New Lowest Bar for BD Cost

[Animatic33]

Originally Posted by cfraser

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I don't get the dissing of DVDs going on in some threads recently. It is the best hard format for a lot of stuff, may be the only hard format for us "ever" for plenty of stuff. Also it's pretty cheap; I can get so-so movies that I'm really on the fence about for ~$3 each, and maybe I'll like enough to get the BD for typically at least 3X the price. Many good movies you'll never find on any streaming service either, because guess what, people want to get paid. I have a pretty decent A/V setup, and I don't feel "deprived" by watching DVDs.

To each his/her own! Price of used or old copies definitely can't be beat.

I do feel sorta responsible for what I mentioned in another thread, but I must say that I think modern films (especially those from Disney) get the short end of the stick when released on DVD alongside their Blu-ray counterparts. Almost as if the downgrade being used for DVDs is some flimsy codec that the studio doesn't pay too much attention to tweaking. I can say that the picture quality is not just degraded, but are a full few steps down with up-scaling thrown on top of the image.

However, as an owner of many TV shows on DVD as well as a fair amount of classics on DVDs, I understand that many catalog releases will never get a BR treatment, and if they do.. then they are at the mercy of their studio's willingness to do a decent scan/restore. I can see as well that digital streaming is creating a lot of strain on studios outlook on whether restoring for BR discs are entirely worth it. There are quite a few blu releases out there that actually look marginally better or the same as their DVD counterparts.

That being said, I also agree with the OP, bluray disc prices are hitting some all-time lows right now. Kind of crazy.