Blu-Ray anyone plan on heading in that direction?

[Mego73]

As far as I am concerned, I don't really "have it", unless I have it on a physical piece of media (or at least my own hard drive). If I have to stream it off of another server, it can be taken away.  Also my viewing it depends on good streaming conditions and while the quality of the best stuff is fine for casual viewing it doesn't do for your special movies and shows. I consider streaming as sort of "instant renting".

[Scatter]

I stream a ton of stuff, but I want a physical disc if it's a favorite flick. I want the artwork and the booklet. I want to dust the thing along with the rest of my collection.

[Fester]

Damn!

I'm really feeling my age.

All this technology is getting too much.  It wasn't that long ago, I finally gave up on Beta and went over to VHS.

Now Scatter is talking about steaming videos.  Doesn't all that heat and moisture ruin the tape?

[Scatter]

Damn!

I'm really feeling my age.

All this technology is getting too much.  It wasn't that long ago, I finally gave up on Beta and went over to VHS.

Now Scatter is talking about steaming videos.  Doesn't all that heat and moisture ruin the tape?

Look again. Your eyes are obviously going. 

[Fester]

Never mind

[Paul L]

I'm in no hurry to switch.............DVD still looks quite good to me, and the difference in quality between DVD and Blu-Ray doesn't justify in ANY way the extra expenditure for the Blu-Ray discs.

Agreed. I love technology, but I don't have the time, $$ or the inclination to replace my movies (& music) every 10yrs.

[bigbud]

I'm PO'ed that DVD recorders with hard drives are near impossible to find for purchase.  Buddy

[marsattacks666]

For me,  I bought in to the whole bluray explosion a few years ago. I knew bluray would prevail over
the other competitors. But, it doesn't negate the fact that, I will replace or switch~out my dvd, vhs
collection for bluray. Bluray is just another option. Some bluray titles have never been released on dvd.
Especially Horror and Exploitation titles.

[Zombiology]

Some bluray titles have never been released on dvd.
Especially Horror and Exploitation titles.

And conversely, some VHS has never been released on DVD.  Probably won't now.

[marsattacks666]

And conversely, some VHS has never been released on DVD.  Probably won't now.

I agree. Many, many titles. Or should say, thousands.

[StyreneDude]

Sorry Baron, but you couldn't be more wrong.

DVD and Blu-Ray aren't going anywhere.  I've never streamed a movie or TV show and I don't plan to start. I am all about the ownership of the physical media, and so are millions of others. People enjoy collecting libraries of their favorite movies, TV shows and music. Hell, even vinyl is making a comback! Ten years ago, who thought you'd be able to go into a store and buy new records?
It's all about the joy of ownership. Think of it this way...even if everybody on earth had public transportation, there's still gonna be people who want to buy a car drive themselves.

I wouldn't say decades, more like years. You can get $5.00 DVDs and BRs will be cheaper as well, doesn't mean they will be dominant in a few years. They will go the slow death of CDs. Of course people can still buy CDs, they are in the minority though. I still have my records, tapes and CDs. I've bought a few records over the past 3-4 years (still looking for a few Sabbath ones) otherwise, I haven't bought a new CD in years. Most CDs are filled with fluff these days. Gone are the days of liking the whole album. Even my favorite bands do this. I downloaded Maiden's Final Frontier off their website for $7 and maybe half the songs I still listen too. CDs and DVDs will be available for a niche market, much like records are today, but in no way will they be the dominant format.

A new day my friend.

[Monsters For Sale]

Now I've heard reports by a local radio personality that 3D TV's deliver a superior picture using 2D discs.

Anyone out there gone the 3d route yet?  Do your old 2D DVD's look any better on the new set?

[zombiehorror]

Now I've heard reports by a local radio personality that 3D TV's deliver a superior picture using 2D discs.

Anyone out there gone the 3d route yet?  Do your old 2D DVD's look any better on the new set?

I'm really jonesing to get Samsung's 59" 1080p 600hz 3D plasma (currently around $1200) but unless it rains money sometime soon it won't be happening!  That being said I think the local radio personality is seeing what he wants and not what is actually on screen!  In my opinion a dvd isn't going to look any better on a 3D HD display than it is on a regular HD display because the resolution is still going to be based on the dvd player/Blu-ray player playing it.

[Monsters For Sale]

I'm really jonesing to get Samsung's 59" 1080p 600hz 3D plasma (currently around $1200) but unless it rains money sometime soon it won't be happening!  That being said I think the local radio personality is seeing what he wants and not what is actually on screen!  In my opinion a dvd isn't going to look any better on a 3D HD display than it is on a regular HD display because the resolution is still going to be based on the dvd player/Blu-ray player playing it.

Hi-Res TV's claim to give an "upgraded" picture from standard-res DVD's, but I don't know if it is true, I a still using a standard 3x4 27" TV.

Are they still making Plasma TV's?  I seem to remember the maker of what was, at the time, the best of them (Pioneer?) had stopped making them because of the high costs and energy requirements of the sets.  There was also concern about the heat they produced and somewhat limited life expectancy.  This was quite some time ago. 
I remember when high end Plasmas were $10,000.00!

I must say, $1,200.00 for 5 ft. of Plasma TV sounds pretty darn good. 

[zombiehorror]

Hi-Res TV's claim to give an "upgraded" picture from standard-res DVD's, but I don't know if it is true, I a still using a standard 3x4 27" TV.

Are they still making Plasma TV's?  I seem to remember the maker of what was, at the time, the best of them (Pioneer?) had stopped making them because of the high costs and energy requirements of the sets.  There was also concern about the heat they produced and somewhat limited life expectancy.  This was quite some time ago. 
I remember when high end Plasmas were $10,000.00!

I must say, $1,200.00 for 5 ft. of Plasma TV sounds pretty darn good.

Yep plasma is still around!  I've had mine for, I dunno, 6 or so years and my energy bill has remained the same...LOL.  When I went to purchase my flat panel it was all about just staring at that wall of tv's and choosing the one that I thought gave the best picture for me it was plasma...I love my plasma!  Heck who knows maybe I'll go back and stare at that wall of flat panels and be blown away by an LCD or LED!?  My living room is a rectangle with the tv on one of the longer walls so viewing from any angle is extremely important, plasma (at least at the time) was the only display you could see when standing directly to the side of it.  My brothers tv is an LED and I noticed that even viewing it from a 45% angle gave the picture a funhouse effect, distorting faces/bodies for some reason!?

As far as the dvd upgrade it is common knowledge that dvd's will look better on an HD tv especially with a player that has upscale as a feature.  A dvd's resolution is 720x480 or 480i, with progressive scan on it is 480p.  (i) interlaced is inferior to (p) progressive by the way!  Interlaced samples every other line of a dvd whereas progressive scans line after line giving a superior picture.  With an upscale feature it is possible to get 1080p but you may also end up with 1080i or 720(i)(p) but it will never match true HD.

I really cannot wait to do a true-in-home side-by-side comparison of a dvd to a Blu-ray!  My Panasonic dvd player has progressive scan but does not upscale and the picture is pretty damned clear/detailed to me.  I read a review of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Blu-ray (from 2008) so I popped in my TCM dvd (from 2003) and noticed all the same stuff that the Blu-ray reviewer mentioned; pin stripping on someone's pants, being able to read some of the signs at the gas station and the dings and dents on the van.  I think a lot of Blu-ray hype comes from reviewers not using the dvd as a comparison but as I stated I've not done a true side-by-side for myself.  Not sure if I mentioned this in this topic before but I recall when HD first started coming out and you could find dvds that stated, "Remastered from HD print" right on the front or on the back in the specifications but I guess someone decided that that wasn't a very smart thing to do when you're pushing a new format!!  Now going on to a different release lets just say that Munster, Go Home! (which I compared to a previous dvd release here http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13403.msg232990#msg232990 ) was released only on Blu-ray instead of dvd back in 2006 as the Two-Film Fright Fest, every Blu-ray reviewer out there would have been jumping head over heels claiming the superiority of this "HD" release compared to it's dvd brother when it actually would have had little to do with the film being presented in HD as much as it had to do with someone taking the time to do the film justice, no matter the format!

I think I got off topic?!?