Blu Ray Wins again

[soze]

Warner Bros gives all its hi-def loving to Blu-ray | Reg Hardware

 

[Deebs]

Fantastic. At last the format war is now on the way finishing. There is only one format and I am glad that my decision made a year ago to go Blu was the correct one.

Now time to save some pennies because I am going to need them!!

Deebs is one happy camper today

 

[Yaka]

well hope fully this is the begining of the end, personaly couldnt careless which format won or lost learnt my lesson with dvds, ammassed uber collection which when it came time for me to sell off got me back about hardly anything.


leeching ftw tbh, at the end of the day downloadble and storable media is better

 

[Deebs]

Yaka,

Sorry but I disagree. I would much rather have a 50gig movie to watch than the same one compressed to fuck to fit it in 8-15gig. Then work out how you store it, watch it, download it with just as much DRM.

 

[ST^]

leeching ftw tbh, at the end of the day downloadble and storable media is better

I'm not too keen on downloading a 20Gb film though

 

[soze]

I like to leech but i also purchase the dvds or now blu rays eventually just because they are better quality

 

[Stimpy]

I have 20 blu-rays atm I took the chance that they would win the war and it looks like I made the right decision, now bring on The Lord of the Rings trilogy please New Line (who are also going exclusive) I need me some hobbits

 

[Whipped]

Seems New Line have also gone Blu-Ray exclusive now. All it needs is for Universal to go the same way and it's all over. Then Microsoft will have to bring out a Bl-Ray player for the 360

 

[nath]

I'd be interested to see how much better an original blu ray disc is over an 8-10gb MKV rip. The MKV's are pretty damn good so I expect the difference won't be huge.

As for br vs hddvd, I won't be buying a player until there's a decent dual format one at a reasonable price.

 

[Fana]

Even if/when i get a PS3 ill keep buying dvd's (not that i buy alot of movies anyway though) unless the price of the blu-ray discs go down significantly (to the dvd price range, at least, since they are also overpriced).

 

[Yaka]

I'd be interested to see how much better an original blu ray disc is over an 8-10gb MKV rip. The MKV's are pretty damn good so I expect the difference won't be huge.

As for br vs hddvd, I won't be buying a player until there's a decent dual format one at a reasonable price.

only got 3 blu rays, casino royale, ratatouile and pirates of the carribean all freebies

ive seen mkv rip of ratatouile both on me a sony bravia 42" lcd and my panny 42phd8, on the bravia the diff was not much noticable unless you got close on my ph8 plasma bluray does look much better.

and deebs i wasnt on about compressed films.

 

[Deebs]

only got 3 blu rays, casino royale, ratatouile and pirates of the carribean all freebies

ive seen mkv rip of ratatouile both on me a sony bravia 42" lcd and my panny 42phd8, on the bravia the diff was not much noticable unless you got close on my ph8 plasma bluray does look much better.

and deebs i wasnt on about compressed films.

Yaka, if you were not talking about compressed films then you must be downloading upto 50gig in size films. Why? It is just madness with today's internet speeds. My time is worth more than me spending 15 quid on a Blu-ray disc, as is the impact to my internet speeds.

I am not ready to embrace the digital download era just yet. It is far from ready.

 

[Stimpy]

only got 3 blu rays, casino royale, ratatouile and pirates of the carribean all freebies

ive seen mkv rip of ratatouile both on me a sony bravia 42" lcd and my panny 42phd8, on the bravia the diff was not much noticable unless you got close on my ph8 plasma bluray does look much better.

and deebs i wasnt on about compressed films.

You have a US PS3?

 

[Yaka]

naw, compo win off off a mag, bit miffed at having no case for ratatouille tho

 

[Yaka]

Blu-Ray Bay - The Official Michael Bay Forums


micheal bay, looks like trans formers will be out on bd, time to ebay me hd dvd drive for x360

 

[soze]

Even if/when i get a PS3 ill keep buying dvd's (not that i buy alot of movies anyway though) unless the price of the blu-ray discs go down significantly (to the dvd price range, at least, since they are also overpriced).

They already have some of the sales this christmas has been 2 for £20 3 for £25 getting more and more affordable.

If it was not for Transformers this war would be much closer to being finished but i think that was the biggest selling HD title. I wish it would come to blu ray i need megan fox in HD

 

[Whipped]

This is the main reason I prefer HD-DVD over Blu-Ray .... In-Movie Experiences.

I have Serenity, 300, V for Vendeta, Batman Begins and the Blade Runner Box set on HD-DVD and most of them offer some kind of extra experience over DVD and Blu-Ray.

At the moment Blu-Ray only offers a stunning picture and sound, but the same extras as you would find on a standard DVD. Now that Blu-Ray standard 1.2 is out and 2.0 is around the corner, how long will it be before studios that supported HD-DVD, re-release blu-ray films with the PiP extras they were offering on HD-DVD. Once that happens I'll make the switch, but till then I'll stick with HD-DVD for the great extras and Blu-Ray will only tempt me once in a while (In fact, I've had my PS3 for at least 4-5 months now and as yet, do not own one Blu-Ray film)

 

[Stimpy]

3 for £25 where on earth did you see that? the only ones that have been about are 3 for the price of 2 with the cheapest blu-rays being £17.99 each which works out at £12 for each blu-ray which I don't mind but 3 for £25?

Or of course amazon.com bogof offer but then amazon put the price of both on the label instead of what you actually paid and you end up getting hit by customs

 

[Yaka]

dont thin blade runner HDvD biox set should be on yer list, as the movie is on the format the rest are normal dvds unless ive read it wrong,

 

[soze]

This is the main reason I prefer HD-DVD over Blu-Ray .... In-Movie Experiences.

I have Serenity, 300, V for Vendeta, Batman Begins and the Blade Runner Box set on HD-DVD and most of them offer some kind of extra experience over DVD and Blu-Ray.

At the moment Blu-Ray only offers a stunning picture and sound, but the same extras as you would find on a standard DVD. Now that Blu-Ray standard 1.2 is out and 2.0 is around the corner, how long will it be before studios that supported HD-DVD, re-release blu-ray films with the PiP extras they were offering on HD-DVD. Once that happens I'll make the switch, but till then I'll stick with HD-DVD for the great extras and Blu-Ray will only tempt me once in a while (In fact, I've had my PS3 for at least 4-5 months now and as yet, do not own one Blu-Ray film)

I think i am wierd in the fact that i have never watched extra features i keep all my dvds in wallets i throw the boxes away and i do not even keep the second disc Don't know why but i watch the film i never care about commentery ect

It was either play or Zavvi that had the deal before christmas the Blu Rays were shite though i ended up shopping in HMV's 3 for 2 instead

 

[Clown]

Play still has the 3 for 2 offer.

 

[ST^]

People keep going on about better interactive stuff with HD-DVD. Can someone tell me what it has extra that I might care about?

I can't think a time I bought a DVD/bluray for anything other than watching the main feature.

 

[Deebs]

Likewise, I am only after the main feature. All the rest is immaterial to me.

 

[soze]

Likewise, I am only after the main feature. All the rest is immaterial to me.

Glad im not alone i happen to thin Picture in Picture just gets the the way of the main picture

 

[Yaka]

People keep going on about better interactive stuff with HD-DVD. Can someone tell me what it has extra that I might care about?

I can't think a time I bought a DVD/bluray for anything other than watching the main feature.

its just like the wow factor dvds had when they popped up, this is just amped up for peeps that like that kinda stuff, blu ray has some java shizzle that does it and has only recently been finalised, and the ps3 is upgraded or will be upgraded
to inlude it via firmware

 

[Opt1]

Yup, it irritates me when they go on about how many hours of extra features there are - I couldn't care less until they make some extra features that interest me :S

Most of them are so verrrrrrrry boring.

What use is PIP whilst watching a movie? I don't understand :S

 

[ST^]

What use is PIP whilst watching a movie? I don't understand :S

Director commentary or something? No fucking idea. I don't want the director talking during my movie. It's bad enough going to the cinema with people talking, but in your own home? fuck that

 

[Yaka]

well it will prolly end up like like multii angle features, very few movies used it, but it was major in pr0n, this will prolly be same, lesbo gang fest etc, possibllities might be good for those who luvs pr0n

 

[Stimpy]

well it will prolly end up like like multii angle features, very few movies used it, but it was major in pr0n, this will prolly be same, lesbo gang fest etc, possibllities might be good for those who luvs pr0n

and who doesn't love pr0n, my projector arrived today really getting into HD in a big way now

 

[old.user4556]

just watched Bladerunner in Blu-ray - my fucking word the picture is awesome, standard def looks pure pish in comparison.