. It seems the highest pass through resolution available is at 720p component input.

[BasharOfTheAges]

If you have a tower to put it in (or an external enclosure) You can buy BRD drives for like $25 now.

[slackergirl]

If you have a tower to put it in (or an external enclosure) You can buy BRD drives for like $25 now.

And I'm sure I will get one in the not too distant future, but the philosophical question still remains.
(Yes I have a tower. and $25)

[Zarxrax]

Analog sucks. I dont know why you would want to capture high definition footage with an analog capture device when a perfect copy of the footage can be obtained digitally.
But, if you are going to be getting the capture card anyways, why dont you just compare the 2 and see what looks better.

[slackergirl]

But, if you are going to be getting the capture card anyways, why dont you just compare the 2 and see what looks better.

I'm surprised I didn't think of that... I think it would be faster and less work to rip DVDs in any case. I didn't want to go through all the work of capturing footage unless it was going to be better quality. I'm lazy like that. Won't be doing anything with it until after AWA anyway!

[Mister Hatt]

I basically didn't read any of this but the thread title was "HD or not" and this forum deals with anime, so tl;dr no such thing as properly HD anime; don't go HD.

[Mister Hatt]

The EarthSoft PT2 can capture 1080p video, but it's mostly for digital TV rather than regular input. Also you have pretty much 0% of actually getting one of them, even tho they're the best capturing card on the market.

[TEKnician]

To HD, or not to HD, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous footage,
Or to take arms against a sea of pixels,
And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural combing lines
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mediocre DVD,
Must give us pause – there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of SD,
The compressors wrong, the VOB's contumely,
The pangs of decompressed audio, the audios delay,
The insolence of 720 width, and the 480 height
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary file,
But that the dread of something after DVD,
The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action. Soft you now,
The fair BLU RAY! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered

[slackergirl]

I've been on facebook too much. I was looking for a way to "like" the above post...
BTW problem solved, I got a blu-ray drive too. And the cheapest I could find on Newegg was $56. Now I just have to install it. And figure out why my computer keeps blue-screening...

[slackergirl]

Computer fixed! I ripped my first blue-ray, but with DVDFab it came out blocky, like it didn't unencrypt it... It was How to Train Your Dragon, which has been out for more than a few months, so I was surprised at that. I used AnyDVD instead, and it came out normal, but ripped the WHOLE disc, which was annoying to delete all the extras. What program do you guys prefer to rip blurays?
BTW, also got the capture device and have some nice interlaced but otherwise beautiful game footage as m2ts files. I'm following other threads to get these (and the blu-ray) m2ts files editable, and I think converting to mkv files seems easiest. My avisynth refuses to recognize the dss2 command, and yes I have the avss.dll plugin in the proper directory. Trying the conversion now, we'll see how it works!