Giving Thanks for Blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

GregBlu5 · 11-22-2007, 12:26 PM

For us U.S.'ers, we can be thankful for Blu-ray for one (and some might think *surprising*) reason: price. I randomly researched four upcoming Blu titles for early next year and compared them to their SD equivalents*:

War:

22.49 SD vs 27.95 Blu

Suburban Girl:

19.99 SD vs 22.95 Blu

Breaker Morant:

13.99 SD vs 19.95 Blu

Resident Evil:

17.99/9.49/17.99 SD (purchased individually) vs 62.95 Blu box set

Some may have complained--and ordinary and/or unaware consumers may shy away--regarding the price of Blu-ray disks not on sale; however, when you look at those comparisons above, considering what you're getting, Blu ain't bad at all.

Without Blu-ray being around, we'd be paying what I consider lousy prices for new releases and getting, well, same ol'. plain ol' DVD's. I, for one, am most thankful for Blu.

-Greg

* Prices from amazon.com.

Kristin Simard · 11-22-2007, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregBlu5

For us U.S.'ers, we can be thankful for Blu-ray for one (and some might think *surprising*) reason: price. I randomly researched four upcoming Blu titles for early next year and compared them to their SD equivalents*:

War:

22.49 SD vs 27.95 Blu

Suburban Girl:

19.99 SD vs 22.95 Blu

Breaker Morant:

13.99 SD vs 19.95 Blu

Resident Evil:

17.99/9.49/17.99 SD (purchased individually) vs 62.95 Blu box set

Some may have complained--and ordinary and/or unaware consumers may shy away--regarding the price of Blu-ray disks not on sale; however, when you look at those comparisons above, considering what you're getting, Blu ain't bad at all.

Without Blu-ray being around, we'd be paying what I consider lousy prices for new releases and getting, well, same ol'. plain ol' DVD's. I, for one, am most thankful for Blu.

-Greg

* Prices from amazon.com.

I've noticed this. And when Blu becomes the standard, prices will likely be very low. Consider how expensive VHS was originally! ($79. - $89. for a standard release.) Yup, things are looking gooood in BLu-ray.

gand41f · 11-22-2007, 06:19 PM

Don't forget all the $9.99 and $13.99 deals we've been getting. My collection of 50+ Blu-rays cost less per movie than my DVD collection!

enjoy
gandalf

11-22-2007, 12:26 PM	#1
GregBlu5 Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Indio, CA 4K collection:794 Blu-ray collection:3954 iTunes collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:1	Giving Thanks for Blu-ray For us U.S.'ers, we can be thankful for Blu-ray for one (and some might think surprising) reason: price. I randomly researched four upcoming Blu titles for early next year and compared them to their SD equivalents: War: 22.49 SD vs 27.95 Blu Suburban Girl: 19.99 SD vs 22.95 Blu Breaker Morant: 13.99 SD vs 19.95 Blu Resident Evil: 17.99/9.49/17.99 SD (purchased individually) vs 62.95 Blu box set Some may have complained--and ordinary and/or unaware consumers may shy away--regarding the price of Blu-ray disks not on sale; however, when you look at those comparisons above, considering what you're getting, Blu ain't bad at all. Without Blu-ray being around, we'd be paying what I consider lousy prices for new releases and getting, well, same ol'. plain ol' DVD's. I, for one, am most thankful for Blu. -Greg Prices from amazon.com.

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11-22-2007, 06:19 PM	#3
gand41f Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:San Jose, California	Don't forget all the $9.99 and $13.99 deals we've been getting. My collection of 50+ Blu-rays cost less per movie than my DVD collection! enjoy gandalf

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