coozer
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 02:17 PM |
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Whats the deal with Blu ray dvds?
I've been looking a t some blu ray titles, got a few lined for the morn and am a bit perplexed at the pricing...
I dont mind paying a bit more than a regular one but I keep thinking the price hike is due to having all the different formats in the box.
I dont want triple play where the normal dvd is in the box, if I did I'd buy it! I'm buying blu ray one to play in my blu ray player!
Are we being ripped off here???
Steve
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1980 Z750
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Proby
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 02:21 PM |
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Could not agree more, we as consumers are being totally ripped off! What a scam!
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 03:19 PM |
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I suppose it would be useful in a case such as ours where it would take a week to wrestle the playstation downstairs, whereas the dvd could be played
anywhere... Depends how much you want the bluray version and if you can find the bluray only pack
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 03:27 PM |
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isn't it a mechanism to justify paying a lot more for something which is probably only marginally more expensive to produce?
It is anoying.
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 03:29 PM |
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A Blue-ray disc usually has a lot more (extras, deleted scenes, alternate plots, producers/directors comentaries, etc) on it than a DVD, however I buy
a DVD to watch 'THE FILM', sometimes the extras are ok (like bloopers, etc), but to be honest I just want 'THE FILM', NOT some
pretentious 'oh we did it this way because.......' what ever.
I have (as of yesterday) just bought my first blue-ray player an LG BD650 from asda for £40, purely because :-
a/ I wanted a DVD player with USB connection to link to the HDTV I just moved up to our bedroom so that I could watch down loaded programmes IF I
wanted to.
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b/ the price.
Other than that I shall continue to by DVD's at the 'right' price rather than pay through the nose for something that I DON'T
want or need.
Blue ray is owned and promoted by the Sony dorporation and therefore it is in their interests to promote and push this format onto people who to are
degree conditioned by advertising that it is a 'Must Have' when clearly it is not.
Just my 2p's worth.
JGG
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Humbug
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 03:52 PM |
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We upgraded to an LED HD TV a few months ago from an old fashioned CRT type. A month or so ago we bought a blu-ray home cinema system to replace an
old DVD player. I got a blu-ray Bourne trilogy set for £20 which seems quite reasonable. I wouldn't bother buying a blu-ray+DVD in the same pack
over a blu-ray only unless it was really a film I was likely to want to watch in one of the other rooms with a DVD only. Having said that, the blu-ray
player plays normal DVDs in pretty good quality and until the price comes down I think I would only buy blu-ray versions for action type movies; for
comedies, etc. DVD is plenty good enough (IMHO, before I get shot down!)
[Edited on 24.12.2011 by Humbug]
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westf27
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 03:56 PM |
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its a bit like having some furniture made and being sold all the crap bits and sawdust
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ashg
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 04:34 PM |
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i only buy blue rays now. but they are loads cheaper if you buy them online. the advantage of the ones that have the dvd in the box also means you
can play the dvd in the car if you have kids.
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
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beagley
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| posted on 24/12/11 at 06:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Humbug
We upgraded to an LED HD TV a few months ago from an old fashioned CRT type. A month or so ago we bought a blu-ray home cinema system to replace an
old DVD player. I got a blu-ray Bourne trilogy set for £20 which seems quite reasonable. I wouldn't bother buying a blu-ray+DVD in the same pack
over a blu-ray only unless it was really a film I was likely to want to watch in one of the other rooms with a DVD only. Having said that, the blu-ray
player plays normal DVDs in pretty good quality and until the price comes down I think I would only buy blu-ray versions for action type movies; for
comedies, etc. DVD is plenty good enough (IMHO, before I get shot down!)
[Edited on 24.12.2011 by Humbug]
I have a hard time buying blu-ray DVDs too. I did spend the extra money to get the full 1080p and the blu-ray player so buying regular DVDs with my
setup is like putting a Rover v8 in your locosts and then using 50 year old cross ply tyres. Still be a fun drive, but you've paid for the
extra oomph and you're not using it.
Bourne movies are great, as are the Transformers, Star Trek, etc... For Blu-ray
Music and Lyrics........ That's a regular DVD purchase
Beags
PS: Buy them online, it's quite a bit cheaper.
I'm not scared!!! I'm just marking my territory.
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