Reviewers recommend buying non-eye-candy films on DVD even if you have BD

[Grubert]

I've always appreciated dvdbeaver, because they reviewed a lot of arthouse and non-mainstream titles. But really, what they said on a recent BD review (King of California) was really

I made a comments in my article about the new formats that I would only consider re-purchasing films I own on SD that would benefit the most from a hi-def upgrade (or new stuff to review). Since I liked this film quite a lot but don't feel it deserves a hi-def transfer, then I strongly recommend the SD version . [...]

NOTE: We realize the Blu-ray and HD are only a few dollars more, so that may influence your decision to 'upgrade'.

I can understand not rebuying on HDM a title you already have, but passing up the hidef version of a title you don't have yet?

Look at it this way: if you went to the movies and you have the option of paying watching the movie for $7 on a film print or $5 on a projected DVD, what would you choose? Even if it was a low-budget indie film, it makes no sense.