burn
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
i have a feeling optical media will be around a lot longer than ppl think
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I WANT TO DOWNLOAD MOVIES INTO MY FLYING CAR
― carne asada, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
obviously optical media is not actually dead. I still think blu-ray is this decade's laserdisc
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i dig those Laserdisc though
― carne asada, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i dunno everyone i know before they have an HD-TV is like "who cares DVD is fine"
after they get an HD TV they are all "OMG Blu Ray i luv uuuuuu"
i only have a regular tv so i'm waiting but that seems to be the pattern
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
there's definitely no reason to care about this stuff if you have a regular tv.
no offense.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I hope we'll start seeing some better movies coming out on blu-ray now. It's amazing how shit the blu-ray library is, honestly...
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/what-are-the-lessons-of-the-blu-rayhd-dvd-battle-a-freakonomics-quorum/
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
seriously the quality of what we consider an expert in this country becomes more depressing by the day.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:23 (sixteen years ago) link
and once again I would like to ask everyone to do whatever they can not to prop up Sony in any way whatsoever as their notorious hatred of consumers and death grip on a vast content library means only good things for whenever they're forced to relent
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
(this from a guy who bought the james bond ultimate collection (MGM/UA is all sony) but only on regular DVD and only at a steep discount)
LOL @ TOMBOT
:-P
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
BOOOOO
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link
recommend me something currently on blu ray that will fascinate me.
― akm, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
planet earth ftw
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
^
Also, Verhoeven's Black Book
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
also, verhoeven's planet earth
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
also, planet book
― max, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i think the first blu ray disc I will buy will be A Bug's Life, because that was also the first DVD I bought, and it isn't anamorphic and looks like shit.
― akm, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i kind of want to buy the neil young archives except I'm not that big a fan and can't imagine actually messing with it.
― akm, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
The thing about blu-ray that has brought me the most joy is seeing older films given a spanking hi-def transfer. Plenty of recent films look great on br, but watching stuff that I've only ever seen on tv or crappy old 4:3 VHS can be a true revelation. Specifically: The Thing, Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior, all the Kubricks, and Black Narcissus.
― Bill A, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I got the restored Godfather box set for my birthday. Haven't put it on yet, but I'm hoping it will be the one to finally make blu-ray seem worth the bother.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oh it's amazing, esp if you're used to the shitty dvds
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
the thing that should most be on blu-ray - "playtime" by jacques tati
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
it is!
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
you know what looks insane on blu-ray? Dr. No.
tracer read this
http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2009/07/the-blu-sweeties.html
― dim sum dude (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:01 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Laserdiscs were around for almost 2 decades as the best home video format, before DVD came around. So if Bluray is the next laserdisc, you should upgrade immediately, unless you want to wait 20 years for the next format.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Obvious choice but Blade Runner: The Final Cut is one of the best bluray's out there.
― same dog, different leg action (Mr Raif), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
they will be streaming HD quality straight to my TV soon enough. I'm with tombot on that. xp
― carne asada, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I think they'll cut corners with HD streaming just like cable companies cut corners with their HD channels. Even if your internet connection is good enough to hack it (mine certainly isn't), I don't think a streaming service will be comfortable giving you 1080p streaming at a reasonable price. They'll just cap it at a level they think the consumer is ok with.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
s1ocki - holy shit.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
ts: dvd vs blu-ray
― capn save a noob (cozwn), Saturday, 5 September 2009 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't currently play blu-ray on my laptop.
― mh, Saturday, 5 September 2009 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
blu-ray looks better
― steener HOOStinov (s1ocki), Saturday, 5 September 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i own speed racer blu-ray
i do not own a blu-ray device
this is the way i live
― A B C, Saturday, 5 September 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i have owned an HDTV for three years. i have never seen an actual HD signal on it (and no, .mkv bluray transcodes don't count).
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 5 September 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
what do you have hooked up to it?
― steener HOOStinov (s1ocki), Saturday, 5 September 2009 23:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.gamersover40.com/images/pong_game.jpg
― Mario Brosephs (Pancakes Hackman), Sunday, 6 September 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i have a blu-ray player ands till haven't watched a blu ray disc. I did buy 2001 though.
― akm, Sunday, 6 September 2009 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Dear home video advertisers: your unsubtle rearrangement of the wording of all of your ads to read "Now available on Blu-Ray and DVD!" and showing pictures of only Blu-Ray discs is not going to make your 21st Century iteration of the laserdisc any more popular to the people who have spent hundreds or thousands of dollars over the past decade amassing a movie collection in a not-all-that-different-but-perfectly-serviceable format. Retards.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 31 October 2009 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Which is to say that I vote for DVD over Blu-Ray, obvs. Blu-Ray should be treated like a premium format for people who want something a little extra, not like something that is going to necessarily overtake DVDs.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 1 November 2009 00:06 (fourteen years ago) link
they should be more humble and stop trying to sell their products?
no, what i think they should do is bring BD price down to parity with DVD. then they'll sell them.
― banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 November 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Perfectly serviceable? Absolutely. Not all that different? Er . . . the difference between 480p and 1080p is actually really, really significant. If you're not seeing or feeling it, that's cool, but it really is there.
The good thing is that the hardware is all backwards compatible, so when Blu-Ray reaches a certain market penetration (and cheap recorders are available), and manufacturers stop making DVD players and studios stop making DVDs, you'll still be covered.
― Bears Are Alive! (Pancakes Hackman), Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:05 (fourteen years ago) link
BD is coming, nothing u can do to stop tht sorry
― coz (webinar), Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I just don't understand the public's demand for HD at all. WHY are so many people willing to spend hundreds more just so they can have a slightly clearer picture on the TV?
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 1 November 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Exactly. I guarantee most people don't really appreciate it that much from an aesthetic or technical standpoint. It's just some new effing gadget to jizz all over. I can appreciate its existence, I just don't care enough to make the investment in a big switchover.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 1 November 2009 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
It's just some new effing gadget to jizz all over.
This jizzing that you speak of drives a whole sector of the consumer market. It's small, yes, and different than the "early adopter," because that consumer may actually have complaints about the product which may be useful to the company producing that product. No, this consumer is the "omnivorous, insatiable adopter." They have too much money to care what they buy, but not enough to know how to value it. If they don't like it, they won't have any insight on it, they'll just buy something else. They're the 20-something kids of rich parents, the nouveau riche who are totally tech-ignorant, and the upper-middle class who are gloriously irresponsible with money. They're not a make-or-break demo, but they do spend a shitload.
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Sunday, 1 November 2009 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
The marginal cost of a Blu-Ray player was pretty low if you were in the market for a 5th generation video game console in any case (the PS3 is one of the better players). I have some movies of the Baraka/The Fall class of eyecandy that would undoubtedly benefit, and I can afford it, but won't adopt for a simple reason: at the moment, there are no Blu-Ray players that are also seamless upconverting all-region unlockable DVD players. About a third of my DVD collection are R2, R3, or R4, and I'm not about to clutter my AV stack with another box just to play a handful of movies that would really benefit.
― Deliquescing (Derelict), Sunday, 1 November 2009 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link