Oh noes teh sky is falling!

[David M]

Surprised to see this thread. BD is doing outstandingly well.

Of course the change won't be comparable to DVD, but you have to understand that DVD is what finally killed VHS, which was long outstaying its welcome. It was an anomaly. And, it's true, there are more ways to watch movies now: pirate downloads (obviously not endorsing that), Netflix, endless TV channels... BD is doing really well.

[MikeCL]

Originally Posted by Movie Nut

27" Sony XBR CRT. Purchased new in 1997. Extremely heavy and outclassed numerous times by current HDTVs. But excellent picture for it's day and still going strong. Think we will be able to say that about any current HDTVs 16 years after purchase?

Just askin...

I just gave this same tv to a family member to replace her sharp CRT.. still worked but I was pleeding with my mom to replace it with a LCD.. it was like 83-86 lbs to move that thing.. It was not until I got my 40" LCD did she say she saw how HD is clearer..

However she is back to saying she can't tell the difference between a DVD on a 23" and a blu-ray on a 40"

lets see her say that with a 124" projector screen

[Solo man]

I think one of the reasons why was in order to take advantage of the full hd experience was that people not only had to buy bluray players but also had to purchase HD TV's to get the full resolution. At the time when bluray came out, HD televisions were fairly expensive.

With DVD, people went out and purchased a dvd player.

By the time, bluray started to pick up steam, then they had to contend with streaming which kind of knocked off Blockbusters.

These are my opinions and doesn't mean they are necessarily true.

[Konrad]

I think that Blu-ray did take off well enough but that, regrettably, DVD is not dying fast enough. This is unfortunate as some movies, at least in Europe, are still released on DVD only. It is the arthouse and niche movies that suffer that fate.

As long as DVD is still around there is always the risk that movies that do not attract mass audiences are relegated to the inferior format with no chance of being released anytime soon on Blu.

I do not go to brick and mortar stores too often but it always surprises me how people are still walking out with tons of DVDs. It is beyond me. All the arguments that were brought forward here are valid and in the beginning it was really quite expensive to adopt the new format. Players were expensive and the required HD TVs were not common and even more expensive. But today? Players cost almost nothing and flat screens are in most households.

I think it is an "old habits die hard" sort of thing plus the fact that not all people really care about better image and sound as long as the perceived quality of what they already have is acceptable to them. For some DVD is good enough even though they watch TV in HD. Strange but that's how it is. And then there is the competition by HD video streaming that also adversely affects Blu-ray sales. Still Blu-ray is on a good way!

[jbat31]

The only reason I am starting this thread is because I am a movie fan with a very limited income and I was late to the blu ray party because I had dumped so much money into DVD and was reluctant to start over. Now that I am six years in, it looks like the end is near for this format. I am wondering if it is time to start setting aside my movie buying cash for new equipment and a display. Its so funny because I had probably 700 dvds that I had gotten over a ten year period, and of course I never watched a bunch and some only once, and I swore with blu ray, I would only rebuy my favorites, but low and behold, my blu ray collection is approaching my dvd one and now I have even repurchased some blu's as they get upgraded with better transfers. I opened my closet today and stared at 20 unwatched titles that I bought while on sale, etc. My wife says I am worse than a woman who gets sucked into coupons, sales, etc.

Anyway, this time around I want to be more pro active and plan ahead more. Not sure, but this may be the year to stop getting blu.

[wormraper]

huh? Blu-ray is near it's death?

[Cahleb]

No. Blu-ray is nowhere near it's end.

The next format to take over will be digital but it won't happen for a LONG time.

[UFAlien]

Nope. 4K TVs are still ridiculously expensive, and content distribution of 4K content to consumers still hasn't really been sorted out in any practical mainstream way (the filesizes are HUGE). Besides that, there's the fact that most modern movies are still mastered in 2K (even if they were shot above that or on film) and even most older movies would need at least a rescan. 4K now, in terms of the consumer market, is about where HD was in the late 90s or very early 2000s. Smarter, IMO, to wait for prices to come down and content to actually exist.

[jbat31]

Originally Posted by Cahleb

No. Blu-ray is nowhere near it's end.

The next format to take over will be digital but it won't happen for a LONG time.

Oh I dont think the end is near but thinking now might be the time to save for 4k tv, player, and disks.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by jbat31

Oh I dont think the end is near but thinking now might be the time to save for 4k tv, player, and disks.

WHAT 4K discs. they're only in the early stages. you got another 5+ years MINIMUM for it to be introduced in something that won't cost a kidney to own

[Cahleb]

Originally Posted by UFAlien

Nope. 4K TVs are still ridiculously expensive, and content distribution of 4K content to consumers still hasn't really been sorted out in any practical mainstream way (the filesizes are HUGE). Besides that, there's the fact that most modern movies are still mastered in 2K (even if they were shot above that or on film) and even most older movies would need at least a rescan. 4K now, in terms of the consumer market, is about where HD was in the late 90s or very early 2000s. Smarter, IMO, to wait for prices to come down and content to actually exist.

I don't know much about 4K but isn't it blu-ray as well? Those 4K blu-ray's that are coming out are blu-rays.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by Cahleb

I don't know much about 4K but isn't it blu-ray as well? Those 4K blu-ray's that are coming out are blu-rays.

they aren't 4K blu-rays though. they are 1080p blu-rays that were MASTERED in 4K. nothing more. kind of how dvds used to say "mastered in Hi-def" back in the day. it's a marketing gimmick. there's not actual TRUE 4K discs on the market yet , or even in anything but alpha testing stages

[indy24la]

Stop worrying so much and go watch a movie... because the love of movies is what it should be all about.

[JohnWayne]

Originally Posted by wormraper

WHAT 4K discs. they're only in the early stages. you got another 5+ years MINIMUM for it to be introduced in something that won't cost a kidney to own

I remember when everybody said the same thing about HDDVD..

[Sky_Captain]

I stopped reading at 'limited income'.

[Danny4]

this is absolutely not the time to stop buying blu-rays. if you want to have a physical collection of your favorite movies this is most likely the last opportunity you get to do so since the future will be streaming. And it wouldn't suprise me if prices will go up instead of down when blu-rays are no longer made, since a lot of people want to really own a movie instead of having it on a hd somewhere.

[crazyBLUE]

Blu-ray is nowhere near the end & will be here a long time from what I understand. As for Trading in a Kidney for 4K ~ Forget it, I like it just the way it is.

[jbat31]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

I stopped reading at 'limited income'.

Why? it is a consideration. I see some people on here who are able to dump loads of money on movies per week and that is awesome for them. I maybe get four titles a month, more if there is a sale and bigger sets are usually birthday, or Christmas. My point with that is, that I will need longer to save for new sets etc.


However after reading many posts it seems there is a long way to go.

[Jutty]

OMG !!!!! Blu is dead,,,id better start selling all my films......
sometimes i get less that 2 per month.....but then again the sneaky "Deals" always gets me..
.. most recent is the BB's U&S,,i picked up all 6 original star trek films for $5 a go,,,

then target had the box set for a tenner... such a deal i couldnt pass up..
just be paitent in buying sets,,they will always go down in price..weather they stay there is another story lol

[kashif]

@jbat31

Definitely not a dumb question. You have every right to ask anything you like. We are here to help. So to answer your question. You need to stick with your Blu-Rays and keep buying them because I dont see other media taking over BDs in the coming 5 years or so atleast. Dont stop buying your BDs just because of this 4k 8k hype. It will take years before this thing become common.