Star Trek (2009) - Will you be buying it on DVD or Blu-ray?
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My sister and her husband are giving us a Blu Ray for Christmas. Due to the high cost of Blu Ray movies, I will only purchase Blu Rays that I think will really make a difference between my DVD player and the Blu Ray. Star Trek will definitely be a Blu Ray!
Blu-Ray.
I can't see buying any more DVDs since it's a lame-duck format.
I can't see buying any more DVDs since it's a lame-duck format.
SD DVD looks quite good on my set up (my projector does excellent video processing) but Blu-ray looks better still (as does HD DVD--I have about 120 of those). I waited for player prices to come down to what I considered reasonable (and I know that varies from person to person) before going HD (got the PJ first, HD cable second, HD DVD third and finally Blu-ray). I tried HD DVD when player prices plunged to see if hi-def media really did represent a significant enough improvement to warrant a move in that direction and, obviously, I concluded it did (I was kind of hoping the difference would be minimal, to justify staying with SD DVD). I've seen no qualitative difference between HD DVD and Blu-ray but since Blu-ray won the format war, I went with it (unwilling to give up the benefits of hi-def media). Both HD DVD and Blu-ray look better (though subtlely so) than HD cable but, more importantly, offer OAR versions of movies in hi-def (unlike most HD cable movie channels).DVD for me. I have a 52" rear projection TV, and an upscaling DVD player. Everything looks good.
I'm not a member of the "if it ain't HD it's shit" crowd that populates A/V fora. I still buy SD DVDs of releases that I think are years away from a Blu-ray release (if ever--some movies are only just now coming out on DVD for the first time because DVD manufacturing costs are now low enough to warrant obscure releases). And SD DVDs are far from "unwatchable". But I fully expect the visuals of this next Trek movie to be outstanding and thus worthy of a Blu-ray purchase.
As for prices, players are now available under 200$ (taking inflation into account, much sooner in real dollar terms than SD DVD players) and careful internet shopping yields many (not all, but many) Blu-ray prices that are reasonably priced (again, for less than similar DVD prices at the same point in their product cycle). And those who lack an HDTV can still use Blu-ray (I have one hooked up to an SD TV and it works fine--when that TV is upgraded, I'll already be hi-def media ready for it).
Obviously Blu-ray players and discs are luxury items in the grand scheme of things and not too much should be made of getting or not getting into that format. But prices are coming down and there is (particularly for those with HD displays) a noticeable improvement to be had.
Lame duck format? Thats like saying CDs are a lame duck format. Sure they are not as popular as they once where but do you really think CDs will be gone anytime soon? DVDs are not going Anywhere. If anything I expect the DVD format to out-last Blu-Ray.
Unfortunately, the Blu-Ray systems themselves, or movie prices, are not at issue, but the price of a television system that can display a 1080P image from a Blu-Ray player.
LCD TVs of appropriate size are still pricing me out of the High-Def market.
In short, unless I win the State Lottery, I cannot afford the upgrade.
Since my existing TV, which is a 33" tube, is still in good functioning form, I cannot financially justify such an expenditure at this time either.
I will wait for the technology to mature further, pricing to come down further (as it will), and for the Blu-Ray format to become more commonplace (which it is becoming rapidly) before I expend the funds necessary for the upgrade.
LCD TVs of appropriate size are still pricing me out of the High-Def market.
In short, unless I win the State Lottery, I cannot afford the upgrade.
Since my existing TV, which is a 33" tube, is still in good functioning form, I cannot financially justify such an expenditure at this time either.
I will wait for the technology to mature further, pricing to come down further (as it will), and for the Blu-Ray format to become more commonplace (which it is becoming rapidly) before I expend the funds necessary for the upgrade.
Your situation does not scream "buy Blu-ray now", that's for sure. If I were in the same situation, I would only consider a Blu-ray player as a replacement for a player that stopped functioning (after all, Blu-ray players play SD DVDs as well).
I'm getting this on DVD, a Blu-ray player is just too much.
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Out of curiosity:
Then, why your current interest in whether Blu-ray is currently dead or not?
Hah - it's funny I know - this is how it went down.
Years ago my Telly broke and I was so busy that I never got around to replacing it for a few weeks and then I noticed that I was getting a lot more done and reading a lot more books and just never bothered replacing it - and also when you don't have a TV, then you don't buy a DVR or a DVD player or DVDs or a surround sound system...
However I'm interested in technology (both professionally and socially) so changes to formats are of interest to me on that level - I'm just not interested in watching them on a regular basis.
if there is something I'm desperate to watch, I can always see it at the cinema or watch it on my pc.
I don't anticipate getting an HDTV until at least late 2009. A BluRay player would come some time after that. So DVD for me.
I don't yet have a Blu-ray player at home, but there will be one by the time Trek comes out so I voted Blu-ray.
I already have a couple Blu-ray discs and have 5 more coming (to my household) as part of Christmas. Over Christmas break I'll probably just bring the PS3 home from the office. We'll probably buy one, or a stand-alone player, for ourselves in January.
I already have a couple Blu-ray discs and have 5 more coming (to my household) as part of Christmas. Over Christmas break I'll probably just bring the PS3 home from the office. We'll probably buy one, or a stand-alone player, for ourselves in January.
No it's really not. How can you even make such a claim? Are you aware of some sort of upgraded CD format that's been introduced recently that's technologically superior to the CD and has wide industry backing and lots of real estate devoted to it on store shelves, with the intent of replacing the CD as the format of choice for consumers?
No? Me either.
.. but the bargain bin!
I can't imagine how the studios that produce DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs are going to allow that to happen.
DVD I expect. I definitely won't be able to afford a Blu-ray setup before this film comes out on DVD. Hopefully, by the time I have the next viable format (be that Blu-ray or whatever comes after) I won't mind double-dipping Star Trek. I just hope that its that good.
I am. Two, in fact (Super Audio CD [SACD] and DVD-Audio [DVD-A]. I own about 50 of the latter and 140 of the former But they failed to replace the CD in the wider scheme of things. Of course, people are much less interested in 'better sound' (the benefits of which require much more effort) than in 'better visuals' (the benefits most people can see with little difficulty).
However, I think Blu-ray will be around for a long time, if not as successful as DVD.
SACD and DVD-A don't meet my criteria. I don't know of ANY stores that devote any real estate of any sort at all to them, nor does any sort of major studio back them as the inevitable replacement for CD.
You can't compare SACD/DVD-A's relationship to CD with Blu-Ray's relationship with DVD.
I see exact opposite. 5 years and Blu-Ray will be replaced with either a non-disc format that is far better, or media centers/PCs/The Next Xbox will take up a large part of the home media segment with HD downloads to Hardrives or through streaming.
Physical formats like Blu-Ray could be niche markets but far too expensive compared to using a media extender with far more uses to stream or download for much cheaper and more convenient.
Solid media that you can hold in your hand or put on a shelf is never going to be overtaken by DLC.
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