F...Blu Ray

I know because it is sooooo important that i see that lamp in the far corner of the room during the scene.

It's more than that, the picture quality would take a hit. Then the videophiles would be up in arms. Why not just adjust the format on your TV?

Out of the hundreds of dvds/blu rays I own I would say less than 2% of them have bonus features that were deciding factors in my purchase and those were normally special sneak peaks at future projects, short films related to the movie, or real deleted scenes/alternate endings. I do love how many blu-rays are now coming with a free digital copy for me to use with my ipod/iphone.

Out of the hundreds of dvds/blu rays I own I would say less than 2% of them have bonus features that were deciding factors in my purchase and those were normally special sneak peaks at future projects, short films related to the movie, or real deleted scenes/alternate endings. I do love how many blu-rays are now coming with a free digital copy for me to use with my ipod/iphone.

it's pretty money, but what i would love is if they can find a way to put a standard dvd format on the disc w the blu ray, that would be nice. i have the ps3 in the living room on the massive plasma but i just have a nubbs dvd player in the bedroom. since we rarely watch movies in there it's not a big deal, it would just be nice to have it interchangeable w/o having to buy two seperate dvds

I know because it is sooooo important that i see that lamp in the far corner of the room during the scene.

I doubt you would prefer 4:3 over 16:9. What is important to me and many others is that we watch the movie as it was shot. Feel free to stretch the picture on your TV to get rid of the black bars.

No offense, if you like to recut the saden1 special edition of Harry Potter, then actively discuss with the hogwarts homies, more power to you man. Always thought those were features they added because they could (and it helped to justify the added cost of blu-ray), not necessarily because they were demanded.

These extras are called "value added" and their intent is not so they can charge the consumers more but differentiated their product from competitors and move more units. Blu-Rays don't cost more because they have extras, they cost more because they know people will pay what they charge.

I mean, you have movies like Avatar being reintroduced into the market with a directors cut edition. When Avatar first came out I bought it for $24.99 and the new directors cut version costs $24.99.


Personally I do enjoy the extras...they have good stuff in there and you're no worse off watching that than watching SportsCenter.

These extras are called "value added" and their intent is not so they can charge the consumers more but differentiated their product from competitors and move more units. Blu-Rays don't cost more because they have extras, they cost more because they know people will pay what they charge.

I mean, you have movies like Avatar being reintroduced into the market with a directors cut edition. When Avatar first came out I bought it for $24.99 and the new directors cut version costs $24.99.


Personally I do enjoy the extras...they have good stuff in there and you're no worse off watching that than watching SportsCenter.


I am tempted to buy the new collectors edition Avatar just for the commentary. I feel to hear what the director was thinking or trying to portray in a certain scene.

it's pretty money, but what i would love is if they can find a way to put a standard dvd format on the disc w the blu ray, that would be nice. i have the ps3 in the living room on the massive plasma but i just have a nubbs dvd player in the bedroom. since we rarely watch movies in there it's not a big deal, it would just be nice to have it interchangeable w/o having to buy two seperate dvds

More and more companies are doing this, especially Disney, but I think now with companies delving more into their catalog of titles for conversion, you will see more blu-ray/dvd combos.

This pretty much sums it up very well!

http://www.meh.ro/original/2010_03/meh.ro3638.jpg

thats awesome i had this same complaint the other day, specially when you watch an old movies with previews for movies that have been out forever!

This pretty much sums it up very well!



Man that picture sums it up amazingly well for me. For me the time between when I put the dvd in and wait for the menu to show up is the time to go handle business, aka get food ready, get everything nice and comfy, and make sure I'm good to go. That way I can skip past the annoying trailers/whatever and by the time I'm ready to go, the dvd is at the menu. Then just skip past everything until the start of the movie and problem solved.