How much of an early adopter were you? - Page 3 - Blu-ray Forum

Blu-Jawa · 07-11-2008, 03:12 AM

Got my Vizio HDTV sometime in Aug 07
then in Sep 07 got my Blu-Ray Player= BRP.

jw · 07-11-2008, 03:27 AM

Bought my 60GB from CC in Dec of 2006, Movies were 30.00 a piece

. Those same movies were 9.99 at Frys a year later, but thats the price you pay for early adoption.
I made that mistake with the dvd burner and it ended up costing me more so I am waiting on the blu-ray burner

love4blu · 07-11-2008, 03:38 AM

I got a bluray recorder (LG GBW H10N) at mid summer 2007. Paramount's decision scared me a bit, but I am glad that I ended up on the winning side.

Finally, I got my PS3 at the end of March 2008.

(Oh yes, and in September, I discoved this AMAZING SITE) and eventually I became a member.)

GarettP · 07-11-2008, 03:58 AM

Bought a PS3 New Year's Day 2007 and my first Blu-ray a couple weeks after and have never looked back!

HeavyHitter · 07-11-2008, 04:06 AM

Jan 2007 I first bought BD.

Pinto · 07-11-2008, 06:56 AM

Got my first blu-ray player (Samsung BD-P1200) in early December 2007 - then sweated out the fomat war for a couple of months. Got my second player this year so that I could bitstream the new audio formats.

I think we are now in the "late phase of early adopters" - seems like blu ray rentals at my local Blockbuster are starting to pick up now.

Octavio · 07-11-2008, 09:24 PM

since the summer of 2007, almost one year since I turned "Blu"

callas01 · 07-13-2008, 03:29 PM

start of 2007, I got my Vizio and the Panny bd10AK within 2 weeks of each other, I love tax returns.

although, my dad bought one of the first sony s1's and so I knew of them way back when they costed $12-1500. He must have been one of the first people that bought one, cause sony actually mails him the firmware updates.... go figure.

JasonR · 07-13-2008, 03:34 PM

September 17, 2007

My player was a birthday present from my wife.

YaWk3y_BoMb3r · 07-13-2008, 03:37 PM

Bought my PS3 at launch, nov 17, 06. It came with talladega nights on BD, but i bought one in probably feb or mar of 07 (casino royale)

toolman46and2 · 07-13-2008, 04:24 PM

Got my PS3 on Nov 23 2006 and began buying them about a month later. In early spring, at the release of The Departed I quit buying new DVD releases.

Sonny · 07-13-2008, 04:30 PM

Oct. 2006. My Philips BDP9000 was my fist Blu-ray player.

Pauliesr · 07-13-2008, 04:52 PM

Got my 60gb PS3 just right after Thanksgiving in '06 and had to tuck it away so my kids could 'give' it to me for X-mas that year. I went to Best Buy every morning one week looking to see if any arrived and on friday they showed up.

No overnight waiting for me. It was about a half hour wait each day for 5 days. I got there around 930 each morning so as others showed up they knew I was 'first in line' though it didn't matter as 90% of others were looking for Wii's anyways. Have your Wii. Picked one up Jan. '07 and have played maybe a half dozen times. Really is nothing but a paperweight in our house. Not knocking it though. If you like your Wii, rock on! Just hasn't done much in our household.

Petra_Kalbrain · 07-13-2008, 05:54 PM

About a dozen Blu-ray discs were sitting around collecting dust for about 2 months prior to the PS3 launch. I had that much faith in the format. It was a fun two weeks as everytime I'd pass through the living room the tower of Blu cases would get me all excited and energized for what was to come. Hell, I still feel a bit of a surge a year and a half later when I look at my 200+ Blu-ray collection.

RCO · 07-13-2008, 05:59 PM

Picked up my Sony HDTV in November 2006

Got my Sony BDP in July 2007

Haven't looked back since!!

Rovic · 07-13-2008, 07:12 PM

HDTV - May 5th (my b-day gift from wifey) 2007
PS3 - Nov. 2007
Fist BD - Nov. 2007

sarge1976 · 07-13-2008, 07:25 PM

I got my crappy BDPS500 in Nov 2007 and I got my Xbox360 HD-DVD add on in Aug 2007, and I haven't bought a regular DVD since!

redlikefire02 · 07-13-2008, 07:29 PM

august 07

AlaskaDon · 07-13-2008, 08:45 PM

Got my PS3 in December 2006. My first BD was Kingdom of Heaven which I purchased the same day.

I also picked up the Panny BD-30 during the week that it came out, but can't remember exactly when that was. I quit counting my titles when I hit 200, but would guess that I'm close to 300 titles now

SkullPhyre · 07-13-2008, 09:15 PM

Got my sony 46 inch bravia 1-1-08 got a ps3 on 1-21-08 rented at first then started buying blu's in march I have about 50 Blu's now. Next sunday is my birthday my wife ordered a bunch from amazon for me. Oh my birthday's gonna be fun. Can't wait to see what else I get all I like is movies,games and electronic stuff =)...

View Poll Results: How early did you adopt?
Right at launch!	41	29.93%
Sometime before the end of 2007	83	60.58%
After Toshiba threw in the towel	9	6.57%
Still don't have a blu-ray player yet	4	2.92%
Voters: 137. You may not vote on this poll

07-11-2008, 03:27 AM	#42
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	Bought my 60GB from CC in Dec of 2006, Movies were 30.00 a piece. Those same movies were 9.99 at Frys a year later, but thats the price you pay for early adoption. I made that mistake with the dvd burner and it ended up costing me more so I am waiting on the blu-ray burner

07-11-2008, 03:38 AM	#43
love4blu Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Montreal Blu-ray collection:332	I got a bluray recorder (LG GBW H10N) at mid summer 2007. Paramount's decision scared me a bit, but I am glad that I ended up on the winning side. Finally, I got my PS3 at the end of March 2008. (Oh yes, and in September, I discoved this AMAZING SITE) and eventually I became a member.) Last edited by love4blu; 07-11-2008 at 03:41 AM.

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07-11-2008, 03:12 AM	#41
Blu-Jawa Expert Member Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:248 Blu-ray collection:1582 DVD collection:519 Blu-ray reviews:2	Got my Vizio HDTV sometime in Aug 07 then in Sep 07 got my Blu-Ray Player= BRP.

07-11-2008, 03:58 AM	#44
GarettP Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Montrose, CO Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:21	Bought a PS3 New Year's Day 2007 and my first Blu-ray a couple weeks after and have never looked back!

07-11-2008, 04:06 AM	#45
HeavyHitter Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jul 2007 Home Theater Gallery:4 Trading Score:154	Jan 2007 I first bought BD.

07-11-2008, 06:56 AM	#46
Pinto Active Member Member since:Feb 2008	Got my first blu-ray player (Samsung BD-P1200) in early December 2007 - then sweated out the fomat war for a couple of months. Got my second player this year so that I could bitstream the new audio formats. I think we are now in the "late phase of early adopters" - seems like blu ray rentals at my local Blockbuster are starting to pick up now.

07-11-2008, 09:24 PM	#47
Octavio Contributor Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:2389 DVD collection:3	since the summer of 2007, almost one year since I turned "Blu"

07-13-2008, 03:29 PM	#48
callas01 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Riverside, CA Home Theater Gallery:42 Blu-ray collection:230 DVD collection:47	start of 2007, I got my Vizio and the Panny bd10AK within 2 weeks of each other, I love tax returns. although, my dad bought one of the first sony s1's and so I knew of them way back when they costed $12-1500. He must have been one of the first people that bought one, cause sony actually mails him the firmware updates.... go figure.

07-13-2008, 03:34 PM	#49
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	September 17, 2007 My player was a birthday present from my wife.

07-13-2008, 03:37 PM	#50
YaWk3y_BoMb3r Member Member since:Mar 2008	Bought my PS3 at launch, nov 17, 06. It came with talladega nights on BD, but i bought one in probably feb or mar of 07 (casino royale)

07-13-2008, 04:24 PM	#51
toolman46and2 Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:46 Trading Score:2	Got my PS3 on Nov 23 2006 and began buying them about a month later. In early spring, at the release of The Departed I quit buying new DVD releases.

07-13-2008, 04:30 PM	#52
Sonny Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:1	Oct. 2006. My Philips BDP9000 was my fist Blu-ray player.

07-13-2008, 04:52 PM	#53
Pauliesr Special Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Minnesota Blu-ray collection:325	Got my 60gb PS3 just right after Thanksgiving in '06 and had to tuck it away so my kids could 'give' it to me for X-mas that year. I went to Best Buy every morning one week looking to see if any arrived and on friday they showed up. No overnight waiting for me. It was about a half hour wait each day for 5 days. I got there around 930 each morning so as others showed up they knew I was 'first in line' though it didn't matter as 90% of others were looking for Wii's anyways. Have your Wii. Picked one up Jan. '07 and have played maybe a half dozen times. Really is nothing but a paperweight in our house. Not knocking it though. If you like your Wii, rock on! Just hasn't done much in our household.

07-13-2008, 05:54 PM	#54
Petra_Kalbrain Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Vancouver, BC 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:561 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:20	About a dozen Blu-ray discs were sitting around collecting dust for about 2 months prior to the PS3 launch. I had that much faith in the format. It was a fun two weeks as everytime I'd pass through the living room the tower of Blu cases would get me all excited and energized for what was to come. Hell, I still feel a bit of a surge a year and a half later when I look at my 200+ Blu-ray collection.

07-13-2008, 05:59 PM	#55
RCO Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Lakewood, CO 4K collection:242 Blu-ray collection:1059 DVD collection:127 Digital collection:182 Blu-ray reviews:3	Picked up my Sony HDTV in November 2006 Got my Sony BDP in July 2007 Haven't looked back since!!

07-13-2008, 07:12 PM	#56
Rovic Expert Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Orange County, CA Home Theater Gallery:22 Blu-ray collection:252 Blu-ray reviews: 1	HDTV - May 5th (my b-day gift from wifey) 2007 PS3 - Nov. 2007 Fist BD - Nov. 2007

07-13-2008, 07:25 PM	#57
sarge1976 Power Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Shillington,PA Home Theater Gallery:22 Blu-ray collection:1038 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:4	I got my crappy BDPS500 in Nov 2007 and I got my Xbox360 HD-DVD add on in Aug 2007, and I haven't bought a regular DVD since!

07-13-2008, 07:29 PM	#58
redlikefire02 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:69 Blu-ray reviews:6	august 07

07-13-2008, 08:45 PM	#59
AlaskaDon Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Tennessee Blu-ray collection:-	Got my PS3 in December 2006. My first BD was Kingdom of Heaven which I purchased the same day. I also picked up the Panny BD-30 during the week that it came out, but can't remember exactly when that was. I quit counting my titles when I hit 200, but would guess that I'm close to 300 titles now

07-13-2008, 09:15 PM	#60
SkullPhyre Senior Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Portland, Oregon Blu-ray collection:184	Got my sony 46 inch bravia 1-1-08 got a ps3 on 1-21-08 rented at first then started buying blu's in march I have about 50 Blu's now. Next sunday is my birthday my wife ordered a bunch from amazon for me. Oh my birthday's gonna be fun. Can't wait to see what else I get all I like is movies,games and electronic stuff =)...

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