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Vetteman94 on 04 December 2009
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jlauro said:
Vetteman94 said:
 

You see room for both products in the marketplace but the Movie Studios do not, they will force one of them out. Remember Laserdisc?  DVD wasnt stopped overtaking VHS because of its higher price now was it,  DVDs when released were as much as $50 a movie,   didnt get into the $20 until about 5 years after, but that didnt stop it from overtaking the lower quality marketshare leader.    I only used the BMW reference on a pure quality stance, hence why the point went over your head.  If BMW was trying to become the standard while keeping a higher level of quality while passing up the sales of Hyundai, they could do it.  But thats not what they are doing.

As for your Amazon check which movie did you check?   Just curious since here is an example of one of the most successful titles of the year.

Blu-ray Version:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Three-Disc-Digital-Blu-ray/dp/B001AVCFK6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259892686&sr=8-3

DVD Version:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Two-Disc-Digital-Copy/dp/B001AVCFJM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1259892686&sr=8-4

Would you look at that,  its cheaper on Blu-ray.

 

 

Yup, Amazon has specials and you can cherry pick them.  They also have a version for $15.99 on DVD:  Star Trek (Single-Disc Edition)

and the version you listed for $16.55 from affiliate:  30 new

 

I checked lots of movies.  They have others that show larger differences too.  I didn't do an exchustive comparison, but 25% seemed typical.

Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition) for $5.49

Casino Royale [Blu-ray] $12.99

 

DVDs have a signficant longer life and durability improvement over VHS which does provide a significant better value despite the higher cost over VHS.  DVDs are also smaller, and that is also a major advantage worth more. Sure, blu ray can have more content for improved value, and also higher def, but not everyone is concerned about that.  Personally, I already switched most of my viewing to streaming over Netflix (yup, digital over DVD and Blu ray).  Only problem is not all the new releases are available via streaming...

 

As you cherry picked as well, plus you cannot compare the price of the single disc version of the DVD to the multidisc version of the Blu-ray, because they dont offer the same content.   But thats something you will obviously argue as well. 

Blu-rays also offer improved durability and longer life due to the anti scratch coating and harder plastics used.   And Blu-ray cases are also significantly smaller as well.   

And if you switched everything over to streaming why do you care what DVD or Blu-rays cost, or for that matter how well/bad DVDs and Blu-rays are doing?   You arent interested, you are just here to troll.