1080p 'blu-ray' experience is better than the 720p DVD experience 1080p blu-ray is much higher bitrate than DVD. At least some of that difference is in the com

1080p 'blu-ray' experience is better than the 720p DVD experience 1080p blu-ray is much higher bitrate than DVD. At least some of that difference is in the compression ratios rather than the resolution of the output frames. Also, DVD is 576i or 480i, with frame-pullup to 576p or 480p for 24fps movies, so it's probably not too surprising that you can tell the difference given the combination of the two!