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DKII on 21 November 2008

If that were actually true the BR movies wouldn't cost 60-70% more than the equivalent DVD movies.



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misterd on 21 November 2008

BR isn't helping itself by releasing titles at standard prices that have no extra features, or simply recycle features from past discs. I know there's a ton of movies I won't touch because I already own them on DVD, and know full well there will be a double or triple dip down the road.



misterd on 21 November 2008
FaRmLaNd said:
I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy a blu ray disc... Shelves of them untouched. Its quite depressing really because I'd love for Blu-Ray to take off.

I'm doing my part:

 

Full Metal Jacket

The Orphanage

Casino Royale

Bram Stoker's Dracula

There Will Be Blood

American Gangster

Batman Begins

Gotham Knights

The Incredible Hulk

Wall-E

Pixar shorts

Iron Man

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Sweeny Todd

Mad Men season 1

Lost season 3

Heroes season 2

Hellboy 2

and in 2 weeks Dark Knight



Bboid on 21 November 2008
blazinhead89 said:
Blu ray will take off when the prices of 1.HDTVs 2.Blu ray drive. 3.Blu ray disc all come down. I Would much rather buy a Blu ray than wait 8+ Hours to download on my 2MB Connection. Plus the downloads are all compressed. I want to make full use of my HDTV and Surround sound.

 

Prices on HDTV's and bluray players are down alot this year so this issue is slowly fixing itself.  You also hit the nail on the head with compressed files which can often deteriorate quality.  The biggest difference with blu-ray is the sound quality.  It is amazing the difference in sound, moreso than the difference in picture.



Chris Hu on 21 November 2008
FPSrules said:
i won't start judging blu ray in a negative way. as we all remember when the dvd player came out nobody wanted it cause the price was ridious and everyone was a customite to VCR. once ps2 came out, and dvd players prices drop, they were selling like crack and VCR was abandend

considering the fact that everyone will eventually upgrade to HD, and that standard DVD's can't and will never support HD moives everyone will get blu ray. blu ray cds is actually cheaper to make than dvd cd's, why cause some movies require 2 cd's to ft a movie(ex-Titanic), with blu ray thats 1 less cd which saves money. and they are made out of the same materials so 1 blu ray cd cost the same to make as 1 dvd cd

I own Titanic on DVD and its one disc.  Also lately there been just as many two disc Blu-ray releases as DVD ones.  Blu-ray discs still cost more to make then regular DVD or their wouldn't be a big price difference between the two formats.  Have ever looked up the price of a blank recordable Blu-ray disc compared to a blank recordable DVD disc I sugest you do and you get my point.

 



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Avinash_Tyagi on 21 November 2008

I'm more and more certain that Sony will not survive the economic downturn as it is now, either it will have to sell off much of its business, or it will have to split the company



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

johnsobas on 21 November 2008
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm more and more certain that Sony will not survive the economic downturn as it is now, either it will have to sell off much of its business, or it will have to split the company

 

Well it hurts but they are hardly dead as a company.  They made a profit last quarter and some parts of Sony are doing quite well.  Sony is far bigger and more diversified than just ps3/blu-ray.



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Bboid on 21 November 2008

 

 

I'm more and more certain most individuals don't understand what exactly is hurting Sony.  Hint: it has nothing to do with the actual product they sell or the quantities they sell.

 



Avinash_Tyagi on 21 November 2008
johnsobas said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
I'm more and more certain that Sony will not survive the economic downturn as it is now, either it will have to sell off much of its business, or it will have to split the company

 

Well it hurts but they are hardly dead as a company.  They made a profit last quarter and some parts of Sony are doing quite well.  Sony is far bigger and more diversified than just ps3/blu-ray.

 

 Never said they are dead, I said that they won't survive as the company they are, they will have to shrink or be split, profits for last quarter plummeted, and they are losing ground to rivals in nearly every market



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Dgc1808 on 21 November 2008

I'm expecting the format to be in good shape come late 09.



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