DS9 on blu ray?

[CorporalCaptain]

I was at Target the other day and one of the new bluray releases I was looking at had a DVD included which I found odd. What's the benefit of that? Is that common (speaking as someone who owns a bluray player and rarely buys blurays)?

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.

 

[SPCTRE]

I was at Target the other day and one of the new bluray releases I was looking at had a DVD included which I found odd. What's the benefit of that? Is that common (speaking as someone who owns a bluray player and rarely buys blurays)?

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.

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

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I was at Target the other day and one of the new bluray releases I was looking at had a DVD included which I found odd. What's the benefit of that? Is that common (speaking as someone who owns a bluray player and rarely buys blurays)?

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.

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

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?

 

[SPCTRE]

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.

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

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?

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

 

[Squiggy]

And one other thing to consider not everyone has or wants an internet connection.

They probably don't have a bluray player either.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

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

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?

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

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.

 

[dub]

I was at Target the other day and one of the new bluray releases I was looking at had a DVD included which I found odd. What's the benefit of that? Is that common (speaking as someone who owns a bluray player and rarely buys blurays)?

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.

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

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.

 

[Hober Mallow]

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

 

[tomswift2002]

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.

 

[dub]

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

Shows you how much I shop for blurays.

DS9 will be a massive exception!

 

[tomswift2002]

DS9 will be a massive exception!

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.

 

[Salinga]

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

 

[tomswift2002]

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.)

 

[DonIago]

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

 

[Keith1701]

Thanks for the info. I'll just wait and see then and hope for the best.

it's a good idea for sure.

 

[BillJ]

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

Same here.

 

[MacLeod]

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

 

[L'Idiot]

Admittedly old, looks like TNG was getting about 140k viewers a showing in 2010.

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

 

[eyeresist]

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.

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.

 

[USS KG5]

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

Same here.

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