Author Topic: Blu Rays are gonna be so cheap now that the format war is over (Read 4587 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** January 15, 2008, 07:04:18 PM »

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Announcements/Sony_Plans_to_Walk_Hard_on_Blu-ray/1372

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In an early announce to retail, Sony says it will bring the comedy 'Walk Hard' to Blu-ray this March in a two-disc set chock full of bonus material.

Sony has set a suggested list price of $43.95 for 'Walk Hard.'

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:07:26 PM »

Jesus Fuck.

hyp · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:07:52 PM »

gotta make up for the PS3 losses somehow.

FancyFeast · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:09:28 PM »

Gotta make up for a 500 million dollar check that's about to bounce.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:09:41 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 15, 2008, 07:04:18 PM

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Announcements/Sony_Plans_to_Walk_Hard_on_Blu-ray/1372

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In an early announce to retail, Sony says it will bring the comedy 'Walk Hard' to Blu-ray this March in a two-disc set chock full of bonus material.

Sony has set a suggested list price of $43.95 for 'Walk Hard.'

That translates to about $30.00 at Wal-Mart.

But seriously, the war isn't COMPLETELY over yet. Sony should wait to crank up the prices until after it's set in stone.

OH WAIT, WHY NOT CRANK UP THE PRICES PERIOD.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:10:34 PM »

that's $30.77 with amazon's normal 30% discount

what a bargain

border · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:10:50 PM »

Guess what the "suggested price" of Spider Man 3 BluRay is? $43.95. Guess how much it costs on Amazon? $20.99. MSRP is always way above the retail price for movies.

The lack of a format war doesn't have much effect on movie prices -- only sour-grapes HD-DVD nuts seem to think otherwise. There is no rival format to DVD, yet somehow they are all cheap as fuck....

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:14:17 PM »

HD format can suck my dick

DVDs for the next 10 years at least.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:14:57 PM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:18:08 PM »

Spider-man was $30+ when it first came out just about everywhere, it's also been out a few months, and since it is a pack-in that probably helped spur a price drop

I guarantee this Walk Hard thing will be $32 on most retail store shelves for release week.

DVD is cheap as fuck now because it has reached a saturation point, but it sure as hell wasn't for the first couple of years. Given the choice between paying $12-14 on release week for a mediocre comedy on DVD or paying $30-32 on Blu Ray, I think any level-headed person knows that insane price gulf isn't swaying people to shift over.

That said, give me more BOGOs you cheap fucks, you've won

Powerslave · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:18:17 PM »

Which Tom Cruise movies are already on bluray

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:21:36 PM »

Last Samurai

uh

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:26:19 PM »

To me, a reasonable HD media pricing tier would be:

$19.95 retail for catalog titles, translates to about $15 online/Wal-Mart/etc.

$24.95 for new releases, translates to about $20 online/Wal-Mart/etc.

it would still be a bit more expensive than DVD, but not ridiculous levels

who the fuck is going to buy Walk Hard at that price even with a discount, especially when it probably won't even sell that well at $15 on DVD

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:27:21 PM »

Rene Ruso HD movies: $0.49

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:28:44 PM »

Diane Lane HD movies: They give you a dollar and a can of Ensure to remove it from their store

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:29:53 PM »

Diane Lane HD movies: $20 and a free jar of KY

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:31:47 PM »

and a blindfold

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #17 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:32:26 PM »

Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on January 15, 2008, 07:29:53 PM

Diane Lane HD movies: $20 and a free jar of KY

Thats more like it. Though I think its a Jar of KY with a Diane Lane HD move for free.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #18 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:32:55 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 15, 2008, 07:31:47 PM

and a blindfold just in case Rene Ruso also stars in the movie

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Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #19 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:39:14 PM »

be glad that isn't in HD

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #20 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:40:29 PM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #21 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:42:27 PM »

she's grown herself quite a sturdy neck

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #22 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:46:27 PM »

I guess nobody here is old enough to remember when DVD launched.

HD is a niche market. It gets niche market pricing. It'll achieve price parity with DVD in 2009. Get used to it.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #23 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:51:30 PM »

Dude, I am 38. I am fully aware of DVD pricing, since I bought a bunch of overpriced DVDs when the format was new. At the time, there was no other choice if you wanted better quality than VHS. Now there is. As a matter of fact, there are many alternatives. Physical HD media is going to remain a niche market if they adhere to old pricing rules. The price needs to drop on new releases, and drop fast, if they ever hope to achieve parity.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #24 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:53:09 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 15, 2008, 07:14:57 PM

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #25 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:56:40 PM »

I buy all my blu-rays from sonysource.com

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #26 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:56:55 PM »

the point has already been made that even with discounts this will still be a $30 movie

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #27 on:** January 15, 2008, 07:57:27 PM »

and fuck you, stay the goddamned hell out of the thread if you think it's so fucking stupid

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #28 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:00:34 PM »

eel is LOSING IT

Ichirou · « **Reply #29 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:02:02 PM »

Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on January 15, 2008, 07:40:29 PM

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I love her.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #30 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:02:41 PM »

I'm perfectly calm, I'm just telling it like it is

this board has many threads I consider stupid, but I'm not going to be rude and poke my face into them just to post that

Ichirou · « **Reply #31 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:04:18 PM »

Diane Lane > Blu-Ray

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #32 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:04:39 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 15, 2008, 07:57:27 PM

and fuck you, stay the goddamned hell out of the thread if you think it's so fucking stupid

at the risk of rerailing the thread, what are these cheaper HD alternatives of which you speak?

and I agree they're too high--I didn't buy 3:10 to Yuma cause it was $30 even after discounts--but I just shrug and get more selective

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #33 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:10:19 PM »

Not necessarily all true HD, but:

I watched a little of that "watch instantly" feature that netflix has today, and it was DVD quality - actually, a little more than that through my HTPC upscaling

If you have the HDD space on your DVR, you can record a movie off any of the HD channels and keep it indefinitely

Upscaled DVDs look pretty damned good through the PS3

Point is, a lot of people are going to consider that "good enough" for most movies, and there weren't such options available in the early days of DVD. It was either DVD, VHS, or Laserdisc lol. HD has a lot up against it whereas DVD didn't.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #34 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:13:20 PM »

That said, I love HD, it makes everything at least 15% better, but they desperately need lower retail pricing to hit that mass acceptance level, or we're going to be paying laserdisc prices forever

The Rock and Con Air were both pretty reasonably priced, though, so maybe we'll see catalog titles regularly priced at non-lol levels

T234 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:18:57 PM »

So much hostility in this thread between Ventrilo Man, An Overworked Game Designer, and An Undersexed Fake Balcony Aficionado.

EDIT: You know who you are, people.

Ichirou · « **Reply #36 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:19:44 PM »

Why hasn't this become a Diane Lane appreciation thread yet?

T234 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 15, 2008, 08:43:32 PM »

Yes, we all know you jerk off to the last third of Romeo and Juliet.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #38 on:** January 15, 2008, 09:02:33 PM »

Quote from: Eel_O_Brian on January 15, 2008, 08:10:19 PM

Not necessarily all true HD, but:

I watched a little of that "watch instantly" feature that netflix has today, and it was DVD quality - actually, a little more than that through my HTPC upscaling

If you have the HDD space on your DVR, you can record a movie off any of the HD channels and keep it indefinitely

Upscaled DVDs look pretty damned good through the PS3

Point is, a lot of people are going to consider that "good enough" for most movies, and there weren't such options available in the early days of DVD. It was either DVD, VHS, or Laserdisc lol. HD has a lot up against it whereas DVD didn't.

The Xbox Live Marketplace also has HD stuff. I only mention it to once again bring up the fact that we in Japan can't access most of it, despite paying the same amount for Live as the rest of the world. All we get is some shite anime we could just as well youtube for free.

hyp · « **Reply #39 on:** January 15, 2008, 09:26:34 PM »

^^^ i'll admit, i've "rented" a couple movies in HD off the market place.

*runs and hides in a corner*

can't help it, the convenience is what did it for me.

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #40 on:** January 15, 2008, 11:54:48 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 15, 2008, 07:46:27 PM

I guess nobody here is old enough to remember when DVD launched.

HD is a niche market. It gets niche market pricing. It'll achieve price parity with DVD in 2009. Get used to it.

Exactly. And besides, I almost never buy a Blu-ray when it first comes out. I wait for the price to go down a bit.

drew · « **Reply #41 on:** January 16, 2008, 12:06:47 AM »

Can someone please educate me on when the hell this happened. It's like out of nowhere everyone's like, "OH THAT'S IT! IT'S WON! lolololololol".

What happened?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #42 on:** January 16, 2008, 12:10:27 AM »

Warner Brothers is ceasing support of HD DVD in May. HBO is no longer supporting HD DVD, and New Line is gone as well. It is expected that before the end of the year, Universal and Paramount (the last two HD DVD exclusive studios) will either go neutral or drop HD DVD altogether. HD DVD is bleeding out.

Ichirou · « **Reply #43 on:** January 16, 2008, 12:33:23 AM »

I have some VCDs.

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