When people are complaining about paying over $20 for a movie, I don't see them buying more than one at a time even though that's precisely what I do every time I order anything from Amazon. Usually I just do a bulk order when enough items are on sale.

Either way, paying a few bucks more for a BD over a DVD is hardly a luxury tax assuming one already sprung for a player and a decent HDTV/sound system.

At current BD prices, the only reason I still bother with any DVDs is if they're under $10 and/or are films that I really couldn't care less how good the sound and picture are (or they aren't on BD yet). 

I just think the price for blu-ray movies are just too much and I for one won't buy any until prices drop sub £10 (UK), £22 for Indy Jones 4 (you having a laugh).  But I did buy Rambo 4 from gamestation once for £10 and thats a price Im willing to pay.

I rent my blu-ray movies from blockbusters.  You can buy the same movie on DVD for half the price but if you own a 1080p HDTV you can see the diffence.  Once you watch a HD movie you never want to go back to standard TV again.

Is this really the case? when i started getting Blu-Rays you couldn't get them for less than £15, now i buy loads off amazon for under £10,

Thats cheaper then DVDs this stage into their lifecycle.

It is getting cheaper, you've just got to keep your eyes open for the deals.

Next - Planet Terror - £9.98 on Amazon on Blu-Ray.

that's awesome, I my self have been enjoying BD movies for a while now....Since the prices of players are dropping, along with price drops on HDtv, more and more people will start to enjoy what I've been enjoying for some time now...and the more people their are the more likely the prices for BD movies are to fall.

ain't that the pure honest truth.

QFT

A lot of mention about cheaper than DVD in the cycle but I find this argument holds no water because during the last cycle the improvements over VHS were very clear to see and did not require you had a particular telly to benefit.

Despite what some might say entry into the Blu Ray world or High Def carries additional costs. The HD TV, the Player and of course the media.

According to the link below by the end of the first full year in the US DVD hardware was only at 1 million but disc sales were 30 million. So I am not so convinced that take up of actual blu ray is outpacing DVD rather the fact the players are. The PS2 does not even enter the equation for a few years yet.

http://www.dvdinformation.com/News/press/072605.html

whatever the article says, 3 years, 50 million.... it's not the 90ies anymore, people buy electronics everywhere not just in the states and Japan. The DVD comparisons are stupid just for that.

DVD launch, still early for the internet, most people can't even type on a keyboard, new technologies are ackward for the masses, especially High tech expensive ones. The initial market for DVD is limited.

BR launch, people all have internet capable camera-phones in their pockets and try whatever new technological gimmick comes out. The initial market for BR is enormous.


Not the same world as it was 10 years ago. BR is a failure (probably due to HD-DVD war).

I actually have both a nice tv and seen blu-ray.  I still don't find justification in spending money on it.  I already have a couple hundred movies on DVD and it looks just fine upscaled to me that I don't have any intention or desire to change.  I have better access to renting DVD's and can generally find bargained DVD's at the store for next to nothing.  The list of things I'd rather spend that money on would be so huge that I don't think I could even create it.  That is the reason that I could afford it, but couldn't justify my purchase. 

Er, not sure what you're on about, you seem to think that Europe didn't buy technology in the 90s when they were ahead of the States for things like mobile phone tech. If anything, Blu-Ray has been successful considering it has had more competition than DVD has ever had. Not just from HD-DVD, but from traditional DVD and Digital Downloads. DVD only had competition from VHS and there numerous added and obvious benefits in DVD over VHS (scene selection etc.). Not only this, but Blu-Ray also has the fact that you need an HDTV to enjoy it making the entry price much higher than DVD ever was.

So, yeah, the world is not as it was 10 yrs ago, its been harder for BR to be successful, yet BR is doing well given these circumstances. So no, not a failure.