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Poll Question: which is your prefered format?
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:


Maybe it's different in Europe, but everybody I know has mostly blu-ray in their collection here
But do they have more blu-ray discs than DVDs? Are they looking at replacing their DVD collection with blu-ray? Have they stopped buying DVDs and only buy blu-ray? Have they sold their DVD players on eBay or are they still wired into their home entertainment system?


I have never watched anything on Blu-Ray.  We have a cheap DVD player and a bunch of DVDs.  I ain't paying again for the same sh*t in nicer colors.  I don't need to see Jack Black's sweat that clearly.
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I don't need to see Jack Black even in ultra-low definition.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:


Maybe it's different in Europe, but everybody I know has mostly blu-ray in their collection here
But do they have more blu-ray discs than DVDs? Are they looking at replacing their DVD collection with blu-ray? Have they stopped buying DVDs and only buy blu-ray? Have they sold their DVD players on eBay or are they still wired into their home entertainment system?


I have never watched anything on Blu-Ray.  We have a cheap DVD player and a bunch of DVDs.  I ain't paying again for the same sh*t in nicer colors.  I don't need to see Jack Black's sweat that clearly.


"sh*t in nicer colors"? Yeah, neither I would like to see that. Dead
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DVD.
f**k Blu-Ray.
 
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The language in this thread is ... colourful, can we tone it down a little please?
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:


Maybe it's different in Europe, but everybody I know has mostly blu-ray in their collection here
But do they have more blu-ray discs than DVDs? Are they looking at replacing their DVD collection with blu-ray? Have they stopped buying DVDs and only buy blu-ray? Have they sold their DVD players on eBay or are they still wired into their home entertainment system?
 
Yes, yes, yes, no
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I'm genuinely surprised.
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I know a lot of people who buy Blu Rays exclusively now too Dean. 
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

I know a lot of people who buy Blu Rays exclusively now too Dean. 


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4 or 5 maybe? 
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

4 or 5 maybe? 


Well, if I say that I know at least a dozen of people who buy exclusively DVD's, would that be significant from a statistical point of view?
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I can see now, why i have never seen a picture of a Blu-Ray cover on all Live concerts reviews on PA
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I think current figures would be interesting. In 2011, in the USA (by far the largest uptake market) blu-ray totalled $2b to DVD's $6.8b ... given that Blu-ray is more expensive than DVD the numbers of discs sold would be even more than the 1:3.4 ratio would imply - a conservative guess would be what? 5 times more DVDs than Blu-ray (10 times?). The figures for Europe would be considerably lower (for a comparable total population).
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

4 or 5 maybe? 


Well, if I say that I know at least a dozen of people who buy exclusively DVD's, would that be significant from a statistical point of view?



It depends your knowledge of the multimedia collections of the people that you know. Personally, I only know the intimacies of the video collections of a dozen of my friends.
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DVDs work fine for me.  We have a handful of Blu-Ray discs, and they look great, but I don't really care about picture quality that much.  The only thing that cheeses me off is how some DVDs make you sit through a bunch of introductory crap before you can get to what you want to watch.  Great - impressive graphics, creative opening menu sequence, but I just want to watch the damn movie.
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Points: 775 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 16:11
Love the vintage feel of VHS, dvds are solid too, but with a good set up (its a must), blue ray is an experience. I mean watching say Sucker Punch on an hd tv, with a great soundsystem and hd tv is vastly superior over dvd. The quality of blue ray over dvd is much more noticeable in newer movies...
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

given that Blu-ray is more expensive than DVD
I often see new releases when the same programme is offered as 2DVD or single Blu-ray disc. In such cases Blu-ray is cheaper.

Originally posted by rdtprog rdtprog wrote:

I can see now, why i have never seen a picture of a Blu-Ray cover on all Live concerts reviews on PA
Even now most videos released on DVD and Blu-ray (quite often on DVD only). So we usually choose DVD cover. When exclusively Blu-ray editions appear you'll see their covers on PA. Smile
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 17:12
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The language in this thread is ... colourful, can we tone it down a little please?
It's a thread about better color so...
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Points: 10841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2012 at 12:47
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

4 or 5 maybe? 


Well, if I say that I know at least a dozen of people who buy exclusively DVD's, would that be significant from a statistical point of view?



It depends your knowledge of the multimedia collections of the people that you know. Personally, I only know the intimacies of the video collections of a dozen of my friends.


The... "intimacies of video collections"??? "Intimacies", really? That sounds a bit raunchy (or have I a dirty mind?)
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DVD's for me but I dont tend to buy many films on any format, watching them once tends to be enough for me as I can usually remember them pretty well and feel no need to watch again (the exception being really good films and TV series). Because of this I tend to rent on my LoveFilm subscription.

The problem is my PS3 recently went Yellow Light of Death on me and since it's out of warrenty it'll cost me £120 to get it refurbed, which I cant afford so the few Blu-Ray's I have are going to be collecting dust for a sometime to come now. Meanwhile my old PS2 still soldiers on so I can watch my DVD's fine, even if it's not the best picture quality.
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