THE COST OF BLUE RAY DVD & BLUE RAY TV SERIES IS IT REALLY WORTH IT - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

applecherry · 10-10-2007, 06:28 PM

I WAS SHOPPING YESTERDAY FOR A NEW DVD PLAYER & I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT BLUE-RAY. IT WAS NICE THE PICTURE QUALITY ETC.. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE PRICE $650.00 FOR THE DVD PLAYER AND THE TV SET WAS $60 & UP. I HAVE OVER 3,000 MOVIE & OVER 100 TV SERIES ON HD. IF I HAD BLUE RAY I WOULD HAVE PAID MAYBE 2X AS MUCH ON MY TV SERIES SET COLLECTION ALONE IF I HAD BLUE- RAY.

DOES ANYONE HAVE BLUE-RAY AND HOW MUCH ON AVERAGE DO YOU SPEND ON THE TV SEASON SET COMPARED TO REGULAR HD SET

I HAVE A FRIEND WHOM SWITCH FROM HD TO BLUE -RAY.

IN 2006 ON HD DISKS ALONE HE ONLY SPENT $150.00 THAT YEAR (TV SERIES ONLY)

IN 2007 BLUE-RAY SETS ONLY HE SPENT WELL OVER $370.00 ON TV SEASON SETS ONLY
DOES ANYONE ELSE BUY BLUE-RAY.

HIS BLUE-RAY SEASON SET

LOST S-3 $66.95
NIP TUCK S-4 $52.95
PRISON BREAK S-3 $69.95
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT.-1 $84.95
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT.-2 $83.95

MY HD SEASON SET (SAME SET COMPARE PRICES)

LOST S-3 $38.99
NIPTUCK S-4 $37.99
PRISON BREAK S-3 $38.99
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT. 1 $67.99
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT. 2 $64.99

I THINK I WILL STICK WITH HD

Mikado · 10-10-2007, 07:45 PM

im perfectly happy WITHOUT HD and all those other useless gimicks that cost so much.....TV was FINE as it was, if they force me to buy HD TV, ill just stop watching TV altogether!

comedyfreak · 10-12-2007, 05:59 AM

I'm waiting to see who will win the war, they just came out with a 3rd hd format called HD VMD which is suppose to be much cheaper.

dakert · 10-15-2007, 10:58 AM

What is wrong with the plain dvd tv picture? I am with Mikado on this issue.

robyrob · 10-15-2007, 11:05 AM

there will be no winner in the BluRay vs HD war - only losers; the consumers that will be stuck with them.

Mikado · 10-15-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

there will be no winner in the BluRay vs HD war - only losers; the consumers that will be stuck with them.

Exactly, the electronics industry is well on its way to making the same mistake the music industry did; by forcing so many overpriced and incompatible choices on the consumer, they will lose most of their market.

applecherry · 10-15-2007, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dakert

What is wrong with the plain dvd tv picture? I am with Mikado on this issue.

I AGREE I WAS FINE WITH PLAIN DVD TV PICTURE. UNTILL MY SISTER DECIDED TO GIVE ME AN HD. SO THE HD IS HOOKED UP IN MY LIVING ROOM WHERE I NEVER WATCH TV UNLESS I HAVE GUESTS OVER. AND MY PLAIN DVD IS IN MY ROOM WHERE I WATCH ALL MY MOVIES. SO THEY CAME OUT WITH A 3RD FORMAT HD VMD (WHAT IN THE HELL IS THAT) JUST ANOTHER LOSER ON THE MARKET I ASSUME.

Ant-Lox · 10-16-2007, 12:22 PM

Well, I can see Blu ray and HD DVD being good for current shows, but for old shows, it's just a gimmick.

I think the only way I'd upgrade to HD DVD or Blu ray is if Paramount released the final season of Frasier in HD, other than that, I'm fine with regular DVD's.

spockvideo · 10-30-2007, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by applecherry

I WAS SHOPPING YESTERDAY FOR A NEW DVD PLAYER & I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT BLUE-RAY. IT WAS NICE THE PICTURE QUALITY ETC.. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE PRICE $650.00 FOR THE DVD PLAYER AND THE TV SET WAS $60 & UP. I HAVE OVER 3,000 MOVIE & OVER 100 TV SERIES ON HD. IF I HAD BLUE RAY I WOULD HAVE PAID MAYBE 2X AS MUCH ON MY TV SERIES SET COLLECTION ALONE IF I HAD BLUE- RAY.

DOES ANYONE HAVE BLUE-RAY AND HOW MUCH ON AVERAGE DO YOU SPEND ON THE TV SEASON SET COMPARED TO REGULAR HD SET

I HAVE A FRIEND WHOM SWITCH FROM HD TO BLUE -RAY.

IN 2006 ON HD DISKS ALONE HE ONLY SPENT $150.00 THAT YEAR (TV SERIES ONLY)

IN 2007 BLUE-RAY SETS ONLY HE SPENT WELL OVER $370.00 ON TV SEASON SETS ONLY
DOES ANYONE ELSE BUY BLUE-RAY.

HIS BLUE-RAY SEASON SET

LOST S-3 $66.95
NIP TUCK S-4 $52.95
PRISON BREAK S-3 $69.95
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT.-1 $84.95
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT.-2 $83.95

MY HD SEASON SET (SAME SET COMPARE PRICES)

LOST S-3 $38.99
NIPTUCK S-4 $37.99
PRISON BREAK S-3 $38.99
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT. 1 $67.99
THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT. 2 $64.99

I THINK I WILL STICK WITH HD

I wish they would just stick to the regular DVD format. I'm happy with it. Even VHS taping still has it's place.

applecherry · 10-30-2007, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

there will be no winner in the BluRay vs HD war - only losers; the consumers that will be stuck with them.

IMAGINE THERE WERE A WINNER & BLUE-RAY WINS, AND THEY STOP MAKING REGULAR DVD'S. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE WILLING TO SWITCH OVER TO BLUE-RAY & START ALL OVER WITH YOUR TV & MOVIE COLLECTION. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD DO IT. I HAVE TO MANY REGULAR DVD'S AND THE PRICES OF THE BLUE-RAY PLAYER & DISKS IS JUST TOO MUCH.. I WOULD RATHER GO BACK TO VHS.

UNLESS THE MAKER WOULD MAKE BLUE-RAY PLAYER ABLE TO PLAY BOTH BLUE-RAY DISK AND REGULAR DVD'S I WOULD CONSIDER THE SWITCH.

robby76 · 10-30-2007, 10:53 AM

Why the obsession with high definition picture? Just like Star Wars, I prefer the original grainy versions without hi-tech special effects.

Corizzle · 11-10-2007, 05:41 PM

To applecherry:

I am waiting to see who wins the HD wars or until a combo player for a reasonable price (sub-$200) comes out. But if I lived in the US I would have been on the deal Best Buy had the first week in November for sure. $169.99 for the HD-DVD XBOX 360 add-on + Heroes Season 1 + 7 HD-DVD movies. For now though you can't beat the price of regular DVD.

Mr. Television · 11-10-2007, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by applecherry

IMAGINE THERE WERE A WINNER & BLUE-RAY WINS, AND THEY STOP MAKING REGULAR DVD'S. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE WILLING TO SWITCH OVER TO BLUE-RAY & START ALL OVER WITH YOUR TV & MOVIE COLLECTION. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD DO IT. I HAVE TO MANY REGULAR DVD'S AND THE PRICES OF THE BLUE-RAY PLAYER & DISKS IS JUST TOO MUCH.. I WOULD RATHER GO BACK TO VHS.

UNLESS THE MAKER WOULD MAKE BLUE-RAY PLAYER ABLE TO PLAY BOTH BLUE-RAY DISK AND REGULAR DVD'S I WOULD CONSIDER THE SWITCH.

That's the same thing that happened to me when DVDS replaced VHS. I still got hundreds of VHS movies. I'm not replacing them all and I'm not replacing the DVDS I've already bought. This is a neverending dycle.

applecherry · 02-24-2008, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by comedyfreak

I'm waiting to see who will win the war, they just came out with a 3rd hd format called HD VMD which is suppose to be much cheaper.

And The Winner Is...............BLUE RAY. Alot of the store like wal-mart & best buy has stopped selling HD.
The HD fans are stuck like chuck.

Dean Winchester · 02-24-2008, 02:07 AM

I think truthfully, it all depends on how big your DVD screen is. If you have a big-screen television, blu is 100 times better, but on a regular TV set, standard DVD's are just fine. It all depends on how big your TV is.

10-10-2007, 06:28 PM	#1
applecherry Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 17, 2005 Posts: 496	THE COST OF BLUE RAY DVD & BLUE RAY TV SERIES IS IT REALLY WORTH IT I WAS SHOPPING YESTERDAY FOR A NEW DVD PLAYER & I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT BLUE-RAY. IT WAS NICE THE PICTURE QUALITY ETC.. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE PRICE $650.00 FOR THE DVD PLAYER AND THE TV SET WAS $60 & UP. I HAVE OVER 3,000 MOVIE & OVER 100 TV SERIES ON HD. IF I HAD BLUE RAY I WOULD HAVE PAID MAYBE 2X AS MUCH ON MY TV SERIES SET COLLECTION ALONE IF I HAD BLUE- RAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE BLUE-RAY AND HOW MUCH ON AVERAGE DO YOU SPEND ON THE TV SEASON SET COMPARED TO REGULAR HD SET I HAVE A FRIEND WHOM SWITCH FROM HD TO BLUE -RAY. IN 2006 ON HD DISKS ALONE HE ONLY SPENT $150.00 THAT YEAR (TV SERIES ONLY) IN 2007 BLUE-RAY SETS ONLY HE SPENT WELL OVER $370.00 ON TV SEASON SETS ONLY DOES ANYONE ELSE BUY BLUE-RAY. HIS BLUE-RAY SEASON SET LOST S-3 $66.95 NIP TUCK S-4 $52.95 PRISON BREAK S-3 $69.95 THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT.-1 $84.95 THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT.-2 $83.95 MY HD SEASON SET (SAME SET COMPARE PRICES) LOST S-3 $38.99 NIPTUCK S-4 $37.99 PRISON BREAK S-3 $38.99 THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT. 1 $67.99 THE SOPRANOS S-6 PT. 2 $64.99 I THINK I WILL STICK WITH HD
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10-12-2007, 05:59 AM	#3
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10-15-2007, 11:05 AM	#5
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10-16-2007, 12:22 PM	#8
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10-30-2007, 10:53 AM	#11
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10-10-2007, 07:45 PM	#2
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	im perfectly happy WITHOUT HD and all those other useless gimicks that cost so much.....TV was FINE as it was, if they force me to buy HD TV, ill just stop watching TV altogether!

10-15-2007, 10:58 AM	#4
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	What is wrong with the plain dvd tv picture? I am with Mikado on this issue.

11-10-2007, 05:41 PM	#12
Corizzle Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 16, 2004 Location: Napanee, Ont Posts: 98	To applecherry: I am waiting to see who wins the HD wars or until a combo player for a reasonable price (sub-$200) comes out. But if I lived in the US I would have been on the deal Best Buy had the first week in November for sure. $169.99 for the HD-DVD XBOX 360 add-on + Heroes Season 1 + 7 HD-DVD movies. For now though you can't beat the price of regular DVD.
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02-24-2008, 02:07 AM	#15
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	I think truthfully, it all depends on how big your DVD screen is. If you have a big-screen television, blu is 100 times better, but on a regular TV set, standard DVD's are just fine. It all depends on how big your TV is.