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Interesting...I don't buy that many DVDs anymore.

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In Reply to: RE: Disk cost is killing Blu Ray posted by Hornlover on October 20, 2008 at 08:27:49

I only buy movies I really (REALLY) love. I rent the rest.

I don't have a player yet (soon) but I haven't bought a film on DVD if it was also available or coming out on BD relatively soon. Enough older movies and specialty items are coming out now on BD that the improved PQ is worth it to me.

I own three BDs: The Searchers, Master & Commander, and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Balanchine ballet). Criterion is now releasing on BD, so that's another plus in the formats favor. LOTR is probably coming out on BD in late 09 BTW. They're working on it now.

These are on my BD wish list.

400 Blows
The Third Man
Dr. Strangelove
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Walkabout
Pride And Prejudice
Taxi Driver
This Is Spinal Tap
Blade Runner Ultimate Coll.
Dark City Extended DC
Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban
The Who at Kilburn '77
Die Zauberflaute (Sir Colin Davis)
Ceilia & Bryn at Glyndbourne

IMPORTS

Children Of Men
Death At A Funeral
Seventh Seal
In My Father's Den
King Lear (RSC, McKellen, Nunn)
Dune (Lynch)
Almost Famous (Extended Ed)
Cabaret
Zulu

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Interesting indeed. My 1st choice is BDs. I have about... - jeffreybehr 16:15:07 10/25/08 (0)
...500 discs that I've been gathering...I almost wrote 'collecting', but I do NOT 'collect' movies--for a decade or 2. I have about 180 HD discs, 100 HD DVDs and about 80 BDs. I just don't buy DVDs anymore if there's ANY chance the movie will be released on BD.

I've had 3 HD-disc players, 2 top-of-the-line Toshiba HD DVD players and now a Samsung 5000 multi-HD-format player, all of which play and uprez DVDs, and HD discs ALWAYS look LOTS better than DVDs, in resolution and cleanliness/viewability of dark areas, than uprezed DVDs.
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RE: Interesting...I don't buy that many DVDs anymore. - Cosmic Closet 15:59:31 10/22/08 (2)
I, too, rent (from Netflix which is great)and they do have Blu-Ray now, so that's good, but interestingly enough, they just tacked $10 on the monthly fee if you want to continue renting Blu-Rays.

I'll keep getting, but I am wondering what the behind-the-scenes stuff on that pricing is all about??

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- $10? I get charged only $1/month - jackrandom 06:26:28 10/23/08 (1)
  It is only $1/month increase (which brings it back to their original cost of $17.99 for 3 at a time)
  - RE: $10? I get charged only $1/month - Cosmic Closet 07:46:08 10/23/08 (0)
    Jack,
    
    You're right; big misspelling on my part. A buck it is for Blu-Ray.
    I still wonder why though? Bigger fees from the studios on those discs?
    
    CC.

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