I have an HDTV and love the picture, but I have noticed something. Older DVD's look FANTASTIC on it. No blur or anything. But, newer DVD's look like they aren't as clear. Am I the only one that has noticed this? Is it possible that HDDVD and Blueray are trying to make their products look more superior than they really are?

That is my conspiracy theory on DVD's.

LOL!!

The problem is with your "TV".
"I have an HDTV" means what exactly? Native resolution, brand/model, which HDMI connections, and what exactly is the content/source you have compared?

Yep, your correct, it's my TV

Why not try and read my post again.

Being all factors are the same except the date the DVD was released. I believe you can notice a small difference in quality, especially focusing.

back then it was quality. today its quantity (imho).

In a nutshell it all boils down to the original source and the time and cost restraints of remastering.

What would be the sense in HD stuff like BD & HDDVD if there wewre no improvement over DVD and other more "limited formats"???

Regarding your "conspiracy theory", its really some kind of thoughts & conclusions I cannot follow.

DVD titles/movies are produced & authored each other differently. IMO, we simply cannot compare apples with oranges.

BTW, your post/topic is really not related to this HD subforum.

It's all a load of crap. HD DVDs look great on 1080i HDTVs. But I mean if you have a 720p or soothing like that. There's no need for HDMI ports and crap like that. I mean my DVD collection looks great on my screen.

I disagree, it seems that e.g. this user does not see any difference between a normal DVD and HD content, that's actually pretty intresting. I've seen the difference so many times, and I find it pretty obvious but others might feel different which is, at least to me interesting. Maybe we can find out why they feel HD does not differ so much from DVD, I do know that on some content the difference is much clearer than on other content...

I agree here, it depends on the original quality of the video and the manufacturing process. It is the input quality, not the TV as someone suggested. If you get a very good quality with some DVDs and not others, it isn't the TV or the DVD player, it is the source of the video.