Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
I don't know man, in my own experience DVDs & Blu-Rays have never looked as good being played on a PC through a Software-based media player.

The composition of hardware & software that comprises one's PC/Mac invokes a multitude of variables in overall output on the screen; in my own experience, once again, I've found dedicated hardware-based player devices produce a vastly superior and more consistent quality image "On the screen" than a PC...
Actually that would be more due to the fact a PC system will show any flaws in a Blu-Ray/DVD transfer more, compared to standard player & TV. There are various image enhancement settings on TVs which can effect the visual quality when enabled too.

Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
So whilst I'm certainly not going to say you're wrong, I'm going to reserve judgement until a comparison can be made with that of a proper DVD/Blu-Ray player.
That doesn't make any sense at all, those images are directly from the DVD. Using a different player setup isn't going to make those visible compression artifacts magically disappear.