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You guys still buy DVD's?

KHarvey16 said:
Netflix has destroyed my DVD buying habits, and my wallet thanks it.
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This is the correct answer

I never really bought movies to begin with, I usually watch them once and then done. Very few titles I deem worth of ownership
 
I never liked the hassle of going to the shops so netflixs/downloading/itunes etc mean I only have about 40-50 DVDs- plus they are bulky
 
I buy DVDs that I figure are worth the money, that I'll watch more than once. Blu-Ray isn't an option until I have more disposable income... probably by 2016.
 
MrPliskin said:
Blu-Ray offers a myriad of improvements over DVD to which any theater (or gaming) enthusiast can appreciate, and saying you don't see it, or dont think it's worth it, is extremely silly.
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While I see the benefits of BRDs, I have no trouble understanding that some people (like many) don't really see it or don't care. Have a walk outside or just have a job in the public and you will know those people exist -- and by thousands.

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yellowjacket25 said:
Blu-Ray only now. The visual upgrade (sometimes small, sometimes large), and the significant sound upgrade are worth it to me.
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It took this long to bring sound into the argument? Disappointed.
 
300 DVDs and counting. I'm not going to stop anytime soon. The jump from SCART to HDMI is bigger than that of DVD to BD so I don't see the point in paying double for something I would have enjoyed on a 20" SD tv. But why is this in gaming forums?
 
Yeah, I'm still upgrading my VHS tapes to DVD. I'll considering upgrading from DVDs when Blu-Rays hit £2-3 for old films and £8-10 for new releases, and when I have a HDTV.
 
still buying DVDs. no point buying some things on Blu-Ray.

a lot of English TV shows were shot on SD video unlike american shows that tended to be on film, so there's no point buying life on mars on blu-ray (even though they released it on blu ray) unless your TV AND DVD/BluRay player has a crap scaler, and the odds of that in this day and age are pretty slim.
 
With netflix, hulu, and a relatively cheap theater in town, there really isn't that much of a need to buy dvds. Unless I really, really, really, really enjoyed the movie, then I'd get it on blu-ray.
 
I buy used dvds, I buy dvds for things that are not released on bluray and that I think never will be.
I generally trade up when a blu becomes available though.
 
these days, if i buy a movie i obviously go for BD (there's very few movies i am interested in actually owning and viewing multiple times, anyway) but after the initial excitement i found that HD doesn't really add much to the experience (unless it's first and foremost a 'visual' experience, a la' Avatar, or documentaries or pixar movies etc)

That and it's amazing how good a DVD can still look when upscaled to my hd setup.

I have to say i find the superior audio a better reason to choose BD over DVD, but that might change when i upgrade to a 100", 1080p projected screen :P


My question would be; does anyone actually care about those other BD features like chat and lame interactive stuff ?
 
Whereas I used to buy 60+ movies a year, now, thanks to being a Netflix subscriber for the last 5 years or so, I buy maybe 6.

So when I do purchase a movie, it is on Blu-Ray not DVD. I just figure I buy so few movies now, might as well get the best version.
 
I very rarely buy Blu-Rays, even though I have a 47" 1080p set.

The difference simply isn't enough to justify it in most cases. I only get Blu-Rays if they are dirt cheap (same price as the DVD version) or if I really, really hate the cover art of the DVD version (like with John Carpenter's The Thing).

I find with Blu-Ray I notice the difference for maybe the first 10 minutes, and then past that I forget. It's not worth the additional $20, especially since that essentially means I can only play the movie on my TV in my room and not on any of the others in the house (which only have DVD players).

I was really disappointed with Blu-Ray because the jump from VHS to DVD was night and day, and I was expecting something similar with the jump to HD.

That said, I still buy a ton of DVDs. Just bought Futurama: The Complete Collection the other day. Before that got Lexx: The Complete Series and a ton of movies in the past month.
 
Haven't bought a DVD since around March/April 2007.

Once I went high def (both Blu-ray and HD DVD) I haven't looked back, and I'm glad.

Hurts my eyes to watch DVD. Just looks so poor to me now. Same way VHS was barely visible compared to DVD back in the day.
 
Most of the movies I own are from 1920-1970. Very few are on Blu-Ray, I imagine. And I doubt those that are benefit very much from the media.
 
Nessus said:
That said, I still buy a ton of DVDs. Just bought Futurama: The Complete Collection the other day. Before that got Lexx: The Complete Series and a ton of movies in the past month.
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TV shows are one thing I'd buy on Blu Ray, if it meant getting the entire thing on less discs. I Love Lucy is on over 40 DVDs, I believe.
 
tmarques said:
TV shows are one thing I'd buy on Blu Ray, if it meant getting the entire thing on less discs. I Love Lucy is on over 40 DVDs, I believe.
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That's a thing that annoys me too is that they don't take up the entire space on the disc. The Spiderman 2 Blu-ray was on 2 discs just like the DVD when they could have just used a DL disc and made it one single disc but there has to be that perceived value to the customer.

Also, look at things like the Bladerunner Blu-ray box set. 2/5 discs aren't even Blu-rays but DVD's instead. Stuff like that really turns me off of the format.
 
I have changed over to buying Bluray when possible, I like kung fu movies so there are a lot that are still DVD unfortunately. Netflix in all honesty has totally ruined my movie buying habits. I went from purchasing 2-6 movies a week to maybe that in a year now... Thinking of getting Gamefly for the very same reason...
 
Nessus said:
I very rarely buy Blu-Rays, even though I have a 47" 1080p set.

The difference simply isn't enough to justify it in most cases. I only get Blu-Rays if they are dirt cheap (same price as the DVD version) or if I really, really hate the cover art of the DVD version (like with John Carpenter's The Thing).

I find with Blu-Ray I notice the difference for maybe the first 10 minutes, and then past that I forget. It's not worth the additional $20, especially since that essentially means I can only play the movie on my TV in my room and not on any of the others in the house (which only have DVD players).

I was really disappointed with Blu-Ray because the jump from VHS to DVD was night and day, and I was expecting something similar with the jump to HD.

That said, I still buy a ton of DVDs. Just bought Futurama: The Complete Collection the other day. Before that got Lexx: The Complete Series and a ton of movies in the past month.
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So the resolution and audio bump isn't enough to upgrade, but fucking boxart is?

LOL, I've heard it all now.
 
Sure, only buy the BR if it's not considerably more expensive than the DVD or if I get a good bargain otherwise. Got something like 200 DVDs and 20 BRs or so.
 
Never buy DVD's anymore, not even when there is no Bluray version. I'll just wait. I've ripped all my DVD's and now my blurays onto my HP media center. That + WDTV Live = pure win.
 
Honestly, I don't care about picture quality.

Why would I want to get Predator or Aliens for $30 on Blu-Ray when I can buy the DVDs for $5 a pop at Wal-Mart?

When I get a PS3, I probably won't even watch movies on it. Unlike my stupid cousins who only use it for movies, I'm just going to use it for games.
 
I've made my switch from DVD to Blu-ray once I bought my PS3 in 2006 & I haven't bought a DVD ever since. If a movie isn't out on Blu-ray yet, I will wait until it comes out.

It's not just the high definition on the screen but the uncompressed audio that blu-ray offers is amazing. It's amazing how much more detail & nuances you can hear compared to their DVD counterpart.

Edit: For those who are contemplating whether or not a movie you are interested in buying is worth it in the blu-ray or DVD version. Here is a link that does reviews for blu-ray movies. They are ranked accordingly so it makes it easier to see which ones are top dogs. I hope this helps. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342
 
I live in In Norway.
At the local gas-station, a brand new DVD-movies usually cost 199,- NOK (33,90 USD) to buy - while the same Bluray-movies goes for 230,- NOK (39,36 USD).

I live in a desolate island with only 5000 inhabitants, and it's only that gas-station wich sell Bluray-movies, so they can charge more for those, while DVD's is beeing sold in many of the grocery stores aswell.
If take a ferry, I can go to a bigger town, and get movies cheaper. But that costs time and money.. :P

I usually buy the Bluray-versions, the image is great, but most important is because it's got much better sound on Bluray, while DVD-version usually only contain English DD5.1.
Often they sacriface the DTS-soundtrack for french, czech, german or some other crazy strange language in DD5.1.
 
The only dvd's I still buy are from Family Guy and anime shows.

Most anime shows don't have BD releases or just not available in my region, which sucks.

Only the Something Something Star Wars from FG is on BD.

Ever since I got my BD player I never bought a dvd again. except for above reasons. Too bad, with over 300 dvd's my collection could gotten bigger with so many cheap dvd's.

With 40ish BD's, it's growing. I want them all, but so many are expensive. And even if they are cheap, there is still the choice of wether to that game or that movie.

BD, it's so pretty.
 
Usually I will just rent movies, mostly on blu, but for the rare occasion that I actually buy one it's definitly always BD. This be my tiny collection, and I could actually part with some of these. Like why the hell did I get RE: Extinction...

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yes i do.
if you only watch hollywood stuff then blu-ray is probably better (even though newer DVDs look great upscaled). but try to get a seventies hongkong comedy on blu-ray... yeah, that's why i still prefer DVD.
 
Blu ray has been a scam from day 1. Rushed out the door to capitalize before the inevitable onset of digital distribution makes the format completely obsolete. DVD was a suitable upgrade to VHS and long overdue. Blu ray is not a suitable upgrade to DVD and is identical in almost all aspects aside from the fact that now I can see the makeup on the actors and now that guy's alien costume looks a little faker than it used to.

DD is a significant and more suitable upgrade to DVD, so that is when I'll be making the switch. Carrying my entire movie library, 100s of movies, on one small portable device that can fit in my pocket and can be taken anywhere, is much more appealing to me than investing in yet another disc-based format just 5 years after DVD had just begun a foothold.
 
andycapps said:
This does always get on my nerves when people say that Blu-ray is better than what you see in theaters. And I just don't get how people could possibly say that with a straight face when they're seeing actual film in a theater with much more "definition" and a Blu-ray at home.
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Very rarely have I been to see a film based movie in the theater where they have actually focused the damn thing. When they do, it is an extremely impressive image and better than Blu-Ray given the size vs. resolution. Projectionists are just too damn lazy to try to make the movie look good.
 
I only get DVDs these days if I can't find a TV season I want on BluRay.
Otherwise, I'll just wait for the BluRay to go down in price or rent it off PSN.
 
i love blu-ray, but i can't bring myself to spend 30 dollars on a movie. i had a BD player for 2 years now, and i only own six movies.

but i do pay the extra 2 dollars to have the blu ray option on my netflix account.
 
I'm pretty much Blu-ray only these days. The only times I'll buy a DVD is if it's not available on BD or was shot in a non-HD format (eg. old TV shows like original Doctor Who :D)
 
The difference in quality obviously varies from movie to movie, but even my parents can often tell the difference between upscaled DVDs and HD-DVDs/Blu-rays.
 
Reikon said:
The difference in quality obviously varies from movie to movie, but even my parents can often tell the difference between upscaled DVDs and HD-DVDs/Blu-rays.
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My Dad can...my mom on the other hand :lol
 
I got a BR player for Xmas.

I never bought DVD's except when DVD first came out I had a small collection.

I only buy a BR if it's a movie I really like and it's cheap. I recently got Crank 2 for 12$. The only titles I ever spent more than 20$ on were Fight Club and Dark Knight. I have a small collection of about 5 movies.

I never understood what was fun about collectiong DVD's or BR. There's just too many films out there and I never know what I'm going to want to watch. I have 5 BR's and I have no desire to watch any of them. Honestly buying them was a total waste, except for films I totally am obsessed with, and even then I would just rather rent them.

Like right now I'd like to watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I haven't watched it in 5 years, maybe longer. I probably wouldn't watch it again in 5 years. So, I'm better off just renting the fucker. And if the video store didn't have the BR I would just get the DVD and not care honestly.

Upscaled DVD looks fantastic, that's also worth mentioning. it's worth getting a BR player just for that IMO.
 
I haven't bought a DVD in years. BD all the way. I agree if you can't tell the difference between DVD and BD you either A) Need glasses or B) Don't have your TV hooked up correctly.

My main TV is a 36in Sony Vega 1080i tube from 2002 and it is very noticeable when I am watching a DVD compared to a BD.
 
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