What Were Your Goals When You Started Going Blu? - Blu-ray Forum

DarkDune · 07-14-2009, 03:26 PM

Hey,

What were your goals when you starting buying Blus? Have they changed, remained the same, or gone insane?!?!

Ours was to get some fun Blus and a few PS3 Games. It shifted to buying little to no more DVD's, and starting to convert owned DVD's to Blus.

Now...I am just trying to get a broad range of Blus to suit my varied viewing interests -- don't want just Action, but anything to suit my mood.

How 'bout you?

fatediesel · 07-14-2009, 03:27 PM

Never have had goals relating to buying movies. If I want a movie, I'll buy it on Blu-ray. I have tried to be more selective than when buying DVDs, since I ended up with around 800 of those.

Blu-Benny · 07-14-2009, 03:28 PM

mainly wanted to get some movies that sould look and sound amazing.

for the most part, i've stuck pretty close to what i wanted w/a few exceptions.

Batman1980 · 07-14-2009, 03:29 PM

I don't have a goal either really, although I do know someday I will have over 2000 of the suckers.

Steelmaker · 07-14-2009, 03:47 PM

The only "goal" (though I never really thought about it in those terms) I ever had regarding blu ray was that unlike DVD, I would not buy everything that came along that remotely interested me. I spent a small fortune on my DVD collection and I was not about to spend as much or more on blu ray. Right now I have a very modest collection and it's only the movies that I really thought were worth owning. There are still many movies that I want on blu that have yet to come out though.

MaCruz · 07-14-2009, 03:55 PM

My goal is to never watch a movie on DVD again.

Mike53421 · 07-14-2009, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

The only "goal" (though I never really thought about it in those terms) I ever had regarding blu ray was that unlike DVD, I would not buy everything that came along that remotely interested me. I spent a small fortune on my DVD collection and I was not about to spend as much or more on blu ray. Right now I have a very modest collection and it's only the movies that I really thought were worth owning. There are still many movies that I want on blu that have yet to come out though.

Pretty much this, with my DVD's I bought alot of them first day and so far with BD my average price is less than $20. I've limited my comedies to Zack and Miri and haven't double dipped on ALL my DVD's or anything, mainly when it's convenient (randomly bought The Departed for $15 yesterday, had a free copy of the DVD).

Fors* · 07-14-2009, 04:06 PM

I only wanted the must haves, and so far I have pretty much stuck to that. I usually rent more blu's than I buy.

Iron-Blu-123 · 07-14-2009, 04:07 PM

With the good PQ and AQ on bluray, My goal upgrade my dvd to bluray, now most my dvd are done upgrade. will be add lots more new movies to me bluray collection.

Undispu7ed · 07-14-2009, 04:11 PM

My goal was to only grab the Blus that had amazing PQ/AQ and that I would get every other movie on DVD. Now I've decided to gradually switch over to Blu as my DVD collection isn't that big anyway, I might as well just build my Blu collection. I generally wait for Blus to fall into the $10-15 range. I never buy Blus when they are around $20.

Deadset · 07-14-2009, 04:15 PM

I started out buying alot of blu's but since have tapered off. Now, I stick with all time favorites in action, scifi etc...

I typically have 2 classes of movies, class A and B. Class A (movies that I throughly enjoy - all time favorites for me) and Class B (good movies, but not my favorite). I try to get class A movies in blu and B in DVD used at the rental store for $3. This helps out the budget so I don't go overboard on blu-ray purchases. Will I upgrade my old dvd's? I may at some point, but I'm in no hurry to (except for my top films), so films like Lars and the Real Girl, Dodgeball, Old School, and many others will still do me just fine on DVD.

Jwilly019 · 07-14-2009, 04:24 PM

Fortunately, I never had a large DVD collection (somewhere around 80 titles). While I don't have the best equipment, from what I've seen and from what I've read, Blu-ray seems to be the best quality we're going to get at home. At least without a huge investment.

With that said, my goal is to amass a large collection of BD's, with no intention of upgrading to anything better should it be released. I'm only human though, so we'll see if I can hold out.

Steelmaker · 07-14-2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike53421

Pretty much this, with my DVD's I bought alot of them first day and so far with BD my average price is less than $20. I've limited my comedies to Zack and Miri and haven't double dipped on ALL my DVD's or anything, mainly when it's convenient (randomly bought The Departed for $15 yesterday, had a free copy of the DVD).

The only comedy I own on blu ray is Blazzing Saddles! Well worth the investment in my opinion because the blu ray picture is beautiful for such an old movie! I am also anxiously awaiting Monty Python and the Holy Grail on blu.

GLaDOS · 07-14-2009, 05:50 PM

Oh, same old song and dance.

Psychonaut · 07-14-2009, 07:53 PM

My goal was to not let it spiral out of control like my DVD collection did and only buy movies I would watch more than a few times. Aside from the free Blu's I got, I've held to it pretty well.

langn08 · 07-14-2009, 08:25 PM

To have every blu-ray ever MADE! and take over the WORLD!!! MUAHAHAHA

DarkDune · 07-14-2009, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by langn08

To have every blu-ray ever MADE! and take over the WORLD!!! MUAHAHAHA

I was hoping someone would post something like this

You win the "Blu has driven me totally insane" prize

red_5ive · 07-15-2009, 12:17 AM

My initial goal was to buy 1,000 of them and try to pole vault over them all stacked on their side. That's a realistic goal since I don't know how to pole vault. 2 years later I'm only at 120 discs, but I can easily hurdle those on foot.

newtype · 07-15-2009, 12:19 AM

I was intially only going to buy certain kinds of movies and not replace any, now i've pretty much been buying everything and replaced my whole dvd collection well the ones I could.

Johnny Vinyl · 07-15-2009, 12:37 AM

Never really had a goal. I just remember seeing some Blu-ray movies being displayed and thinking WOW...that's pretty nice. So I figured since the PS3 I bought could do both DVD and BD, it would be a good way to enjoy both formats. That's really all there is to it.

Now, of course, 90% of my purchases are BD....I still buy the occasional DVD.

John

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07-14-2009, 03:26 PM	#1
DarkDune Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Aug 2008 Home Theater Gallery:164 Blu-ray collection:280 Blu-ray reviews: 7	What Were Your Goals When You Started Going Blu? Hey, What were your goals when you starting buying Blus? Have they changed, remained the same, or gone insane?!?! Ours was to get some fun Blus and a few PS3 Games. It shifted to buying little to no more DVD's, and starting to convert owned DVD's to Blus. Now...I am just trying to get a broad range of Blus to suit my varied viewing interests -- don't want just Action, but anything to suit my mood. How 'bout you? Last edited by DarkDune; 07-14-2009 at 03:32 PM.

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07-14-2009, 03:27 PM	#2
fatediesel Blu-ray Count Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Iowa Blu-ray collection:410 Trading Score:47	Never have had goals relating to buying movies. If I want a movie, I'll buy it on Blu-ray. I have tried to be more selective than when buying DVDs, since I ended up with around 800 of those.

07-14-2009, 03:28 PM	#3
Blu-Benny Michael Bay's #1 Fan Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Wisconsin Home Theater Gallery:39 Blu-ray collection:552 DVD collection:108 Trading Score:138	mainly wanted to get some movies that sould look and sound amazing. for the most part, i've stuck pretty close to what i wanted w/a few exceptions.

07-14-2009, 03:29 PM	#4
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	I don't have a goal either really, although I do know someday I will have over 2000 of the suckers.

07-14-2009, 03:47 PM	#5
Steelmaker Blu-ray Duke Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Chattanooga, TN Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	The only "goal" (though I never really thought about it in those terms) I ever had regarding blu ray was that unlike DVD, I would not buy everything that came along that remotely interested me. I spent a small fortune on my DVD collection and I was not about to spend as much or more on blu ray. Right now I have a very modest collection and it's only the movies that I really thought were worth owning. There are still many movies that I want on blu that have yet to come out though.

07-14-2009, 03:55 PM	#6
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	My goal is to never watch a movie on DVD again.

07-14-2009, 04:06 PM	#8
Fors* Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Pottstown, PA Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:11	I only wanted the must haves, and so far I have pretty much stuck to that. I usually rent more blu's than I buy.

07-14-2009, 04:07 PM	#9
Iron-Blu-123 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Southern Ca. Home Theater Gallery:29 4K collection:130 Blu-ray collection:2042	With the good PQ and AQ on bluray, My goal upgrade my dvd to bluray, now most my dvd are done upgrade. will be add lots more new movies to me bluray collection.

07-14-2009, 04:11 PM	#10
Undispu7ed Active Member Member since:Jul 2009 Location:San Antonio, TX Blu-ray collection:109 Trading Score:6	My goal was to only grab the Blus that had amazing PQ/AQ and that I would get every other movie on DVD. Now I've decided to gradually switch over to Blu as my DVD collection isn't that big anyway, I might as well just build my Blu collection. I generally wait for Blus to fall into the $10-15 range. I never buy Blus when they are around $20.

07-14-2009, 04:15 PM	#11
Deadset Man in the Box Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:247 Blu-ray collection:2478 DVD collection:214 iTunes collection:3 Prime collection:52 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:34	I started out buying alot of blu's but since have tapered off. Now, I stick with all time favorites in action, scifi etc... I typically have 2 classes of movies, class A and B. Class A (movies that I throughly enjoy - all time favorites for me) and Class B (good movies, but not my favorite). I try to get class A movies in blu and B in DVD used at the rental store for $3. This helps out the budget so I don't go overboard on blu-ray purchases. Will I upgrade my old dvd's? I may at some point, but I'm in no hurry to (except for my top films), so films like Lars and the Real Girl, Dodgeball, Old School, and many others will still do me just fine on DVD.

07-14-2009, 04:24 PM	#12
Jwilly019 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Columbus, OH Blu-ray collection:192 Trading Score:9	Fortunately, I never had a large DVD collection (somewhere around 80 titles). While I don't have the best equipment, from what I've seen and from what I've read, Blu-ray seems to be the best quality we're going to get at home. At least without a huge investment. With that said, my goal is to amass a large collection of BD's, with no intention of upgrading to anything better should it be released. I'm only human though, so we'll see if I can hold out.

07-14-2009, 05:50 PM	#14
GLaDOS Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:May 2009 Location:Fujiwara Tofu Shop 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:114 Blu-ray reviews: 5	Oh, same old song and dance.

07-14-2009, 07:53 PM	#15
Psychonaut Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Second left after Wal-Mart Blu-ray collection:111	My goal was to not let it spiral out of control like my DVD collection did and only buy movies I would watch more than a few times. Aside from the free Blu's I got, I've held to it pretty well.

07-14-2009, 08:25 PM	#16
langn08 Expert Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Fox Cities WI Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:373 Trading Score:6	To have every blu-ray ever MADE! and take over the WORLD!!! MUAHAHAHA

07-15-2009, 12:17 AM	#18
red_5ive Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:The 'state' of Southern California Home Theater Gallery:18 4K collection:364 Blu-ray collection:996 DVD collection:4 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:1	My initial goal was to buy 1,000 of them and try to pole vault over them all stacked on their side. That's a realistic goal since I don't know how to pole vault. 2 years later I'm only at 120 discs, but I can easily hurdle those on foot.

07-15-2009, 12:19 AM	#19
newtype Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray collection:130 Trading Score:6	I was intially only going to buy certain kinds of movies and not replace any, now i've pretty much been buying everything and replaced my whole dvd collection well the ones I could.

07-15-2009, 12:37 AM	#20
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	Never really had a goal. I just remember seeing some Blu-ray movies being displayed and thinking WOW...that's pretty nice. So I figured since the PS3 I bought could do both DVD and BD, it would be a good way to enjoy both formats. That's really all there is to it. Now, of course, 90% of my purchases are BD....I still buy the occasional DVD. John

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