Until Blu-Ray discs fall to $10 (new), the masses would still buy DVDs for $5.
Modern day upscaling DVD players do a great job. It's amazing how great the (relatively new) movies look when upscaled from DVD to 1080p. Really, I enjoy watching DVDs on my 42" 1080p TV now. And I am not very fond of spending $20+ for BD movies even though I have a Blu-Ray player.
Get us cheap BD movies, then we will see! Until then, Netflix and online streaming are our friends.
Agreed. I'll holding off on ANY new physical formats until they are reasonable. IMO, Between iTunes, Netflix and the occasional Bit Torrent, Blu-Ray is just an updated form of an out-dated technology. I know downloads and streaming are still a couple years from being the preferred channel for watching movies, and there are plenty of good reasons. I just personally prefer it to physical formats.
Upscaling may make the picture look good, but does nothing for the compressed 5.1 or DTS soundtracks on DVD's. The lossless soundtracks on Blu-Rays alone make them worth upgrading. Once you hear uncompressed sound it's hard to go back.
Exactly. My upscaling DVD player looks just fine, and honestly the 2 times I've rented movies on Blu-Ray the only difference I could actually notice was sound, which was pretty astounding but not enough to convince me to start buying everything on Blu-Ray. Plus it's my roommate's PS3, I'd be boned when he finally moves out and takes it with him.
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Until Blu-Ray discs fall to $10 (new), the masses would still buy DVDs for $5.
Modern day upscaling DVD players do a great job. It's amazing how great the (relatively new) movies look when upscaled from DVD to 1080p. Really, I enjoy watching DVDs on my 42" 1080p TV now. And I am not very fond of spending $20+ for BD movies even though I have a Blu-Ray player.
Get us cheap BD movies, then we will see! Until then, Netflix and online streaming are our friends.
Agreed. I'll holding off on ANY new physical formats until they are reasonable. IMO, Between iTunes, Netflix and the occasional Bit Torrent, Blu-Ray is just an updated form of an out-dated technology. I know downloads and streaming are still a couple years from being the preferred channel for watching movies, and there are plenty of good reasons. I just personally prefer it to physical formats.
Also is the crisis factor, where even a lousy vhs can looks fine.
Did you just stop buying VHS last year? New DVDs aren't even consistently $10.
Upscalers are good, but not even close to 1080P, why guess at the pixels when you can get them on the disc?
Plus, they do nothing about audo... 7.1 Dolby for the win!
Upscaling may make the picture look good, but does nothing for the compressed 5.1 or DTS soundtracks on DVD's. The lossless soundtracks on Blu-Rays alone make them worth upgrading. Once you hear uncompressed sound it's hard to go back.
Exactly. My upscaling DVD player looks just fine, and honestly the 2 times I've rented movies on Blu-Ray the only difference I could actually notice was sound, which was pretty astounding but not enough to convince me to start buying everything on Blu-Ray. Plus it's my roommate's PS3, I'd be boned when he finally moves out and takes it with him.