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| Registered: January 5, 2008 |  Posts: 70 |
| | Posted: | | | | For you high def (HD or BR) folks, what criteria do you use to decide if a new movie purchase will be in high def (HD or BluRay) if it's available or in standard DVD? Do you purchase all new movies in hd when available, only certain types of movies, only your favorites? Just curious. I find myself standing in front of the rack sometimes wondering if I REALLY need to spend that extra 10-15 bux on high def or if a particular movie will be just fine in standard definition. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Not that I'm really concerned at the moment, but I will be within the next two months.
So i will handle it, like with the change from vinyl to CD, from the moment on I had a CD-Player I only bought CD's and rebought some real impressing recordings. The same will be with DVD and Blu-Ray. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | It probably depends on the movie. I'd be more likely to grab the HD version of action or special effect intense movies. For just a regular drama or comedy, it's hard to justify the extra price. I mean, does seeing Superbad in HD really add anything to the experience? If the prices were closer to that of the SD versions then I'd probably pick up the HD version. My tolerence would probably be perhaps $5 more than the same SD release. This $10-15 extra is pretty lame and mostly limits me to waiting for sales.
This is one of the reasons I chose to get a dual format player (was going to buy 1 of each, but found a dual format one) since I'm assuming there will be a firesale of HD DVD movies here soon. I'll get them on the cheap and beef up my collection a bit.
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Oh and as far as replacing SD versions I already own, there probably won't be many (again, unless there's on sale). I plan on probably replacing some of the bigger movies (LoTR in HD anyone?) but for the most part I'm content to keep most of my SD collection and just use my players upscaling (once I have a TV that supports HDMI, that is). | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Vega: Quote:
It probably depends on the movie. I'd be more likely to grab the HD version of action or special effect intense movies. For just a regular drama or comedy, it's hard to justify the extra price. I mean, does seeing Superbad in HD really add anything to the experience? If the prices were closer to that of the SD versions then I'd probably pick up the HD version. My tolerence would probably be perhaps $5 more than the same SD release. This $10-15 extra is pretty lame and mostly limits me to waiting for sales.
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Oh and as far as replacing SD versions I already own, there probably won't be many (again, unless there's on sale). I plan on probably replacing some of the bigger movies (LoTR in HD anyone?) but for the most part I'm content to keep most of my SD collection and just use my players upscaling (once I have a TV that supports HDMI, that is). Exactly what I will be doing once I'd get into hidef. | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Vega: Quote:
Oh and as far as replacing SD versions I already own, there probably won't be many (again, unless there's on sale). I plan on probably replacing some of the bigger movies (LoTR in HD anyone?) but for the most part I'm content to keep most of my SD collection and just use my players upscaling (once I have a TV that supports HDMI, that is). I said something similar about my VHS collection once.  | | | ...James
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote:
I said something similar about my VHS collection once. Yeah, but placing the VHS tape in the DVD player was so much more difficult At least you can use the same player for HD and SD and you'll even get higher quality for the SD out of it... | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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| Registered: March 28, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,299 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote:
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I said something similar about my VHS collection once.
Yeah, but placing the VHS tape in the DVD player was so much more difficult
Not to mention the P&S vs. widescreen benefit of going VHS to DVD. Unless, of course, you were one of those rare folks who exclusively collected widescreen VHS.  KM | | | Tags, tags, bo bags, banana fana fo fags, mi my mo mags, TAGS!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Vega: Quote:
It probably depends on the movie. I'd be more likely to grab the HD version of action or special effect intense movies. For just a regular drama or comedy, it's hard to justify the extra price. I mean, does seeing Superbad in HD really add anything to the experience? If the prices were closer to that of the SD versions then I'd probably pick up the HD version. My tolerence would probably be perhaps $5 more than the same SD release. This $10-15 extra is pretty lame and mostly limits me to waiting for sales.
This is one of the reasons I chose to get a dual format player (was going to buy 1 of each, but found a dual format one) since I'm assuming there will be a firesale of HD DVD movies here soon. I'll get them on the cheap and beef up my collection a bit.
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Oh and as far as replacing SD versions I already own, there probably won't be many (again, unless there's on sale). I plan on probably replacing some of the bigger movies (LoTR in HD anyone?) but for the most part I'm content to keep most of my SD collection and just use my players upscaling (once I have a TV that supports HDMI, that is). I agree - of course the real pain is this Regional coding garbage with Blu Ray!! I have loads of R2/R1/R4 dvds and it would have been nice to pick up a blu ray player that did these all as well.  | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,493 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
I agree - of course the real pain is this Regional coding garbage with Blu Ray!! I have loads of R2/R1/R4 dvds and it would have been nice to pick up a blu ray player that did these all as well. Thank God there are the first hacked players out there, let's see and wait how this evolves. "Only" BD A/B and DVD 1/2 at the moment, but that would cover most of my collection. For the rest buy a cheap upscaling DVD-player as soon as your recent kicks the bucket. cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,744 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote:
I said something similar about my VHS collection once. Yeah, but VHS lost quality with every time you played it. VHS had no original language audio track. VHS had no audio commentaries. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ya_shin: Quote:
Quoting Vega:
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It probably depends on the movie. I'd be more likely to grab the HD version of action or special effect intense movies. For just a regular drama or comedy, it's hard to justify the extra price. I mean, does seeing Superbad in HD really add anything to the experience? If the prices were closer to that of the SD versions then I'd probably pick up the HD version. My tolerence would probably be perhaps $5 more than the same SD release. This $10-15 extra is pretty lame and mostly limits me to waiting for sales.
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Oh and as far as replacing SD versions I already own, there probably won't be many (again, unless there's on sale). I plan on probably replacing some of the bigger movies (LoTR in HD anyone?) but for the most part I'm content to keep most of my SD collection and just use my players upscaling (once I have a TV that supports HDMI, that is).
Exactly what I will be doing once I'd get into hidef. This is how I will do it as well. As long as the HD player can upscale DVDs, I will only replace those few that will be spectacular in HD...LotR would be one of those. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Astrakan: Quote:
Not to mention the P&S vs. widescreen benefit of going VHS to DVD. Unless, of course, you were one of those rare folks who exclusively collected widescreen VHS.
KM I was one of those rare folks. If I ended up with a P&S version, something was very wrong.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | At this point if I have the choice between DVD and HD, I'll pick HD. As for my existing collection, I've replace a few, but I'd rather spend my money on something I don't have rather than spending it on smoething I already do have. So far I think I've replaced: Apollo 13 (free with player) Batman Begins Complete Matrix Trilogy (got in on $20 misprice  ) Harry Potter Gift Set Serenity (replaced lost disc that was eventually found) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (free disc with player purchase) Spider-Man 3 (free with player) V for Vendetta (picked up in a Buy 1 Get 1 Free sale) | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: January 5, 2008 | | Posts: 70 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks for the replies folks. I'm pretty much the same way in trying to pick only those that I think would really be great in HD and replacing those SDs that I have for the same reasons...uhh..how the heck did I end up with that blu ray version of Blazing Saddles!?!..heh...anyway..I just find it very difficult when I'm standing in front of all those BR slim cases to walk around to the other side of the aisle and pick the same DVD in SD...so far I have replaced my SD w/a BR version for:
2001 A Space Odyssey
Clockwork Orange
Blood Diamond
Full Metal Jacket
The Guardian
All the 'Spidey' movies (found the Spidey Trilogy in BR on sale at 1/2 price!)
Stir of Echos
Stealth
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Switching to some type of HD right now would requre a major investment in hardware for me. And at the moment, I'm unwilling to upgrade my hardware. I have a TV which is supposed to display HD, according to the manual, but to do so I'd have to monkey around with my cabling - which is already complicated enough. The screen is only 20 inches anyway, so I don't know how much I'd get out of HD anyway. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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