September 30, 201015 yr It is nice to see Blu-Rays drop to prices lower or equal to those of DVDs. Much nicer on my wallet. I agree, when they really first started releasing them, they were so expensive, I just couldn't afford it. I picked up every single batman movie (6) for a mere $80 on blu-ray. :D Proud Tip.It Moderator December 07 - October 2009Proud TETAU Member 2006 - 2007 <3"I had a standing agreement with god. I'd agree to believe in him, barely, so long as he let me sleep in on Sundays." - Rose Hathaway[ Posting & You ] [ Forum Rules ] [ Next Tetau Event ]
September 30, 201015 yr Never bothered with blu-ray, standard dvd's are fine for me. Plus from what I can tell in Scotland, the latest blu-ray released cost about $24-30 in stores. Damn Britain. Retired Crew Member | Retired RuneScape Player
September 30, 201015 yr Casablanca looks beautiful on blu-ray. But is the difference worth upgrading from say the standard Disk "Ultimate Collection 3 Disc" to the new Blu-Ray version? Where is the line drawn? Ahh, I misunderstood what situation you were in. It's not too tough a choice when you have the DVD collection that has more stuff than the blu-ray collection, I would say it is not worth it. The tough choices come when the blu-ray and DVD have basically the same extras, and you already own the DVD, is it worth it to upgrade. I've fallen on the "no" side 90% of the time so far for monetary reasons. The quality increase is significant from DVD to blu-ray though so if I had a little extra money it would be closer to 50/50. If you don't own either, then it is definitely worth it to go for the blu-ray (assuming there is a good transfer). For the example of Casablanca they did a new 8k scan of the film and really cleaned it up so it looks great. Old movies that had the original film stored properly still have the potential for much better quality than even blu-ray can get. Depending on screen size and distance you are sitting away the DVD to blu-ray comparison can be very noticeable, and the difference between blu-ray and something like cinema 4k could even be noticeable.
October 2, 201015 yr I can understand the appeal of Blu-Ray for certain genres, the main ones being Sci-Fi and Action (Blade Runner looks amazing on Blu-Ray).
October 2, 201015 yr 2nd hand DVDs are ridiculously cheap nowadays, blu rays are just too expensive and i don't have a decent t.v. My 5 most recent 2nd hand DVD purchases...Training Day £0.98The Salton Sea £2.94Goodfellas £1.18One flew over the cuckoos nest £2.99Mystic River £1.29 My 5 most recent brand new DVD purchases...Tropic Thunder £1.99This is England £2.99Disturbia £2.99Cloverfield £2.9910,000 BC £1.99 As you can see i don't spend alot of money, to add to that, i don't need to spend alot of money - half of those films were good watches Thank you to tripsis for an awesome sig!
October 2, 201015 yr Blu-Ray for anime is horribly hit and miss. A lot of it is badly upscaled, so you need to make it downscale for it to look decent. When you do that, it does look great though. It's very near lossless so clean series look fantastic. Not much of a difference for your typical epilepsy-inducing stuff though. Steam | Soup | Last.fm
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