Comments on: Six Good Reasons to Upgrade to HD-DVD or Blu-ray

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:46:11 +0000

I bet he regrets writting point 5 now lol XD

By: Darth Nameless

Darth Nameless — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:41:55 +0000

Hey, why is Henrik giving us American football analogies?

I’m the guy who picked Ryan Leaf and ended up with OJ. (Hey, I’m not a football fan. I don’t even know if Leaf and Simpson are in the same league, or played in the same era!)

I wonder what’s going to happen if the majority of people keep on waiting for one format to go away. I think I’ll be dead by the time I choose.

By: 1138

1138 — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:04:22 +0000

I would love a blu-ray and HD-DVD. But right now its just to expensive. I just purchased a HDTV and even though I didn’t spend 10,000 grand, spending 1500-2000 is a lot of money for me and probably for most people. So spending plus on top of that you have to purchase a good sound system and that would probably set you back 200-3000. After that buying the right furniture and maybe even having some one set it all up can be a major investment. So spending that extra 200-600 bucks for either format for many people aren’t a priority when you can get HD content off air and on cable and people can buy up-converting players for a fraction of what blu ray or HD cost.

Basically it’s the price and once than comes down to what you can pay for a decent up-converting player which on average seems to be 100.00.

Besides I think people are already overwhelmed with the process of buying a HDTV. For people who are not familiar with the lingo and tech, it can be somewhat intimidating.

I will definitely will be buying a blu ray or HD player someday…I just want those prices to come down even more. So for now it’s up-converting for me and you know that up-converted picture still looks good on my HDTV!!! Not as good as Blu ray or HD bu I’ll live! For Now.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:41:19 +0000

Goon: You make a good point. For people who have smaller DVD collections, they probably only buy their very favourite movies to begin with. And the purchase of the HD TV is still probably the biggest barrier for most people.

Darth: Crappy sound systems? Since when did you become such an audiophile? I don’t have any high-tech noise cancelling headphones, but I do have a Dolby 5.1 setup. Hey, it’s not 7.1 but I do care about sound.

mike: The HD-DVD combo releases are a good idea in theory, but I think it might be hurting them in some cases because they are a lot more expensive.

Bob: I hear what you’re saying about collecting being a disease (or at least an addiction). I think the attachment to the physical medium is going to fade away eventually. On the other hand, ripping DVDs is illegal, and ripping HD-DVDs is currently not very convenient.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:58:35 +0000

Darth Nameless is like the guy who picked Ryan Leaf over Peyton Manning.

By: Bob Rose

Bob Rose — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:39:02 +0000

I just get anything ive ever wanted from **cough** ***cough*** a site called interNETFLIX and rip every DVD…its so easy cheap and practical…buying music and movies is for the technologically stunted…or the geek that NEEDS TO OWN THE COVERS…you cant take them with you dude…collecting is a disease, you should only be concerned with the content…and that brings us back to why I should probably want an HD player…dammit!

By: mike

mike — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:32:11 +0000

What I think is interesting is these new dual format disks that are for sale…one side has DVD the other has HDDVD. In some places it’s the only DVD you can buy for certain titles. So, people without HD DVD players now have HD DVD disks, which could eventually persuade them to buy an HD DVD player over a Blu Ray

By: Darth Nameless

Darth Nameless — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:03:41 +0000

I have this ongoing “argument” with Jay and Sean (although I don’t argue with Sean because he’s a nice guy) that Blu-ray and HD-DVD will both disappear. I’m only kidding in this argument, because no one is predicting that both formats will fail and I’d have to be an idiot to stand alone in this belief.

I find a certain irony (that’s the wrong word, but you know what I mean) in that both Jay and Sean watch movies with crappy sound systems. (Oops, I think I’m going to be disinvited from their Halloween movie night.)

I can afford to upgrade all my equipment, but having a higher resolution image just doesn’t turn me on. Simple as that.

I’m a bit surprised that Blu-ray and HD-DVD media is not readily available. (IMO, Jay’s problems in getting the latest releases support this statement.)

I didn’t think the DVD format would be so successful, so my opinion can’t be relied on as to what may happen in the future.

By: Goon

Goon — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:23:57 +0000

aside from the fact that i cant afford HD/Blu Ray right now, and especially cant afford a new TV right now to actually make the upgrade noticable, is the fact that most of the movies that i would want to see crisper i already have.. so in a way I WOULD feel like i’m replacing my DVD collection, or at least the core of it.

on a minor level, i have to say outright…. I HATE the packaging of DVD/Blu Ray, the intrusive logos on the front and the slim/less height cases. granted, French/English packaging is solved in the case of these releases which is my biggest regular DVD annoyance, but really, its going to be a couple years before HD or Blu Ray is even something I can seriously consider, and I think its that way for most people.

By: Nemesis

Nemesis — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:22:43 +0000

Great Article,

Now its time 2 experience some great movies coming out in HD-DVD/Blu-Ray, 2001 & the upcoming Blade-Runner discs are worth upgrading 4 alone & good point about not upgrading your entire collection, just your fav movies r worth getting upgraded. Not like i’m bothered about watching The Toxic Avenger in High-Def anytime soon, DVDs are still fine..