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clarke2001 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 14 2006 Location: Croatia Status: Offline Points: 4160 |
 Posted: May 10 2010 at 13:29 |
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Man, I'm still on VHS.
I have, of course, a DVD drive on my computer, but I'm not to keen on watching movies on tiny monitor. I bought a DVD player for my gf this Christmas so we're watching movies at her place these days. Lovely experience, but I'm not too crazy about movies. I prefer cinema, on those rare occasions when I want to watch something. Speaking of quality, I'm sure BluRay is better, but I just don't care - DVD's are good enough for me, so I guess I won't be upgrading my gadgetry any time soon, I don't think it's worth it. |
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Catcher10
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 14:00 |
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Krapp...I mean betamax (holy options of media Batman!!)
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 14:05 |
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I'm going to be holding out the vhsblueraycharlesbetamxdvd8trackcdcassette. Boy will all you guys be so disappointed when that format comes out and you have to rebuy everything you already got...
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: May 10 2010 at 14:31 |
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^ that's why I'm renting most of my movies. Through Lovefilm (a company that allows you to rent dvds and blu-rays by mail) I only pay 1-2 EUR per disk.
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rdtprog
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 14:40 |
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Blu Ray by far (6 times the resolution). But i have to watch some DVD also, because there's not enough music in Blu Ray. Porcupine Tree have decided to put their next one in a package with both of them. I know it's more expensive, but if it will be cheaper in a few years to come.
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Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
Emile M. Cioran |
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Catcher10
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VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17848 |
Posted: May 10 2010 at 14:42 |
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Umm...you left out 8mm, VHS-C
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: May 10 2010 at 16:45 |
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There's no comparison in quality. None can really PREFER DVD over bluray. One can decide not to upgrade and that's valid. But preferring Dvd over bluray is like preferring an 8-track cassette to a CD for audio, the former doesn't do absolutely anything better than the latter, nothing at all.
Besides, bluray plays dvds and upscales them... They DO look much better (if you have the proper tv and cable of course).
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UndercoverBoy
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Joined: November 10 2009 Location: Tulsa, OK, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 5148 |
Posted: May 10 2010 at 21:43 |
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Sounds like our Netflix (I don't know if you can rent Blu-Rays, though), except that you pay monthly. As for the question, I prefer DVD. I'm not much a videophile, if there is such a thing.
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thellama73
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 21:54 |
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There's no way I'm going to upgrade my DVDs and buy a new player just for a marginal improvement in quality. I know I have bad vision, but DVDs look good enough for me. Anyway, I haven't actually bought a DVD since I got Netflix and I don't intend to start unless it's something really special.
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Atavachron
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 22:28 |
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I'm surprised DVD is winning handily (though I don't plan an upgrade anytime soon).. just watched Holst's The Planets, a collection of images taken of each planet [except Pluto] to Holst's magnificent music. It was beautiful but though I do see the difference in clarity, it didn't move me to switch over to Bluray. Another thing is sound: the person whose machine I watched had not hooked up their stereo speakers to the TV, and I think that's a really big part of the modern home film experience. Anyone know if bluray improves audio? It would make a huge difference in switching people over, IMO.
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: May 10 2010 at 23:23 |
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Of course it improves audio but unless you have good equipment, only marginally. Dvd can go only up to 5.1 surround. Bluray can do 7.1 in dolby trueHD and dts-HD, two lossless audio formats where you won't be losing any detail in the transfer from master recording to home media.
You have to have a decent receiver and speakers for this. For the big increase in picture quality, you just need and hdtv and an hdmi cable. |
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: May 11 2010 at 01:27 |
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Well, actually it's not surprising that DVD is winning here ... after all this is a prog forum, and prog fans are usually nostalgic. "The grass was greener" ... applied to every technology.
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 01:29 |
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That or people see little point in buying new hardware to play movies they've been forced to re-purchase. |
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KoS
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Joined: May 17 2005 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 16310 |
Posted: May 11 2010 at 01:33 |
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wow, you people are backwards.
I say streaming.
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Vompatti
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 01:48 |
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DVD. Although there seems to be a lot more faulty DVD discs than there ever were faulty VHS tapes, and the recordable DVDs are a joke.
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Henry Plainview
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Joined: May 26 2008 Location: Declined Status: Offline Points: 16715 |
Posted: May 11 2010 at 02:45 |
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I disagree. I'm sure it's very nice, but a HDTV that is large enough to actually make a difference is $500-1000 dollars, and then the Blu Ray player is another $200, plus the extra cost of the Blu Ray discs. And the only thing I actually want to watch in Blu Ray is David Attenborough documentaries, but that's a lot of money for one thing.
That's lame, either I listen to David Attenborough over Planet Earth footage or I don't watch it at all. |
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: May 11 2010 at 12:55 |
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^ have you seen the movie in HD?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeacjOkLjZ0 The techniques they used for shooting the movie are nothing short of amazing ... not just the resolution but also super slow motion filming and some pretty innovative ideas. BTW: This clip is only 720p and low bitrate, but early on in the shot with the flying birds you get an idea of how amazing this looks in HD. Edited by Mr ProgFreak - May 11 2010 at 13:07 |
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Mr ProgFreak
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Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: May 11 2010 at 13:10 |
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With Lovefilm you also pay monthly ... I pay about 25 EUR for a 3 disk flatrate, and I usually rent more than ten disks per month. Ok, I pay more like 2-3 EUR per disk now (they increased the fee a few months ago). I still think it's much better than buying the disks. Why watch the same set of disks over and over again, when you can watch new movies and series every month. In that regard movies are totally different from music albums IMO. |
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Finnforest
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16913 |
Posted: May 11 2010 at 16:29 |
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Exactly. I'm not anti-BluRay, I just don't care enough to run out and buy the newest thing. DVDs and CDs look and sound good enough IMO. Are they *as* good? No. Do I care? No |
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Epignosis
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 16:32 |
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Absolutely right Jim. How clear can a picture be?  Who wants to see each bead of sweat on Chris Squire's face anyway?  |
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