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blu-ray
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has anyone switched to blu-ray? thoughts on the upgrade? better experience overall or just a marginal increase in quality?
i noticed that amazon is having a title sale and it made me wonder if i should finally upgrade. they also seem to have some special promotional discounts on games or similar items but those are specific to each day and you’d need to bookmark the page to really make use of it.
the thought of replacing my small dvd collection isn’t a big deal, i don’t have many favorites, but i’m not sure if it’s worth it if i’m just going to buy some completely digital version of these five or ten years down the road. waste to transition now you think?
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5. June 2008 at 12:10 am :
Only since you asked… my personal take is that Blu-ray is pretty cool, and all, if you’ve got the HD rig to justify the cost of a player, BUT, players and media are still WAY to outrageously high. The PS3 is still the best bang-for-buck, and it’s still about $200 too expensive. (Plus, it only offers high-definition audio codecs via HDMI, but I digress into utter A/V dorkitude.) If you’re willing to sell your soul, the best deal I’ve seen on Blu-ray players is actually at Wally World. For shame.
9. June 2008 at 6:50 am :
thanks for the insight on that. i’m not surprised wally world has the lead on getting these things out to people. perhaps by the holidays the prices will erode a little, i bet by next year more so.
but the lifespan of these players and content seems somewhat dependent upon how the internet alternative “download systems” evolve and how quickly. i thought they would come on with more force than they have though.