"For many people... DVD remains ‘good enough’ for most titles"

[Fresh Prince]

Is it to justify Lucas dragging his feet on an HD release of the Star Wars movies?

Did Disney prefer HD-DVD?

One of these two

[Flannel Boy]

Blu Ray is the new Laserdisc--except that only two million Laserdisc players were sold in the US in over 20 years compared to about 25 million Blu Ray players in five years.

[max_cool]

For me, the Blu-ray killer app is the Lost collection. I will buy that, and a HD TV and Blu-ray player all in the same day. No joke.

[Flannel Boy]

For me, the Blu-ray killer app is the Lost collection. I will buy that, and a HD TV and Blu-ray player all in the same day. No joke.

leper/ban

Where are the mods on this forum?

[CajoleJuice]

For me, the Blu-ray killer app is the Lost collection. I will buy that, and a HD TV and Blu-ray player all in the same day. No joke.

[Eel O'Brian]

i just found out there's a kelly's heroes + where eagles dare double feature blu ray pack for $20, i'll probably buy that since those are two fuckawesome eastwood movies i would watch over again

[GilloD]

Duh. Why the fuck would I pay like a 15-20$ tax on my DVD to get a SUPERIOR PICTURE MAYBE. A lot of Blue Ray movies just look fucking weird.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm not getting Blu-Ray until LOTR shows up

and i get a job

[Smooth Groove]

I'm not getting Blu-Ray until LOTR shows up

and i get a job

It showed up already, moran.  I bought them a month ago. 

[CajoleJuice]

Don't the LOTR Blu-rays suck?

[Smooth Groove]

I think 1 is supposed to be a little sub-par but 2 & 3 are pretty good. 

[Mandark]

i just found out there's a kelly's heroes + where eagles dare double feature blu ray pack for $20, i'll probably buy that since those are two fuckawesome eastwood movies i would watch over again

That's the WW2 movie where Donald Sutherland has a speech about none of them knowing what they were fighting for anyway, right?  I know the cliche about war movies reflecting the time they're made more than the war they're about, but that was still pretty jarring when I saw it the first time.

[Cormacaroni]

Hey, if it's 'good enough' for 'many people', it must be good enough for me. I shall return all these awesome BRDs immediately.

[Raban]

These are my BRD titles, I don't even have a player anymore:

Goodfellas: Amazing transfer
Total Recall: Shit transfer
Layer Cake: Amazing transfer
Akira: Like orgasming non-stop for 125 minutes

Outside of that the only movie I checked out that I really felt compelled to buy was The Fifth Element, since the transfer made it look like a brand new movie. Oh and any Pixar film I'd say is worth getting on Blu-Ray.

EDIT: I think one place the whole Blu-Ray marketing fucked up is how every player including the PS3 comes with a kick-ass upscaler. So even though DVD video still has compression artifacts, it doesn't look like utter shit in comparison like it would sans the upscaling.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I'm not getting Blu-Ray until LOTR shows up

and i get a job

It showed up already, moran.  I bought them a month ago. 

But it's the theatrical versions, not the extended ones (i.e. the REAL movie).  I'm holding out for that.

And yeah, for the most part DVD is just fine for me.  I'll occasionally buy a blu-ray if I think the movie needs it (like Avatar for instance or some Pixar film), but for the most part it's really not too important. I think I only own about 20 or so blu-rays.

[Eel O'Brian]

i just found out there's a kelly's heroes + where eagles dare double feature blu ray pack for $20, i'll probably buy that since those are two fuckawesome eastwood movies i would watch over again

That's the WW2 movie where Donald Sutherland has a speech about none of them knowing what they were fighting for anyway, right?  I know the cliche about war movies reflecting the time they're made more than the war they're about, but that was still pretty jarring when I saw it the first time.

yeah, his hippie character is an obvious vietnam throw-in reference, but for the most part the movie is just action-comedy

where eagles dare is the good shit, like a live-action wolfenstein minus the supernatural stuff

[CajoleJuice]

These are my BRD titles, I don't even have a player anymore:

Goodfellas: Amazing transfer

No. It's actually pretty fucking shitty. There's one shot that has a HUGE LINE right through the middle of the shot.

On the other hand, it's still Goodfellas.

[Mupepe]

That seems to be a fault with the master because it's on every iteration of goodfellas.  But yeah, that transfer was pretty crappy when it first came out and since they've advanced the last few years it looks even worse in comparison.

[OptimoPeach]

Blu-ray: where the quality of every transfer is basically a dice roll

Gee oh boy I wonder why people aren't ditching DVD

[CajoleJuice]

Speed Racer on Blu-ray    

And I just consult this:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342

[Smooth Groove]

Speed Racer is crap but its video quality on its Blu-ray is fantastic. 

[The Fake Shemp]

Speed Racer rocks, but Smooth Groove's taste was crap before that post.

[Eric P]

my bluray collection
Monty Python: Almost The Truth (gift)
Django
Fist of Legend
36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Killer
New Police Story
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Inglorious Basterds

[BlueTsunami]

For many people... shitting and not washing their hands remain ‘good enough’ for most bathroom excursions