Not many films to encourage upgrading to BD!

[X-Ninja]

I dont think hes a HD-DVD fan. I think hes just a guy that doesnt know his info too much.

The matrix trilogy has been announced by the way - just no release date.

To check the movies, just click in the tabs under the blu-ray.com logo.
Theres a "Movies" tab 3 over from the left.

Theres plenty of movies available at the moment.

[BStecke]

So uh . . . I'm kind of trying to figure out why you felt it was necessary to post this . . . I have no interest in driving a Prius, so I don't seek out Prius forums to discuss how disinterested I am in them . . . but you joined just to post how uninterested you are in Blu-ray at the present time.

[lildawgryan]

"So uh . . . I'm kind of trying to figure out why you felt it was necessary to post this . . . I have no interest in driving a Prius, so I don't seek out Prius forums to discuss how disinterested I am in them . . . but you joined just to post how uninterested you are in Blu-ray at the present time. "

Well some people have feelings and need to express them to others! I guess this guy dosnt have any friends or family so his last choice was to come here

[Slackr89]

the big titles like LOTR and Star Wars needs to be released on BD in order to make it mainstream. it doesnt work well the other way. u need something to offer to consumers before they adopt new technology.

[davidPS3]

Originally Posted by Luis_A51

if you can honestly say that no BD released to date interests you, then you're absolutely not a movie lover.

I have to agree. A newcomer coming on and making a statement like this. Hate to say it, and I have never in all my time here said this, but this sounds like a HD-DVD person here to stir up trouble??

This is the blu ray forum, coming on and saying there are no titles worthy of upgrading your system is just plain wrong, in my opinion and yes, your entitled to your opinion of course as am I.

Just seems like alot of new threads being started by new members making statements a bit out there.

Let the masses check in on this one.

[Tiamat_M]

Your Sentence Revised to only show your opinion
However most of the current BD Disks available are hardly an incentive for ME to take the plunge and for ME to invest in a Blu-Ray player and a 1080P screen!

I have to agree with your response, you are absolutely correct, I am only expressing my own opinion and what I believe in of relevance to myself.

As I stated previously I don't wish to be controversial for the sake of being controversial. I merely wish to contribute a personal opinion.

I personally don't believe the releases have reached tipping point as far as I am concerned (although it may have for others).

BTW I should point out that I live in Europe and as a result prices here are about twice as expensive (films, players and screens) as they are in the US.

Having been an early adopter of previous formats, and having paid premium pricing for near 'bleading edge' formats and technology, I can quite empathise with people being enthusiastic about promoting BD and 1080p and don't wish to steal their thunder.

From my own point of view I am quite prepared to wait for the price for BD, et al, to drop by another 30% to 50% before taking the plunge and investing. Also I would need to see a lot more films available.

This is my opinion and viewpoint. BD is the way to go but as far as I'm concerned, maybe in 2009!

[davidPS3]

Originally Posted by Tiamat_M

Your Sentence Revised to only show your opinion
However most of the current BD Disks available are hardly an incentive for ME to take the plunge and for ME to invest in a Blu-Ray player and a 1080P screen!

I have to agree with your response, you are absolutely correct, I am only expressing my own opinion and what I believe in of relevance to myself.

As I stated previously I don't wish to be controversial for the sake of being controversial. I merely wish to contribute a personal opinion.

I personally don't believe the releases have reached tipping point as far as I am concerned (although it may have for others).

BTW I should point out that I live in Europe and as a result prices here are about twice as expensive (films, players and screens) as they are in the US.

Having been an early adopter of previous formats, and having paid premium pricing for near 'bleading edge' formats and technology, I can quite empathise with people being enthusiastic about promoting BD and 1080p and don't wish to steal their thunder.

From my own point of view I am quite prepared to wait for the price for BD, et al, to drop by another 30% to 50% before taking the plunge and investing. Also I would need to see a lot more films available.

This is my opinion and viewpoint. BD is the way to go but as far as I'm concerned, maybe in 2009!

Then may I suggest you check back in with us in 2009 and take 2008 off from the Blu Ray Forum. Yes, again, everyone is entitled to their opinion, just keep in mind that this can be considered negative towards blu. re-read your opening post.

[CptGreedle]

So your argument is "I'm so picky about my movies that not a single one of the 500 Blu-ray titles available peaks my interest".
Not much of an argument. You are just saying you are really really picky.
Let me put it this way, look on this site at the list of almost 500 titles available. If there really are no titles on here that interest you, then perhaps your tastes are a little to strange for main stream media, which is what this is right now. You will find very few non-main stream movies on either HD format, because they don't make as much money right now.

Why did you post in here anyways? If you truly are interested in Blu-ray, look up the available titles, try it out. If worse comes to worse and there really is nothing on Blu-ray you like, you can still use it to up-sample DVDs until something does come out on Blu-ray that you like.

What kind of movies do you like? Name some titles.

[richieb1971]

I don't understand why studios are snobbish to release big name movies straight away. You always use the argument that they need an installed user base to justify it, but thats BS imo.

If Star Wars came out on DVD day 1, it would of sold millions of units, players and other bits of merchandise on day 1.

The only argument I can come up with is that big movie franchises releasing on Blu-ray will cause a mass sell off of the movie franchise on an older formats. I am not sure how that affects things.

[mightypen]

Yes, the selection is overall lackluster (enough for me to jump though), but what do you honestly expect? Why would you release your big guns (JP, SW, etc) when the user base is tiny and players are not at mass market prices? It would be nice, of course, but the studios have to make money, and the longer they wait, the more potential customers there will be at full price.

edit: while I was typing this, the above poster posted.

you frankly aren't going to get massive movie sales until the player is 199. Even then, as we've seen with HD-dvd, that might not be enough.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by Tiamat_M

I don't intend to be controversial. Without wanting or intending to sound patronising maybe 20 years ago these the current release of BD films available would have made me part with my money

Film content and beauty, rather than film format, is a much more compelling argument! I would willingly upgrade my favourite films (currently about 500 DVD titles - and growing! that I consider worth watching about every 3 months) when they become available in BD format. However none of those titles are currently available. That is not entirely true, there are a few available, but as far as I'm concerned it hasn't reached tipping point yet!

Tiamat_m

Still collecting DVDs. This is a HD format site. Your comments fall on Deaf Ears.

[X-Ninja]

Originally Posted by richieb1971

I don't understand why studios are snobbish to release big name movies straight away. You always use the argument that they need an installed user base to justify it, but thats BS imo.

If Star Wars came out on DVD day 1, it would of sold millions of units, players and other bits of merchandise on day 1.

The only argument I can come up with is that big movie franchises releasing on Blu-ray will cause a mass sell off of the movie franchise on an older formats. I am not sure how that affects things.

My thoughts exactly.

But you know... whatever.

IM () happy with the movies right now...

[jsteinhauer]

I think he only collects porn

[Tiamat_M]

Quotion:
"Why did you post in here anyways? If you truly are interested in Blu-ray, look up the available titles, try it out. If worse comes to worse and there really is nothing on Blu-ray you like, you can still use it to up-sample DVDs until something does come out on Blu-ray that you like.2


In an an open-minded attempt to address some of the criticism I carefully checked which of the currently release 321 titles in the drama section I would be prepared to purchase over a 6 month period.
came up with 11 titles:
Syriana, Sense and Sensibility (bit of a girly film, might get it for the Missus)
The Shawshank Redemption, The Last Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, The Green Mile, Dances with Wolves - release Postponed, Dune - blank release date prosumably none at this point! Crash, A Passage to India and A Room with a View. Given that 2 of these have only been announced without release dates , I would regard as an insufficient number of films to justify purchasing BD player and HD screen. However I would not wish to discourage anyone, who wished to purchase this kit at present as this will only help getting BD and HD screens into mainline usage (with corresponding price drop!).

I think I'll take advice given and revisit this issue in 2009! In the meantime BD needs more films!

I've enjoyed the robust discussion!

Tiamat_M

[Tiamat_M]

Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

Still collecting DVDs. This is a HD format site. Your comments fall on Deaf Ears.

I understand perfectly that this is an HD site. However as the price of marginal DVDs reduces (in the face of upcoming BD titles) it often makes sense to buy them.

If the title were available in BD format, it would certainly make BD more compelling, but sadly this is not the case!

Tiamat_M

[SandSkorpion]

So your position changed from available library to cost? That's fine if you can't find anything currently available, but to suggest you'd rather buy DVD over blu-ray due to cost seems strange.

[GORT]

Originally Posted by Tiamat_M

Quotion:
"Why did you post in here anyways? If you truly are interested in Blu-ray, look up the available titles, try it out. If worse comes to worse and there really is nothing on Blu-ray you like, you can still use it to up-sample DVDs until something does come out on Blu-ray that you like.2


In an an open-minded attempt to address some of the criticism I carefully checked which of the currently release 321 titles in the drama section I would be prepared to purchase over a 6 month period.
came up with 11 titles:
Syriana, Sense and Sensibility (bit of a girly film, might get it for the Missus)
The Shawshank Redemption, The Last Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, The Green Mile, Dances with Wolves - release Postponed, Dune - blank release date prosumably none at this point! Crash, A Passage to India and A Room with a View. Given that 2 of these have only been announced without release dates , I would regard as an insufficient number of films to justify purchasing BD player and HD screen. However I would not wish to discourage anyone, who wished to purchase this kit at present as this will only help getting BD and HD screens into mainline usage (with corresponding price drop!).

I think I'll take advice given and revisit this issue in 2009! In the meantime BD needs more films!

I've enjoyed the robust discussion!

Tiamat_M

Blu Ray has pleanty of movies just none that fit your narrow and I do mean narrow taste in movies you are not open minded you should branch out a little and try somthing new insted of just drama I mean thats just boreing

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by Tiamat_M

I understand perfectly that this is an HD site. However as the price of marginal DVDs reduces (in the face of upcoming BD titles) it often makes sense to buy them.

If the title were available in BD format, it would certainly make BD more compelling, but sadly this is not the case!

Tiamat_M

Your position and opinions are what matter to you. They are indeed valid then. Bottom line is this: Now is not the time for you to come on board with BD. BUT!!! If you did and joined the ranks now, these titles will appear all the faster with more BD adaptors. Wait now and you wait longer for the BDs we are also waiting for.

Stay around the site a while. Read the posts and maybe you will change your mind at some point, maybe not. Have fun here though. Its a great site with a lot of deverse opinions as you can see, but it's all good!

[Tiamat_M]

Originally Posted by BStecke

So uh . . . I'm kind of trying to figure out why you felt it was necessary to post this . . . I have no interest in driving a Prius, so I don't seek out Prius forums to discuss how disinterested I am in them . . . but you joined just to post how uninterested you are in Blu-ray at the present time.

I wouldn't drive a Prius either!
Believe me I have stood transfixed in a demonstration room by the power of BD films shown on 1080p format. What I need is content, and at present only a small percentage of films are available on BD.

My reason for making these posts is that they are read by policy makers in BD studios who are seeking to balance and optimise their investment return in DVDs and BD. DVDs still represent a greater return.

I merely wish to signal that they need to bolster their introduction of BD titles to encourage people like me. I am holding off moving to BD until I see more titles! I am going to wait until 2009 and review the situation then.

[jdc115]

Originally Posted by Tiamat_M

I have been following the battle between HDDVD and Blu-Ray Disks and as an avid technology junkie it's clear to me that Blu-Ray is the way to go.

However most of the current BD Disks available are hardly an incentive to take the plunge and invest in a Blu-Ray player and 1080p screen!

I need some serious stuff like a release (re-release!) of the Star Wars film set, Matrix trilogy or Lord of the Rings trilogy to set pulses racing!

Most of the stuff released in Blu-Ray disks if I have seen it I wouldn't bother watching again regardless of HD format!

I am still waiting to see the value and the quality (not image but film quality!)
Tiamat-M

Each has his own tastes, I would hardly call Star Wars, Matrix and Lord of the Rings quality films. If this is what you are waiting for, then don't all the other blockbuster films released fit in your DVD catalog of movies you watch again and again?