I wanted to see how everyone is approaching the shift to Blu-ray, as far as replacing your standard DVDs goes. I'm sure I have a modest number of DVDs compared to many on this site. I don't plan on replacing all my DVDs. My intention is to replace all the staples, the Pixar, the SciFi, the action stuff, and any of the other visually impressive. I have no real need to replace some of the other stuff. Comedies, drama, TV series.

My point is, I'm going to have some criteria that needs to be met before something gets the $$-upgrade. I'd like to hear how the rest of you are approaching this. By the way, I happen to be someone who has limited disposable income.:)

I'm not replacing most of the action movies I own, especially those with "shaky cam" action sequences.

For me, movies worth upgrading include time-period movies with detailed costumes, and movies with gorgeous scenery. This includes some action movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings, but not most "present-day" action movies.

But primarily I want to replace my animation. Both 2D and 3D animation.

I've got somewhere around 1300 DVDs, and I really don't plan on replacing very many of them. I'll take it on a movie-by-movie basis. The truth is, that the bulk of my collection will probably never make it too BD.
J

Here's my replacement strategy. If it's on blu ray I buy it.... DVD's don't cut the mustard any more.

New releases only, except children's movies (sorry Disney). The exception might be Starwars and LOTR. I think I'm destined to own 20 copies of each of those.

The double dipping wore off with VHS to DVD.

John

As much new stuff on BD (where it can be had).

When I happen across a film that I have on DVD that I think would look good on BD (I've just got both Underworld films - Kate Beckinsale in HD - yummy).

I might swap out other stuff if I get a BB card as a gift. Also, I take in the old DVDs to one of those FYE type stores and get store credit for the old stuff. Then I look in the 2nd hand section.

For a moment, I thought this thread was about what comes after BD and how we were going to swap out to that! :eek:

Seggers

I haven't bought any DVDs for a couple of years as I knew what was coming so I don't have a large collection to swap out. But what I do have is getting swapped out as fast as possible. With the exception of two DVDs that I gave away and will not bother replacing at all.

Here is an exercise I recently went through, which I found very helpful:


1. I imported my collection from DVDSpot into an Excel spreadsheet.

2. I then deleted all the 4x3 TV on DVD, documentaries, and music video collections. This left me with 484 titles.

3. I then went through the list, and highlighted my current Blu-ray titles in Blue (42), and HD DVD titles in red (48). This left 394 SD titles remaining.

4. I then went through the list of 394, and made an honest assessment of each remaining SD title as to whether or not it was worth it to me to upgrade. For each "yes", I highlighted the title in yellow.

5. The final result yielded 77 additional titles, (including trilogies, etc.), I have to have in Blu-ray once they are available. The remaining 317 titles will remain in my collection in all their SD glory, and will be just fine for me.:D

I intend to replace all my dvds eventually with the equivalent BDs. The only ones I won't be replacing are movies I bought blind and ended up not liking.

I intend to replace all my dvds eventually with the equivalent BDs. The only ones I won't be replacing are movies I bought blind and ended up not liking.

Exactly thanks for saving me the typing...

I dont really have one. Right now we will rent from NetFlix. But I have no interest in replacing what I already own.

i had a yardsale and sold the dvds....7 bucks a piece or 2 for 12.....made enough money to buy 12 blu ray titles and 6 ps3 games....the only movies i havnt been able to replace that i didnt want to part with were the disney animated classics, but those will happen as the are released on blu ray

1. Make a list.
2. As disks are released from the list, check each one off.
3. Sometimes, things not on the list, if cheap enough, are bought.
4. New titles, pretty much buy anything that remotely looks interesting. Pretty much like the old DVD pattern.

They will be evaluated on a movie by movie basis. If they didn't pull out all the stops and offer a top notch restored transfer, I'm not going to bother until they do.

My buying habits have pretty much dropped for movies as is though. I've gotten a lot more discriminating about my purchases (I used to buy anything that had a passing interest.) Now, I only buy things that really really enjoy. I can't probably count on one hand the number of movies released in the past 12 months that I'm going to be interested in owning. Otherwise, it's just rental and movie networks for me to see most of the crap out there I only have an interest in seeing once.

5 years ago:
"Hmm, that seemed like a neat movie. Purchased on release day"

Today:
"I saw this movie in the theaters/OnDemand/Rental/Movie Network and really liked it. If the disc proves to be of good quality and value I will likely purchase."

I'll replace all Disney and Pixar films, the must-haves from my collection, and anything new that I purchase will be Blu, otherwise, I'm fine with the SD's that I have. It's actually about time I went through my SD DVDs again and see what's there to ebay that I don't have a need to keep any more.

My must have in BD format movies are usually pre-ordered.
My liked movies I look for on AVS or Amazon marketplace and buy them used.
All the movies my wife must have and like fall here :D
I don't mind skipping a title (in any format) that was just so-so IMO.

I will still buy DVD, but only TVonDVD, my wife and I enjoy some of the old content, but it IS hard to watch since it is not great quality (not restored) very often.

I intend to replace all my dvds eventually with the equivalent BDs. The only ones I won't be replacing are movies I bought blind and ended up not liking.
Same here, plus some movies I have only on Laser Disc if they ever make it onto Blu-ray.

But primarily I want to replace my animation. Both 2D and 3D animation.

So it turns out they are now releasing both Code Geass and R2 on Blu-ray in Japan.

The first disc has ONE EPISODE ON IT and costs the Japanese yen equivalent of $45.
The second disc has 3 episodes and costs the Japanese yen equivalent of $70.

In case you don't believe me:
http://www.yesasia.com/us/code-geass-lelouch-of-the-rebellion-r2-blu-ray-vol-1-japan-version/1011086094-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/us/code-geass-lelouch-of-the-rebellion-r2-blu-ray-vol-2-japan-version/1011075897-0-0-0-en/info.html

Even the Japanese are turning to anime piracy now, and that's saying something, because the douchebags who are in charge of anime studios actually think they can charge this kind of money for their product.

As much as I want to replace my animation, it's just not going to happen when the anime studio cartel thinks they can rape the customer like this and we'll just tolerate that kind of utter garbage and enjoy it.

I am looking for the Original Star Wars Trilogy. I currently have the theatrical on VHS and DVD. I have the special editions on VHS, VCD, and DVD

I sold almost all of my 600+ DVDs when I went purple. Only things I kept were a few TV boxed sets, like Arrested Development, Mr. Show, Seinfeld,ect.
A good deal of it was pruning out poor blind buys, but several hundred will be replaced with their Blu counterparts in time.

Overboard? Perhaps, but once I saw my first HD image I couldn't go back to watching mere DVDs anymore.

Same as when DVD replaced LaserDisc:

1. Buy all new movies in BR (except certain kids movies/cartoons that still need to play in the car).
2. Replace certain 'cornerstone' DVDs where the picture quality advantages are clear and obvious or it is a Top 10 favorite.
3. Live with the rest!

Simple.


Rent everything first.
Only (re)buy classics.


Double dipping cost is insignificant as I have very few classics.

Here is my "Blu-ray replacement strategy"....

As HD digital downloads become more prevalent, I will add them to my media server and get rid of the pain-in-the-rear BDs. There is nothing better than not having to worry about misplacing discs, losing discs, the kids putting discs in the wrong box, scratching discs, having to store disc boxes that are different sizes, etc.
Also, it is great when a server remembers where you left off 6 months ago, or pops up a description to read as well as a rating. And being able to flip between movies in seconds rather than having to wait for those long load times and being forced to watch trailers, is priceless. I can live with a few macro-blocks, but being force to watch Disney logos, BD ads, and FBI warning for 10 minutes is a real pain.

Maybe some day Sony will say it is OK to backup BDs to a media server, but until then I will have to settle for 1080p downloads.
:D:D:D

Sony isn't the only member of the BDA, so it's not their decision alone. And good luck restoring those movie when you have a HD crash. And oh yes those do happens once in a while.

I have been very selective which DVD's I upgrade to Blu-Ray. I watch the sales, and have been slowly selling off my DVD collection. I had a number of DVD's that were blind buys that I only watched once and did not plan on watching again.

I would say I have double dipped on about 30 titles so far on Blu-Ray/HD DVD. I do not double dip on comedies and chick flicks.

I plan on replacing my DVDs if it's a title that I really like. Otherwise, I'll just wait a bit longer until I can get it in a clearance bin.

I have been gone a long time.... nothing's changed here. The same ol' broken record being played over and over.

Write off, BD. Counter: Write off, DL. Both are strong enough to be viable delivery options.


I am more concerned with the DRM issues and replacement issues surrounding DLs, but agree managed copy still should be an option for BD users.

I see DLs eventually replacing the rental market, but not until their offerings can compete quality wise.

Storage and file integrity is a huge issue for purchased DLs. If the DL industry wants to go that route, then they have a lot of issues that need addressing. We have already seen "unlimited use" services fail and the subscribers were left high and dry with useless data files.

Rent everything first.

Guess you haven't ever heard of RAID or noticed that a 1 TB drive can be had for $99. By the way a media server allows you watch movies in multiple places...with out having to have the discs in every room!


Yes and I am sure the masses will be flocking to complex HTPC's with RAID arrrays. Better hope your HTPC never gets hit with a virus either..

You can't skip the FBI warning, and you can't skip the disc load time, and you can't skip the time it takes to find the disc box, etc...and yes it can take up to 10 minutes for everything (especially if your disc is a BD-J one). Nice try though.

I have a PS3. Most movies load very quickly. Yes you cannot skip the FBI warning, but it is not that painful. And it is not 10 minutes. You seem to be trying way too hard here..

Next time try timing how long it takes you to get up and walk over to where the discs are, find the box you want, open it and carry it over to the Blu-ray player, insert the disc, wait for it to load, go sit back down, wait for the logos and things you can bypass to play, skip all the stuff you don't want to see, etc.

I have all my movies (DVD, BD, HD DVD) cataloged and organized. And I am not that lazy. Honestly, you are blowing this way out of proportion.


Now try doing this with your PS3/360/etc...select your media server, select the movie you want to see, watch the movie. It you change your mind, stop it and select another one. Cool huh?


Please BDA and Sony, let us rip movies to our media servers legally. Then I'll buy more BDs!

I have a PS3 and have owned a 360. As far as downloads go, I have been very unimpressed with the quality (720p, lossy audio, can't own the movie, no extras, annoying buffer time for download, PSN does not even offer 5.1 sounds on their HD downloads, etc).

And you did not address my question. Where are you getting quality 1080p downloads that let you own the movie? What is the audio quality? Extras?

Everdog, you are reaching. We all know you were not happy with the outcome of the "format war". Try to give it a rest.

This thread is a "reasons for replacing your SD DVD" thread. Not a "why I hate Blu Ray" thread.

I replace my SD DVD's with Blu Ray:

1. If the price is right. Example:I purchased both of the Kill Bill discs the other day for $40. -$20 rebate for owning the SD DVD. Trade my two SD DVD discs in at dvdplanet for $8. That means those discs were $6 each net. Darn good deal. BTW, I would have upgraded these at full retail also.:D

2. Movies that I really enjoy and have replay potential.

3. Quality usually isn't an issue. Most of time it is a nice upgrade on video as well as audio.

As for new releases, I do not purchase SD DVD anymore. If there is a movie out on SD DVD only, I will rent. SD DVD on a 106" screen just doesn't have enough information.

You can't skip the FBI warning, and you can't skip the disc load time, and you can't skip the time it takes to find the disc box, etc...and yes it can take up to 10 minutes for everything (especially if your disc is a BD-J one). Nice try though.

If it took you ten minutes it certainly wasn't a nice try.. Maybe keep your blu-ray's in a designated spot or put a lojack on them ;)

This is the BD replacement strategy thread isn't it? Excellent!

Picking up Kill Bill 1 & 2 tomorrow. $20 each w/ a $20 rebate = $10 per disc.

That's my strategy and i'm sticking to it...

This is the BD replacement strategy thread isn't it? Excellent!

Picking up Kill Bill 1 & 2 tomorrow. $20 each w/ a $20 rebate = $10 per disc.

That's my strategy and i'm sticking to it...

You are right about that :D

Back to the fray... I'm buying new movies on BR when available but i'm in no hurry to replace the older title. I read about them before making my mind and to know if they are worth the expense.

This is the BD replacement strategy thread isn't it? Excellent!

Picking up Kill Bill 1 & 2 tomorrow. $20 each w/ a $20 rebate = $10 per disc.

That's my strategy and i'm sticking to it...

Nice deal! I just picked up "Top Gun" and "Men In Black" over the last few days thanks to a nice sale.

This is the BD replacement strategy thread isn't it? Excellent!

Picking up Kill Bill 1 & 2 tomorrow. $20 each w/ a $20 rebate = $10 per disc.

That's my strategy and i'm sticking to it...

What is this $20 rebate?

I have sold all my DVDs. My strategy is to buy the BD if it is a movie that I really like. The PQ/AQ is not a big deal because it is almost a given that it will be an improvement over the DVD. The price is also not a big deal. The Kill Bill combo could have been $100 and I would have still bought it.

I had about 200 DVDs, and there are only about 30 that I would repurchase in BD. I no longer have the urge to buy indiscriminately, and I certainly won't buy a movie just for the PQ/AQ.

What is this $20 rebate?
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/ht-software-high-definition/276213-htf-blu-ray-review-kill-bill-volume-2-a.html

I wanted to see how everyone is approaching the shift to Blu-ray, as far as replacing your standard DVDs goes.



This is the OP's focus for this thread. If you are not here to discuss the topic as it's been stated, then please do not post in this thread. Some posts and follow up responses/posts have been removed.

so far I've been buying all new stuff on BD as well as movies I don't have but want on BD. as far as movies already on DVD that I own. I just replace my very favorites or ones I can get for "free" with a BOGO deal when the selection is limited to titles I mostly have on BD or titles I don't want.

I think I will always mantain a dvd collection much like my Laserdisc collections and LP collections

so far I've been buying all new stuff on BD as well as movies I don't have but want on BD. as far as movies already on DVD that I own. I just replace my very favorites or ones I can get for "free" with a BOGO deal when the selection is limited to titles I mostly have on BD or titles I don't want.

I think I will always mantain a dvd collection much like my Laserdisc collections and LP collections

Or another option is to start selling off your DVD collection. I have probably sold over $300 worth in the last few months. Granted I am not replacing all of them since many of them I watched only once, but I am taking the money made and applying it to BD purchases.

Remember DVD is a SD technology and in twenty years they will be of little value. Best advice is to get some value out of them now before no one wants them.

OT posts removed. If you can't stick to the OP's thread topic than move on. Last warning.

Not sure if I'd call it a "strategy"... but i'll replace some of the movies that fit into "I tend to think I'll watch them more than once" and "I think the HD treatment will really improve the experience". For instance I just picked up KB 1&2, but I doubt I'd upgrade a comedy like Office Space.

Oh, and my wife just donated a bunch of old VHS's - a few of which we'd want to replace with a purchased shiny disc. For some of those I'll hold out for the BR version rather than stop-gap it with DVD.

Partly because I'm tending to buy very little at this point - now using Netflix fairly steadily since I've realized how many DVDs I've only watched once - I suspect the BR collection will never grow to the size of the DVD collection that precedes it. I'd guess we own about ~300 DVDs and about 10-15 BRs, only 3 of which are double-dips of DVDs (KB, PoTC 1) IIRC.

I wanted to see how everyone is approaching the shift to Blu-ray, as far as replacing your standard DVDs goes. I might replace a few of the very special titles, like the PoTA box set, but in most cases I'll keep the DVDs.

I replace HD DVDs, DVDs as they come out (for the most part) if it offers something substantial.

For instance, it is silly to replace Batman Begins when they are the same disc..

If I can get them cheap enough, I will rebuy. It has to be a movie I know I will watch several times. My upper limit is $15. Remember, this is to replace what I all ready own. For example, I replaced Outbreak and Eraser. Both were under my limit, no problem. While Casablanca is one of my top 10 favorite titles of all time, and I will watch it many more times than the combined viewing of Outbreak and Eraser, I will not pay the high price of the blu-ray. Although if I ever find it for $25.00 or under, I would probably purchase it. I have been giving away any title that I replace. As far as new titles, that is a case by case decision.

Most of my collection is DVDs but it's animated tv shows primarily. Won't see many of those on blu-ray any time soon and most of them I'll pass on.
Of the movies I own, none of the DVDs are worth rebuying except for Serenity and the 2 spiderman movies I have. I've hesitated in buying the spidermans on bluray and now I'm just waiting for a good deal on the box set. Of my hd dvds, I'm only rebuying a few of those on blu-ray and I've decided to do so only if I see a killer deal (ie under $15) or when my hd dvd player dies.

Or another option is to start selling off your DVD collection.
As much as I'd love to do that, I can't. My problem isn't replacing the discs, it's replacing the DVD players. I have friggin DVD players everywhere! :D I only have a Blu-ray player in the theater room.

DVD Players:
Family Room (1)
Each Bedroom (4)
Cars (2)
Boat (1)
Kids Room (1)
Laptops (3) - I won't count the servers

Luckily, the majority of the DVD's that are not played in the Theater Room are kids shows or TV shows. It's going to take a while to replace my DVD players. :) It some cases, it might not make sense to go Blu-ray because of the screen size and resolution (kids rooms, cars, boat).

Allow me to burn a DVD copy from the BD and I'll buy all BD from here on out (even at a higher cost). I know that won't happen, but I can dream!

John

My strategy is I don't double-dip. One of the things I hate most is paying for something more than once. So I'm not replacing any of my DVD's with BD's.

A film i'd replace is a film i'd really, really want on BD. Those type films will typically be the ones where I think that a measurable increase in audio/video would be worthwhile. Dialogue driven films with little surround presence would not be a priority.

My strategy (ongoing) is to do a number of things.

1) Reduce the number of DVDs that I own. I have alot... probably about 400-500 at this point. Of course alot of those are TV shows. I am bringing down my core movies down to about 150-200 and only so many shows.


Alot of my TV shows have episodes that I will rewatch, but there are problably less than a handful of these per show with few exceptions. For example, Star Trek TNG has some great shows, but there are more stinkers than good ones. Looking over the 7 season with about 20-30 eps per season, I think you could bring it down to 10-20 of the best. The Qs, the Borgs and a few other memorable ones and of course some the cliff hangers and season openers. I have archived those onto just a few that I can store on disc or media server. I will give the rest away or sell them on ebay.
I have alot of movies that I like at one time, but they are no longer the show I remember. A good example of that is Independence Day. I am not saying it isn't a good movie, but it definitely is not as good as I remembered. The keepers for me are ones like Jaws, Sound of Music or more modern ones like the LOTRs. Comedies such as Caddyshack, Princess Bride and a few modern ones.


2) The ones that I am replacing with either HD DVD or Bluray fall into two categories. Cheap buys and value buys. The Cheap buys are shows like Caddyshack HD DVD that I got for less than $10. I can sell my DVD version on ebay for 5-10 so it is no real loss and Morgan Fairchild looks great in HD. The Values are ones that I need in HD like the Matrix in HD DVD or Underworld in Bluray.

3) I stopped renting this summer and have gone back to buying. I wait about 1-2 months for new releases when the price drops or I can get then preowned in like new condition. I put them in a "now showing" section of my library. Every quarter, I go through and either sell them back on Ebay or Amazon (considering AVSforum). It ends up costing me about 2-3 per movie at most and sometimes actually come out ahead. The ones that I have watched and decided are keepers, go in the main part of my library. I try to go through it atleast once a year a throw a few more back on Ebay (for instance, I will be considering Independence Day).

I look at it this way. There are 365 days out of the year. 3 out of 7 days I am just too busy. So now we are down to about 210 days. Out of those, some are game days for football. Now I am down to about 190. I watch TV shows alot on disc which will eat up atleast half those viewings. So now we are at about 90-100 per year. Which is about 2 movies per week which is about right. Sometime I will watch 4-5. There are some when I am lucky to fit in 1. There are about 20-40 movies that I will watch per year that I have not seen before whether they are unwatched classics or new releases. This means that I am looking at watching about 50-80 movies that I have in the library. A 200 movie catalog would take me 2-4 years to rewatch each one once. And there are some that get yearly viewings like LOTRs, Star Wars, White Christmas, Groundhog Day etc.

So in the end, I personally don't need as many as I have and am cutting back. The great thing is that DVDs are still selling half decent on ebay. I can usually get 3-10 bucks back depending on the title which helps fund the HD repurchases.

As far as players. My main HD DVD player is my HD805 onkyo. I also have a back up HD-A3 in the kids room (teenagers) and an xbox addon hooked up to my bedroom PC. I got rid of bedroom TV and replaced my monitor with a 22" LCD monitor and put a digital tuner with remote in my bedroom desktop. I also have an HD HTPC in the theater/living room as well but am going back to standalones.

I am have a BD drive in the HTPC which will probably go in my bedroom unit when I replace it with a Samsung BD-P1400 for Christmas. I am sure I will add another BD player in the future when they get cheap enough. or I may just do the same for the kids room that I have done for mine.

I'm gonna replace all I can if the price is right. Some must owns, I'll get right away (like LOTR EEs), but otherwise, they'll have to be in $15 at amazon for me to usually consider upgrading to BD. But it also is on a case by case basis.

I expect to re-buy very, very few of my current DVD collection. Many of the DVDs I have in my collection (around 500 and stagnating) were "what the heck" $5 Walmart purchases. The implication being, that for $5 it was awfully hard to go wrong -- though there are some "What was I thinking?" titles in there).

I am betting that most of my new purchases (which I've slowed to a crawl -- we used to be a 4 or 5 new DVD per month household, and are now probably <1) will be BD. But in terms of re-buys, out of my current collection, I can only really think of about 30-40 that would be "must haves" on BD -- many that have already been mentioned here, LotR, Star Wars and other epic type movies. So, in general, probably less than 10% of my current collection will be re-bought as BDs. Of course, if / when BDs end up in the bargain bin at Walmart (i.e., $5 impulse buy) . . . all bets are off. But I suspect that it will be quite some time before we see that happen.

I'm gonna replace all I can if the price is right. Some must owns, I'll get right away (like LOTR EEs), but otherwise, they'll have to be in $15 at amazon for me to usually consider upgrading to BD. But it also is on a case by case basis.

The one thing that I am not looking forward to with BD LOTRs is that you know they are going to double dip you. I got the LOTRs and then replaced it with the EE later on for alot more. I am not buying the title this time around until the EE comes out - amazing how much better of a movie the EE is on that disk.

The EE of Chronicles of Riddick is much better too.

Of course not all EE or Directors cuts are better. A good example of a movie that should never have had a directors cut is Independence day. The theatrical version was much better.

The other thing is that I am not in a rush with titles that I already owned. At first I rush out and started replacing initially with titles on HD DVD like the Mummy Trilogy, Matrix Trilogy, 2001, dune, Oceans Trilogy, Sparticus and a few feature favorites like The Last Starfighter. When I went purple, I pick up the two Underworlds right away and a few others like the 5th Element. There are ones that I will eventually replace, but I have too many still in shrink wrap at this point.

My brother was over the other day and was amazed how many I still have that are unopened.

but those days are behind me now as my initial buying spree of HDM has ended. I think most of us have gone through that. It is the new toy mentality.

I did the same thing when I got my first DVD player in the late 90s. Went out and got like 6-8 DVDs right away for about $20-25 bucks each (And people complain now about prices - people did the same about DVd back then)

I have learned that some movies are not worth getting on HD as much as others. Cadddyshack in HD look good, but I would have been dissappointed if I had not gotten it for less than $10. A christmas story and lampoons christmas vacation don't even really look "HD" at all to me.

The HD DVD firesales have done more for my collection than anything else though. I will probably pick up about 5-6 BDs for Christmas though, like Iron Man, TDK, HB2, Narnia and such.

There haven't really been too many must own comedies over the last 5-10 years.. atleast not like some of the ones in the 80's. In some ways, I think comedies peaked between mid 70s and mid 90s.

I wanted to see how everyone is approaching the shift to Blu-ray, as far as replacing your standard DVDs goes. I'm sure I have a modest number of DVDs compared to many on this site. I don't plan on replacing all my DVDs. My intention is to replace all the staples, the Pixar, the SciFi, the action stuff, and any of the other visually impressive. I have no real need to replace some of the other stuff. Comedies, drama, TV series.

My point is, I'm going to have some criteria that needs to be met before something gets the $$-upgrade. I'd like to hear how the rest of you are approaching this. By the way, I happen to be someone who has limited disposable income.:)

After having gone through replacing a tremendous amount of movies on laserdisc with their DVD counterparts--at the tune of hundreds of Dollars, mind you--Hollywood ain't getting much off 'li 'ol moi anymore.

I went with the HD-DVD format and bought a Toshiba player, but only purchased a few movie tittles...films that for me merits repeat viewing; and stayed away from the vast majority of trash that now days is being passed as "entertainment." Did the same thing with the D-Theater format...

Don't have a Blu Ray player yet, and when I finally get one only a few films will be purchased (one reason being Sony's insistance in keeping prices
at levels that are reminiscent of the old laserdisc days: obscenely high! :eek:).
Movies which will compel me to get involved with BR are "Ben-Hur," "The Ten Commandments," "The Robe," "The Sound of Music," "My Fair Lady," Criterion's HD version of "Spartacus," and similar great American films...but that will be it... ;)

-THTS

So why are people already replacing their Blu ray disc?

My strategy was to replace the 150 DVDs I own with HDDVD and now BD. The problem is, I've lost my zest for owning movies, so I ended up selling all the DVDs and I've revised that strategy to being extremely selective. I own about 40 BD and 60 HDDVD and I plan on selling a lot of them.

Going forward, I'll only buy a few movies a year. I'd like it if my collection doesn't exceed the 40-50 mark.