Disney to release all Blu-rays with DVD disc - Blu-ray Forum

alphadec · 03-05-2009, 10:48 PM

I see that disney have started to release movies where the box contains

1 dvd
1. blu-ray disc

of the same movie.

Hmmm I don't see the point.

So if I buy the the I can choose between bd or blu-ray.

But I don't care about DVD I just want the BD.

Kynch · 03-05-2009, 10:51 PM

Disney are just being pregressive.
This means they'll only need to release one version in the future. DVD buyers will feel the need to buy a Blu-ray player to profit from HD whereas BD buyers will like having an extra copy to lend out/take on vacation.

It's still at an early stage, but remember that HD-DVD did some combos with DVDs as well.

alphadec · 03-05-2009, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kynch

Disney are just being pregressive.
This means they'll only need to release one version in the future. DVD buyers will feel the need to buy a Blu-ray player to profit from HD whereas BD buyers will like having an extra copy to lend out/take on vacation.

It's still at an early stage, but remember that HD-DVD did some combos with DVDs as well.

I see what they are trying to do but hmmm I just don't know.

EricJ · 03-05-2009, 11:31 PM

Ever want to beat up on Disney because they'd retired the old Pinocchio disk or Fantasia Anthology boxset before you could get it, and now you have to pay $150 on eBay?

...Yeah. Now imagine you're one of either those timid or stingy mainstream chickens who hasn't gotten their Blu-ray player yet, by the time "Sleeping Beauty"'s already gone back into the vault.

Disney's been through this before. They know Customer Disgruntlement.

Ashamed Pegasus · 03-05-2009, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kynch

It's still at an early stage, but remember that HD-DVD did some combos with DVDs as well.

Disney is just including a DVD copy inside the BD case... Nothing compared to the crap HD DVD pulled by removing disc art to store the DVD on the same disc... As long as they don't charge an extra $5 for it like HD DVD did I could care less... I know a lot of people that still buy DVDs, so it will not be hard to give it away...

Kynch · 03-05-2009, 11:43 PM

Oh of course, I wasn't implying they were on the same level of cleverness, I just mean that the old/new format combos have existed before.

JohnnyNVA · 03-06-2009, 02:16 AM

Actually this is a wonderful deal for parents. This allows you to let the kids have the DVD to play whenever they want, take it in the car for the road trips and yet you still have your pristine BD in the case when its family viewing night.

Beast · 03-06-2009, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyNVA

Actually this is a wonderful deal for parents. This allows you to let the kids have the DVD to play whenever they want, take it in the car for the road trips and yet you still have your pristine BD in the case when its family viewing night.

Exactly. And this is exactly the reason it's being done.

liam1972 · 03-06-2009, 03:12 AM

This is Disneys way of helping out blu ray buyers with kids. They know most people who own Blu-ray players only own 1 & moved the standard DVD player to the kids room. Now instead of letting their rugrats get their sticky fingers all over the BD copy as they use it for a frisbee and scratch it all up b4 they shove it into the player upside down, they can hand over the DVD copy and keep the one that really matters nice and kid free. Makes sense to me for family/kids movies.....as long as they don't charge more, and from what I've heard, they dont plan on increasing the cost.

Blu Titan · 03-06-2009, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyNVA

Actually this is a wonderful deal for parents. This allows you to let the kids have the DVD to play whenever they want, take it in the car for the road trips and yet you still have your pristine BD in the case when its family viewing night.

I can give the DVD to my son while keeping the
dvd for myself. A great idea.

JJJ225 · 03-06-2009, 12:02 PM

Yeah this is about an non-confusing as possible. If I hadn't already upgraded to Blu, I would definitely have been taking advantage of this type of stuff. That way I could still watch the new movie I buy, but when I did get the Blu Ray player, I wouldn't have to buy the movie again.

It doesn't matter for me now, but I would have loved other studios to do this before.

Porkchop Express · 03-06-2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I can give the DVD to my son while keeping the
dvd for myself. A great idea.

I'm going to give the dvd to my brother so my nephew can watch it.

monkeyjb1988 · 03-06-2009, 12:47 PM

I like what Disney is doing. It's making customers consider buying the two packs, so they'll consider buying a Blu-Ray player. The customer also won't have to rebuy the movie when they do go Blu.

Of course we won't like it, since we already have Blu-Ray players but remember, not everyone rushed out to get it once the format war ended.

Pirate King · 03-06-2009, 12:56 PM

I think it is a wonderful idea.... When the grandkids come to visit, if they want to watch it, we have a play room for them with a dvd player. The DVD is for them to enjoy anytime they want.... The Blu is for the Theatre room so they can watch it with Grandpa.

Chordata · 03-06-2009, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pirate King

I think it is a wonderful idea.... When the grandkids come to visit, if they want to watch it, we have a play room for them with a dvd player. The DVD is for them to enjoy anytime they want.... The Blu is for the Theatre room so they can watch it with Grandpa.

Totally agree.

Josh · 03-06-2009, 01:01 PM

Not all their releases will come with a DVD, but most of the big ones will. I think they're warming up the market to eventually only providing one release with both Blu-ray and DVD (no separate DVD release). Disney can pull that off.

robertc88 · 03-06-2009, 01:53 PM

I cannot see buying the BD for oneself and then having to buy the DVD separately for the kids for these animated films we know they are interested in. This combo is much more affordable!

BluOgre · 03-06-2009, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alphadec

I see that disney have started to release movies where the box contains

1 dvd
1. blu-ray disc

of the same movie.

Hmmm I don't see the point.

So if I buy the the I can choose between bd or blu-ray.

But I don't care about DVD I just want the BD.

Not all the movies, right now I'm told they are focusing on Family oriented movies only.

Fox is actually following them as well. Begining with Marley and Me, it includes a DVD as well. Then another will be Bride Wars.

A Fox rep has informed me that they plan to try and put something in each of their releases to increase it's value so it will spur Blu-ray sales. They DON'T want to reduce the price of Blu-ray....they like the high prices. The only way to convince people to buy overpriced movies is add content to them (according to them anyways). That's why you may see DVD movies included in a lot of releases going forward (heck even Day Earth Stood Still comes with a free copy of the old movie).

Blu-Benny · 03-06-2009, 02:22 PM

this is ok by me. this way my daughter won't have to handle my blu copy, she'll have her own she can put in the player herself.

she'd 3 and likes to be independant.

tron3 · 03-06-2009, 02:24 PM

This will piss off the DVD devotees. They don't want to spend the extra on a disc they will not use. Doesn't matter if they eventually will, if they think so or not, that is how people are.

HD DVD tried it and the flack caused them to change their tune. I can see if this is a packaging option, but the only option? You are not above the wrath of the retail buyer just because your name is "Disney".

03-05-2009, 10:48 PM	#1
alphadec Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Norway Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:21 Blu-ray collection:672 DVD collection:23 Prime collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:44	Disney to release all Blu-rays with DVD disc I see that disney have started to release movies where the box contains 1 dvd 1. blu-ray disc of the same movie. Hmmm I don't see the point. So if I buy the the I can choose between bd or blu-ray. But I don't care about DVD I just want the BD.

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03-05-2009, 10:51 PM	#2
Kynch Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:UK Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:60	Disney are just being pregressive. This means they'll only need to release one version in the future. DVD buyers will feel the need to buy a Blu-ray player to profit from HD whereas BD buyers will like having an extra copy to lend out/take on vacation. It's still at an early stage, but remember that HD-DVD did some combos with DVDs as well.

03-05-2009, 11:31 PM	#4
EricJ Banned Member since:Jul 2007 Location:The Paradise of New England Blu-ray collection:6	Ever want to beat up on Disney because they'd retired the old Pinocchio disk or Fantasia Anthology boxset before you could get it, and now you have to pay $150 on eBay? ...Yeah. Now imagine you're one of either those timid or stingy mainstream chickens who hasn't gotten their Blu-ray player yet, by the time "Sleeping Beauty"'s already gone back into the vault. Disney's been through this before. They know Customer Disgruntlement.

03-05-2009, 11:43 PM	#6
Kynch Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:UK Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:60	Oh of course, I wasn't implying they were on the same level of cleverness, I just mean that the old/new format combos have existed before.

03-06-2009, 02:16 AM	#7
JohnnyNVA New Member Member since:Mar 2009	Actually this is a wonderful deal for parents. This allows you to let the kids have the DVD to play whenever they want, take it in the car for the road trips and yet you still have your pristine BD in the case when its family viewing night.

03-06-2009, 03:12 AM	#9
liam1972 Active Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Newark, Delaware Blu-ray collection:32 Trading Score:3	This is Disneys way of helping out blu ray buyers with kids. They know most people who own Blu-ray players only own 1 & moved the standard DVD player to the kids room. Now instead of letting their rugrats get their sticky fingers all over the BD copy as they use it for a frisbee and scratch it all up b4 they shove it into the player upside down, they can hand over the DVD copy and keep the one that really matters nice and kid free. Makes sense to me for family/kids movies.....as long as they don't charge more, and from what I've heard, they dont plan on increasing the cost.

03-06-2009, 12:02 PM	#11
JJJ225 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 Location:New York City 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:104 DVD collection:1 Trading Score:32	Yeah this is about an non-confusing as possible. If I hadn't already upgraded to Blu, I would definitely have been taking advantage of this type of stuff. That way I could still watch the new movie I buy, but when I did get the Blu Ray player, I wouldn't have to buy the movie again. It doesn't matter for me now, but I would have loved other studios to do this before.

03-06-2009, 12:47 PM	#13
monkeyjb1988 Expert Member Member since:Aug 2008 Blu-ray collection:188 Digital collection:11 Blu-ray reviews: 16	I like what Disney is doing. It's making customers consider buying the two packs, so they'll consider buying a Blu-Ray player. The customer also won't have to rebuy the movie when they do go Blu. Of course we won't like it, since we already have Blu-Ray players but remember, not everyone rushed out to get it once the format war ended.

03-06-2009, 12:56 PM	#14
Pirate King Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Texas Home Theater Gallery:25 Blu-ray collection:1851 Blu-ray reviews: 4	I think it is a wonderful idea.... When the grandkids come to visit, if they want to watch it, we have a play room for them with a dvd player. The DVD is for them to enjoy anytime they want.... The Blu is for the Theatre room so they can watch it with Grandpa.

03-06-2009, 01:01 PM	#16
Josh Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Home Theater Gallery:50 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:407 Digital collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:34	Not all their releases will come with a DVD, but most of the big ones will. I think they're warming up the market to eventually only providing one release with both Blu-ray and DVD (no separate DVD release). Disney can pull that off.

03-06-2009, 01:53 PM	#17
robertc88 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007	I cannot see buying the BD for oneself and then having to buy the DVD separately for the kids for these animated films we know they are interested in. This combo is much more affordable!

03-06-2009, 02:22 PM	#19
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	this is ok by me. this way my daughter won't have to handle my blu copy, she'll have her own she can put in the player herself. she'd 3 and likes to be independant.

03-06-2009, 02:24 PM	#20
tron3 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2004 Location:New Jersey Blu-ray reviews:3	This will piss off the DVD devotees. They don't want to spend the extra on a disc they will not use. Doesn't matter if they eventually will, if they think so or not, that is how people are. HD DVD tried it and the flack caused them to change their tune. I can see if this is a packaging option, but the only option? You are not above the wrath of the retail buyer just because your name is "Disney".

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