ROFLOL...you PS3 owners had better go by some brd movies, otherwise, there might be some toruble...oh-oh!

Some classics will not be repurchased, agreed, there are many old VHS movies I still own and never wanted to purchase DVD versions. Of course there are some that people may give in for. I know this does not speak for everyone but I have read around the internet with a simple google search and from a few friends of mine that if Lord of the Rings were to release on Bluray, it would probably sell pretty well. I know I would gobble it up. :) I have not rewatched those movies yet because I am eagerly waiting for an HD release.

I believe there will always be those select few movies that no matter how many times it is re-released, people will continue to buy it. Thanks to VHS,DVD and now Bluray my girlfriend has me stuck on my 3rd version of Dirty Dancing...

In terms of new releases however I see no reason to pick them up on DVD. Specially when prices are comparable.

Edit - I noticed a conversation about "Planet Earth"? on Bluray. I saw it in Walmart a couple months back, is it possible to find it cheaper than what the $80 my Walmart was charging? I have never seen it, but I am a huge fan of anything to do with Outerspace/Earth/Stars/etc... and am pretty sure I would enjoy it.

Thanks for the input Mr. Uninformed.

Way to go on the reading up before posting.

Two thumbs up.

most people really dont care enough and arnt going to go spend 300$ just so they can have a better picture and more on one disk and theres alot more movies on dvd then blue ray ALOT more

If a year ago you ask me if I was planning to .....
....buy a ps3? no
.... buy a HDTV? no, My SD TV works fine.
.... buy a wii? No , I'm a PC gamer
.... care for Blu-ray? no
Today I own a PS3, two HDTV, Wii and own a few Blu-ray movies.

I think for me personally, the best option may be to get an external read/write BD drive.  I often hook my laptop up to my HDTV and use it as a monitor via the VGA port.  If I was in a situation where I had to watch video on a disc, I could do it that way and still use the drive to write discs from my laptop.

I;m sure the $298 Blu-ray players dont sell at all..... or the PC drives or the slightly more expensive players. The PS3 might have pushed Blu-ray into the lime-light but it also made it cheaper to produce a blu-ray player.

If and when prices are equal AND someone needs a new one... well yeah.

That likely isn't happening for years though... and most people already have players... by then VOD may be everywhere.

Good read. With America now all digital in regards to TV signals (just this year) and with HD Tvs dropping in price I see BD as being a growing market, sure it doesn't help that one of the world's largest economies is in recession and the BD player was released at $600, but now that it has won the format war and big releases are coming this year like Transformers and Matrix I see sales improving. Also I'm sure sales would be helped if the disks were 25 dollars instead of 35, but thats just me. The general rule of thumb though is to never trust survey's they are always stacked one way or the other.

VOD wont effect the physical media market that much, people still perfer having the physical media of a movie.

I use VOD to check out movies and if I like it I go out and buy the movie if available on Blu-ray. There are many people like me who do the same.