Canofceleri Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I haven't thought too much about it, I have a lot of DVDs and pretty much felt like I wouldn't try and convert or anything like that. But having an HDTV somewhere in my near future (God willing) and being a PS3 owner, as well as having learned of the upcoming releases of films like Raging Bull, Amadeus, and Chungking Express on the format... I'm seriously thinking about selling a great deal of my DVDs to fund the upstart of a bluray buying project. I probably wouldn't even mess with it if the difference between DVDs and high-def wasn't so great when viewed on a 1080p set... but it is very stark. It almost brings a tear to my dick imagining my favorite movies in glorious HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papanesta Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I'll never get rid of my DVD collection, especially as it's going to be a long time before DVD starts to fade away. The only way I'd start buying Bluray over DVD is if they drop the price, and drop the horrible f*cking blue packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unvirginiser Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 It's a big step and quite a gamble Frank. To be honest I don't think the whole Blu-Ray thing is worth the money, watching a film in slightly better quality at double the cost? Not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monuriki. Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 From what i've heard it really isn't worth that fraction of enhanced viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj11 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I've already started buying BDs, but have no intention of ever replacing my DVD collection. Unlike tapes, factory pressed DVD's should last for over a century. Since I wasn't planning on living that long, there's no need to replace them. I'll just continue to buy both formats until DVD becomes obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I recently joined the club with the purchase of a PS3, honestly I don't think I'll be buying many Blu-Ray movies for a while because they are around the 40 to 50 dollar mark and while the quality of HD is great its not always that much better then DVD. When considering the cost its not worth it until the price comes down and DVD's start fading out which is going to take quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeshyft Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I can understand buying visually rich films in a high definition format, but a lot of the films I like just don't need to be seen in the best possible quality. I'm not really into huge budget action films, and going through my DVDs there's only a handful I would consider getting an HD copy of. Add to that the fact that a lot of films I like can be bought for less than $10, and Blu-Ray doesn't seem so appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti21 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) I'm boycotting Bluray at the moment. I mean we just made the jump from VHS to DVD, what, 8 years ago? f*ck. And as long as this generational obsession over HD continues, the Bluray thing is catching on. Personally I'm all for higher quality, but make it user-friendly for Christ's sake. Enhance DVD's, don't introduce something different. Not going to sell my entire DVD collection and pay double price just for a few more pixels in my movies. Anyways, just not going to bother until DVD becomes obsolete and I absolutely have to. Edited November 24, 2008 by Vercetti21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovy Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 f*ck that noise. I've put too much monet into my DVD collection to just up and start or from scratch when I don't want/need the higher resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigNekkidSnake Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 f*ck that noise. I've put too much monet into my DVD collection to just up and start or from scratch when I don't want/need the higher resolution. Amen to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthYENIK Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I echo a lot of people here. The movie studios and all that jazz claim it to be the next standard format. I don't know about that. For me, I might get a player soon, but I'm not going to invest much in buying new discs for movies I already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xo4 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I have way too many f*cking movies to just go and make a switch, i'm not going over anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Y'all seem to be forgetting that all Blu-ray players can play DVDs as well. So you don't have to 'switch,' you can just start buying Blurays instead. However, watching your favorite films in HD is definitely a treat. I'm so sick of crappy DVD compression. I'm so stoked that Criterion editions have slowly started trickling out. I will definitely trade a few DVDs out for the HD version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj11 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Y'all seem to be forgetting that all Blu-ray players can play DVDs as well. So you don't have to 'switch,' you can just start buying Blurays instead. I was going to say that myself, given the volume of misinformed people around here. A BD player will play your DVDs, unlike a DVD player which of course, cannot play VHS tapes, hence my reason for keeping my DVD collection, while purchasing BDs at the same time. BD is the new standard, but it will be a long time before it fully takes over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papanesta Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I can assure you we're not f*cking misinformed. It f*cks up your collection having those stupid horrible blue boxes amongst the other DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iminicus Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'm not planning on switching any time soon. Plus, I am just starting to finally expand my little DVD collection, thanks to the huge drop in prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Getting a player isn't expensive (just hit 300 beans here). I just don't want to fork out the price for the discs themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canofceleri Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Eh, the majority of discs aren't 40 to 50 bucks. I've found places on the internet to get the movies I want (i.e. No Country for Old Men) for about 14 bucks. While new releases of older films like Being There are only about 20 bucks on Amazon. That being said, I felt largely the same way you guys do for awhile. But I am an absolute videophile, and if I'm going to spend the money on a top notch television then I'm going to have to go the extra mile on video format. I mean, have you guys seen the difference of DVD and BD on a 1080p television? It's amazing. Imagining the quality of a film like Raging Bull in 1080 on a 50 incher almost makes the wait to convert almost unbearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struff Bunstridge Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Am I the only person who still loves VHS? I found Citizen Kane for 50p in a charity shop recently, and the crappy quality actually makes it more fun... I must admit, though, I'm not impressed with BD's jacked-up prices. How much money do you have to spend on a suitable TV in order to get the benefit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeshyft Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Am I the only person who still loves VHS? I found Citizen Kane for 50p in a charity shop recently, and the crappy quality actually makes it more fun... It's not the picture quality that bothers me about tape - it's the sound quality. I'll admit that I have a bunch of films on VHS, but as soon as those bastards drop below $10 I'm getting the DVD versions, as the muffled, patchy sound is irritating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I agree about the blue cases. I mean, really, the f*cking format war is over. Get over it, BD consortium. ...but you're still totally a girl, paps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hart Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Never watched a blu-ray film and never will untill I'm forced to, DVD has good enough quality. To all the people saying they have too many DVDs to switch, its not like you threw out all your videos as soon as DVD came out. I still have more tapes than DVDs at the moment, although its catching up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Too many of my tapes were fading. I donated most of them to a local used book shop. Still have my VHS copy of Jurassic Park, though! Why so stand off-ish, Hart? Is it because you dislike the push for new fancy technology, or because once you see it, you'll have to get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hart Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Too many of my tapes were fading. I donated most of them to a local used book shop. Still have my VHS copy of Jurassic Park, though! Why so stand off-ish, Hart? Is it because you dislike the push for new fancy technology, or because once you see it, you'll have to get it? Well, I didnt mind the change to DVD, because it was very much improved. But Blu-ray to me just seems like a better quality DVD. The only reason for blu-ray it seems, is gaming, because we'll never need that much space for bonus features on films. ..or will we? But seriously, it'll be a long time before films are stopped being released on DVD, instead moving onto blu-ray. I will have to change and I dont really mind, but I'll be keeping my tapes and DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 What? How can you make a call like that when you say you've never seen the difference first hand? The funny thing is, DVD compression is f*cking gross when compared to the newer MPEG stuff. I don't just mean HD, either. This is why Blu-Ray can make use of the capacity of the disk. Look at the extended edition of Lord of The Rings, how at the maximum DVD quality compression it required two dics... not with Blu-Ray. Here's a fun comparison, where if you hover your mouse over the image it will show you the difference at the same resolution: http://csel.cs.colorado.edu/~pmjohnso/swhighdef/ The HD source in that case is actually more lossy than Blu-Ray. Don't even get me started on f*cking non-square pixels. DVD is nearing death, and I can't be happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Garcia aka NjNakedSnake Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Here's a fun comparison, where if you hover your mouse over the image it will show you the difference at the same resolution:http://csel.cs.colorado.edu/~pmjohnso/swhighdef/ Star Wars has never looked sexier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 What's really funny is that most HD rips you find on P2P are actually less quality than DVD, because they compress the sh*t out of them. Who cares about more pixels if the whole f*cking thing is blurry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cursed Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Woah... Wait, Bluray!?! I'm still using VHS, there are like 25 DVDs in my entire household (Which never get watched). We don't really watch films, so the DVD players don't get used. Whereas, if a programme needs recording, then VHS comes to the rescue (That is, when the Freeview box is already recording on it's hard drive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie280 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Well, I only have a Bluray player in the form of my PS3. So I would say I've not switched per se because the film is more important to me than the format. If I get it in DVD then that's fine and it usually depends on which version I stumble across first at HMV. Quality wise I haven't noticed much of a difference in most films. Big CGI sequences on Bluray film are marginally better but seeing as I'm more into classics than new, Hollywood money traps I'm rather indifferent to the Bluray vs DVD debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algonquin Assassin Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 There's no way I'm getting rid of my DVDs. Infact I've bought ALOT of DVDs as of late. I might buy the odd Blu-ray every now, and then, but they're really expensive. On average a Blu-ray movie is like $40+ over here. I only buy them when it's a movie I really want. Other than that I just stick to DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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