The Official Blu Ray Thread

**Kane Knight** · 07-10-2008, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ct2k

I did have Goodfellas on VHS actually, but when I first started watching DVD's with friends I realied how far superior the quality was on DVD, not to mention they don't deterioriate like VHS either. I've not seen the point in blu-ray yet mainly because of the price, because DVD is still great quality etc and cheap as fuck, I paid �3 for 25th Hour on dvd the other day, it'd be �20 on blu-ray without doubt. I mean if we're talking LOTR here then I can imagine its gonna be immense on blu-ray on a huge flat screen.

But I don't have a huge flat screen

There was initially a huge disparity in price between DVD when it launched and the reigning champion VHS.

VHS tapes were often ten bucks or so (Prices have been jacked significantly, because now they're a "speciality" market), while DVDs reached retailed prices of 40-50 bucks, which means they probably listed for more (whereas the peak list price for most VHS tapes was 15 bucks).

But as it is, I mostly agree. There's little point in buying most movies for exorbiant prices. I don't know if I qualify for a "huge" Flat screen (32"), but some movies are incredible. Shit, I just saw HD shots of Star Wars in one of the previews for the new Star Wars video game, and even that blew away the previous quality.

Some of the best reasons to buy BD are due to having a HDTV, though. Computer graphics and animation can look shitty, especially on older movies. Newer movies aren't so bad on DVD, but I stilll grab the Pixar movies on High Def when they come out, simply because, you know, they're computer movies, and I know I will watch the fuck out of them. Ironically, I usually end up paying about five bucks more for a BD disc than I do for DVD, so there's not a huge incentive (In the US, Most retailers sell DVDs for 20-25 bucks US for new releases, and 25-30 for BD).

But on the flipside, with a couple of rare exceptions, I'm not updating my old library any time soon. I have three movies on HD I owned on DVD, and two of them were lost or stolen.