The Blu-Ray is not worth the extra money you have to spend. Because - let's face it - the DVD was a bigt improvement over the VHS. Now you could how have most movies on a single DVD, and have some special features too. That was worth the higher price.

The Blu-Ray is only better looking (which, frankly, isn't always that noticeable, especially for the mainstream audience) so people don't buy them too often.

Personally I rarely buy Blu-Rays, only if they are cheaper than the DVD or if the movie only exists on Blu-Ray for some reason.

>>33233612 (OP)
The resolution Blu-Ray offers for movies just isn't necessary on a TV, even a large HD one. Most people will never bother installing a projector and a screen.
And if Blu-Ray is the "laser disc of our generation", HD-DVD should be the betamax. With none of the technical advantage of betamax. Scratch that... Maybe I should try a car analogy instead. HD-DVD is the Pinto of our generation. Only a Pinto could crash and burn that way.

2 things.

1. DVD was a MASSIVE jump over VHS, while also being more convenient and cheaper than Laserdisc

2. Blu Ray is a marginal jump over DVD while being more expensive than DVD

3. Dem Digital Downloads

Fucking stupid studios. Just let me DL all the content from your site as files with no DRM and I'll start purchasing again.

old people buy dvd, young people download anyway

Movies will go app style completely in the next decade, leaving Betamax/VHS/Laserdisk/DVD/Blu-ray behind forever, so does it really matter?

vhs on a crt tv is the closest you can get to an actual reel of film

I haven't bought a dvd in probably 10 years. I have 1,500+ movies downloaded onto external hard drives that I watch on my Western Digital media player.
Lotta YIFY rips! best quality

>>33233797
>2. Blu Ray is a marginal jump over DVD while being more expensive than DVD

This.

Goddammed kids here on /tv/ are all about their Blurays, but the fact of the matter is that they aren't worth it.

>>33233902

I don't get why studios don't just let you DDL from their websites.

>>33233920

Look, they ARE better than DVD.

But it's just an improvement in visual quality from very good to excellent.

DVD was an improvement in visuals and audio from (sometimes) unwatchable to very good, plus all the added bonus content, the ability to pause properly, no rewinding, skipping to scenes, etc etc.

And now digital downloads offer even more versatility.

That's not to say I wouldn't buy the Blu Ray instead of the DVD for a new release, but I rarely buy now anyway.

You know at least retail games still sell.

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/multi_comparison.php?art=part&x=724&y=294&action=1&image=5&hd_multiID=117&cap1=14250&cap2=14288&disc1=1515&disc2=1514&lossless=1#vergleich

Anyone saying they can't see the difference is a liar or blind.

Buying DVD over blu-ray is insane. There's hardly anything between them in price. It's not 2008 any more where they cost twice as much, you're looking at maybe an extra £2-£3 on a new Blu-ray over a new DVD.

itt poorfags and their excuses

>>33234017

People can see the image quality difference. It's just not enough to care about, especially for the extra money. Sorry.

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>marginal

I really don't get you people. Then again, it's that time of day where there's a lot of shitposters on 4chan.

Blu-ray is expensive as fuck. You can buy a DVD for $10 and the same film will be 2x the price on blu-ray.

With that said, I don't buy DVD. The difference, in my opinion anyway, is huge and I can't go back.

>>33233920
Most of them are PS3 owners and feel obliged to find some use for their nogaems.

>>33234068
Why isn't it marginal?
All BD is is better quality/more storage on a disc.
Have you never used a VHS?

>>33234017
>>33234046
this, theres gonna be a whole load of suprised developers next year when nobody gives a fuck about a slightly higher resolution Asscreed.

4K has been out since november

>>33233920
>>33233986
This shit from the same people that brought you YIFY threads

agreed tho, some Yify looks worse than dvd

I spent a considerable amount of money on retail DVDs over the years, and when Blu-ray first appeared I couldn't care less. I still don't, but if I'm interested in having a high definition version of something I already own on DVD, I just download a decent encode of it inside an MKV file.

>industry thinks I'm going to pay for the same movie/content twice just because it's in a higher resolution
>I don't fucking think so

>>33234202
How many 4k BDs can I buy?

most people don't have a bluray player

>>33234309

None, because they don't exist.

4k TV's run at like 10,000 and there is next to no content for them yet.

Apparently Fincher made some grumblings about remastering Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but his editor also said he used the 4k image space to zoom in and reframe shots, so that might be a problem.

DVD was a change from analog to digital, and it brought a whole lot of new things to the table (so did LaserDisc, but it was too impractical). No need to rewind, optional subtitles, extra features, the disc didn't deteriorate with use in the same way, etc. All Blu-ray brings to the table is higher resolution, which just isn't enough of a reason to change for most people. Most of the people who care about that download anyway.

>>33233749
This guy is right, the advantages that blu-ray offer are just not as significant as dvds, my parents have a blu-ray player but I think they still rent dvds when they can because they're cheaper, also a lot of the rental shops have closed down recently so it's becoming harder to find even blu-rays or dvds. The typical film my mam rents is a romantic comedy, something which doesn't demand high resolution and quality.

Why is it named 4k? Do they think people will be confused and think it's 4 times better than 1080p, when it's merely 2160p?

>>33233797
4. From VHS to DvD you didn't need a new tv to use it.

>>33233612 (OP)
Streaming and downloading are going to be the new standard. (HD-DVD was even worse!)

W-why don't the movie studios just sell YIFY rips instead? Great video and audio for small disk space and bandwidth so it would be even cheaper than DVD.

>>33234553
2/10.

> OP missing out the most important point about Bluray versus DVD.

you needed to buy a new TV as well, this factor held BluRay back massively.

Bluray will be the standard within 3 years, for the simple reason that both the new Xbox 720 and the Playstation 4 will have Bluray drives, putting a Bluray player in every household on Earth.

>>33234553
Ok, watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/movie/highlander-2-the-quickening
>yfw 360p official release on Googles TV

>>33234642
>This movie is not available in your country.

>>33234613
Man, nope. If you really believe dlc and kinect won't distance many consumers, already disinterested in gaming, from buying these consoles, you're stupid.

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blind fuckers

>>33234275
>agreed tho, some Yify looks worse than dvd

WOT IS BITRATE

>>33234613
Microsoft isn't in the blu-ray club, it'll use a similar format for games like Wii U but not for movies. And Sony can't sell a console on blu-ray AGAIN.

>>33234702
Bottom one looks better.

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Lol, blu-ray looks marginally better than DVD they said.

>>33234613
>every household on Earth.

you are grossly over-estimating that amount of people that play games. if people don't own something that plays bluray already, its highly unlikely they will in the future, especially now that a lot of people are watching netflix on their tvs.

>>33234778

yify fag detected

look again, this time with your glasses on.

>>33234702
That's actually not correct.

That is just an image that has been poorly downscaled.

You should do an actual comparison of a movie found on both dvd and blu-ray.

>>33234671
doesn't matter, point being low resolution is acceptable.

People watch Game of Thrones on their phones.

i don't see the point of buying blu-ray

most of the HD stuff i watch is TV which is either live (sports) or recorded for later viewing (shows)

if i really care about seeing a movie then it's in a theater and i don't watch movies twice so there's no reason to own a copy

and we all know blu-ray will eventually be gone. everything will be digital. those hundreds or thousands of dollars that people spend on blu-ray will end up doing the same thing that VHS tapes are currently doing. rotting away.

>>33233612 (OP)
If piracy didn't exist I'd only buy blurays. Thankfully it does and I buy shit next to never.

BluRay unfortunately is overpriced. That shit needs a price cut and it would sell just fine.

4K is coming out soon, too. In fact 4K TVs already exist. This shit is fucking dumb.

I go to half priced books and buy dvds for 1-3 dollars, if I see one I forgot about, and makes me chuckle at the memory, like Willow, or the blade trilogy was 6 bucks.


Do that blu-ray

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>>33234190
>All BD is is better quality
The difference in resolution between DVD and Blu-Ray is much larger than between VHS and DVD.

>>33234880
But DVD came with ability for deleted scenes, special features, different audio tracks, etc.
DVD was a whole new package, BD is just improved quality.

>>33234880
If you can't understand that the jump from VHS to dvd is far, far larger than dvd to blu-ray you're literally retarded. We're not just talking about video quality you sperglord.

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>>33234821

here you go pleb.
remember American DVD is actually 480p so its worse then the 576p DVD you see here.

>>33234449
yeah but everybody has HDTVs now. it's just the standard and is no longer considered to be something only rich people get.

who the fuck still has those old CRT box tvs? nobody

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>>33233920
>Goddammed kids here on /tv/ are all about their Blurays, but the fact of the matter is that they aren't worth it.
>1080p over SD
>Not worth it
>50-100gb of storage over 4-7gb
>Not worth it
>Ability of 3D over just 2D
>Not worth it

>>33234910
>BD is just improved quality.
And why wouldn't you want that?

>>33234913
Video quality is the most important factor. Special features and not having to rewind and stuff is great, but picture quality is obviously more important.

you must have shitty eye-sight or a shitty tv if you voluntarily choose anything less than BD.
Settling for less is beyond retarded.

>>33234956
You would, but it's a matter of cost:benefit.

>>33234956
Wow as much as I hate that I'm about to type this, I have to because it's the real response.

For you its more important. Most people don't care.

>>33234956
>Video quality is the most important factor. Special features and not having to rewind and stuff is great, but picture quality is obviously more important.
Not to the average consumer.

>>33234948
Pleb? I'm not a pleb you fucking faggot.
Did stating the truth make you butthurt, bitch?

>>33234951
Pleb detected.

How is it like living with 3rd world mentality?
House not worth it? Go back to your mudhut, nigger.

>>33234993
The difference in price between Blu-Rays and DVDs is generally less than the difference between them in picture quality though.

>>33234999
0/10

>>33235001
I'm not disputing that, but if it's not it's because they're idiots.

>>33235048
also cost:
BD Player
HDMI cord
HD TV
SS

>>33234847

> everything will be digital

you seem to think the entire world is on the internet, well its not. 5 billion people arent on it.

physical media will always be sold.

here's the % of people online as of march 2013.

Asia 44.8%
Europe 21.5%
North America 11.4%

now thank me for educating your dumb ass.

>>33235004

WHAT DID YOU FUCKING CALL ME? A FAGGOT? DO YOU FUCKING KNOW WHAT FAGGOT EVEN MEANS? IT MEANS A HOMOSEXUAL. A FUCKING QUEER. A WHOOPSY. A PRANCING LALA FRUITY BOY. YOU COME HERE, AND CALL ME FUCKING THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY GIGABYTES OF PORNOGRAPHY FEATURING ONLY FUCKING !!!FEMALES!! I HAVE? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY TIMES A DAY I MASTURBATE TO THIS COLLECTION, HOW MANY HOURS I SPEND EXPANDING IT? NO, NO YOU FUCKING DON'T, YOU JUST COME IN HERE AND MAKE A FUCKING JUDGEMENT ON ME LIKE YOU’RE SOME KIND OF JUDGER OF FAGS WHEN I STILL SMELL OF THE SEMEN FROM JACKING IT TO THE PUSSY OF A FUCKING FEMALE THIS BOARD ISN"T FUCKING /GAY/ ALRIGHT IT'S /TV/, NEWSFLASH: NOT EVERYONE IS GAY YOU PIECE OF SHIT

WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FUCKING FACE. I BET I HAVE AT LEAST TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PICTURES OF VAGINA YOU DO, FAGGOT FAG FAG FRUITY WHOOPSY DOO-DOO LAA LAA SCOUT BOY GET THE FUCK OFF MY BOARD

>>33235004

the image was a 720 x 480 image upscaled to 1920 x 1080 to sjhow you how shit DVD is.

no need to get mad, be a real man and admit you're havent got a clue about such things.

>>33235062
>BD Player
This is the problem, BD Players are so poorly advertised it's unfunny. Consumers need to be informed of why it's better
>HDMI cord
They probably have this for consoles
>HD TV
See above
>SS
Not needed

DVD is disgusting. I can't watch that shit anymore. Makes me feel horrible.

How is this even a thread? The word 'pleb' has never had so much relevance before as it's had in this thread.

why do you give a shit if it's popular or not? it's massively superior to DVD. Why does it bother you that retards will stick to DVD? Everything comes out on Blu-Ray even if DVD sells more

>>33235062
You can get a BD drive for your PC for probably about $20. If you're too poor to own an HD TV then just watch it on you monitor, which will be "HD" unless it's from the 80s or something.

>>33235115
>talking about quality upgrades
>not utilizing it all

yify4lyfe

I thought everything is packaged as a DVD+BD combo nowadays

>>33235159
i have a crt

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>buying

>>33235113
Lol, that's exactly why you're wrong. For some retarded reason you think I'm one of the retards who think blu-ray is only marginally better than dvd. I'm not.

>>33235193
What resolution is it?

>>33235198
Go to bed marcissus

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>>33235198
>living with your parents with no job and shitposting Mad Men reaction images instead of going to your junior prom

>>33235113
And if you think that image was upscaled you have severe mental retardation. Lmao.

>>33235198
>being poor

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>>33235237
>projecting

>>33235265

>i have money so i must spend it!

lel

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>>33235198

> being proud of being poor

>>33235291
Exactly right, idiot.

If you don't spend the money you have you might just as well throw it down the toilet.

>>33234949
Better blacks than any television since, lcd and plasma are actually quite shit compared to tubes.

>>33235311

Even if there's a free alternative? Seems a bit stupid to me.

>>33235291
>why spend money when I can invest in bitcoins and become a millionaire in 5 months

lel

>Blu ray players aren't expensive anymore
>Not having a PS3 >2013
>Blu Ray discs aren't any more expensive than DVD
>Resolution Blu 1080 DVD 480
>Blu Ray 50GB DVD 8GB

>>33235314
puh leeze poorfag.

HD eats SD for breakfast. I'll take high res over 'better blacks' any day

>>33235064
>North America 11.4%
>educating your dumb ass

irony

>>33235335
>Implying plebs care about storage space

peasant level DVD users with awful eyesight

VERSUS

employed Blu-Ray users with 20/20 vision

>>33235234
i don't know it's in my closet.

CRTs were the shit, LCD screens actually fucking suck, they are far worse than CRT screens on multiple levels, the only reason people began to buy them was because they were "so thin erhmegerd i need to have thin screen", but image quality, refresh rate, resolution were going back many years. TFW crt screens had larger than hd resolution many many years before lcd screens.
TFW lcd screens took the industry backwards many years.

This discussion is bullshit.

Everyone who has the choice between a DVD and Blu-Ray choses Blu-Ray.

Not a single person in this thread would chose a DVD over a Blu-Ray if they had the chance, have the right player, TV, could afford it etc.

Anyone who says otherwise is just plain lying.

I, for one, cannot watch DVDs anymore. Especially not on a big ass TV. It just looks awful compared to blu-ray.

The problem is that a lot of people only very recently got digital TVs, and a lot of people still don't have them. I think BR sales will go up now that digital TVs are a lot more affordable and there are BR/DVD combos for almost every movie that cost just as much as the lone DVD. There's another problem, though. We're about to hit 2k resolution as standard for PCs in the next few years, and people have only been doing 1080p for BRs.

>>33235332
No didn't say that. But support what you love.

There are different kinds of pirates, the ones who download something just because it's free and they don't want to pay are the shit pirates.

I'd never pay for a DVD now. The effort studios put toward BD extras and the quality of some of the older restorations is worth it.

I pirate dvd quality videos

I buy blu-rays, unless they're not available in my country like Marketa Lazarova

Seriously, I will never buy a dvd again now that blu-rays have come. That would be a waste of money.

I can't even watch the shitty dvd quality anymore.

>>33235457

No, they're real pirates. Making excuses to make yourself feel better about pirating is pathetic. True pirates just don't give a shit. Those days are long gone however and now we have kids attempting to justify their actions with morality and politics. So stupid.

>>33235349
not poor, just proving that crt was the best of SD resolution and still fucking is.

>>33235530
No, the ones who download just because it's free are retarded pleb children.

>>33235477
THIS FUCKING SHIT MAKES ME RAGE

Richard Kelly tweeted that dvd's have no bonus features now purely because they upsell on the BR.

Yeah, fuck you. Ill keep stealing if you keep jewing. That shit ends up on youtube eventually anyway.

>>33235530
Piracy have come to stay, it is the people who make it to be morally wrong who are pathetic.

People who pirate are actually better customers than those plebs who don't.

Your argument is invalid.

>>33235545
nobody cares

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Blame stores for that faggotry. If they got rid of DVD shit, dumbfucks would be forced to buy Blu-Ray.
Back then the DVD's success was only possible because stores got rid of VHS as those took up much more space than DVD slip-cases. Blu-Ray cases are about thes same width, so stores don't fucking care and plebs gonna pleb.

>>33235291
Nigga what do you think happens to your money when you die?

Pro-tip: you can't take it with you

>>33235682
Stores took years to get rid of VHS. I know because my family refused to buy a DVD player until like a full year after VHSs stopped being sold.

>>33233797
>>33233920
>2. Blu Ray is a marginal jump over DVD while being more expensive than DVD
>Goddammed kids here on /tv/ are all about their Blurays, but the fact of the matter is that they aren't worth it.

Poorfucks don't know what they are talking about since they still use their CRTs or own shitty Samsung HD Ready tvs
Ironically the jump from DVD to Blu-Ray is much bigger than VHS to DVD, you cock sucking clowns. Get some proper blu-rays and equipment, otherwise shut your cum crusted mouths.

>>33235720
what the fuck kind of abusive parents do you have faggot? You only had VHS until 2009? Christ...

>>33233612 (OP)
Older films look better on DVDs.

>>33235804
Must you be so rude?

>>33235891
Sometimes you have to be rude with ignorant people.

>>33235804
MFW I'm a cinephile who still watches my small crt tv in addition to watching my collection of solely 1080p content on a quality 100 inch projection screen.

>>33233612 (OP)
Online downloading of 1080p or higher content > everything else

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>>33235530
>Parents are abusive if they don't buy all the shiny new gadgets for their children right away.
spoiled children pls go

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>>33235879

>>33235957
Meant to quote >>33235832

>>33235959
>lololol

>>>/9fag/

>>33235977
lel what a retard. cant even quote the right guy.

your parents have abused you to the point of retardation friend

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>>33235979

>>33235912
I have no problem with that, but to dismiss Blu-Ray because of your own ignorance is an entirely different thing. Althoug this analogy might be lacking it's like being an Amish, claiming that cars are not worth the upgrade over a horse and a carriage, despite never having driven a proper one in his entire life.

Let's take Blade Runner for referene, as it's one of my favourite films. I own it multiple times on VHS, DVD and of course Blu-Ray.
If you have ever seen Blade Runner Final Cut on BR on a 46 inch Bravia XBR 8 TV with a good audio system and compare it to the DVD and VHS version, you will see that there are worlds between them, both visually and in sound.
After that, and THIS I guarantee you, you will never want to go back.
Same goes for Lawrence of Arabia, Alien and many other movies. It's all about your set-up.

>>33233797

That's 3 things.

>>33236117
This fag knows.

DVD is disgusting after BluRay.

In fairness though, I still wouldn't buy a BD player on its on. The only reason I have BD is because it came with my PS3.

Another reason I wouldn't buy a BD player is because I download most of my shit anyway... and I always download minimum 720p. DVDRips make me want to fucking vomit. Don't know how I could stand that bullshit in the past.

>>33236117
4K is out soon. 4K TVs have already been released.

Soon your BluRay collection will become obsolete, just as your DVDs did.

How does this make you feel?

>>33236117
Blade Runner is a terrible movie.

>>33236117
>>33236221
Confirmed for philistines.

>>33236252
Better quality, That is great, especially since you can upscale 1080p perfectly to fit 4 pixels instead of 1

>>33235084
Someone hit a nerve.

>>33236252

> what is upscaling

>>33236324
>philistine
You must have confused that word with "patriarch", but that's ok, son. It happens to the best of us.

>>33236252
Don't forget the difference between 1080p and 4K is less than the difference between 1080p and 480p. Just on your 40" tv sitting a few meters away from it you probably wont be able to tell much of a difference. If you were to compare it to a music file or something, it's more like 4K = 320kbps, 1080p = 192kbps, and DVD = 128kps. So while 4K is obviously preferable, you wont really be able to take advantage of it properly without a projector or something. And 1080p is sufficient quality to be stretched to 100" + on a projector and still look good. Think of it like how 720p still looks pretty good on all but the largest tvs. And I definitely wont be paying money to get any movies I already own on Blu-Ray in 4K, I'll just pirate them.

>>33236649
Nah, you don't need a projector. I have both a projector and a 24 inch screen. The only thing that matters is how far away you are from the screen.
And if you're gonna watch a movie properly, you need to be close enough to the screen so you get immersed fully.

I am looking in to getting a region free blu-ray/dvd player and surround sound system. Is the difference between 5.1 and 7.1 noticeable?

>>33236117
Well sound is an alltogether different issue you cunt spozzle. Eg. Dvd's in many countries included DTS tracks.

Didn't Amerikkka have to wait for BR to get DTS on the disc?

Instead of films on physical media or download, film companies should just sell a license to watch that film, beginning with cinema, and every time a new format comes out you are automatically entitled to receive that version of the film, a bit like software upgrades. They could have the licenses stored on a card that is swiped (or card number entered) which entitles you to say two viewings at the cinema, one download and one copy of the film per format revision. So you are truly paying for the rights to watch a film, not just the rights to watch a film once or to own a version at the mercy of whatever technology exists at the time.

>>33236713
Theoretically, but there's a limit to how close you can comfortably sit next to a screen. Even though they might both fill exactly the same amount of my field of view, I'd much rather sit a few meters away from a large projected image than a foot away from a 24" screen while watching a movie.

>>33236873
Some people can't focus properly on small distances. And a projector really gives you a better movie experience.

The people that care enough about their movie resolution to buy BlueRay videos are the same people that aren't stupid enough to pay for something you can download for free (in BR quality).

>>33237049
It's not stupid to support something great.

>>33237099
All the good movies (ones made in hollywood) are made by billionaires who don't care about you

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>>33236857
NO

>Blue way is only marginal improvement.
You guys must have bad eyes.

I always watch Sci Fis that are going to have a lot of detail on Blu-Ray and it's much better than DVD.

Blu will finally come into it's own once flexible displays become standard in 10-15 years.

Once TV's have even limited flexibility people will start buying much larger TV's since they won't have to tear a window out in order to install one in their home, even complete non-film fans will see how disgusting DVD looks on a 80inch+ screen.

Also Bluray disks are quite capable of hosting 4k content, right now there are 128GB disks available and Sony claims that 1TB disks are in the works.

>>33233612 (OP)
Gotta say I agree with OP.

You ever turn on a sporting event on standard definition and then notice you can hit enter on your remote again and watch it in HD? You instantly notice the difference in quality. If you could do that with blu-ray/dvd I wonder if it would be that dynamic.

so poor people dont buy expensive things

also
>buying films

DVD offered content that could be enjoyed on pretty much any shit television at the time: bonus features, no rewind, no degradation. You need only buy the player and the dvds, so the initial cost was pretty easy for consumers to swallow. Consequently is sold a fuckton and became industry standard very quickly.

Blu-Ray had to sell you a television as well. So along with the 500 dollar players, you also had to sink a couple thousand into a your means of actually watching it. As prices have gone down the landscape is changing, but it's likely that it'll never enjoy the boom DVD had, at least not until holographic disks come out and Blu-Rays become the new budget alternative that can play on anyone's shit TV.

>>33234874
I bought The Master a week after the bluray release for $10. They really aren't expensive.

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>>33235652

>Not paying for anything
>better customers
>customers at all

0/10

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This is why I don't have a Blu-ray player.

>>33237571
In studies they found that those who pirate also pay for more stuff than those who don't pirate.
Imbecile.

>>33237606
In studies you're a faggot.

>>33237606

citation desperately needed

>>33237623
Go back to your high school you unfunny lamo.

>>33237636

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pirates-buy-more-music

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/music-pirates-study_n_2526417.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57549485-93/riaa-condemns-research-that-shines-positive-light-on-pirates/

>>33237594
>why does the superior format and quality is more expensive?

are you retarded?

>>33237636
http://torrentfreak.com/0-more-on-content-than-honest-consumers-130510/

>>33237680


Thanks, but we weren't talking about music. Video/film is an entirely different animal.

>>33237680
>>33237697
Learn some statistics, moron. Correlation does not imply causation. Their increased purchasing of music might not necessarily be caused by their piracy, though it certainly could. Perhaps the pirates would have bought even more if piracy were not available to them.

>>33233877

Are you serious?

>>33237697

interesting, thanks

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I can't hear you over the improved audio and visual quality, fags.

>>33234764
>http://www.youtube.com/movie/highlander-2-the-quickening

are you saying the next microsoft console won't have a Blu-ray built in?

Don't blurays offer better sound quality too?

>>33237769
>pirates aren't customers at all
>but this study shows otherwise
>CORRELATION AND CAUSATION DURR HURR

>>33237809
>Lawrence's ass in those tight pants in HD
Oh god that must be glorious

>>33237809
Somebody likes paying extra for bragging rights.

>>33237836
Yes.

>fags saying BD is so much more expensive than DVD
Just bought trainspotting on BD for $5, the DVD was $10 a few shelves over
Just bought braveheart on BD for $10, the DVD was also $10

Oh, and there is a coupon for nearly every single BD new release if you just google search for it, making the price either the same, or $2-3 more than the DVD

>>33235335
>buying a PS3 for BD rather than a cheap as chips and good BD player

>>33237942
I don't see why people claim BD's cost so much, it's only new ones that do. Most new blurays drop to $15 after a few months of being available on Amazon and anything longer than a year is usually available for $10 or less eventually.

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>>33237875
It was.

>>33237918
I just don't mind paying extra for improved quality. Most new releases are only $15-25, anyway.

>>33238008
>that god awful taste

You've got a gun right there, please load it, stick it in your mouth and pull the trigger

>>33237874

>one study is enough to confirm my bias

>insanely better quality
>much better sound
>less discs if it's a TV show or a movie with a lot of features
>usually more special features
Why the fuck *wouldn't* you buy a bluray if you have the money? I've got a 50" TV with a solid surround sound setup and I would never go back to DVD in a million years. Blurays are also getting cheaper if you buy them online.

Only blu-rays consitantly worth buying are criterions, and they're about $30 each

>>33238039
>implying those are his most favorite movies of all time and reflect his taste

Some people actually enjoy watching all kinds of movies for various reasons.

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>>33238039
>implying

>>33238073
>no studies are enough to confirm my bias

>>33237769
This is stupid Uni 101 argument. Being exposed to more X influences consumer to purchase more X. Pirates have more X at their disposal which devalues X but increases the amount of X consumers are interested in. Get it together, freshman.

>>33237874
>pirates aren't customers at all
I wasn't the one who made this argument.
>CORRELATION AND CAUSATION DURR HURR
Nice way to properly refute my argument about statistics.

>>33238073
>no study is enough to confirm my bias

>>33238008
Who in their right mind would buy a blu-ray of Zero Dark Thirty? Or buy a blu-ray/dvd at all

>>33238094
I only buy films I'm going to watch more than once, so I don't really have many summer blockbuster films

>>33238098
>buying anime
>buying anime as shitty as Ika

>>33233612 (OP)
>The LaserDisc of our generation.
No

>>33238134
People who like physical collections, and wish to support the film industry.

>>33238105
That is a possible cause, but it's not the only possible one. As I said, they might have purchased even more music if piracy weren't an option. They also might have purchased less if they weren't exposed to more music through piracy. We just don't have enough data to know which one is the case.

VHS looks better anyway, it's analog

>>33238242
VHS is better all around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqSZEGj-SuI

>>33238085
>if you have the money

Because most of the faggots in this thread are students with no money who are trying to justify piracy.

A good BD player with ethernet and wifi is about $90. Discs are almost always less than $15 each, unless you buy them right when they're released.

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>>33237809
>>33238008
>>33238098

>>33238273
It's called saving, any student with some intelligence would know how to do it. I have a shit job, go to school, and still have a great setup.

>>33237809

>muh gun and muh academy award nominated film

>>33238324
You don't like guns, boy? You some kind of homosexual?

>>33234702
DVD looks better.

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>>33238134
To be honest, I buy most of new releases. Typically, because they are cheap the first week of release, have the slipcovers, and because I typically don't have many opportunities to go to a movie theater because I am fairly busy.

I buy BluRays because I like watching movies with friends and family, like having tangible physical copies of things, I like supporting the industry, and it helps me vent out some of my OCD on something.

>>33238154
>he doesn't like Ika
You got to be squidding me, ~de geso

>>33238324
It's because I primarily post these on /k/.

>>33238334
Amen. I am a student, and still find plenty of time to work to fuel many of my expensive ass hobbies, as well as a house.

>>33238008

sprinkle that dillo dust on your asshole. might actually give flavor to something for once.

>>33238334

I've been there, but never pretended that BD wasn't an improvement over DVD.

>>33238387

That's over $100 of horrible shit right there. You could have taken a girl out for a nice night for that.

>>33238351
Nah I love guns, I just don't understand why so many gun enthusiasts put them in every photo they take. It reminds me of whores putting their faces in every photo they take, hence the image.

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>>33238422
>You could have taken a girl out for a nice night for that.

Implying I won't do that anyway, then come back to my house to "watch" movies.

>>33238387
>cheap the first week of release
Where the hell are you buying your movies? The cheapest I can find one on release is if Amazon decides to drop it to $19.

>>33238387

>all these BD films
>offering digital copy

Why do they want us to buy a copy on Blu Ray and give us an equivalent digital version we'll just put online so no one else has to buy that shit.

>>33238387
>house
What's your job?

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>>33238465

>"Hey, wanna come back to my house and watch Broken City on Blu-Ray?"

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>>33238479
I am a CNC Machinist. Soon, I will be helping start up the "Engineering" department of our facility, mainly doing all the CAD, and doing all the reverse engineering and design work on new products and shit.