Wait for all BD-J Features or get it NOW ? - Blu-ray Forum

donricouga · 04-19-2007, 06:54 PM

After reading the Blood Diamond thread, i became curious as to what most people here want.
Would you rather warned have postponed Blood Diamond or leave it as is without the In movie experience and online warner polls

goodstuff · 04-19-2007, 06:58 PM

Get it now. All I want is the movie in hi-def. Didn't care about extras when I bought laserdiscs or DVD's, so this scenario is no different.

nhaase · 04-19-2007, 07:04 PM

I agree w/ goodstuff. The 2nd edition of Sin City was cool, but give me HD.

dialog_gvf · 04-19-2007, 07:07 PM

IME might be interesting sometimes, but it isn't important enough to delay the title.

ProvenFlipper · 04-19-2007, 07:29 PM

I very, very rarely watch any extras included on a disc. The only thing I might do is play a game or something, or give something that is 'new' a try. But after I do anything once, I never use it again.

So for me, give me the disc with or without extras, I could care less either way. If the inclusion of extras is holding up a disc, then leave them off and give me the best audio and video possible.

Scorxpion · 04-19-2007, 07:31 PM

agreed with you all

Konrad · 04-19-2007, 08:08 PM

What I want is optimum audio and video quality. I really don't care for the extras that much, they are nice to have but in no way essential. I don't have the time to watch 12 hours of extra features after watching a three hour movie (e.g. Pearl Harbor, 4-disc special edition DVD set. I bought this release because it has the Director's Cut not because of the extras. I also have the BD release and I am quite satisfied with what the BD has to offer in the extras department).

I don't want to watch the same movie over again just to listen to an audio commentary.

donricouga · 04-19-2007, 08:13 PM

Looks like this poll might be the only one i've seen that will be 100% for one choice. I've been thinking though, since Warner is releasing the HDDVD almost on month later, they could technically release the blu-ray version at the same time as HDDVD and use that extra time to maybe encode it with a less compressed MPEG4/AVC Codec with a consistently high bitrate and perhaps include a 24bit TRUEHD track on a BD-50. Now that would be a treat for us !
Let the HDDVD people vote online with blood diamond and listen to some people talk while they are watching the movie while the blu-ray folks get nicer PQ ! I don't ever see warner doing this though unfortunately. Its only a Blu-Dream

blitz6speed · 04-19-2007, 08:31 PM

Extras are worthless. Movie only. Keep the trend going warner, screw IME for now and double dip for IME later!

buckshot · 04-19-2007, 08:43 PM

I don't care much for special features. but the ones they listed for hddvd looked kind of cool. I wish if they're giving us the content shaft that they'd lower the price a few bucks. why should we pay for the extra development of special features we don't get?

Best of Both Worlds · 04-19-2007, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donricouga

Looks like this poll might be the only one i've seen that will be 100% for one choice.

Sorry to buck the trend. Online polls are indeed a waste of time, but for some punters, IME is a major loss. I'd certainly go for the HD-DVD in preference if I felt that the Blu-ray edition of something gave a raw deal compared to the alternative.

Best of Both Worlds · 04-19-2007, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckshot

I don't care much for special features. but the ones they listed for hddvd looked kind of cool. I wish if they're giving us the content shaft that they'd lower the price a few bucks. why should we pay for the extra development of special features we don't get?

A very good point. The pricepoint should be lower than the HD-DVD in instances such as these.

Blu_Ray_UK2007 · 04-19-2007, 09:38 PM

I think the poll results say it all.

View Poll Results: Do you want warner to release BDs as soon as they are available or wait for BD-J
Getting Blood Diamond early was a great move. Forget the IME and online polls !	32	86.49%
We got the short end of the stick. Warner should have waited for BD-J.	5	13.51%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

04-19-2007, 06:54 PM	#1
donricouga Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Atlanta, GA Blu-ray collection:138 Blu-ray reviews: 9 Trading Score:1	Wait for all BD-J Features or get it NOW ? After reading the Blood Diamond thread, i became curious as to what most people here want. Would you rather warned have postponed Blood Diamond or leave it as is without the In movie experience and online warner polls

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04-19-2007, 06:58 PM	#2
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	Get it now. All I want is the movie in hi-def. Didn't care about extras when I bought laserdiscs or DVD's, so this scenario is no different.

04-19-2007, 07:04 PM	#3
nhaase Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Trading Score:2	I agree w/ goodstuff. The 2nd edition of Sin City was cool, but give me HD.

04-19-2007, 07:07 PM	#4
dialog_gvf Moderator Member since:Nov 2006 Location:Toronto Blu-ray collection:320	IME might be interesting sometimes, but it isn't important enough to delay the title.

04-19-2007, 07:29 PM	#5
ProvenFlipper Special Member Member since:Jun 2006 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:335 Blu-ray collection:901 Trading Score:1	I very, very rarely watch any extras included on a disc. The only thing I might do is play a game or something, or give something that is 'new' a try. But after I do anything once, I never use it again. So for me, give me the disc with or without extras, I could care less either way. If the inclusion of extras is holding up a disc, then leave them off and give me the best audio and video possible.

04-19-2007, 07:31 PM	#6
Scorxpion Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Middle East,Lebanon Blu-ray collection:57	agreed with you all

04-19-2007, 08:08 PM	#7
Konrad Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2006 Location:Vienna, Austria 4K collection:896 Blu-ray collection:3056 DVD collection:15 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:1	What I want is optimum audio and video quality. I really don't care for the extras that much, they are nice to have but in no way essential. I don't have the time to watch 12 hours of extra features after watching a three hour movie (e.g. Pearl Harbor, 4-disc special edition DVD set. I bought this release because it has the Director's Cut not because of the extras. I also have the BD release and I am quite satisfied with what the BD has to offer in the extras department). I don't want to watch the same movie over again just to listen to an audio commentary.

04-19-2007, 08:13 PM	#8
donricouga Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Atlanta, GA Blu-ray collection:138 Blu-ray reviews: 9 Trading Score:1	Looks like this poll might be the only one i've seen that will be 100% for one choice. I've been thinking though, since Warner is releasing the HDDVD almost on month later, they could technically release the blu-ray version at the same time as HDDVD and use that extra time to maybe encode it with a less compressed MPEG4/AVC Codec with a consistently high bitrate and perhaps include a 24bit TRUEHD track on a BD-50. Now that would be a treat for us ! Let the HDDVD people vote online with blood diamond and listen to some people talk while they are watching the movie while the blu-ray folks get nicer PQ ! I don't ever see warner doing this though unfortunately. Its only a Blu-Dream

04-19-2007, 08:31 PM	#9
blitz6speed Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2006 Location:Anaheim Hills, CA Trading Score:8	Extras are worthless. Movie only. Keep the trend going warner, screw IME for now and double dip for IME later!

04-19-2007, 08:43 PM	#10
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	I don't care much for special features. but the ones they listed for hddvd looked kind of cool. I wish if they're giving us the content shaft that they'd lower the price a few bucks. why should we pay for the extra development of special features we don't get?

04-19-2007, 09:38 PM	#13
Blu_Ray_UK2007 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Location:UK 4K collection:164 Blu-ray collection:782 Trading Score:1	I think the poll results say it all.

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