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Author Topic: DVD vs. Blueray Helmut Maripuu Film Handler Posts: 25 From: Västerås Västmanland Sweden Registered: Mar 2004 posted 03-21-2019 12:23 PM                     In Sweden we can buy some movies at Blueray but lots of movies on DVD. I hate DVD why DVD still exists. Never would I buy a movie on DVD. I just want Blueray!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-21-2019 01:10 PM                        I have several movies I'd love to buy on BluRay but they just haven't come out on that format due to not being mega-blockbusters. They may never see the light of day again - that happens anytime there's a new format. Not everything migrates.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-21-2019 04:10 PM                     When it comes to watching movies at home I prefer using Blu-ray discs, as opposed to alternatives like streaming, watching on cable TV networks, etc. The audio-video quality on Blu-ray is still superior, even with residential Internet connections improving to very fast speeds. The "basic" 25 megabit per second cable Internet connection I have with the local ISP was recently bumped to 50 megabits per second. It actually runs more like 58 Mb/s while the previous connection ran 27 Mb/s. The top speed available went from 125 Mb/s to 250 Mb/s, and that's pretty slow compared to some residential services now. Gigabit-speed is available in some places. Even with all that speed the video quality is only going to be as good as the video encode provided. I don't think Netflix, Amazon and others use the same video encodes that are used on Blu-ray and UHD discs. The quality also varies from one movie to the next. The same is true for Blu-ray discs. Some studios love high bit rate encodes while others compress the video just to brink of being no better than a streaming encode. While I prefer Blu-ray, I have a pretty depressing outlook on it and physical media in general. Video rental stores have been disappearing. Retail stores specializing in selling movies and music have also been disappearing rapidly. Family Video is the only video rental store left in Lawton. For retail movie sales the selection is whatever is stocked at Walmart and Target. That pushes many customers to Amazon or other online merchants. We have no dedicated music stores left in town either. If you want uncensored music CDs, or just a decent selection, once again you have to go online. Samsung recently announced it is pulling out of the Blu-ray player market. No more 1080p BD players or UHD BD players from them. Movie studios have not been doing physical media any favors either. They don't put the effort into new disc releases like they did to many DVDs 10-20 years ago. Pop open the plastic case of a new movie release on Blu-ray and you'll probably find nothing more than a bare bones disc, almost devoid of any extras. Music on CD these days sucks for a different reason: loudness. They use so much dynamics compression to make tracks louder that it harms overall audio quality. The end result is something hardly any better than lossy compressed song files bought from Apple, Amazon or Google. Lately those services are struggling due to the rise of music streaming services, which feed listeners audio at even lower quality levels.  |  IP: Logged Peter Castle Expert Film Handler Posts: 220 From: Wollongong University, NSW ,Australia Registered: Oct 2003 posted 03-21-2019 05:43 PM                     I don't like to buy DVDs when the better quality of a BD is available. But now even streamed or cable shows, when they appear on disc, are only coming out on DVD. What's the point of watching a series like Netflix's "Shadowhunters" in 4K only to be limited on disc to DVD quality? Many of the quality movies are not getting BD release in Australia. "The Wife", "Children Act", "Old Man and the Gun" to name a few. And local movies are also getting the lowfi treatment such as "Ali's Wedding", "Three Summers" and "Don't Ask". Very disappointing.  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 03-24-2019 01:22 PM                     Although I own a Blueray player, 90% of the movies I buy are regular DVD's. The quality of regular DVD's is fine for me. I only buy Blueray if it is a very visually prominent movie.  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 03-26-2019 05:37 AM                     I think because Blu Ray charges licensing fees that are high enough to discourage routine releases on Blu Ray?  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 03-28-2019 07:09 PM                        “DVD is better than Blu-ray beause it’s cheaper and you can’t tell the difference on our 36-inch off-brand set we got for $179 at Walmart and you’re never ever getting a bigger TV anyway. This one’s fine.” -Every wife in America  |  IP: Logged Bill Brandenstein Master Film Handler Posts: 413 From: Santa Clarita, CA Registered: Jul 2013 posted 03-28-2019 08:02 PM                     I am SO glad to be done with standard def, for reason after reason. Except for a few of my friends who can't see well enough or sit close enough to the screen, the difference is astoundingly better, and only the aforementioned friends have reason to ignore this reality. And the housewife in my family is on board with HD. I married up.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-28-2019 08:03 PM                        When I buy a DVD these days it's going to be 4K Blue-ray if it's available. But I maybe buy 2-3 a year. I currently own 200is DVD (inclusive of DVD, Blue-ray, and 4K). In the past 6 months I don't think I have watched a single movie on any of these formats. Part of the reason is I have already watched all of those movies - many of them more than once. The other reason is I have so many streaming options available with 4K resolution that there is little need for a physical media.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 04-23-2019 02:03 AM                     I used to buy a lot of DVDs back in the day, but I stopped once I had all the movies I wanted to have in my collection. It's also not like this collection represents any tangible value, as the industry will keep superseding your copy with new and better formats, trying to force to buy the same movie over and over again on a new format. Nowadays, when I buy a Blu-Ray, it's usually because I create a DCP out of it. I bought a handful of titles on 4K/UHD/HDR, but only after the DRM on them had been broken. I hate the fact that they lock-in the content you buy. I know it's an anti-piracy measure, but hey... newsflash: It's not working. All they're achieving is that, once the last Blu-Ray player dies, you technically can't even play them anymore...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-23-2019 02:24 PM                        quote: Marcel Birgelen Nowadays, when I buy a Blu-Ray, it's usually because I create a DCP out of it. This is me. I love to create a DCP out of a blu-ray and watch it in the theater during the off hours. I'm hoping there will eventually be a way to make a DCP out of a stream. (Maybe there is one already...?)  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-26-2019 03:26 PM                        I love to find a 35mm print in the collector's community of a film I love and then bring in some beer and pizza and run it for my family and friends in the theatre after hours.  |  IP: Logged Bill Brandenstein Master Film Handler Posts: 413 From: Santa Clarita, CA Registered: Jul 2013 posted 12-29-2019 11:45 PM                     Man, Frank, I wanna be at your New Year's party. Why do you have to be so far away?  |  IP: Logged

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