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| Registered: February 21, 2008 |  Posts: 24 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm not sure how to answer this poll. I still buy more regular DVDs than Blu-rays. I don't even buy all new releases on Blu-ray because sometimes I don't feel the movie is worth the extra price.
I would buy everything on Blu-ray if it was available and cheaper (same price as DVD), but it's not. I don't see that change anytime soon. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | I haven't bought any blu-ray at all. I'm perfectly happy with the current dvd and even if the quality is better with a BR I don't see the point. With the genre of movie that I buy a better picture is not necessary better, the cleaning remove a lot of the charm. |
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,044 |
| | Posted: | | | | As of right now I won't buy into Blu untill equipment and media prices come down. DVD is still the best bang for the buck.  Rory  | | | DVD Profiler for iOS as of 3/5/2013
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 793 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't see any incentive to go Blu. I'm perfectly with the quality DVD gives, and I see absolutely no reason to pay a premium to see every face defect of every actor. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 100 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm still buying just DVDs and have not invested in Blu. Maybe if I get a HDTV by the end of the year I'll go Blu but I'm pretty sure, with the prices out there for media DVD will still be first preference for me. | | |  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm quite happy with DVDs at the moment. I'm very satisfied with the quality on my 32" Flatscreen. I don't think that I will see a big improvement with BluRay.  Basically I'm collecting tv series and I did not see very much of them on Blu! Even when available I could never afford to replace my DVd's with BluRay  | | | | Thorsten |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,678 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Patsa: Quote:
I'm not sure how to answer this poll. I still buy more regular DVDs than Blu-rays. I don't even buy all new releases on Blu-ray because sometimes I don't feel the movie is worth the extra price.
I would buy everything on Blu-ray if it was available and cheaper (same price as DVD), but it's not. I don't see that change anytime soon. That describes me pretty well, too. I have bought a few favorite movies on blu that I already owned on DVD, like Terminator, T2 and Die Hard. On my 40" Sony LCD the difference in PQ between a good DVD (upscaled) and Blu-Ray is not that exceptional. I often find a more drastic difference in the audio than in the video. But given the limited selection of Blu-Ray releases, I'll probably keep buying DVDs for a long time. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 582 |
| | Posted: | | | | I project my movies on a 106" screen (1080p HD), so there's a big difference when it comes to larger screens.
I still buy a lot of DVD. But I do not buy a movie on DVD, if it's available on Blu-ray. I will do some double-dips, but only selected movies, as I rarely watch my movies more than once. | | |  |
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| Registered: May 27, 2007 |  Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't own a bluray yet, so I buy normal DVD's. | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't really fit any of those categories exactly. With new movies (movies I don't already own), I'm buying Blu-ray ONLY. If something comes out like The Mist that I really, really want, but it's DVD only, I spend that money on some other movies that is on Blu-ray and wait (and it paid off with The Mist  ) If I can't find anything I want on Blu-ray, I hold on to my money, because there's a lot on the way I do want. If I already have the movie on DVD, I don't re-buy it on Blu-ray. I spend that money on some other Blu-ray movie I want. There have been a few exceptions, but for the most part, that's my rule. And out of my entire DVD collection, I can only think of a few that I will pick up on Blu-ray as soon as they're available. So I have no plans to replace the majority of my DVDs. But I am still buying TV on DVD. Unless there's a Blu-ray available, I'll get the DVD. But even that is a policy that will be changing soon as more and more TV sets are coming out on Blu-ray. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | I buy DVDs, HD DVDs and Blu-rays. I don't sell DVDs when I upgrade since I don't have HD equipment in all of the places where I have DVD players. I continue to buy more DVDs than Blu-ray since Blu-ray releases are skewed toward current action movies. | | | ...James
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 165 |
| | Posted: | | | | Actually I only buy blu-rays of good movies...tv series and movies I'm sure aren't up to blu-ray standards I still buy (cheap). Like Bruce Lee's Big Boss...my latest 5.99 bin purchase. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | My answer is "None of the above."
I refuse to buy Blu-rays unless they are on sale. Yes, the picture quality is good, but it is not twice the price good.
I still buy DVDs and when the Blu-ray goes on sale, if it is a movie I want on Blu-ray, I will get it and give the DVD to one of my kids. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,946 |
| | Posted: | | | | I buy mostly newer movies on Blu-Ray, or older movies, if I didn't purchase them on DVD and the price isn't too expensive.
I bought most of my BR's in Buy 2 Get 3 formula. I don't mind paying 20€ for a movie, but I do mind paying 30€. | | | View my collection at http://www.chriskepolis.be/home/dvd.htm
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | My habits are all over the place...
I am uprading some of my favorite films to Blu Ray; provided the reviews I read say that the image is better than previous DVDs.
New stuff gets purchased on Blu Ray, if it's a film that I know and like or expect to be of better quality on Blu Ray. Films where the quality of the transfer is secondary I will still buy on DVD.
Only TV Series I am currently considering to get on Blu Ray is the Termionator Chronicles... | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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