DVD vs. Blu-ray

[Sirgin]

there's so much great stuff to be had real cheap. Especially anime and other cartoons.

Same here, dvd's are cheaper and fall in price faster than they used to. Anime's are still pretty expensive here though.

[totalgridlock]

DVD prices here are pretty strange at the moment. Two years back a brand new release would cost about £10, yet recently the prices have jumped to £15+ which is what they used to cost when DVD was a new format!

Personally I think the price hike is probably to get more people to buy BR. If there isn't much difference between the cost of a new chart DVD and the same film on BR, everyone will buy the BR... I know I would!

Thankfully older DVDs (as in more than a few months old) are cheaper than they have ever been and usually easy to find second-hand for next-to-nothing. Which is why I'm sticking with DVD for the time being.  I also watch a lot of lesser-known European and Asian films which are unlikely to see a BR release any time soon

[Sirgin]

Thankfully older DVDs (as in more than a few months old) are cheaper than they have ever been

I never buy new releases. Ever. Don't see the point of giving €19.99 for a dvd when I'm 100% certain I can get it for €6.99 a year later

[totalgridlock]

Thankfully older DVDs (as in more than a few months old) are cheaper than they have ever been

I never buy new releases. Ever. Don't see the point of giving €19.99 for a dvd when I'm 100% certain I can get it for €6.99 a year later

I very rarely buy brand new releases either. But sometimes there's a film that I just *have* to have. Same with games. I can be quite impatient sometimes

[phoenix1967]

Until I get a 1080p TV (which probably won't be for a lonnnnnnng time since mine is 720p/1080i), I have no use for Blu-Ray. And by the time I'm ready for a 1080p TV, there will likely be something else that's taken over or competing with Blu-Ray...something that would provide a "download & keep" service.

[Sirgin]

Until I get a 1080p TV.

I'm going to try to get a 32" 1080p TV by this time next year. (Should be doable) I can't wait!

[Tondog]

Until I get a 1080p TV.

I'm going to try to get a 32" 1080p TV by this time next year. (Should be doable) I can't wait!

Awesome! Hope you save up for a PS3 or a 360 in the meantime.

[Sirgin]

Until I get a 1080p TV.

I'm going to try to get a 32" 1080p TV by this time next year. (Should be doable) I can't wait!

Awesome! Hope you save up for a PS3 or a 360 in the meantime.

The PS3 or 360 are supposed to follow after I get the TV. I'll get them both eventually but hopefully (by this time next year) they'll have had another price drop

I'm also going to buy a new dvd player with HDMI output for 1080p upscaling. Shouldn't cost more than €100.

I'm eyeing a Sony TV (this one) right now.
I like the fact it has a lot of connection possibilities (important for hooking up as many consoles as possible )

It has:

• 3x HDMI
• 2x SCART (RGB)
• 1x component
• 1x composite
• USB 2.0
• VGA
• Digital Out
• RF (obviously)

That's already alot of connectors. Only thing it doesn't have is S-video. Doesn't matter that much because the S-video and composite usually are the same connector so you can only use one or the other.

Anyway, who knows what new TV's might be out a year from now

[phoenix1967]

^Did you ever get the TV? Planning on getting one soon?

[Sirgin]

^Did you ever get the TV? Planning on getting one soon?

As I said in the post above I will be getting one "this time next year" so in other words around july-august '09.

But yes, I'm still very much planning on getting such a TV. In fact, I was at the mall today and saw some Full-HD 32" TV's priced around €750-850.

I think that's a great price, and by august '09 they'll probably be dropped another €100-150 so I'll "only" have to spend like €600-700 which is awesome for such a TV.

[Izret101]

Debating the switch to bluray. It is still to expensive though and then i have to figure out if i want to repurchase movies or just hold onto all the DVDs and only buy new bluray movies i don't already own on DVD.

[Tondog]

Debating the switch to bluray. It is still to expensive though and then i have to figure out if i want to repurchase movies or just hold onto all the DVDs and only buy new bluray movies i don't already own on DVD.

What I would do is just keep your current DVDs and buy mostly Blu-ray movies from here on out. That's what I've been doing. Just be sure to get a Blu-ray player that does a great job at upscaling. I'm not saying this because I'm a "fanboy", but the PS3 is still the best Blu-ray player out there because it supports all the features and has an ethernet port for easy firmware updating and BD Live connectivity. Not to mention the awesome game lineup.

If you want to know how a certain title is on Blu-ray, check out High-Def Digest's Blu-ray reviews: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/reviews.html

[Sirgin]

I was wondering: is it worth spending €100-150 on a DVD player with a HDMI output (besides the usual composite/S-video/component) or is the difference between a regular DVD and an "upscaled one" minimal? It would be used on a 1080p TV.

I'm considering to buy one after I get the TV, since I don't have a standalone DVD player myself.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

^PS3

[Tondog]

I was wondering: is it worth spending €100-150 on a DVD player with a HDMI output (besides the usual composite/S-video/component) or is the difference between a regular DVD and an "upscaled one" minimal? It would be used on a 1080p TV.

I'm considering to buy one after I get the TV, since I don't have a standalone DVD player myself.

It's a HUUUUUUUUGE difference. If you can't afford or don't feel the need for Blu-ray, that's your next best option.