Is it worth buying dvd movies while you know that blue ray is gonna take over soon or later?
by admin on Nov.28, 2009, under Uncategorized
Im thinking I shouldnt buy DVD Movies anymore due to the fact that blue ray movies are better and soo nto take over.Should I just start buying blue ray instead?Alot of people are gonna buy the dvd they ahve for the blue ray once they see how better it is over dvd.
It's pretty much your call.
As long as people buy DVDs, they'll sell DVDs. BDs are growing in popularity, but they're still distant compared to DVDs. Most people who buy a Blu-Ray player today just get one, while they probably have a bunch of other DVD players in the house (kids, PCs, car, portable, etc).. so there's some value in buying DVDs yet to some people.
Because it's unlikely anyone could sell a BD player that didn't play DVDs, they all pretty much do. That capability isn't going away any time soon, if ever.. in fact, since BD is really a superset of DVD (MPEG-2, AC-3, DTS, PCM, etc. are still supported on BD, so the only cost savings removing DVD would be in the licensing... even the red laser subassembly is so cheap, it's likely lost in the noise floor.
So your investment in DVDs is sound. BD won, and it's moving fast, so I don't think that's a risk (but it was, pretty much, before January, when Toshiba was a competition). If it does ok or totally takes over depends on many things, including how long it is until we have a $25 BD player. I think it's really you call.
I buy most new stuff on BD, but still buy super-cheap and used DVDs for films that I might have rented but wouldn't have bothered with on BD.
It's funny that even films shot on mini-DV camcorders (standard definition), like "28 Days Later" and "Cloverfield" are showing up on Blu-Ray... you don't absolutely need BD for every title. But there are some films I just can't watch in SD anymore...
November 29th, 2009 on 2:38 am
Unlike with VHS, DVD will not become completely obsolete when Blu-Ray takes over the world, so you should still buy DVDs.
Difference is this time round, is that DVDs can play on the same players as Blu-Rays, so they will still be used.
Long live the humble DVD!
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November 29th, 2009 on 3:21 am
It somewhat depends on the movie. For things with lots of great visual and audio effects, I buy blu-ray exclusively, but older movies I’d still buy on DVD. You also have to take into account portability. For example, I have a DVD player in my car for my 1-year old to watch cartoons. Remember, a DVD will work in a blu-ray player so you only lose the additional quality.
Toshiba is not inventing a new format, simply a new player to "upconvert" standard DVDs. However most blu-ray players will already do that over HDMI, so the difference won’t be significant (upconverting is not as good as native HD).
References :
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2008/05/31/toshiba-cooking-up-upconverting-super-dvd-to-best-blu-ray/
November 29th, 2009 on 4:10 am
Since Toshiba has decided to come out with a new super-duper DVD format to compete with Blue Ray and most newer players will play them both, hang in there, DVD is a long way from dead yet.
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November 29th, 2009 on 4:24 am
It’s pretty much your call.
As long as people buy DVDs, they’ll sell DVDs. BDs are growing in popularity, but they’re still distant compared to DVDs. Most people who buy a Blu-Ray player today just get one, while they probably have a bunch of other DVD players in the house (kids, PCs, car, portable, etc).. so there’s some value in buying DVDs yet to some people.
Because it’s unlikely anyone could sell a BD player that didn’t play DVDs, they all pretty much do. That capability isn’t going away any time soon, if ever.. in fact, since BD is really a superset of DVD (MPEG-2, AC-3, DTS, PCM, etc. are still supported on BD, so the only cost savings removing DVD would be in the licensing… even the red laser subassembly is so cheap, it’s likely lost in the noise floor.
So your investment in DVDs is sound. BD won, and it’s moving fast, so I don’t think that’s a risk (but it was, pretty much, before January, when Toshiba was a competition). If it does ok or totally takes over depends on many things, including how long it is until we have a $25 BD player. I think it’s really you call.
I buy most new stuff on BD, but still buy super-cheap and used DVDs for films that I might have rented but wouldn’t have bothered with on BD.
It’s funny that even films shot on mini-DV camcorders (standard definition), like "28 Days Later" and "Cloverfield" are showing up on Blu-Ray… you don’t absolutely need BD for every title. But there are some films I just can’t watch in SD anymore…
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