Who else do you know that has Blu-ray?

[KingSimba]

Who or how many other people do you know in the real world that has Blu-ray or buys Blu-ray's other than yourself?

For me unfortunately most people I know have not yet converted to Blu-ray, though alot of them say they plan on getting a Blu-ray player at some point in the future.

My dad did get a Blu-ray player last year though, and has since purchased a decent amount of Blu-ray's.

[josuv22]

five others but there also technology loving geeks. don't know anyone else tho

[ChrisDilke]

A couple of my friends have Blu-ray, and in September last year my college invested in a big HD television, player and Blu-ray burner. I take a degree course in media, and as we film and edit our assignments in HD, the staff thought it was necessary to make the upgrade, so that we could burn and show our work on Blu-ray. Needless to say, I was ecstatic when I found this out.

My sister doesn't have it, but I managed to convert my 12 year old nephew into wanting Blu-ray, which made me feel so proud that I bought him Toy Story 3 for Christmas last year. With any luck they won't be too far off getting their own, they came round to my house and took one look at Avatar and thought "wow". And my stepdad has had a PS3 since Christmas but so far no Blu-ray films, I will aim to buy him his first for his birthday in July. It may be True Grit, which I pre-ordered as I want to see it but if I dislike it then I will pass it on to him.

[LordCrumb]

none..

[No1Mugster]

2 Friends, but they own about 5 BD's between them.

[Steve290886]

My middle brother has a PS3 and blu ray burner. It was a workmate that got me into it - I was buying a lot of DVD's and he kept saying I should make the leap to Blu ray - did it and been addicted since.

Apart from that though, I don't know of anyone else. Think I will get my parents a player at xmas.

[kashif]

Unfortunately none and they even dont know about BD and still call it "Blu-Ray DVD"

[yeslek]

Originally Posted by KingSimba

Who or how many other people do you know in the real world that has Blu-ray or buys Blu-ray's other than yourself?

For me unfortunately most people I know have not yet converted to Blu-ray, though alot of them say they plan on getting a Blu-ray player at some point in the future.

My dad did get a Blu-ray player last year though, and has since purchased a decent amount of Blu-ray's.

same as you, very few.

My best friend converted to blu-ray with her PS3 purchase about 3/4 years back (after a lot of convincing from your's truely, though she doesn't half love Blu-Ray / HD now)
A couple guys at work have upgraded in the last 12 months but other than that, I dont know anyone else.

Originally Posted by chip75

Two people I know have a PS3 so they were thinking games first while my brother bought a Sony BD player to go with his TV, I bought my Samsung player first then a TV to go with it!

I was chatting to a lovely lady in Tesco's yesterday when I took back a Monsters DVD to replace with the BD and she asked could I tell the difference between DVD and BD?

We had a nice chat while a queue formed behind us, she said her husband gets mad when shes says she can't tell the difference when he puts on a Blu-ray. I said it depends on what you watch as it can be very subtle but if you want to see the difference put on a Disney or PIXAR film they'll always blow you away!

A few weeks ago I had the same conversation with a couple in Tesco's , they can't see the difference either.

must admit I was a little like this at first. I'd got a PS3 on day one for a number of reasons, but it took me a few months to actually appreciate the HD aspect. I could only see a minor improvement in visual quality but the sound was excellent from day one, I must say. So much, for lack of a better word, fuller.
It wasnt until the likes of The Dark Knight that I got the 'blown away' feeling from the picture quality. Like you say, it depends on the movie, for example, Chasing Amy is not good for showing what Blu-Ray can do, but many CGI/pixar type movies are perfect.

Also found that after watching so much HD via Blu-ray's, I hate going back to SD TV. THEN I can REALLY tell the difference and it kinda made me appreciate Blu-Ray all the more

[Bruce Morrison]

Originally Posted by yeslek

must admit I was a little like this at first. I'd got a PS3 on day one for a number of reasons, but it took me a few months to actually appreciate the HD aspect. I could only see a minor improvement in visual quality but the sound was excellent from day one, I must say. So much, for lack of a better word, fuller.
It wasnt until the likes of The Dark Knight that I got the 'blown away' feeling from the picture quality. Like you say, it depends on the movie, for example, Chasing Amy is not good for showing what Blu-Ray can do, but many CGI/pixar type movies are perfect.

Also found that after watching so much HD via Blu-ray's, I hate going back to SD TV. THEN I can REALLY tell the difference and it kinda made me appreciate Blu-Ray all the more

If people find it difficult to tell the difference between DVD and BD, it may well be because they have excellent DVD upscaling from either their Blu-ray player or (more likely) a dedicated DVD player. I have the Denon 2930 DVD player, which I still use for playing DVDs, and it makes them look almost like BDs on my 46" plasma. (Of course, the difference would be more apparent on the much larger screen sizes provided by using projectors.)

[NHassell18]

I only have one mate that owns a Blu-ray player, and he has about 30 odd BD's. Other than that, everyone I know's still DVD .

[Sig-gotyouth]

In the real world, sadly most of my friends download torrents... I have one friend who buys DVD's still due to the fact I think it's more about variety than quality.

I have a couple of old work colleagues who I converted to Blu-Ray...

[ChrisR]

Just a couple of mates at work and my old man.

Hoping my friends don't move over just yet as they'll all be sniffing around my collection no doubt

[yeslek]

Originally Posted by Bruce Morrison

If people find it difficult to tell the difference between DVD and BD, it may well be because they have excellent DVD upscaling from either their Blu-ray player or (more likely) a dedicated DVD player. I have the Denon 2930 DVD player, which I still use for playing DVDs, and it makes them look almost like BDs on my 46" plasma. (Of course, the difference would be more apparent on the much larger screen sizes provided by using projectors.)

possibley in my case as I used a samsung up-scaler DVD player for nearly a year before I had my PS3.
However, most other people I know either have the HD tv with no blu-ray player or PS3 or vice versa.

either way, its safe to say that the jump from DVD to Blu doesnt appear as big as VHS to DVD. Mainly because we went from analogue warmth to digital sharpness first time round and now the jump is more fine tuning that another drastic change.

[tuxqi]

I also think some people just don't have the eyes to see the difference.

[yeslek]

again, that harks back to 'good example movies' ie Avatar, Pixar etc

depending on the material, the improvement in quality can be so subtle to even the keenest eye. Like I said before, it wasnt until I went back to SD that I truely saw the drastic improvement of Blu-Ray.

I suppose having side by side examples is what you need

[zebredy]

Originally Posted by tuxqi

I also think some people just don't have the eyes to see the difference.

Too true. My hubby has wonky eyes (as I said elsewhere on this forum) you can only really tell when he takes his glasses off, plus another friend has a glass eye.

Viewing distance and type of TV, and the settings the TV are on, can all add to people not seeing, or quite noticing the difference.

I have one friend who is really into movies and has quite a few BRs, not as many as some on here, and there are about 3 people at work who have BR players or PS3 and have a few Blues in there collection (not many though)

Apart from that I know no-one outside of a few forums.

One of my friends who loves collecting movies can't see the point in it, especially with the prices of some of the movies she buys like some trilogies.

My hubby and I can pick up second hand DVDs for £1-2 at local car boot sales (and yes there genuine copies) so for that price I could easily see why so many are not adopting BR.

Not everyone goes online so the shops with there high BR prices are certainly not helping.


Until the price drops a lot then there isn't going to be as many new adopters. As has been said its not like going from VHS - DVD, too some (like my relatives) 'its still just another movie on a disc with a higher price tag, that I would need a new type of player to view the films on, I can't justify the extra cost at the moment.' (his words not mine)

[Le Grande Blu]

My local rental shop just sold off its entire Blu-ray collection dirt cheap. I asked the manager why and he explained that they only made about 40 euro a week in rentals from them. On one hand it was a great deal for me, since I was able to pick up a stack of discs dirt cheap, but a bit depressing overall to see the format die a death (at least here in Dublin anyway)

[Tetsuo27]

Hardly anyone. MY brother has a PS3 but barely even uses it for games let alone as a blu-ray player. My partner has a few Blu-rays that she got in dual packages like Beauty & the Beast and Metropolis steelbook but doesn't have a player.

I've done DVD/Blu-Ray A/B comparissons with family but it's hard for them to really "get it". Problem like many is that they're too far from the screen. Even though they spent over a grand on a 42" a couple of years ago!

It's from personal experience in my own circle that I believe blu-ray will continue to be a rather large niché market rather than overtaking DVD. DVDs still do the job for many people and they're extremely profitable. Since you can get many DVDs so cheap it's hard to see the masses making the switch even if they have a HDTV.

[ps3bd_owner]

The only person, was my ex-teacher other than him, no one else.

My cousin is always talking about getting a Blu-ray Player for his 42" Samsung Plasma but he ends up with a new iPhone every time.

Blu-ray is only truly usable on HD TV's because it can be seen the high improved quality video.

[Jezza]

Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

The only person, was my ex-teacher other than him, no one else.

My cousin is always talking about getting a Blu-ray Player for his 42" Samsung Plasma but he ends up with a new iPhone every time.

Blu-ray is only truly usable on HD TV's because it can be seen the high improved quality video.

Yeah... I think everyone here knows that.

And in fact it's only usable on an HD TV at all.