Blu-ray is great - pricey listings on Amazon.co.jp, though

[anthonybrooker]

I decided the battle of the format wars had been won by Sony's Blu-ray so I went out and bought a new Playstation 3 solely for watching blu-rays. Got my first blu-rays yesterday; Goodfellas, The Prestige and Ronin. The picture quality and sound is simply stunning... BUT... that's the last of my purchases for the foreseeable future. i'm not prepared to fork out $25+ to watch a movie, no matter how good the quality. Now that Warner has made up it's mind, and Sony clearly has an unbeatable lead, it's time for the studios and manufacturers to reward it's loyal customers by bring the price of the media down to <$20.

Until that day happens I'll be buying DVDs again because the quality difference between the two is not worth an additional $10-$20.

Edit:

ok, i walked into that i guess.

well, i've gone onto amazon.com instead of .co.jp and sure enough you guys get a lot of bargains. i have just ordered the following:

1 "The Fifth Element [Blu-ray]"
Bruce Willis; Blu-ray; $19.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Training Day [Blu-ray]"
Denzel Washington; Blu-ray; $14.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Unforgiven [Blu-ray]"
Beverley Elliott; Blu-ray; $19.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "The Last Samurai [Blu-ray]"
Ken Watanabe; Blu-ray; $18.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Vertical Limit [Blu-ray]"
Chris O'Donnell; Blu-ray; $16.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Blood Diamond [Blu-ray]"
Leonard DiCaprio; Blu-ray; $14.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "The Patriot (Extended Cut) [Blu-ray]"
Mel Gibson; Blu-ray; $16.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Underworld (Unrated) [Blu-ray]"
Kate Beckinsale; Blu-ray; $16.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]"
Harrison Ford; Blu-ray; $27.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Spider-Man - The High Definition Trilogy (Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Spider-Man 3) [Blu-ray]"
Tobey Maguire; Blu-ray; $48.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "The Aviator [Blu-ray]"
Alec Baldwin; Blu-ray; $19.95

Sold by: Amazon.com1 "Ocean's Trilogy (Ocean's Eleven/ Ocean's Twelve/ Ocean's Thirteen) [Blu-ray]"
Brad Pitt; Blu-ray; $54.95

Honestly, I'm not cheap, I was just knocked sideways by the prices being quoted in Japan on Amazon.co.jp.

And yes, I should have done much more research about the media but it's one of those things, i fired then aimed.

New blu-rays arriving in a few days and eagerly awaiting them.

As for the quality of the equipment I purchased, the pioneer 50" is state of the art and definitely not for cheapskates.


Once again, apologies for not following this forum's protocol. All i saw was General Discussion and that's all my intention was. If I could remove the thread or change the title i would do so.