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

[bobbydrugar]

Some good points being made. I think penguin that the manufacturers are about to learn the very thing you just said. I also believe this is purely based on hardware peddlers trying to convince people who just sprung for new 1080P TV's to buy new 2160P TV's. and I think the content will be lacking and I believe the profits will not be there for the Hardware folks and I think this will be a very hard lesson learned and we all suffer because of it. The headlines will read "See physical media is dead, Sales of UHD are poor" etc. etc. And in the end we will get a renewed focus on Streaming content and many of the major hardware manufacturers will be financially hurt leaving us even fewer options when choosing to purchase new TV's and Blu-ray Players.

As for Ruined I think your last point was spot on. Lets work to get blu-ray done right before we try to start in on something else.

T

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by bobbydrugar

Some good points being made. I think penguin that the manufacturers are about to learn the very thing you just said. I also believe this is purely based on hardware peddlers trying to convince people who just sprung for new 1080P TV's to buy new 2160P TV's. and I think the content will be lacking and I believe the profits will not be there for the Hardware folks and I think this will be a very hard lesson learned and we all suffer because of it. The headlines will read "See physical media is dead, Sales of UHD are poor" etc. etc. And in the end we will get a renewed focus on Streaming content and many of the major hardware manufacturers will be financially hurt leaving us even fewer options when choosing to purchase new TV's and Blu-ray Players.

As for Ruined I think your last point was spot on. Lets work to get blu-ray done right before we try to start in on something else.

T

The only way for Blu-Ray to be done right is to wipe out DVD completely!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

The only way for Blu-Ray to be done right is to wipe out DVD completely!

I've been saying this for years. The studios need to stop the DVD only SKUs if they release a film on BD. Since we are looking at the next thing the studios need to stop including DVDs in combo packs except for kids/family movies.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

The only way for Blu-Ray to be done right is to wipe out DVD completely!

Blu-ray prices would have to drop even further though otherwise they will be leaving a lot of money on the table with cheaper DVDs.

I think they could have phased out new DVD-only movie releases making them only for Blu-ray but lowering the price so they match new DVD title release prices. Combos might be okay for some titles.

But there is also a lot of other stuff on DVD that will never see the light of day on Blu-ray. Not just movies, but documentaries, music, sports, etc. so those would have to still be made.

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by bobbydrugar

Some good points being made. I think penguin that the manufacturers are about to learn the very thing you just said. I also believe this is purely based on hardware peddlers trying to convince people who just sprung for new 1080P TV's to buy new 2160P TV's. and I think the content will be lacking and I believe the profits will not be there for the Hardware folks and I think this will be a very hard lesson learned and we all suffer because of it. The headlines will read "See physical media is dead, Sales of UHD are poor" etc. etc. And in the end we will get a renewed focus on Streaming content and many of the major hardware manufacturers will be financially hurt leaving us even fewer options when choosing to purchase new TV's and Blu-ray Players.

As for Ruined I think your last point was spot on. Lets work to get blu-ray done right before we try to start in on something else.

T

Spot on reply. Let them start with getting popular movies correct and using BD full potential first off. Looking as discs like Weird Science, a hugely popular movie looks awful on 'high definition'. It'll just be the same complaints on UHD. Release movies we've been waiting over 10yrs for rather then yet another issue of The Dark Knight please.

[Dylan34]

Originally Posted by bobbydrugar

Some good points being made. I think penguin that the manufacturers are about to learn the very thing you just said. I also believe this is purely based on hardware peddlers trying to convince people who just sprung for new 1080P TV's to buy new 2160P TV's. and I think the content will be lacking and I believe the profits will not be there for the Hardware folks and I think this will be a very hard lesson learned and we all suffer because of it. The headlines will read "See physical media is dead, Sales of UHD are poor" etc. etc. And in the end we will get a renewed focus on Streaming content and many of the major hardware manufacturers will be financially hurt leaving us even fewer options when choosing to purchase new TV's and Blu-ray Players.

As for Ruined I think your last point was spot on. Lets work to get blu-ray done right before we try to start in on something else.

T

I recently purchased the Sony x850c last month and it's a nice 4K tv, but I totally agree that blu-ray should have been made perfect right out of the gate, let alone 10 years into the formats life, before a new resolution was released to become the new standard. HDR and a wider color spectrum could have been used with blu-ray. Also, titles should have been given the golden glove treatment from day 1 instead of all the re-releases that have surfaced over the last decade. Studio's and Sony should have been promoting the Blu format like gangbusters before 1 unit was ever sold. A lot of stuff could and should have been done to help make the format top notch, and to promote it better. It could still be done if Sony and company were willing to, but I'm afraid that ship has sailed. They all want streaming and digital downloads which is friggin' ridiculous!!!!!

[bobbydrugar]

The streaming issue is what actually scares me the most. That puts us one step closer to Pay Per View digital streaming, which physical media has kept in check.

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