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greenmedic88 on 18 August 2009
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ssj12 said:
greenmedic88 said:
ssj12 said:
Orca_Azure said:
The price isn't justified just yet for me to buy one

you can';t afford $23 for movies? (Amazon prices)

Some will continue to complain about the price until they are the same as DVDs while conveniently ignoring the fact that DVDs were priced exactly the same over the same time frame following the debut of the format.

With Amazon, once the price goes under $25 (or $24.95, or whatever the cut off is) you lose the Super Saver free shipping option, so unless you're ordering multiple items, it can actually end up costing more, which is something I'm sure Amazon is well aware of.

That is why you buy two movies off Amazon at a time.

At Walmart, our Blu-rays are normally the same price as the special editions of all DVD movies we sell. So here is an example of the fact there is little to no difference in pricing between Blu-ray and DVD.

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).