Finally! A friend with Blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

obriensg1 · 10-06-2009, 06:01 AM

I have had Blu-ray for almost 3 years now and I love it. My best friend Sara came walking in the door today to watch Monday Night Football and announced that the week before she bought a Slim PS3, Call of Duty 4, and pre-ordered Modern Warfare 2 and Snow White. I was in shock but this is so great! She said she is loving it and she raided my collection on things to watch.

Anyway I know this is a pointless post but I'm thrilled to have a friend with Blu-ray capabilities.

Somebody tell me about if you had somebody you knew who could play the same games and watch Blu-ray

aggienader08 · 10-06-2009, 06:59 AM

I think this is a great thread! None of my friends have Blu-ray! My closest friend was home over the summer and his parents bought a BD player. He came over to my house and raided my collection and I introduced him to a few he had never heard of, namely 'Baraka'; needless to say he was blown away.

Another friend of mine recently bought himself a Samsung 47" LED and he refuses to make the jump to blu. He says they're not much better than the DVD!

As for other people... I think BD will reach the rest of the consumer market very soon. 'Star Trek' will definitely help with that!

dannycj · 10-06-2009, 07:00 AM

I have 1 friend who has blu-ray, unfortunately he owns 1 blu-ray after 10 months so i do all the lending. Just waiting for my other mates to buy blu.

vegeta88 · 10-06-2009, 07:04 AM

I don't know anyone who owns Blu-rays but my sister is trying to get her husband to go along with buying a PS3. They come over a couple times a month to watch Blu-rays at my place and are always impressed

koontz1973 · 10-06-2009, 07:12 AM

obriensg1, you lucky sod. The only other person I know with BD is my father and he only buys opera. Not my cup of tea but they do sound bloody fantastic through his system. Hoping that now a friend bought a PS3, he might start collecting, but no joy there either.

wormraper · 10-06-2009, 07:13 AM

lol, must be my location but most of my friends all have blu ray. Hell the guys at my local used pawn shop that I go to all get first dibs because 1/2 the workers there buy blu's.

flickbuff · 10-06-2009, 07:16 AM

Blah

Travis · 10-06-2009, 07:22 AM

I'm glad none of my friend's have Blu-ray. I hate lending stuff, and don't like being put on the spot and having to say no.

I've had friends of friends ask to borrow DVDs and CDs before. Just said, sorry I don't lend DVDs. i'd never get them back. I hate lending CDs, books and movies, every now and then there is someone you have to hound to return your stuff. I also never ask to borrow movies, I have a Blockbuster card.

syncguy · 10-06-2009, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Travis

I'm glad none of my friend's have Blu-ray. I hate lending stuff, and don't like being put on the spot and having to say no.

I've had friends of friends ask to borrow DVDs and CDs before. Just said, sorry I don't lend DVDs. i'd never get them back. I hate lending CDs, books and movies, every now and then there is someone you have to hound to return your stuff. I also never ask to borrow movies, I have a Blockbuster card.

This is true. I have bad experinece as well.

An interesting thread....

jamsbooking · 10-06-2009, 07:43 AM

i agree - none of my friends have blu ray, they say its too expensive, i sound like a baller when i non chalantly tell them i collect them, "yeahhhh i have around 400 i think,"

you see the jaws drop.

i have some movie nights during the week where 10 or so people will come and watch pirates of the carribean trilogy, or when a new movie drops like haunting in connecticut, ect.

its kinda cool having the exclusivity as i do.

my brother down the hall also has a big tv, and collects some blu rays but its one of those "lending" situations, him and his gf would come in my room and snag true blood season 1, or band of brothers, and i wasn't cool with that.... AT all.

so i bought a lock and now he rents them from me

i was like dude....i bought band of brothers for 55$, your just going to take it in there and watch it for free? pshhh. call it selfish, call it what you want, but i dont pay all that money just for people to freeload off my stash. but thats another story for another thread

Damage Inc. · 10-06-2009, 07:50 AM

lol

I know how that is... I barely know anyone with the same interests as me anyway.
But in general there are barely any people in my direct environment that even consider.
Well, sóme in my family are into tech-stuff, but they probably aren't even convinced that BD is so much better.
They are just some of those people that will automatically go along with the general consumer.
So once there aren't any DVD-things to buy anymore, they'll buy BD anyway.
It's just, they're not looking for it as much, I really dug into this thing like
"OK, what's this new format, I should get on board so I can use it too." .

And it's all also a bit more expensive around here in Europe still.
On top of that, I'm a rather young guy, and most of my handful of friends of about the same age
don't have much extra money to pump into hobbies like this anyway.
Just like me, only I'm much more of a film..."fan" or whatever, than most people I know.

tbizzle · 10-06-2009, 08:25 AM

I don't have any friends with blu-rays either, and only one of my friends has a PS3. But it's fun being being able to show off my blu's on my setup and see how impressed everyone is.

ambientcafe · 10-06-2009, 08:39 AM

I don't have any friends or acquaintances that own a standalone player (altho my nephew has a PS3 mainly for gaming), which is probably not surprising, given that standalones still loosely fall into the category of niche products.

YodasFootPowder · 10-06-2009, 08:50 AM

I only have one friend who has Blu-ray and over the past few months her Blu-ray collections stands at 3 movies. LOL! Most people I know just don't understand how much better they look than DVD which is why none of them have invested in it. A lot of them also don't have HDTVs or if they do they're smaller TVs and really don't show how dramatically good Blu-rays can look. Blu-ray prices are actually quite reasonable most of the time these days, I think if everyone knew how much better they looked they'd dump DVD and only be buying Blu-ray versions of their movies.

dalejr88 · 10-06-2009, 09:44 AM

More importantly he found a girl who likes to watch monday night football is she single?

MOONPHASE · 10-06-2009, 10:06 AM

All of my co-workers are *game console that shall not be named* people and don't have Blu-ray

MOONPHASE · 10-06-2009, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Travis

I'm glad none of my friend's have Blu-ray. I hate lending stuff, and don't like being put on the spot and having to say no.

I've had friends of friends ask to borrow DVDs and CDs before. Just said, sorry I don't lend DVDs. i'd never get them back. I hate lending CDs, books and movies, every now and then there is someone you have to hound to return your stuff. I also never ask to borrow movies, I have a Blockbuster card.

Well if you know where they live just make a quick little trip and get your movies back

Damage Inc. · 10-06-2009, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Well if you know where they live just make a quick little trip and get your movies back

Yeah, you should know where they live if you lend anything, and know them well enough too.
Cause, you know, otherwise you'll just risk losing something you paid for...
Like I can now borrow a DVD-box from someone, but he's family, so... :P
In return I'm going some work on his own Demo-CDs though.

Reminds me... he's coming over today and I should remind him to bring the box. lol

I really wonder, he loves 'Alien' (that's in the box), if he'd care enough to get it on BD too.
I'm sure he'd be amazed...

Solok · 10-06-2009, 11:03 AM

Have a couple friends who are into Blu. Thankfully neither one of them are close enough to where I live to borrow my movies. And in the few times they do ask, I always conveniently forget.

MaCruz · 10-06-2009, 11:05 AM

My gf (LeAnn) bought a BDP a month ago from BB when it was $100. She prefers to watch movies at my house because I have a bigger TV.

10-06-2009, 06:01 AM	#1
obriensg1 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Minnesota Home Theater Gallery:23 4K collection:246 Blu-ray collection:581 DVD collection:228 Digital collection:317 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:97	Finally! A friend with Blu-ray I have had Blu-ray for almost 3 years now and I love it. My best friend Sara came walking in the door today to watch Monday Night Football and announced that the week before she bought a Slim PS3, Call of Duty 4, and pre-ordered Modern Warfare 2 and Snow White. I was in shock but this is so great! She said she is loving it and she raided my collection on things to watch. Anyway I know this is a pointless post but I'm thrilled to have a friend with Blu-ray capabilities. Somebody tell me about if you had somebody you knew who could play the same games and watch Blu-ray Last edited by obriensg1; 10-06-2009 at 06:45 AM. Reason: taking out details that bring about useless comments by fellow members

10-06-2009, 06:59 AM	#2
aggienader08 Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Fort Worth, TX Home Theater Gallery:24 Blu-ray collection:513 Blu-ray reviews: 3	I think this is a great thread! None of my friends have Blu-ray! My closest friend was home over the summer and his parents bought a BD player. He came over to my house and raided my collection and I introduced him to a few he had never heard of, namely 'Baraka'; needless to say he was blown away. Another friend of mine recently bought himself a Samsung 47" LED and he refuses to make the jump to blu. He says they're not much better than the DVD! As for other people... I think BD will reach the rest of the consumer market very soon. 'Star Trek' will definitely help with that! Last edited by aggienader08; 10-06-2009 at 07:02 AM.

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10-06-2009, 07:00 AM	#3
dannycj Senior Member Member since:Jul 2008 4K collection:193 Blu-ray collection:828 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:18	I have 1 friend who has blu-ray, unfortunately he owns 1 blu-ray after 10 months so i do all the lending. Just waiting for my other mates to buy blu.

10-06-2009, 07:04 AM	#4
vegeta88 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2007 Location:CA 4K collection:94 Blu-ray collection:666 DVD collection:116 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:1	I don't know anyone who owns Blu-rays but my sister is trying to get her husband to go along with buying a PS3. They come over a couple times a month to watch Blu-rays at my place and are always impressed

10-06-2009, 07:12 AM	#5
koontz1973 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Insane Alylum for the over achievers. Blu-ray collection:133	obriensg1, you lucky sod. The only other person I know with BD is my father and he only buys opera. Not my cup of tea but they do sound bloody fantastic through his system. Hoping that now a friend bought a PS3, he might start collecting, but no joy there either.

10-06-2009, 07:13 AM	#6
wormraper Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Tucson Arizona 4K collection:960 Blu-ray collection:5288 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:571	lol, must be my location but most of my friends all have blu ray. Hell the guys at my local used pawn shop that I go to all get first dibs because 1/2 the workers there buy blu's.

10-06-2009, 07:16 AM	#7
flickbuff Junior Member Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Over the hills and far away Blu-ray collection:101 Blu-ray reviews:8	Blah

10-06-2009, 07:22 AM	#8
Travis Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Recliner Home Theater Gallery:71 4K collection:126 Blu-ray collection:2055 DVD collection:241 iTunes collection:40 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:14	I'm glad none of my friend's have Blu-ray. I hate lending stuff, and don't like being put on the spot and having to say no. I've had friends of friends ask to borrow DVDs and CDs before. Just said, sorry I don't lend DVDs. i'd never get them back. I hate lending CDs, books and movies, every now and then there is someone you have to hound to return your stuff. I also never ask to borrow movies, I have a Blockbuster card.

10-06-2009, 07:43 AM	#10
jamsbooking Active Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:augusta, ga. Home Theater Gallery:27 Blu-ray collection:135 Trading Score:89	i agree - none of my friends have blu ray, they say its too expensive, i sound like a baller when i non chalantly tell them i collect them, "yeahhhh i have around 400 i think," you see the jaws drop. i have some movie nights during the week where 10 or so people will come and watch pirates of the carribean trilogy, or when a new movie drops like haunting in connecticut, ect. its kinda cool having the exclusivity as i do. my brother down the hall also has a big tv, and collects some blu rays but its one of those "lending" situations, him and his gf would come in my room and snag true blood season 1, or band of brothers, and i wasn't cool with that.... AT all. so i bought a lock and now he rents them from me i was like dude....i bought band of brothers for 55$, your just going to take it in there and watch it for free? pshhh. call it selfish, call it what you want, but i dont pay all that money just for people to freeload off my stash. but thats another story for another thread

10-06-2009, 07:50 AM	#11
Damage Inc. Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:The Netherlands 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:384 DVD collection:5	lol I know how that is... I barely know anyone with the same interests as me anyway. But in general there are barely any people in my direct environment that even consider. Well, sóme in my family are into tech-stuff, but they probably aren't even convinced that BD is so much better. They are just some of those people that will automatically go along with the general consumer. So once there aren't any DVD-things to buy anymore, they'll buy BD anyway. It's just, they're not looking for it as much, I really dug into this thing like "OK, what's this new format, I should get on board so I can use it too." . And it's all also a bit more expensive around here in Europe still. On top of that, I'm a rather young guy, and most of my handful of friends of about the same age don't have much extra money to pump into hobbies like this anyway. Just like me, only I'm much more of a film..."fan" or whatever, than most people I know.

10-06-2009, 08:25 AM	#12
tbizzle Blu-ray Ninja Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Folsom, CA Home Theater Gallery:61 4K collection:47 Blu-ray collection:571 Trading Score:55	I don't have any friends with blu-rays either, and only one of my friends has a PS3. But it's fun being being able to show off my blu's on my setup and see how impressed everyone is.

10-06-2009, 08:39 AM	#13
ambientcafe Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Alberta Home Theater Gallery:26 Blu-ray reviews: 12	I don't have any friends or acquaintances that own a standalone player (altho my nephew has a PS3 mainly for gaming), which is probably not surprising, given that standalones still loosely fall into the category of niche products.

10-06-2009, 08:50 AM	#14
YodasFootPowder Blu-ray Guru Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Twin Cities, MN Home Theater Gallery:40 4K collection:154 Blu-ray collection:565 Blu-ray reviews: 4 Trading Score:3	I only have one friend who has Blu-ray and over the past few months her Blu-ray collections stands at 3 movies. LOL! Most people I know just don't understand how much better they look than DVD which is why none of them have invested in it. A lot of them also don't have HDTVs or if they do they're smaller TVs and really don't show how dramatically good Blu-rays can look. Blu-ray prices are actually quite reasonable most of the time these days, I think if everyone knew how much better they looked they'd dump DVD and only be buying Blu-ray versions of their movies.

10-06-2009, 09:44 AM	#15
dalejr88 Member Member since:Mar 2009 Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:1139	More importantly he found a girl who likes to watch monday night football is she single?

10-06-2009, 10:06 AM	#16
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	All of my co-workers are game console that shall not be named people and don't have Blu-ray

10-06-2009, 11:03 AM	#19
Solok Active Member Member since:Mar 2009 Blu-ray collection:62	Have a couple friends who are into Blu. Thankfully neither one of them are close enough to where I live to borrow my movies. And in the few times they do ask, I always conveniently forget.

10-06-2009, 11:05 AM	#20
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	My gf (LeAnn) bought a BDP a month ago from BB when it was $100. She prefers to watch movies at my house because I have a bigger TV.

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