DS9 on blu ray?

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' started by borgboy, Nov 28, 2013.

  1. CorporalCaptain

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    Two for the price of one? Obvious benefit is obviously beneficial? I can watch the Blu-ray on the home theater setup in the den, and the DVD on the portable player where I couldn't make out HD resolution even if it was there. The last film I bought had both, and priced just a few dollars more than the DVD. It was like getting a Blu-ray disk for $5, or a free DVD, as it were, however you want to look at it.
     
  2. SPCTRE

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    A lot of cars also still have DVD support only to keep those pesky kids in back quiet.
     
  3. CorporalCaptain

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    I thought of that, but I don't know anything about what stuff like that is built into cars these days or not. The car screens are too small for HD anyway, too, I'd think, yes?
     
  4. SPCTRE

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    Yeah, built-in screens are usually too teensy for HD to make a huge difference. Noticeable, sure, but nothing major.
     
  5. Squiggy

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    They probably don't have a bluray player either.
     
  6. CorporalCaptain

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    Badly worded on my part, though. This product, which I simply picked off the top of Google search results, has 480 x 234 image resolution.
     
  7. dub

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    True, true. I guess I was trying to figure out what the benefit is for the studio/distributor. I guess they determined people are more likely to purchase a bluray if you add a DVD with it? Because it's not like what I saw was ridiculously higher than just a bluray. I personally would rip the added DVD and add it to my plex collection since I don't have a bluray reader for my PC. Yet.
     
  8. Hober Mallow

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    Disney's been doing bluray/DVD combo packs for at least a few years now.
     
  9. tomswift2002

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    Also, while it is not commercially viable, the various companies know that a lot of people will have a Blu-Ray player in one room of their house (say the living room), but then in their bedroom or their garage/workshop they probably have a TV, even if it's an old CRT TV, that is connected to a DVD player, where they spend time and would want to put the movie or TV show on. So a lot of times in those cases people will only want to spend $25 on the cheapest DVD player at Walmart for those rooms, as it is not their main viewing area. So including a DVD in with the Blu-Ray allows for the purchaser to watch the movie all over the house.
     
  10. dub

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    Shows you how much I shop for blurays.

    DS9 will be a massive exception! :techman:
     
  11. tomswift2002

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    Not quite. I've found that while movies receive the Blu-Ray/DVD treatment, most TV series are still released as just Blu-Ray or DVD, not in combination. Or the TV shows will have a code for iTunes to allow for a download version.
     
  12. Salinga

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    I personally just give the DVD away, since I am only going to use the Bluray.
     
  13. tomswift2002

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    It's to bad that no one ever managed to create a successful Blu-Ray/DVD single disc---that's one thing I really liked about HD-DVD, the ability to have the HD content on one side of the disc, while the other side was a Standard-Definition DVD that could play on any DVD player (I know that Warner's was looking into developing a disc that had HD-DVD info on one side and Blu-Ray info on the other, but once Warner's sided with Blu-Ray, the dropped the research. However there have been DualDiscs out where one side is a regular CD, and the other side is a DVD, I've got a copy of Barry Manilow's "The Greatest Hits Of The Fifties" on DualDisc.)
     
  14. DonIago

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    Personally I've never been a fan of flippers. Just seems to double the odds of damaging the disc in some manner.
     
  15. Keith1701

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    it's a good idea for sure.
     
  16. BillJ

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    Same here.
     
  17. MacLeod

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    I've also never been a fan of double sided discs. I only have a few in my BR/DVD collection.
     
  18. L'Idiot

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    That makes me sad, and I don't even like TNG anymore.
     
  19. eyeresist

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    I think the combo pack is to entice DVD-only people to consider upgrading their player. Possibly it also encourages retailers to stock it, because then they don't have to choose(guess) amounts needed of each format and make shelf-room for both.
     
  20. USS KG5

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    Yeah sneaky bastards, and what do they need all those fish for anyhow?