BluRay is one of the major reasons why I hate Sony.
Why? Because they strong-armed the market into accepting it as the HD optical disk video standard? If so, I can understand that.
In my case, I didn't vote either way in the BluRay/HD-DVD war until well after BluRay had one. At that point, I just went with what was considered the best BluRay player on the market at the time -- the PS3, which also had the added advantages of being cheaper than all the others and playing games. Of course, now that you can get a BluRay player for under $100 makes the point moot and streaming video means that BluRay only matters to the most hard core movie buffs and collectors.
BluRay is one of the major reasons why I hate Sony.
Why? Because they strong-armed the market into accepting it as the HD optical disk video standard? If so, I can understand that.
In my case, I didn't vote either way in the BluRay/HD-DVD war until well after BluRay had one. At that point, I just went with what was considered the best BluRay player on the market at the time -- the PS3, which also had the added advantages of being cheaper than all the others and playing games. Of course, now that you can get a BluRay player for under $100 makes the point moot and streaming video means that BluRay only matters to the most hard core movie buffs and collectors.
For once, they were not the only evil present in the debacle that is HD optical discs. The HD-DVD people were just as misguided. But behind BluRay is still Sony doing what Sony does best: strongarming the consumer by aggressively pushing changes into their own media formats, proprietary interfaces, etc. I realize that we are dealing with an incredibly small sample size here considering the youth of modern recorded media, but I firmly believe that consumers are not ready to re-buy their media libraries in a new format until 15 years have passed. I'm starting to grow tired of the DVD format, but I truthfully won't be ready to start buying up movies again until 2013-2014, and by then, BluRay will be looking old. I can't wait for whatever new hotness comes out then.
I truthfully won't be ready to start buying up movies again until 2013-2014, and by then, BluRay will be looking old. I can't wait for whatever new hotness comes out then.
BD is already old.... There won't be physical media in the future....Unless we get something crazy like a holodeck... And that is not only 2-3 years away.
I truthfully won't be ready to start buying up movies again until 2013-2014, and by then, BluRay will be looking old. I can't wait for whatever new hotness comes out then.
BD is already old.... There won't be physical media in the future....Unless we get something crazy like a holodeck... And that is not only 2-3 years away.
I disagree. I think physical media will exist, but it will be for the hard core/collector market. The vast majority of people will be fine with streaming and such. Digital downloads may displace purchasing a physical piece of plastic, but then again it'll take time to download it -- perhaps more time than it would take to run down to the local store and purchase said piece of plastic. Plus some of us do like having a piece of plastic around as a backup copy of our media as bandwidth to the home is still impractical for doing cloud backup of large amounts of HD media (or, to paraphrase Andy Tanenbaum, never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of BluRay discs hurtling down the highway).
That said, I haven't repurchased any of my DVDs on BluRay yet. I've mostly just purchased all new stuff on BluRay when I actually felt like purchasing something. Most BluRay players also make great upscaling DVD players, so I still get some benefit by owning one.
That said, I haven't repurchased any of my DVDs on BluRay yet. I've mostly just purchased all new stuff on BluRay when I actually felt like purchasing something. Most BluRay players also make great upscaling DVD players, so I still get some benefit by owning one.
The only movies I have re-bought on Blu-Ray are animated films, films that will look great in HD, or things that are really freaking cheap. I'm not going to re-buy my entire DVD library on Blu-Ray as it's just completely unfeasible and pointless for a lot of movies.
XBox live is a service I don't mind paying for. It's reliably up, the only lag I've found is on my side, and you get some access to decent special events. And generally you can get away with paying cheaper than advertised per year, by just buying yearly access cards off ebay or something.
I recently cancelled my automatic billing because I know I can get cheaper cards from online. I may only get a few months worth depending upon whether or not I get a HTPC.
Streaming can't take over(in America, anyway) until faster broadband is more widespread and the content providers get their heads out of their butt. Doing things like blocking your videos on Google TV only irritates consumers.
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In my case, I didn't vote either way in the BluRay/HD-DVD war until well after BluRay had one. At that point, I just went with what was considered the best BluRay player on the market at the time -- the PS3, which also had the added advantages of being cheaper than all the others and playing games. Of course, now that you can get a BluRay player for under $100 makes the point moot and streaming video means that BluRay only matters to the most hard core movie buffs and collectors.
That said, I haven't repurchased any of my DVDs on BluRay yet. I've mostly just purchased all new stuff on BluRay when I actually felt like purchasing something. Most BluRay players also make great upscaling DVD players, so I still get some benefit by owning one.
I recently cancelled my automatic billing because I know I can get cheaper cards from online. I may only get a few months worth depending upon whether or not I get a HTPC.