>>33912742 (OP)
Except that Blu-Rei is going to last out a bit longer than LaserDisc.

>loser with no friends
>spam same pointless thread across multiple board
>try to "shotgun" you way into getting attention from people

>>33912742 (OP)
It's just more expensive right now, so the peasants who still use physical media buy DVD instead.

>>33912742 (OP)
Don't make assumptions.

I have ~100 blurays. I will never buy a dvd again other than blank for iso use.

Streaming can't match the quality of Blu-Ray.
Blu-Ray isn't going anywhere anytime soon

BR will be the last optical media.

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Im building a blu ray collection. Not much yet, but its on its way. Usually ill download a movie and then if its good enough I'll buy it.

DVD offered surround sound, commentary, multiple languages, captions, easy rewind/fast forward (plus chapters), no need to rewind before return, and lack of degradation.

Analog to digital was huge... the move to Blu-Ray is great, but not as much.

plus studios inflated blu ray prices to stupid proportions

wow, that was 7 years ago and i havent even seen one.

in the first years the readers were way to expensive, but for the obvious use as a storage medium you need a writer which are even more expensive and werent even widely available until much later

meh, i rather buy an extra harddrive

>>33913127
doubt it unless the gubernmint takes over the last mile of internet
b/c 4K and areas without reliable internet

>>33913193
There are no more possible improvements.
BR discs hold 25GB, and double-layer holds upwards of 50GB. Movies, even at 4k, won't consume that.

>>33913134
Are you going for 50% decent movies, 30% bargain bin and 20% Tarantino films?

As quality of shows increase DVD will fade away because it already requires multiple DVDs just for 720p TV series.

>2013
>fiber connection at home
>12TB HDD space

Who the fuck still buys optical discs?

>>33913134
>unsorted
>bleargh

>>33913236
Not sure, I haven't had an optical drive in my computer for half a decade now.
For anything portable, flash drives are more convenient.

Ha ha OP, you funny guy.
A lot of new movies aren't even coming out on DVD anymore, either get blue-ray and give up all of your rights or get out

>>33913264
I always have a DVD drive on hand because burning disk images is easy.

>>33913236
Some people still like owning physical products, I myself still prefer it, I wish I could go down to blockbuster and pick up a VHS.

I'm being left behind ;_;

>>33913085
>Streaming can't match the quality of Blu-Ray.

Even fucking youtube streams shit in 1080p, it's not hard

I like digital distribution for it's convenience, but I dislike that it's actually a step back in quality typically and it feels kind of distant compared to owning hard copies.

Every so often I'll buy a Bluray of a film I really enjoy, every time it seems like it takes longer and longer to get to the actual film because the bluray is too busy shoving advertisements and an introduction to all the useless, intrusive features the disc comes with.

>>33913301
>I wish I could go down to blockbuster and pick up a VHS.
>I'm being left behind ;_;
There's stores that cater to your niche needs, there's a reason why there's some vinyl record stores still open.

>>33913305
Equal resolution does not mean equal quality. Go back to your YIFI rips.

>>33913305
>Resolution == Quality
Oh boy, it's one of these retards.

>>33913085
>Streaming can't match the quality of Blu-Ray.
Netflix streams in 1080p when available for the media.

>>33913339
>>33913335
There is no difference.

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>>33913173
>wow, that was 7 years ago and i havent

I know that feel.

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I buy physical media when I actually enjoy the series or movie

Are you anguished, streamfags? Does that make you uncomfortable at this turn of events?

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>>33913134
Nice. Here's mine.

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>>33913361
Abandon thread

>>33913400
ok

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>>33913361
>There is no difference.

>>33913361
I stream via netflix the things that are available on it. It's retarded to say there's no difference in quality between Bluray and Netflix SHD.

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>>33913134
>>33913425
nice here's mine

>>33913221
If you're talking about Across the Universe and Sweeney Todd, I bought them to watch with my gf. As for Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, they are my guity pleasures. There are plenty of movies on my to-buy list but I wait on them to go down in price. I dont buy any movie over $10 unless I really want it. Also, nothing wrong with Tarantino movies.

>>33913256
Thought about it, but will do once it grows more to the point where I have to search for movies, nice and proper.

>>33913305
>>33913345

Please kill yourself. You don't belong here.

>>33913236
>>33913301
I buy CD and Blu-Ray of all my favorite movies and rip them all onto my 3TB HDD. I probably have ~50 CDs and the only Blu-Ray sets I have are Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Lord of the Rings.

I very much prefer owning the physical copies of music and movies.

Games are different. I won't buy a game unless it's on Steam and I don't care about owning a physical copy.

>>33913486
It is you who does not belong here.
Or anywhere near a computer.

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>>33913488
>Star Wars
>Blurays

>By 1997, it is the standard, and outsells VHS
[citation needed]

Anyway the leap from DVD to BD was not as significant as the leap from VHS to DVD. Many people do not have HDTVs, almost all BD players are backwards compatible with DVD, BD doesn't reduce the hassle of DVDs (tracking, rewinding) and BD doesn't cut the space of your DVD collection by 90%. It's easy to see why the average consumer doesn't care as much to upgrade, especially with the popularity of streaming services in recent years.

How does this make BD laserdisc? It can co-exists with its predecessor while still being a success.

>>33913488
>CDs
Jesus. I like to own physical copies of music too, but for the novelty and physicality, so I go with vinyl for the larger artwork. Who the shit wants to buy a fucking CD?

>>33913219
They will with higher framerates.

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>Ghostbusters MASTERED IN 4K!
>Downscaled to 1080p again
>

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>Buy blu ray drive for PC
>That face when no media player that flawlessly plays all BD
>That face when I have to run decryption software on shit I own.

>>33912742 (OP)
I don't know anyone who has Blu-rays.

They're like 3D TV. And nobody buys TV's anymore too.

>>33913361
7/10 troll; guaranteed to derail thread.

I kept telling people buying Blurays is fucking retarded. Such a waste of money when we're already moving away from h264 and 1080p.

>>33913301
i still have a video of myself on a school ball on VHS, but to convert it i would need some VHS to DVD converter or a videocapturecard. Maybe its even to late already and the tape has decayed

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>>33913530
>higher framerates

>>33913505
Because?

>>33913523
I still buy CDs from bands that I actually care about supporting. Also to play in my truck which doesn't support MP3s or streaming from my phone or anything like that.

>>33913482
Actually, I was looking at Harry Potter and 28 Weeks Later. Just noticed Ip Man, though, which is an awesome movie.

>>33913551
>we're already moving away from h264 and 1080p
Blu-ray can support 4k.

>>33913275
>A lot of new movies aren't even coming out on DVD anymore

What the fuck are you even talking about? If anything it's the opposite, there's tons of movies that still only get a DVD release.

Why do most movies have 30 fps by the way? Shouldn't they have like 60 by now?

>>33913219
>4k movies won't use up 50gb of space
lel

Do you even know how much larger 4k is compared to "true HD"?

>>33913510
Every edition of Star Wars, especially the original, is mostly terrible. At least the Jedi Rocks bit added in 1997 is entertaining.
ASoIaF > Star Wars
They're both in the same genre.

>>33913581
Actually no it can't

>>33913581
And more then just that, h265 is still years (3+) away from making its way into consumers hands.

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>>33913532
There is no good medium to sell it on.

>>33913541
What is PowerDVD

>>33913551
Yes, it's waste to invest in present things because they will be changed in the future.

What stupid reasoning.

>>33913584
Nope.
Newer movies are not coming out on DVD, go check

>>33913593
"It looks too real"
"It gives me nausea"

Fuck them. 60 fps looks sweet.
http://www.nostro.fr/amv/

>>33913545
Are normalfriends all using 10" screens and living in squalor now?

>>33913563
>not wanting buttery smooth 72FPS movies
>not wanting even smoother 120FPS movies

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>>33913597
>At least the Jedi Rocks bit added in 1997 is entertaining.

>>33913219
Skyfall 2 1/2 hour movie
33gb

>>33913628
What site is this?

>>33913593
Isn't it 24?

>>33913635
Please link me one, just one. Even the Blurays being sold now still include a DVD version.

>>33912742 (OP)
>get dvd optical drive for pc
>it just werkz
>get blu ray optical drive for pc
>have to pay $50 for extra software to read them

>>33913664
It looks like BroadcasTheNet with a different theme.

>>33913624
would people even notice a difference though? other than price

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>>33913628
>You will never get a PTP invite.

>>33913628
Is that PTP? Why do people even bother, everything has hardly any seeds.

>>33913668
Most movies I download have 29,97 fps I don't know about Dvds though

>>33913629
I heard people still have issues with all the bullshit DRM they slap on BD so AnyDVD HD and VLC seemed the best option. really wanted to use Gom Player

>>33913593
You mean 24fps. There's several reasons, but a technical reason would be that it would fit on a BD disc. 2x the framerate means twice the size. BD's are already cramped to the max in most cases.

>>33913652
It's the best scene in the trilogy.

>>33913523
Sorry, I'm not a gigantic fucking faggot.

>>33913693
That's not PTP

>>33913335
"guys the quality of the film grain is worth that extra 9gb"

>>33913134
I hope you didn't actually pay money for Donnie Darko

>>33913361
Resolution is size, retard.

>>33913576
Oh right, HP was also for the gf. 28 weeks later was pretty weak so your right about me getting that one at a bargin bin. If you like IP man, I recommend The Man from Nowhere. Download it or watch on Netflix. Im also missing The Road and Gangs of New York from my collection.

>>33913664
AHD
>>33913700
Its not PTP
also its the quality of seeds not the amount that matters uploaders on AHD usually have a seedbox

>>33913672
No.
You will learn soon enough or you will try to figure it out now, it is your choice

>>33913718
Oh. What is it then?

>>33913664
>>33913700
It's AHD or some HD tracker, not PTP

>>33912742 (OP)

>Not a poorfag
>327 Blus in collection
>Owning physical copies of movies ive paid for

feelsgoodman.jpg

>>33913594
TrueHD is an audio codec.. what the hell are you talking about?

>>33913664

Awesome-HD

>>33913690

They both use Gazelle as front-end, but different sites.

>>33913737
And other then sound quality, there is nothing else that contributes, a pixel is a a pixel

>>33913720
Or just not having flattened colors and blocky shit everywhere.

>>33913661
Where the fuck do you get 4k downloads?

>>33913761
That's not how lossy compression works.

>>33913742
>You have found the lock.
>Now find the key

;_;

>>33913693
Are you even trying? That's a low level tracker..

>>33913758
Full HD, whatever.

>>33913661
Which would fit on a dual-layer BD

The only reason I don't buy BRs is I can't afford them. I don't buy DVDs either.

>>33913743
You won't link any because you're wrong, so very wrong. No distributor is retarded enough to do this when there's still a huge amount of people that don't have a Bluray player.

http://www.amazon.com/Oblivion-Tom-Cruise/dp/B008JFUO36

Huge release, still DVD

>>33913768
it's not 4k that's what I'm saying 33gb for a 2 1/2 film at 1080p 5.1 sound. 4k would be over 50gb.

>>33913742
So AHD is trying its best to be What.TV, right?

>>33913845
No, almost every big tracker uses Gazelle now

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>>33913782

I got unlimited invites, jelly?

>>33913845
>A billion different releases for the same edition of a movie in roughly equal quality
>Trying to be What.tv
Have you ever even been on what.cd?

>>33913597
>ASoIaF > Star Wars
>They're both in the same genre.

This retard

>>33913758
>Awesome-HD
How is it compared to PTP?

>>33913684
>have to pay $50 for extra software to read them

Thanks pirates.

>>33913879
>No, almost every good tracker uses Gazelle now
ftfy

AHD is fairly small but mostly specializes in remuxes + high quality 1080p encodes

>>33913761
>there is nothing else that contributes, a pixel is a a pixel
9/10.

>>33913799
Gee wiz how did you figure that one out columbo?

>>33913903
>thinking Star Wars is actually science fiction and not fantasy
This retard.

>>33913895
Slightly, yes. I just wanted that ghostbusters release and the last time I searched it was divx encodes.

>>33912742 (OP)
Most video games are going to be using Blu-Ray discs pretty soon here- deprecates the need for multiple CDs. I think the PS3 already does, but I'm not sure. My only console from that gen is a 360.

>>33913895
I don't know what tracker we're talking about, but could I have one if I post a few ratio proofs?

>>33913906
PTP has way more movies, and the best AHD/HDB encode ends up on PTP anyway,

AHD will have like 10 1080p encodes of the same movie.

>>33913906
PTP has more content but AHD has better internals a lot of which get uploaded to PTP

Remuxes will be better seeded on AHD

>>33913895
Got that right

>2013
>People buying TVs with 1080p, Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, Twitter and all kinds of other shit built-in
>Watch DVDs on it

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>>33913906
A million times better.

>>33913939
>thinking ASoIaF is not also science fiction since it explores the consequences of a planet wobbling so slowly that seasons last several years

>>33913335
Retard, the only difference between Blu-Ray and regular discs is that Blu-Ray can hold more. information You're fucking stupid. Do you even technology?

>>33912742 (OP)
Does blue ray support 4k video?

>>33913786
What's the best movie tracker then?

>>33913947

I can put it on the /g/ FTP if you like.

>>33913989
Gold.

>>33913976
No it isn't

You can't even get a movie there unless it has an HD release and there's plenty that still don't

>>33913960

It's Awesome-HD. I guess sure..

People don't realise that Blu-ray shits all over HD TV.

HD TV has a lot of loss during transmission.
The on-demand services are HD movies of sixes of 1.5 - 4GB, there is over 30GB on a Blu-ray.

If you want to watch movies in the absolute highest quality available, then Blu-ray is really the only way to go, there is a huge difference in quality and that found on a regular HD channel.

>>33913948
360's lack of Blu-ray is why it never got some games, like MGS4 and Press X to Jason.

>>33914001
He's trolling. There's nothing better than PTP

>>33913361
9/10, almost got me

>>33914019
WEB-DL is better than HDTV also

>>33914002
Sure. What is the ip for the ftp because there has been a thousand of them and they disappear every few months.

>>33914016
I'll just get one from reddit later. I have a huige backlog of stuff to watch and play.

>>33912742 (OP)
>optical media

NOPE
take that shit back to the 90s where it belongs

>>33913987
Neither of them are science fiction. They're both fantasy. Star Wars is just a samurai movie that needlessly takes place in space, with a few sprinkles of magic (i.e. the force). Ask yourself if Star Wars would have suffered thematically if you took out the space ships and set it on Earth. Nope, the character arcs would have been exactly the same and the themes wouldn't change at all. Could you do the same thing to Blade Runner by removing the androids? Nope.

You are truly dumb if you compare blu-ray to laser disc.

blu-ray was necessary for storing hd and full-hd content.

everyone can and should agree that DVD resolution is piss poor.

also don't compare a switch to analog to digital to a switch between digital formats. the advantages to DVD vs. VHS were clear and it was a direct upgrade for consumers. blu-ray vs dvd is just a trade off between higher or lower resolution.

>>33914052
Eh, most of the time it is. For AMC definitely. For HBO/Showtime, their feed is usually great so I get the GOT in HD from them.

Syfy, and all the networks channels have such fucking garbage compressed HD streams I don't know why they bother.

>>33914076
But it is somewhat similar. Laser disc was superior but a lot of people never switched from VHS until DVDs same way Blu-ray is superior but there's still a lot of people that haven't switched from DVDs

>>33914001
That depends on what you're after (SD/HD) (SCENE/P2P).

>>33914014
We're talking about HD releases here.

>>33914056

ftp.installgentoo.com

install
gen2

Will put it in the Movie folder in aporox. 10 mins.

>>33914074
>by removing the androids? Nope.

sure, make them familiars created by magic

>DVD
>Standard in 1997

dohohohoho, underage pls go

>>33914107
And I mean a proper encode or the ts not some garbage IMMERSE scene rip.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2084665/New-Blu-Ray-discs-offering-times-hi-def-2013.html

>>33914107
If Apple didn't have such a shitty h264 encoder we would probably get some really nice stuff out of WEB-DL but their settings are so fucked the 720p encodes turn out looking better than the 1080p half the time. There's also absolutely no consistency and you're stuck with stereo sound.

>>33914169
They make this shit every year.

>tfw I still go to OMNIMAX sometimes and the video is analog and no one shouts at me to but things

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>>33914016
>I guess sure..

If serious, this is from December last year after Win8 install.

>>33914136
>sure, just remove the realism and say "magic"
Except that wouldn't translate because the point was to provide a scenario which was possible in the future and then question the consequences of it. Magic is not real, technology is. By changing that detail, you're removing the gravity behind the entire story.

>>33914074
Taking place in space and including things like space travel, laser pistols, spaceships, interplanetary war, faster-than-light travel, aliens, robots, tractor beams, holographic displays, robot suits, etc. makes it science fiction. It could work as a non-sci-fi film, but it is science fiction.

>>33914125
The difference is the climate.

No one gave a shit about laserdisc because the discs were fuckhuge, the player expensive, and there weren't HDTV's around.

Now most people will enjoy watching a DVD on an HDTV, especially since lots of DVD players upscale to 1080 anyway (and do a decent enough job at it)

Blu-ray isn't going anywhere because it is the best possible next step, since digital distribution is not realistic at this point, and making discs will always be cheaper than giving out usb sticks or some other stupid idea people in threads like this have.

>>33914199
>bitgamer

nigga pls

>>33914197

Analoge IMAX is better then digital IMAX, be happy you get the good stuff.

>>33914219
It's science fiction on an incredibly shallow level then. It's as science fiction as a Titanic remake that uses a spaceship instead of a boat.

BDs are shit because of the DRM

there's something really wrong if you need to rip the movie you paid for to be able to watch it in your computer

I'm just gonna keep pirating

>>33913836
The only BD only releases I've seen have been a couple of anime releases from NIS America or Aniplex of America, and anime's already a pretty niche market.

>>33914219
>he doesn't know about soft and hard sci fi

>>33914129
>That depends on what you're after (SD/HD) (SCENE/P2P).
HD scene.

>>33914199
>Wakfu

The invite has been sent!

>>33914235
I am. I also get to enjoy a fantastic view while walking down musical stairs afterwards :D

>>33914275

I feel sorry for you, but if that's what you're after then SceneHD or SCC are the best.

>>33914221
>since digital distribution is not realistic at this point,

It will be soon, probably sooner than the next when the medium is finalized. Sony, Red, Netflix etc are all working on launching their 4k digital distribution platforms.

>>33914260
It's bullshit because you need a monitor with the goddamn drm to watch it.

It's so annoying.

>>33913995
No, I don't think it even supports 2k.

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>>33914235
See this pic? That's why Analoge rocks.

>>33914256
>It's as science fiction as a Titanic remake that uses a spaceship instead of a boat.
That would also be sci-fi, yes.

>>33914306
Why? What's wrong with that? I'm just looking for the best quality movie, and in my experience that is HD scene. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

>>33914347
>tfw my IMAX always shows the 1570 print of a movie.

I love it so much.

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>>33914283
Neato :3

>>33914347
Absolutely pointless unless the movie was actually shot in 15perf 70mm otherwise you're just getting a cropped picture for what's actually a rather ugly ratio for movies.

>>33913532
Yea but the bluray is amazing

>>33914256
Doctor Who did that. Cyborgs were second-class citizens.

>>33914402
Is that supposed to be blurry?

>>33914387

Scene doesn't give a shit about quality, they just want to win their pathetic 'race'. Their 'rules' don't get updated fast enough either. Also for them:

size > quality

>>33914444
Ok, thanks. What should I be looking for then?

>>33914411
The one I'm talking about requires a specific camera and only plays in that kind of dome theater.

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>>33912742 (OP)
>>33913069
>>33913134
>>33913425
>>33913476
>>33913541

>2013
>HVD's still not the standard
>mfw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc

>>33914311
And if they all have their own proprietary method it will be useless.

Welcome to the real world, where not everyone has a fat pipe for downloading.

Optical media is here to stay for a long time.

>>33914336
Yes it supports 4k, do some research.

>>33914387
>in my experience that is HD scene.

It's wrong. Everything scene is encoded to presets using the same bitrate regardless. All 2pass shit.

P2P is much better groups, that care about quality. Groups like EBP, DON, ESiR.

Unless you use YIFY garbage.

>>33914187
I usually get NTb WEB-DLs they mux DD5.1 sound in

>>33913219
Braveheart takes has 2 blu-ray discs.

>>33914347
I thought that was why digital Imax wasn't real "IMAX".

>>33914094
BD also came out when most people still had SD TVs

>>33914434
It's straight from the flash video from where the VODs came from before Ankama nuked them from their site. And before I re-encoded them to the mkv's and uploaded to kat.ph and where ever else they ended up on.

What percentage of buyfags can't into non-physical media?

>>33914481
And sync the subs!

>>33914461

Internal encoding groups at private trackers.

Such as: CtrlHD, ESiR, EbP, DON, BluHD.

Those groups encode for transparency, not filesize.

>>33914472
>Yes it supports 4k

No it doesn't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Video

But won't the PS4 and next Xbox use Blu-Ray?

>>33914528
>BluHD
They actually any good.

I read they were experimenting with four layer bds for up to 200gb. They said it would be possible to upgrade older players to the new tech with as fw update.

>>33914477
>>33914528
Ok, thanks! Now I just need to get into a private tracker that has these.

>>33914494

Yep, LIEMAX.

>>33914549

Yes, I am part of them and can guarantee it.

>>33914545
We'll know in two days.