Comments on: Blu-Ray sales down without HDDVD competition

By: costa200

costa200 — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:15:36 +0000

Someone said that the quality jump from a DVD to a Blu-ray is comparable to the jump from VHS to DVD. I beg to differ. In VHS your tapes got worn out very fast, would not last unless stored in suitable conditions and the image was not perfect at all, specially after the first viewings. Blu-ray offers more resolution yes, but whereas some magnetic distortion may kill your mood in a vhs tape, most films gain little from a DVD to a Blu-ray.

Do you really need to see every every zit on the guy’s face to enjoy a good movie? Seeing the excess makeup on the lead actress makes you love a movie you wouldn’t otherwise?

I’m not eve discussing the price range here. Clearly, for now Blu-ray standalones are just expensive “i got one” toys with little use.

By: BigDog

BigDog — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:34:01 +0000

well..the problem here you see is ..we have to eat and drive now and then …

By: mr_teh_giant

mr_teh_giant — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:52:32 +0000

I have to say I agree with #39 I dont want HD (as long as its not cam quality) and definately don’t use actual physical optical discs, I store every thing on hard drive or ipod I even got a car head unit so I can just plug ipod in, no discs (they always got scratched). I can’t believe they are still being used tbh. I watch everything on my laptop, dont need a big screen. And always use earphones, no surround sound system. I like the idea of making movies available on sd memory cards, Would work for me!

By: Kwipper

Kwipper — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:33:41 +0000

My issue with blu-ray is that I don’t own an HDTV and right now the good ones are still too expensive. I won a regular standard television and I am happy with a DVD player and dvd resolution.

There’s also one other thing I got with high definition movies is well.. yes. They do give you a much clearer picture… a little too clear IMHO. So clear that you can see the actual makeup on the actors and their aging wrinkles and zits.. through the makeup. Normal DVD covered this up due to its lower resolution.

Now the positives to High definition movies is when you’re watching a high quality cgi film (Pixar, Dreamworks) or some high definition nature program. I remember see BBC’s Planet Earth on a 1080p television (at 120hz to boot) and my jaw just dropped. I was staring in awe and I think I even shed a tear.

I guess HDTV in general has it’s ups and downs, depending entirely on the content in question, but I think it’s the downs that is keeping me from going high def.

By: Ender

Ender — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:57:59 +0000

I think it is caused by the high prices of gas; I can’t afford to buy as many games, movies or books now that it cost so much to fill my tank…

By: pee pants

pee pants — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:12:05 +0000

I’m just not going to pay $30 for a DVD. Most of what comes out is crap, and I’m not going to start replacing the classics at $30 a piece. Ill wait until blue ray becomes affordable, buy a BD burner, and start a collection then.

By: Hostspace Fillah

Hostspace Fillah — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:08:03 +0000

lol this was always the case – dvd simply IS good enough for most people, that and the fact that many consumers don’t have money to waste on some gadget which does pretty much what their existing $40 player does – it plays movies ($20 cheaper movies) – we don’t all need to see 18,0000,0000,0000 lines of resolution or the color pink in 3 zillion tones to enjoy a movie. as per usual the elite who can’t wait to piss their money up the wall on the latest thing have funded another bum industry. lol.

By: strengthofmind

strengthofmind — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:00:11 +0000

@59

The virus is this release
http://www.rlslog.net/coreavc-professional-edition-v1700-edge/
and it is flagged as
Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.doz Trojan
or Backdoor.Sdbot.AO
but I’ve never had any problems with it.

I’ll make another one with a clean release. Sorry

By: -____-

-____- — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:29:14 +0000

humans have brains. Sony boasts ps 3 increase sales over the months, now they know what ps 3 is being used for primarily…

By: titties

titties — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:43:41 +0000

so true, tune down the price you greedy b@stards

By: User

User — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:37:32 +0000

@44 @strengthofmind you fu*k
Don’t donwload, it’s a virus!!!

By: ssrat

ssrat — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:09:59 +0000

While Quality may be some of the reason, I think that once HD players went on sale for $99 at Wal-Mart the price point was set.
The average person saw that and decided that if HD could do it then there was no justifiable reason to pay 3x+ the cost for a BR player.

The PS3 works at it’s price point since it is a GAME CONSOLE, and BR is considered a BONUS (A nice bonus but still a bonus, that breaks down to about $150 “extra”)

Probably will not happen, but with the US economy in such a wonderful state and the tax rebates on their way it might not have been a bad idea to lower the prices so that people could be thinking about MAYBE picking up a player with the check.

By: LOL

LOL — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:03:30 +0000

Wait abaut 2 years. This CD will cost abaut 5$. You’ll see D

By: Abelian

Abelian — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:07:36 +0000

#50 wins. When the economy is in the crapper, people aren’t going to be spending on luxury items and entertainment – it’s that simple.

By: Jenson

Jenson — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:01:43 +0000

Let’s see to fill my tank of gas is more expensive than to buy a regrular dvd player so yeah Blu Ray, get the point??