Recieving DVD's instead of BD as gifts

[bhampton]

Hey,

Curious about something here. I get the word out when family members ask me what I want for X-mass and point them to my amazon wish list for example. However,.. I think I may continue to get DVD's as gifts if people are less "in the know" about Blu Ray.

Last year,.. I returned all my DVD's I got as gifts and bought Blu Ray's instead. That may sound in-sensitive but if something is available on Blu Ray there's no way I'm interested in watching the DVD version.

So,.. if you get DVD's in your stocking,.. whatcha gonna do?

-Brian

[plee]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Hey,

Curious about something here. I get the word out when family members ask me what I want for X-mass and point them to my amazon wish list for example. However,.. I think I may continue to get DVD's as gifts if people are less "in the know" about Blu Ray.

Last year,.. I returned all my DVD's I got as gifts and bought Blu Ray's instead. That may sound in-sensitive but if something is available on Blu Ray there's no way I'm interested in watching the DVD version.

So,.. if you get DVD's in your stocking,.. whatcha gonna do?

-Brian

Just return them, pretty easy just after Christmas...

[Zyclone]

if its a movie i don't have already i will probaly just keep it

[u_nick]

My family pretty much assumes I have all the DVDs I want, so they dont guess. And if they do want to buy me one, they ask, and I provide them with an Amazon link to the specific product, so no confusion should happen.

[cathexist]

I believe the only person that it's possible I would get a movie from for Christmas is my girlfriend...and since she hears me rant constantly about blu-ray...I'm pretty sure she would get me something blu. Luckily she also keeps up with my collection, so she probably wouldn't get me something I already had as well.

The rest of my family either gives me money, or nothing.

(all the sudden I had "money for nothing and my chicks for free" run through my head)

[CptGreedle]

Well I made sure everyone knows that I want Blu-ray. But there are movies out there I want that are not on Blu-ray so I might get a DVD or two. If that happens, depending on the movie, I will live with it. If there IS a BD version, I will only consider exchanging it IF it is a movie I deem worthy of HD. If it is not, I will stay with the DVD. Of course if it is not on BD, I will only buy the BD when it comes out if I deem it worthy of HD. Otherwise I'd stick with the DVD.
(i.e. I don't need to see The Tick on Blu-ray)

[stockstar1138]

im asking for blu-rays. in fact ive already fot the list. Pirates 3, Superbad, CEOT3K and PS3 games. I need to really catch up on my bllu-ray games.

[atomik kinder]

Everybody knows not to get me movies. They all know that I get everything I want the week it comes out, so there is no point. Cash will do just fine.

[Razzy]

I've told the family to just get me Futureshop gift cards. I'm very easy to shop for.

[tron3]

I already got Transformers on DVD as a gift. I am keeping it because I know I can't convert ALL my movies to BD. Some DVD is inevitible. But it's not me buying it.

The only other DVD I want is Shrek 3. My family knows everything else has to be blu-ray.

[Dark Steel]

I usually get gift cards from places like BB or CC. But if I get a SD DVD and it's available on blu ray, hello Best Buy customer service desk for an exchange.

[MacDaddyOJack]

I've already groomed my family and most of my friends on Blu-ray. (They were all awed too when they saw it in action!) So I do not expect to get any DVD's this winter. My birthday and Christmas are next month and I made it quite clear that there are no DVD's on my list, only Blu's!!! If I get any DVD's, they will be returned as there are 4 or 5 must-haves coming out in the first week next year!