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| Registered: March 10, 2007 |  Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | Was perusing the upcomings today and wondering how many of the Blu-crew still regularly buy DVDs. | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | The vast majority of my purchases are Blu but if there's no HD version available I'll still buy the SD version. Almost all the films I've bought since going Blu have had a HD version as well, it's definitely more TV series that have only been available SD. |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | I could have checked all the Yes reasons except "when HD won't matter as much".
I just received three DVDs yesterday from Amazon (i couldn't hold my breath long enough for the BD).
Given a choice i'll take the BD but when there is no choice DVD is fine. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: October 3, 2008 | | Posts: 260 |
| | Posted: | | | | I still buy probably more dvd's than blu-ray because of the price. i can still go to walmart and buy dvd's for $5 a piece. when blu-ray's are that low i'll only buy blu-ray, but for now i only buy blu-ray of movies i REALLY want to see and in some cases i buy both blu-ray and dvd like The Dark Knight and Iron Man.(only have PS3 Blu-ray player but have 4 dvd players in my house!) that way i can watch my favorite movies on any tv in my home!!  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Definitely yes, when no Blu-ray is released...which is still very often for the more little known films. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | I picked 'Yes, when HD won't matter as much.' Because of the price, I only purchase Blu-ray discs when HD is an important aspect of the film. If, however, the Blu-ray is on sale, then that rule no longer applies. Most of my Blu-rays cost less than $20.00. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 844 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes, when there is no word of a Blu-ray version on the horizon...and I really, really have to have it. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | The only standard DVDs I buy anymore are TV sets. Even on those we decided to start buying all of the "new" shows in high def. But regarding movies - it's High Def all the way. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Price and availability of titles are the major reasons why I am still mainly purchasing DVDs. Blu-Ray is still very pricey in Australia and the number of titles very limited. I mainly purchase classic films, most of which will take some time to be released on Blu-Ray. | | | | Last edited: by Telecine |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | I mostly buy BD, but it has to be something I really want, since they can be expensive at times. The only time I buy DVD is when I purchase older tv shows. Now if the show is on BD, I'll get that. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
I picked 'Yes, when HD won't matter as much.' Because of the price, I only purchase Blu-ray discs when HD is an important aspect of the film. If, however, the Blu-ray is on sale, then that rule no longer applies. Most of my Blu-rays cost less than $20.00. Same here. Most of the BD's I've gotten cost about $12-24. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| Registered: April 14, 2007 | | Posts: 433 |
| | Posted: | | | | I typically still buy TV shows on DVD, unless it's offered in HD. Most cell animation looks the same to me on DVD or Blu-ray, so I tend to go for the cheaper DVD version for those. | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have not purchased a DVD since I got into HD DVD and Blu-ray 3 years ago (June 2, 2006).  | | | | My Home Theater |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
I picked 'Yes, when HD won't matter as much.' Because of the price, I only purchase Blu-ray discs when HD is an important aspect of the film. If, however, the Blu-ray is on sale, then that rule no longer applies. Most of my Blu-rays cost less than $20.00. This. Of course, "HD is important" is also a something personal to me, e.g. I wanted to have Evil Dead 2 in best possible quality and therefore upgraded to Blu. Then there is other movies I am just fine in owning on DVD rather than Blu-ray (like the recently purchased Bourne Trilogy...). | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | DVDs for TV series, mini-series, although I did buy "Lost" in Blu happened to catch a sale and I had never seen "Lost" when it was on the air. Just finished year one and starting on year two, impressed, lot of great extras, the commentary track breaking/poping up with examples of what they are talking about.
If I go Blu on re-releases or double dipping, I try find reviews that indicate the transfer is worth it or the extras are special. Like the "The Searchers" on sale less than $8.00 and I've traveled and photographed that films location, as with most Westerns.
On new films it depends on the type of movies. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | The onyl time I buy DVD is when it's either a super-cheap pawn-shop purchase or no DVD is available or likely to become available (i.e. most older TV shows). For instance, I haven't bought any Desperate Housewives because of the DVD only releases and am currently on the fence about Hamlet 2, which didn't get a Blu release for reasons I am not clear on. |
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