yeah because I'm sure they'll go lower def as opposed to high def as the price of HDTVs go down. I never buy standard def DVDs anymore, I've converted the better part of my movie collection now and have well over 200 movies, have paid anywhere between 8-25 bucks for them, never 30 though
This isn't what the mainstream is doing though -- upconverting standard dvds to HD is fine for most people. Hell, 480P is still the preferred choice for most. It's also pretty obvious that HD streaming technology is going to replace disks in the next decade anyway.
Bingo. The staying power for me to go out and buy new Bluray discs is very limited when I see the technology right around the corner.
I don't really know how revolutionary 3d is going to be. People are not going to like being forced to wear, and particularly to pay for the extra glasses. Additionally, HD has been out for what, 10 years now? And there are STILL channels that don't broadcast in HD. How long before we have a high volume of 3d channels? Because standard def doesn't look so hot on the 3d models.
That's what they've been saying for years but bandwidth issues have kept it from happening. Internet providers have been trying to get some sort of bandwidth controls from what I've read. Besides it's not like even if streaming begins happening in mass all the sudden bluray disk and players will stop functioning, it'll still work just fine with my HDTV.
Can 2/5 American's burn a blu ray disc for their own personal collection. If the answer is no, then no it is not main stream yet.
Dont see the point of getting a blu-ray player when you can get an ASUS media player hooked up to your tv for $89 and download unlimited Blu-ray quality movies from chinese site (not torrent) www.verycd.com
Actually this is more true than you think. With so many videos available instantly on Netflix, Hulu, and other services, that's the real growth market. I'd much rather watch a Netflix instant movie for no additional cost than pay for it (or even wait for it). And with my connection speed, it's roughly the same quality as SD Television. I have HDTV, hook my computer to it with HDMI, and watch many of my movies in below 480P.
I remember when HDDVD and Blu-Ray were free to rent on Netflix with no additional charge... I pay that $3 fee... but I think they need to take that down pretty soon. It's inevitable that Blu-Ray will eventually become the primary source of watching movies and DVD will take a backseat like VHS did to DVDs.
I don't know anyone with a Blu Ray player. Because most people arent going to replace their DVD collection. It takes someone like me who doesnt have a big DVD collection to commit to Blu Ray for the next 15 years. And even I'm not doing that. I think most people consider getting an HDTV the "next step" technological buy enough. Then it was like oh now I'm supposed to get this Blu Ray stuff with it? Cuz they already told me I can already see my DVDs better on this $3000 dollar device? The big innovation and selling point from VHS to DVD was the same as cassette tapes to CD - the fact you didnt have to rewind and fast forward through yards of of tape reels. And "Be Kind, Rewind" became extinct, and you and didnt have any tape reels to get damaged in the first place. The actual quality and sharpness of the picture is only a small part of the selling point to people. Just as CD music went to MP3 and similar non-physical formats, its the same with DVD to digital movie formats. The convenience factor. If VHS picture showed NO improvement on DVD disks, DVD woulda still took over. Especially with no competing emerging technologies around the corner. I guess in the future instead of a complete 1 size fits all standardization, there will be different options for video/audiohols and novice viewers. Kinda like how people watch on projecters vs rear projection TV. 3D doesnt mean anything watching something on a cell phone.
Really? That's lame. Blockbuster deal is better, but they're also going out of business Well, I'm going to stick with them till they do hehe
dude, seriously I don't know if you've looked into it lately, but all this is pretty incorrect. I routinely get blurays for 11-15 bucks at all the major places; amazon, target, best buy. Hell even new releases can generally be found on release day for 20 bucks.
Cool story, so the same thing you said a few years ago. Hd never will take off and digital downloads will be the future. Still waiting...maybe in a few years, you'll say it'll happen in 10 years again.
If DVD's suck on your HDTV it's because your DVD player doesn't scale well. Or you have it setup wrong. If you do the upscaling right (only one time and you use the best device in your signal chain to do the upscaling) DVDs can look pretty good on an HDTV. I even blow my picture up to 92" via a projector and they look good. Basically you want to set your DVD player to output at whatever resolution your TV is and you DON'T want your TV to do any more scaling. Or have the signal sent out "pure" from your DVD player and have your TV do the scaling but either way you only want to resolution scaled once.
That's not going to happen anytime soon. There are still numerous households that do not have an HDTV capable of utilizing BluRay, be it a CRT or a smaller-screen HDTV. Even if BluRay became more affordable, it's still not as universal as DVD.
