Does anyone leave their Blu-rays SEALED?

[HyperRealist]

Originally Posted by slimdude

Don't count your chickens, before they hatch! What if that particular "Metal Slip Edition, doesn't become OOP, and valuable, then you are going to be stuck with two "Metal Slip Editions" (whatever those are!)

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[NickMate]

Originally Posted by slimdude

Don't count your chickens, before they hatch! What if that particular "Metal Slip Edition, doesn't become OOP, and valuable, then you are going to be stuck with two "Metal Slip Editions" (whatever those are!)

Haha, I have counted my chickens mate. They are 100% going to become OOP, they all have, some take longer than others. But I always get my back when I sell them, if not much much more. For about metal slips: look at my thread linked above ^

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by nickmate

Haha, I have counted my chickens mate. They are 100% going to become OOP, they all have, some take longer than others. But I always get my back when I sell them, if not much much more. For about metal slips: look at my thread linked above ^

But how long does it take, before you get your money back? Time is exceptionally valuable these days! Life is short.

[cyniclaus]

Originally Posted by nickmate

I agree that there's no point investing a fortune in blurays 1080p but what would you say when 4k hits mainstream? Don't build a collection because 8k is coming soon. I see 4k really being big either late next year or late 2013, since lg has there 4k rolling out this year. I won't stop buying blurays 1080p, I'll just get new release 4k

Wow, what an optimist! BDs have been out since 2006 and we still have problems getting decent transfers/remasters of many films. We still haven't transitioned from DVD (95% of U.S. households own a DVD player but Blu-ray is still around 20%...half of which are PS3s). The related problem is display technology since people have just upgraded to flat screen, 720/1080p sets. Most the people I know, even film lovers, have trouble seeing the difference between upscaled DVD and BD on their 42-47" screens. Studios are not going to waste money on expensive 4k masters in the near future just to try and sell them to 2% of the population. At best, we may see a format aimed at the HT crowd that will have very limited penetration much like Laser Disc did, but even that is likely years away, especially in this economy and the risk-adverse environment that comes with it.

Consider that it took 9 years from the introduction of DVD Video for BD Video to be released.

Finally, bear in mind that VOD/streaming is growing at a rate that exceeds BD penetration and it represents a strong trend away from physical media that will certainly not prevent affordable 4k from making its way to HT, but will inevitably delay it if only from the impact on BD sales that will make studios leery of investing in next-gen platforms.

[GrailVanGogh]

I just buy them to watch them as well.

[Beazy]

Sorry guys I have a bunch of my blu's sealed

[Valore]

I have some that are still sealed but not for purposes of collecting or potentially reselling.

The majority of the ones that I have sealed are sealed because I simply haven't had the time to get around and watch them. Some of these movies include the ones I received when Sony was offering 5 free blurays when you sign up for a Sony card or movies I've received as gifts ect.

[NickMate]

Originally Posted by cyniclaus

Wow, what an optimist! BDs have been out since 2006 and we still have problems getting decent transfers/remasters of many films. We still haven't transitioned from DVD (95% of U.S. households own a DVD player but Blu-ray is still around 20%...half of which are PS3s). The related problem is display technology since people have just upgraded to flat screen, 720/1080p sets. Most the people I know, even film lovers, have trouble seeing the difference between upscaled DVD and BD on their 42-47" screens. Studios are not going to waste money on expensive 4k masters in the near future just to try and sell them to 2% of the population. At best, we may see a format aimed at the HT crowd that will have very limited penetration much like Laser Disc did, but even that is likely years away, especially in this economy and the risk-adverse environment that comes with it.

Consider that it took 9 years from the introduction of DVD Video for BD Video to be released.

Finally, bear in mind that VOD/streaming is growing at a rate that exceeds BD penetration and it represents a strong trend away from physical media that will certainly not prevent affordable 4k from making its way to HT, but will inevitably delay it if only from the impact on BD sales that will make studios leery of investing in next-gen platforms.

I agree on your point about on demand services such as VOD. currently, as I am aware,VOD provides 1080p video with surround which is apparently very nice, but not bluray quality which I believe in 2-3 years will become the standard for physical media. Say VOD allows videos to be downloaded and streamed with 30mbps video and DTS-hd audio, the us internet infrastructure, in it's present stage cannot handle the bandwidth. First off all, the film would take up 15-20gb to stream, which for some people would take a few hours or so but for others take way too long. And if the country did turn to virtual media, think how cooked the bandwidth on all cable lines would be.
So in order for virtual media to replace physical media, the government or cable companies would need to seriously up the bandwidth and speed and also allow large amounts of data per month (do you guys have true unlimited).
This is just my two cent though

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by nickmate

I agree that there's no point investing a fortune in blurays 1080p but what would you say when 4k hits mainstream? Don't build a collection because 8k is coming soon. I see 4k really being big either late next year or late 2013, since lg has there 4k rolling out this year. I won't stop buying blurays 1080p, I'll just get new release 4k

Just the thought of 4K makes me angry. Backlisting 150 Blu-rays will not be fun at all.

[NickMate]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Just the thought of 4K makes me angry. Backlisting 150 Blu-rays will not be fun at all.

150! By the time it comes out when it does, I would have maybe 1000.! It would crazy, but...we went through this between DVD and bluray. We said what's the point, picture won't be better....but it was!

[pscoop]

I will usually open it right away, even if I won't be watching itright then. Although I am taking the advice of opening in the car with DOTM, I would be mad if I got home and found a scratched or broken disc.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by nickmate

150! By the time it comes out when it does, I would have maybe 1000.! It would crazy, but...we went through this between DVD and bluray. We said what's the point, picture won't be better....but it was!

There have to be 4K displays first and those probably won't hit the market until around 2017-2020.

[HyperRealist]

4k is for the $30,000 projector crowd.

[Eny-]

Definitely. I buy them to be on a shelf untouched.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

4k is for the $30,000 projector crowd.

That would be the people here that have more than 2000 BDs right now.

[Blu-Benny]

only movies that are still sealed.....which i have 2 right now maybe.....are left that way when i don't get to watch them right away.

[ravenus]

Yeesh. Movies are for watching and comic books are for reading. I have no love for the so-called collectors that buy stuff and keep it in sealed form to sell later.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

Just the thought of 4K makes me angry. Backlisting 150 Blu-rays will not be fun at all.

I would not worry to much about it, I doubt it will become something for home video in the very near futur.

[ranitasus]

I have a buttload of unopened blu-rays lol With a collection my size, a lot of it is older movies that I adore and upgraded from DVD. Since I haven't watched any of the older movies, many of my copies are still sealed :/

[cathexist]

I've started leaving my new purchases sealed so I know I haven't watched them on blu-ray yet...hehe.