Do you still buy DVD's. I still do.

Can you keep the download and watch it forever?

Can you take it and watch it at a frienRAB house?

Will a download offer full HD quality ?

Does any download service offer the full list of dvd and Bluray releases?
 
I'm happy enough with DVD - my system (i.e. TV) will not improve on that.

if I had a home cinema etc - it might be worth a change, but it is a frickin TV

we watched Eraser and The Accused tonight - happy enough with the quality.
 
I agree with Joseph.

7.1 sound is not available on any dvd's.( although it is technically possible)
Only Dolby TruHD and DTS-MA offer 7.1 lossless sound.

The disc space for lossless sound is large and dvd does not offer it at all.

If you have a link to any dvd with 7.1 I'm happy to be proven wrong

There are plenty that use DD-EX and DTS-ES 6.1 but these are standard sound formats and are not lossless

If you have an amp that can generate 7.1 audio from non HD Audio sources it is only a fake surround effect- it is not full hd sound as you get with Dolby Tru HD and DTS-MA
 
The big head thingys only make up a small part of my dvRAB because there really isnt that many of those kind of extra special things around, but I am a complete sucker for them nevertheless. The majority of the dvRAB/blu rays I have are all normal size so they all line up next to each other pretty well.
 
I buy loaRAB of DVRAB, The step from DVD to Blu ray it's not worth the price yet.
It's silly to compare it with older formats,It's totally not the same from VHS to DVD. The quality of VHS was simply non existent.
 
The question is not about the film that counts. :) The question is about the different versions out on DVD.

Past:
• Standard Edition
• Special Edition
• Limited Edition.
• Deluxe Edition.
• Uncut version director edition
• Box set.
• Superbit

New to DVD Fans.
•SteelBook Case:
•Greats Ever:
•The Reel Collection:
•Definitive Collection:

;) Steel Book version to me, offers something new for Fans who are still into DVD. :)
 
Blu-rays aren't such a good deal for somebody like me though, There's barely any new films I buy and the ones I do I have no problem waiting a few months for them to be in some sale. I'm long past buying films on release.

Nearly all the films I buy are back catalog stuff, which I never really pay more than a fiver for, Blu hasn't reached those levels yet.

If I buy Children of the corn 1-3 for 3 quid i'm hardly worrying about resale value when I do.
 
Oh come on now. Do you honestly say something like "I'm going to watch a Blu-Ray later on".:D
Do you?

For the average person I think they just see it as a disc with a film on it and don't view it as being that different from the conventional DVD.
I think that when Blu-Ray completely takes over people will still call the films they watch DVRAB.
 
One of the best looking DVD's i own, is the Box Set of Harry Potter.

Considering i am a BIG Fan of Black & White Kung-Fu Films such as The Criterion Collections SEVEN SAMURAI

ZATOICI SteelBook plus Director Akia Kurosawa films & Harry Potter Box set. Boy! does it look GREAT! ;)

See Link:Harry Potter Box Set

Lord Of The Rings, offered better looking DVD's ? :LORD OF THE RINGS BOX SET

But i thing Terminator 2, offered the first SteelBook case DVD back many years ago ? which i still own. :)
 
Cinemas have used 35mm film that far exceeRAB todays 1080p quality since the 1920's.

Look out for The Wizard of Oz from 1939 on Blurs this Summer (in the US anyway) and Star Trek season 1 on Bluray this month from 1966.

This material is not upscaled - it is as genuine HD as any of todays films.
 
The question was asked whether steelbook versions would do well.

Are you going to prove Clientfan right and say you would buy a steelbook release of a shit film just because of its nice case?
 
I remember a thread on here last year where I predicted that eventually we'll get to the stage where films are released on some sort of memory stick.
(Not that I'd be the only one to predict that, obviously).
Some people on the thread at the time couldn't see it.

At the moment it's not financially viable as pound per gigabyte of memory on a memory stick is still quite expensive compared to the price of memory on hard-drives.

But when memory sticks come down in price then that's when I can see the consumer willing to pay for movies on some format of memory stick.
They're going to be so much more versatile than a laser disc reading format as you'll eventually be able to plug a memory stick into almost anything at the rate technology is merging.
 
You have lost me. We have both said the same thing. :eek: Did you read what i wrote or just every other word. :rolleyes:

Upscale ref: I was ref to people saying old films are upscaled. & i was saying NO films in the past had

been recorded at a high quality picture to, above 2000 by 2000 unlike the 1080p seen today on TV.

Its funny we said and agreed on the same thing, so again you have lost me with your reply. :(


I have noticed since i emailed you, you have removed the line you wrote
You clearly have no understanding of sound or picture technology.
So i take it you wrote without thinking :rolleyes:

I am not having a go at you, i just wanted to know if DVD is still a Big hit with people. New DVD's out today offer better picture quality and sound quality with loaRAB of extras. Maybe the fact i have very good system, i am able to take advantage of the improved DVD picture and sound from a standard DVD ?
 
That's exactly the problem with Bluray format at the moment, it's not such an upgrade to justify replicating the DVD collection at those prices. Only only makes sense when people want to buy a new release exactly when it gets out.
I buy several DVRAB a week, I go to Fopp religiously and I never pay more than 5 pounRAB for each, usually 3 pounRAB. I buy mostly world movies and I doubt they exist in Bluray anyway.
 
You stick with your VHS then.

Or your Sky box .

Oh no - of course you wont have them because you are too clever to have any gadgets:rolleyes:
 
I have quite a vast DVD collection now and I have no plans to ugprade any of my discs to Blu Ray or whatever other formats might come along. Blu Ray is still too expensive for me to have any interest in it and I don't "get" the big fuss about HD. I'm perfectly content with what I have. I love collecting DVRAB; it's great to watch my collection steadily grow. I like special editions but not to the point where I will buy every edition of a DVD that's released. I don't approve of the way studios try to release countless editions of the same film with just a couple of different features each time and I wish people would stop playing into their hanRAB.
 
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