Comments on: Still Haven’t Gotten On Board With Blu-Ray: YADF

By: Nice. Looks Like Stand Alone Blu-Ray Players Are Nearing The WTH Price » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:24:39 +0000

[...] war with HD DVD, because streaming options over the Internet are eventually sure to catch up (the HD options on Netflix Watch Instantly and the Apple TV are good enough in my opinion), and lastly, price. Paying $300-$400 for a Blu-Ray player had me dancing around a PS3 for a while, [...]

By: papa

papa — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:47:08 +0000

Imho, the only thing truly worth watching on blu-ray is the BBC's fantastic “Planet Earth” series. Anything less than 1080p for that program is inadequate. But you can easily rent that sucker — no need to buy it. Beyond that, I don't see any reason to buy a dedicated player, though I will admit that it's a nice benefit of the PS3 and worthwhile in the context of a gaming system.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:38:26 +0000

Cutting prices would do wonders.

By: Sports Car Hire

Sports Car Hire — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:14:47 +0000

damn ..I though i am the only one who cat see the AWESOME QUALITY if blu-ray but seems that there are other who think like me,,though its rare..hehe well imho that the flop of blu ray is cause of its hi fi price.why would one spend almost double price..when he can get the thing in its half..ultimately they have to cut the price sooner or later..

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:18:09 +0000

Heh… I *almost* rebought the Star Wars trilogy that included the original version from the seventies without all the CGI stuff, but drew the line around there. And it's a pretty safe bet Lucas is working on some ultimate 6 Blu-Ray set with a CGI Yoda in Empire or some other travesty.

Meanwhile I see some glimmers of how awesome the future could be. Eight seasons of Red Dwarf just showed up on Netflix Watch Instantly. That's a series I'd always wanted to check out. But even getting eight DVDs in the mail seems like a hassle. Now they're all available on demand. Also saw Monty Python, The IT Crowd, Star Trek TOS… all series I don't want to buy on DVD or Blu-Ray – but I'd totally pay a subscription fee (and am doing so) to access them.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:02:42 +0000

Yeah – I think my list of movies I'd rebuy on Blu-Ray is very short. And as for whole TV seasons – that's a huge investment I'm reluctant to add up.

By: jcieplinski

jcieplinski — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:58:20 +0000

Your ultimate realization is what the market on the whole has realized as well. I love HD content, but most of the time my standard def DVDs aren't bad enough to warrant buying the movie all over again. Especially not in a physical form.

Even though the digital downloads are a lower-quality HD than Blu-ray offers, they are more than enough to look good on my 32-inch LCD.

People are tired of the YADF situation. The music and movie industries really killed the goose on that one. I can't even count how many different versions of the Star Wars movies I've purchased over the years. So for me, it's downloads or nothing from here on out.

I just sold my entire CD collection a few months ago, and I'm so happy I did. No more boxes of plastic to haul around whenever I move. No more trouble trying to keep dics alphabetized. It's very liberating.

By: MG Siegler

MG Siegler — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:27:01 +0000

I'm with ya, with each passing day I think more and more that Blu-ray is already dead, it just doesn't realize it yet. Yeah, the quality is nice, but not nice enough to justify an entire library upgrade from DVD — especially when it's inevitable that eventually all of this will be transfered over the Internet anyway.