UltraHD Blurays and players will start coming by Christmas 2015. Still buying blurays

[conradforever]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/06/u...y-coming-soon/

As UltraHd (4k) blurays will start arriving by end of the year. And i'm sure they will come with a regular bluray (1080P) with them. As Blurays currently come with 3d bluray/bluray/dvd and a digital copy. Is anyone holding back bluray disk purchases from now till the end of the year? To stop from making a double purchase. I'm thinking this way. Just wanted to know if other people are thinking the same.

[morningtoke]

I'll probably start buying more blu rays since their prices will surely be even lower once UHD BDs roll around. Plus, I don't have a 4K TV yet. We also don't know the prices yet. They might end up being very expensive.

[The Great Owl]

Oh no! My Blu-rays of House of Bamboo (1955), The Cheerleaders (1973) and Sweet Sixteen (1983) haven't even arrived in the mail yet, and they're already obsolete.


(Hahahaha.)


Of course, if combo packs of UltraHD Blu-ray/standard Blu-ray really turn out to be a thing, then I might buy a futureproof package of Spectre (2015) when it comes out.

[Dick Deckard]

Thanks for the info. I just stopped buying blurays the second I read the title of this post. I'm going to sell all of my blurays and dvds on Monday.

It's time for a fresh, 4K start! UHD here I come!

[Bates_Motel]

No, because most of the titles on blu-ray now will most likely never make it to UHD.

I also don't like the fact that UHD players and 4K TVs will upraise existing blu to phantom 4K. While some look okay, many do not. And this is not a setting you can turn off.

[Dick Deckard]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

No, because most of the titles on blu-ray now will most likely never make it to UHD.

I also don't like the fact that UHD players and 4K TVs will upraise existing blu to phantom 4K. While some look okay, many do not. And this is not a setting you can turn off.

That's what DVD owners said about blu. UHD is on the horizon, better just accept it!

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by Dick Deckard

That's what DVD owners said about blu. UHD is on the horizon, better just accept it!

You do know that DVD has a 70-30 market share lead on blu ray right now, almost a full decade after blu ray was launched, right?

To this day, I've never stumbled upon a UHD disc article while casually browsing the Internet and sites like IGN.com. I've seen plenty of "should you buy a 4K TV" guides and articles, but not a single solitary one that is about the upcoming UHD disc format. If it wasn't for this forum, I would have no idea that it was coming. It just doesn't seem to generate any kind of buzz among the general population.

[42041]

Originally Posted by Dick Deckard

That's what DVD owners said about blu. UHD is on the horizon, better just accept it!

It's hardly the same situation. DVD is completely incapable of reproducing the theatrical quality of movies, while blu-ray is almost the same resolution as most digital movie screens and most movies... not to mention physical media dying a slow death. Studios may decide it's worth catering to some tiny audience of videophiles that embrace UHD, but I'll wait for that to happen before investing much money into it.

[jej826]

Originally Posted by Dick Deckard

That's what DVD owners said about blu. UHD is on the horizon, better just accept it!

Most people haven't even accepted blu ray yet..

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by Dick Deckard

That's what DVD owners said about blu. UHD is on the horizon, better just accept it!

But the future is not really in physical media, is it? It's in digital streaming. UHD is going to be very, very niche. Blu Ray is probably going to be the last major frontier of physical programming out there (and loads of people are still perfectly happy with DVDs because they don't care enough/don't see the difference in resolution).

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

No, because most of the titles on blu-ray now will most likely never make it to UHD.

I also don't like the fact that UHD players and 4K TVs will upraise existing blu to phantom 4K. While some look okay, many do not. And this is not a setting you can turn off.

How else would you possibly watch 2k blu-ray on a 4k set if it's not upscaled? Are you going to watch it in a little window in the middle of the screen? That would be the only alternative. If you want to play all your old DVD and blu-rays on your new fancy 4k set, and you want it to actually fit the screen, it needs to be upscaled.

That's one reason I hate the idea of 4k sets - it just makes our 2k discs look inferior based on resolution, just like watching DVD in VLC on our PCs make it obvious just how low resolution they are when we see it play in it's native size in a small window.

[StingingVelvet]

You can turn off 4k upscaling on a player and let the TV do it itself, but yeah, either way a BD is going to be scaled to fill the screen on a 4k set.

[moviesmovie]

Originally Posted by Dick Deckard

Thanks for the info. I just stopped buying blurays the second I read the title of this post. I'm going to sell all of my blurays and dvds on Monday.

It's time for a fresh, 4K start! UHD here I come!

Like you, I'll also want to sell my blu rays and dvds. However, besides Amazon and Ebay, what's the best place to sell one's blurays and dvd?

[HD Goofnut]

Hell to the no.

[Dick Deckard]

Originally Posted by moviesmovie

Like you, I'll also want to sell my blu rays and dvds. However, besides Amazon and Ebay, what's the best place to sell one's blurays and dvd?

That's about the only place unless you know someone in real life wanting to start a collection.

Most people aren't collectors though.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Dick Deckard

Thanks for the info. I just stopped buying blurays the second I read the title of this post. I'm going to sell all of my blurays and dvds on Monday.

It's time for a fresh, 4K start! UHD here I come!

It's a reasonable question, they didn't ask whether you were going to dump all your existing collection which is a logical fallacy many argued about Blu-ray several years ago, but whether or not your purchases are coming to an end.

I won't have 4K for some time, I will not hold off on upcoming Blu-ray purchases but I will certainly buy 4K/BD combo releases of titles I want so I'm future-proofed.

I stopped buying DVD movies in late 2005/early 2006 when I first found out about an upcoming HD physical format.

[conradforever]

from articles i've read. the disks should be around the same price as bluray disks now. players around 2-3 times more than a regular bluray player.

[morningtoke]

Originally Posted by conradforever

from articles i've read. the disks should be around the same price as bluray disks now. players around 2-3 times more than a regular bluray player.

So regular retail UHD BD's at around $22-25 then? Not bad at all. I still don't know if I'm willing to shell out $800+ for a new 4K TV, and $230+ for a 4K player though. I'm not saying I'll never jump on board, but for the moment my 1080p discs look just fine on my 1080p 47" LG

[sukraj]

Originally Posted by conradforever

from articles i've read. the disks should be around the same price as bluray disks now. players around 2-3 times more than a regular bluray player.

Even though I own a 4K TV I think I will wait until the price of Ultra HD Players come down when they arrive they will be far too expensive for me.

[Scorpion Soldier]

I'll probably continue buying Blu-rays, though I've become a bit more selective when it comes to titles. I hope they do offer 4K/BD combos though, since something like The Force Awakens is something that I'd be future proofing for 4K on day one.