Comments on: Blu-ray sales have dropped massively since Sony killed HD DVD

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:25:07 +0000

When the Xbox 360 HD DVD player fell to $49.95 in Australia it was the bargain of the century – dead format or not. Mine came with a full Xbox 360 Media Centre remote Control – itself worth the price – AS WELL AS HD-DVD’s of King King and Happy Feet. That’s about US$40 for 2 HD Films , a 360 Remote control AND the player which incidentally also plugs into my HP Pavilion and works on that as well. The Pavilion has an inbuilt Bluray and I can tell you now – that hands down – the HD DVD player has a better picture than the Bluray. I was also able to pick up a swag of films going out on HD DVD for $7 each – including The Mummy, All 5 Harry Potters, Apollo 13, Chronicles of Riddick , Shrek 3, Sahara AND TRANSFORMERS. So for the price of 3 individual BluRay films I have an awesome upscaling HD DVD player, a remote and 16 films.

And you’re calling me an Idiot?

I bet you thought the LHC was going to kill us all yesterday as well

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:50:01 +0000

>”…are there really good reasons *not* to pick up a PS3? I can’t think of any”

Unless you have a new wizbang receiver – the PS3 doesnt allow you to utilize the new sound formats. It is definitely a limitation of the PS3, as a bluray player, that it doesnt have analog outputs.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:41:22 +0000

1. DVD is going to be around for a long time, VHS was around a long time and DVD was a revolution over it not an evolution.
2. Let’s compare an HQV upconvert player to BluRay

A. Upconvert
–100 DVD’s already owned – no cost to watch in hiDef
–Upconvert player, pick your price but = $400
–New release DVD’s purchased in a year 12 at $16.99 = $203.88 and watch in HiDef
–Walmarts bargain bin in a year 3 @ $5.00 = $15.00
Cost====$600

B. Blu Ray
–BluRay Player with average upconvert = $400
–Replace 25 of 100 DVD’s already owned = $700
–New release BluRay purchased in a year 12 = $360
–Old movies release bluRay 3 @ $20 = $60
Total = $1520

C. Movies thru netflix/blockbuster ??
and your movies you already own and purchase
to keep will cost you alot more.

By: jaytin

jaytin — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:51:19 +0000

i own a blu ray player (PS3 lol) and havent even payed a blu ray movie once on it and yes i have a full hd tv (sony bravia X series 52″). now a lot of people will jump and say, “its cause you dont watch any movies on the PS3″ wrong again i do watch movies on it but divx and DVD’s only as its very expensive to rent or buy blu rays in australia…. that takes to my next point i dont know anyone who uses PS3 as a blu ray player its used more like a media player with a bigger hard drive instaled on it…anyways….glory to man united

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:01:46 +0000

Why do you believe that the VMD format is “doomed”? If anything, I believe it’ll emerge as the winner.

Just the fact that VMD discs cost a third of Blue-ray discs – AND they’re region-free – is proof that there will be a market for the format.

You then have to take into consideration that existing DVD-RW drives on PCs may be able to write to blank VMD discs via a free firmware upgrade… It seems like a winner to me.

By: Frederick M Raposa

Frederick M Raposa — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:31:31 +0000

I think Blu-Ray hasn’t made it because they jacked up the prices ( way up ) as soon as HD-DVD died.

Also the technology is great but the movies are crap…

and another thing, a lot of people with a tight budget, gas prices and forclosed homes and food prices, well it is just poor timing as well…

By: Frederick M Raposa

Frederick M Raposa — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:31:31 +0000

I think Blu-Ray hasn’t made it because they jacked up the prices ( way up ) as soon as HD-DVD died.

Also the technology is great but the movies are crap…

and another thing, a lot of people with a tight budget, gas prices and forclosed homes and food prices, well it is just poor timing as well…

By: Frederick M Raposa

Frederick M Raposa — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:31:20 +0000

I think Blu-Ray hasn’t made it because they jacked up the prices ( way up ) as soon as HD-DVD died.

Also the technology is great but the movies are crap…

and another thing, a lot of people with a tight budget, gas prices and forclosed homes and food prices, well it is just poor timing as well…

By: benq620

benq620 — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:52:41 +0000

media players all the way

By: Niyoko

Niyoko — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:34:29 +0000

To DaveBG::

You are completely right. I bought a HD-DVD player for playing DVDs and what HD-DVDs that I can get my hands on. I still think the wrong format won, but that’s the past now. :( The A3 is a great DVD player for $99.99, and the deal that I have gotten on some HD-DVDs is fantastic.

I love how when I went into my local Target. I had a whole rack of Blu-Ray movies and only 4 HD-DVD movies, but the 4 they had were 4 damn good movies. It made me chuckle…but it shows that it wasn’t price, quality, features, or selection of great movies that will win the consumer. DVD is still the victor over both formats.