I bought a Blueray player 6 months ago and have yet to play a Bluray disc in it

[Fritzo]

It was a Samsung Bluray player, I got a good price on it, but have only used it for the Netflix, Blockbuster, and Vudu apps

Sony's got to be feeling the sting of winning the format war and realizing it's a dead end.

 

[Malak]

A dead end just because you don't use it? The Bluray market share rises every year.

 

[Tristicus]

Wow you are a retard.

 

[destrekor]

The format is actually fairly healthy right now. Not everyone was really into buying DVDs either.
And with the ability to rent BD easily, with RedBox also bringing BD sometime soon to the kiosks, a lot of people simply rent instead of owning.

 

[Malak]

I rented a BD movie from Redbox and my PS3 wouldn't even recognize it.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I rented a BD movie from Redbox and my PS3 wouldn't even recognize it.

probably need to update your firmware

 

[zinfamous]

probably need to update your video rental service

fixed!

 

[vi edit]

Your loss. Well transferred BR movies are pretty incredible, especially as you scale up in screen sizes. You don't realize just how washed out and dull the DVD format is until you watch a couple BR's and then go back.

 

[Jumpem]

I only watch movies on blu-ray. I have no interest in low resolution internet video.

 

[IronWing]

I bought a DVD/CD player a couple months ago and I only play CDs in it. The stupid thing is set to continuous loop play and it is a pain in the butt to change that because it has onscreen menus and I don't own a TV. All I can do is punch in the correct sequence on the remote and wait until a CD finishs playing to hear if it worked.

 

[sandorski]

Fail.

 

[Chrono]

funny op. i had have a ps3 and hardly play bluray discs on it anymore. like you i only stream netflix movies on it and occasionally play video games as well. i did sign up for netflix with bluray access, but... that's gone now since i don't even watch movies fast enough to take advantage of netflix.

 

[Kanalua]

They must be feeling the sting of my money going into their pockets every time my wife comes back from the store with a new BD movie...at least WalMart is starting to sell their BDs for cheaper...still hate having to pay $30ish for new release BDs.

 

[zerocool84]

A dead end just because you don't use it? The Bluray market share rises every year.

This

 

[zinfamous]

They must be feeling the sting of my money going into their pockets every time my wife comes back from the store with a new BD movie...at least WalMart is starting to sell their BDs for cheaper...still hate having to pay $30ish for new release BDs.

weird. I've never paid more than $24 for a new release BD. And probably ave. $17/disc. ...and I was pretty much an early adopter. I also have an HD DVD player buried away in my closet.

 

[dfuze]

I use mine for the netflix more than watching actual blu rays too

 

[Wyndru]

I always check bluray releases before dvd when I'm at blockbuster. It's worth the extra $ to get a version that looks great. I'm actually disappointed when a movie is only available in DVD. BB has been increasing their Bluray selection quite a bit now though, so that doesn't occur too often.

I don't bother with streaming rentals, since they have such crappy selection and quality, it looks too pixelated on my 46" lcd.

 

[fatpat268]

Your loss. Well transferred BR movies are pretty incredible, especially as you scale up in screen sizes. You don't realize just how washed out and dull the DVD format is until you watch a couple BR's and then go back.

I agree. I got the avatar bluray, and with it come the standard dvd as well. The bluray version is gorgeous with color, and the dvd version looks like someone decided to tone down all the vivid colors.

That was the most noticeable one to me

 

[Ika]

$30 for a BD is just ridiculous, going to the theater is like $10 and generally a better experience (if you have friends to go with). I rarely watch movies more than once, anyway... maybe if you have kids, but they probably don't care about the quality difference between blu-ray and VHS.

 

[zerocool84]

$30 for a BD is just ridiculous, going to the theater is like $10 and generally a better experience (if you have friends to go with). I rarely watch movies more than once, anyway... maybe if you have kids, but they probably don't care about the quality difference between blu-ray and VHS.

All new technology was and is expensive when it first came out. VHS was just as expensive and so was DVD's. Nothing changes.

 

[Malak]

$30 for a BD is just ridiculous, going to the theater is like $10 and generally a better experience (if you have friends to go with). I rarely watch movies more than once, anyway... maybe if you have kids, but they probably don't care about the quality difference between blu-ray and VHS.

Never paid $30 for a single BD. Even Star Trek when it first came out was $20. I paid only $50 for the BoB collection. This was at retail stores, not online. Got a handful of BD movies for about $6 each too.

 

[darkswordsman17]

$30 for a BD is just ridiculous, going to the theater is like $10 and generally a better experience (if you have friends to go with). I rarely watch movies more than once, anyway... maybe if you have kids, but they probably don't care about the quality difference between blu-ray and VHS.

For a family its far cheaper to buy a BD than go to the movies, and they can get repeated viewings out of the BD for that price. Also, some people have higher quality home theater than their local theater.

Renting would be a more direct comparison, where it'd be say $5. Rent Blu-Rays from Netflix and its far cheaper. Plus you don't get stuck with buying ridiculously overpriced foodstuff if you want a snack or beverage. Lastly, you escape having to put up with some of the assholes you find fairly frequently at a theater.

 

[zinfamous]

I always check bluray releases before dvd when I'm at blockbuster. It's worth the extra $ to get a version that looks great. I'm actually disappointed when a movie is only available in DVD. BB has been increasing their Bluray selection quite a bit now though, so that doesn't occur too often.

I don't bother with streaming rentals, since they have such crappy selection and quality, it looks too pixelated on my 46" lcd.

well, Netflix streaming is free if you have any netflix account. so...it's free. it's nothing extra. it's free. I don't understand why no one would simply try it out. Yes, much of the video quality is pretty terrible, but their content labeled as "HD" tends to be as good as DVD, if not a wee bit better in some cases. For a free service, I can't imagine anything better than that.

Sure, it doesn't compare to BD at all (especially sound), but I find that I'm using the streaming service through my PS3 more and more. The content is actually quite good if you search. Plus, it's free. I like free.

And I do not support Blockbuster b/c I don't support assholes that support censorship.

 

[vi edit]

$30 for a BD is just ridiculous, going to the theater is like $10 and generally a better experience (if you have friends to go with). I rarely watch movies more than once, anyway... maybe if you have kids, but they probably don't care about the quality difference between blu-ray and VHS.

Toystory 1 & 2 on BR...plus the DVD's were $17 for both combined. Plus free tickets for TS3.

Gladiator & Braveheart were $5 each after the rebates for owning them on DVD.

Harry Potter 1-6 was $40 total.
Band of Brothers was $25
Planet Earth was $20.
Avatar was $20 and that's for both BR and DVD version.
And I've got a whole pile of them for $8-$10 that I use for shipping stuffers from Amazon.

As for better experience...my dedicated theatre in my house would probably say otherwise

 

[Malak]

HD streaming is absolute garbage compared to an actual BD movie. 720p and stereo sound... the sound is the worst part. That isn't to say I don't stream... like every day. I take full advantage of the convenience. But it really isn't comparable. It's not even comparable to cable on demand.