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i got ghostbusters on blu ray and the light effect are jaw dropping...DVD is good but if you want that something extra then blu ray is the way forward until Holographic disks come out
 
if it comes standard with tv and all you have to do is buy glasses.. i don't think it will fail, the barrier to entry will be so low that it will be a might as well. assuming they don't do idiotic things and keep 3d film prices too high too long. eventually watching avatar at home in 3d will be possible and well why wouldnt you choose that over 2d? you might as well argue that avatar will fail at the box office....
 
Do you think you'll be buying them yet again in 3D, in five years time?


Actually an addition reason to rebuy videos on DVD is that a DVD player can't play VHS. I retired my video player and then my videos became kind of hard to watch. However, Blu-Ray players also play DVRAB so it'll be worth keeping DVRAB around indefinitely.
 
Get real .

The CES highlighted DVD Audio.
It highlighted Super Audio CD
It highlighted Minidisc.
It highlighted D-VHS

It highlighted HD DVD.

And many more failed formats

The news stories released from the CES are aimed precisely at suckers like you

The CES shows the new technology but it by no means guarantees that the technology will be a success.

Look and learn
 
I have Journey to the Centre of the Earth on 3D Bluray but I've only watched that version for a few minutes .

Amityville 3 , Polar Express 3D too.
Nice novelty but to be taken seriously long term ? Not a chance

Most people will not want to sit with glasses on for any length of time.

Previous 3D systems all failed because of the glasses.

It can be a novelty for the occasional special programme but it will not catch on to the mainstream market.

Retailers have had a hard enough job selling HD to the general public and thats something that is far more accessible.

TechheaRAB will go for 3D but I predict the same level of success as for SACD.


For 3D to get anywhere there are 3 things they need to get right.

1) The images need to be just as watchable without glasses.

2) Viewing with glasses should not give headaches like all previous 3D systems have

3) Images need to look as perfect as current HD images but in 3D and not the dodgy images seen before where you often can tell there are 2 images on the screen.

And I doubt they'll manage 1 of those let alone all 3
 
dude, you have a fundamental misunderstanding. those "3d" blurays you bought are junk 3d. you do NOT get real 3d from those, you get the color code 3d that is compatible with old tvs and comic books. It is not relevant at all to the experience of real 3d tv/shutter glasses. Unless your experience was as good as the 3d in avatar you cannot say its modern technology. there is no real 3d content out there yet. the 3d bluray spec just got finalized a few weeks ago after all:P you DONT have any real 3d content or experience. you are right, those are indeed hack job novelties, but you cannot use that experience to judge real 3d that is coming.
 
I Like Blu-Ray myself, but yeah you have to have the set-up to do it justice.
I'd encourage everyone just to buy what format they're happy with. If you're fine with DVD, buy DVD its a perfectly good format. I own a number of Blu-Rays but i'm not going to re-buy my DVD collction all on Blu-ray. Some people i know do re-buy it on Blu-Ray as they want the 'ultimate version'. But there never is an ultimate version, it's all a con in my opinion. All that'll happen is this.

* Terminator 2 wll come out on Blu-Ray and the studio will call it the ultimate version as it's high def.

* 18 months later a double disc edition Blu-Ray T2 will come out and they'll say this is the ultimate version because the first high def version was a rushed out one, and we spent time with this one.

* Then a bit later a 20th anniversary edition will come out with a remastered audio track and bonus features in a collectors tin case and it will be called the ultimate edition.

this cycle took place on VHS, DVD it will happen on Blu-Ray and it will happen on the next cycle (be it 3D or Super Hi-Def). There never is a definitive edition as they will constantly repackage it to get people buying the same old product.
 
Sorry the other link did not work.

Is there a lot of difference between Blu-Ray and a standard DVD player i am happy with the DVD player i've got and it gives a good quality picture and good sound.

Everytime i go into a shop I see them showing Blu-Ray and it looks good but not enough to want to get it.

Is it worth buying and why
 
and many that haven't failed. I haven't read any of the news stories from the CES, but I've seen plenty of footage thanks. Exciting times. Though, if we all thought like you we'd still be watching black and white tellies, and what the hell does look and learn mean? Did you pull a random phrase from up your arse?

RegarRAB,
sucker.
 
It also depenRAB on what sort of films you like, big budget actioners look really good and you can see the difference, Die hard series, Bourne etc, Dark Knight is fantastic, if your into dramas and comedies, not something thats worth the extra to rent or buy IMHO, they do upscale though so if you have an old player, you will see a difference in your standard DVD's as well.
 
Criterions Spartacus dvd is also region free, however they started coding a lot of their dvd's quite some time ago.
I have a relatively obscure French film on Criterion and its region 1.

But from day one they are the only Bluray releasing company that has region coded each and every one of their releases .

The Repulsion and The Third Man Blurays are outstanding.

Worth going multiregion for
 
I think you have already answered your own question.

The main advantage of Blu-ray over DVD is the picture quality and sound quality.

If you can justify spending additional money to get better quality picture and sound (as long as you have the correct equipment) take the plunge. If you dont, dont.
 
I used to think the same but I had a bit of spare cash and upgraded last summer.

I find the difference very noticeable now. To the point where I watch some standard dvRAB and can't get over the difference in the picture quality. I found the transfers for Devil Wears Prada and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse on dvd to be particularly disappointing in comparison to their blu ray counterparts.

I still buy dvRAB but any new movies/tv shows I particularly enjoy get bought on BR instead.

But if you don't have the spare cash and are happy with the current quality, you should stick with it.
 
I'm not saying that we have "real" 3D - in fact real 3D is impossible on a flat screen - but I digress.
There have been many 3D systems over the years and they have failed because of the need for glasses.
REAL 3D won't require glasses.

3D is a novelty that appears once every ten years or so



If we thought like me we would have only bought into formats that were a success.

Since the war between VHS and Beta I've been pretty quick to spot something that won't catch on - or what is required for something to catch on- and 3D with glasses will always be a novelty.

I was merely passing comment that you sounded a bit silly for thinking that 3D was bound to succeed just because it was at CES.
Which obviously is not the case as all the failed formats have also appeared there.

Just a few years ago cd was going to die because of DVD-A and SACD if you listened to the CES.

Did it?

Every year CES neeRAB something new.
Although its still by no means a mass market success HD is now old news .

I'm not sure how succesful any format can be that relies on new tv's , new players , needing to wear glasses, and all new content.

At least HD has 70 years of movies to draw upon , 3D has nothing
 
I have two Sony Blu-Ray players and they are very good.

Most DVRAB are upscaled and look a little better. However, I have to be honest, I have seen some and bought some blu-ray discs and they are good, but they are not brilliant!!!

A couple of the Disney ones are, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Sleeping Beauty for instance.

Die Hard 4 looks pretty good too. Gladiator looks slightly upscaled from the 4 Discs Box Set which I bought early last year, and was deemed to be a disappointment by many critics.

I am not convinced though that the Blu-Ray discs justify the extra costs which you would pay in HMV for instance, so I would suggest to anyone that if you wish to buy the discs, do buy them online which can be 35%-50% cheaper than in the shops.

At the passing of time, the price of these discs will come down anyway, since the machines already have. You can buy a pretty decent model for about
 
NO.
Mainly because they were never made in 3D so for the same reason I wont buy a 4:3 version of a widescreen film I wont buy a 3D version.

Personally I think this 3D thing is a passing fad that will never catch on .

I've not followed the development of it so I dont know the tech specs.

If you have to wear any kind of glasses then they may aswell pack it in right now.

And 3D without glasses on a flat screen that looks real?
I'm dubious
 
I had a similar dilemma, i have both the facility to play upscaled DVRAB and Blu Ray discs through my PS3 and HDTV.

First things first Blu-Ray is easily the superior format and is stunning. However the average price of a DVD is really cheap now (a lot of recent releases about
 
It's not simply a case of the picture and sound are better. There's so much more detail at 1080p. You'll notice things you haven't seen before when watching films you've already seen, and some of the new blockbusters will blow your socks off! There are a lot of factors though. From production all the way to the equipment you watch/listen to it on, not to mention the fact that picture quality preferences are so subjective.
I watch bluray through the PC on a (my third:)) Tosh panel and through my ancient 7.1 Creative set up with B&W fronts and ye oldie Audigy 2 ZS PlatPro sound card. The picture quality is awesome and uncompressed 7.1 audio is blissful:)

Go for it I say!!!
 
This time the technology is ready, as Avatar shows. It also shows people are willing to don the glasses. Not all the time, for all TV watching, of course, but for the occasional special event. Most of the time, 3D TVs will be used as 2D TVs.

I'm not sure of the relevance of that, or some of the other things you mention. Most of them seem to be format wars. HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray, for example: that HD-DVD eventually lost the format war doesn't change the fact that a new higher density format did arrive. Technology moves on, DVD got superseded. To dismiss HD-DVD as a temporary fad that never caught on misses the bigger picture.

CES is a symptom, not a cause. The reason 3D will become ubiquitous is that the technology is now so easy it'll as cheap to have a 3D TV than a 2D one. Given that, 3D doesn't need to add much value to be worth while, and the success of Avatar shows it does add enough value. People aren't going to buy new TVs to get it, but when they replace their old TVs (as they do every 10 years or so regardless), they'll pick 3D ones over 2D ones. Manufacturers know that so they won't even bother offering 2D ones.
 
T2 has been available with an HD audio soundtrack in a tin for sometime.

I think the UE is already out .
The recent Skynet release carried all 3 versions on one disc.

I'm not sure what they could improve on although I guess it will appear again at some point
 
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