HiDef Movie Format, Pricing, Regrets, Etc.

[alter_ego_trip]

Originally Posted by Wondermonkey

It is a combo. As much as loved this film, it's Netlfixed for me for now - the combo shit is just too ridiculously expensive.

I'm starting to regret ever supporting HDDVD. Enough is enough.

[Peench]

I still think that until both of them (or one of them) decide to make the new formats easily accessible for the masses (read "cheap"), they won't have major support. People want things that are inexpensive. Mainstream doesn't want dual formats or specialty items, they simply want something cheap.

[alter_ego_trip]

I agree. Why would J6P consider upgrading when he's at BB and SDDVD is 16 bucks while it's HD counterpart is 28. Hi def is still out of most average consumers reach. I think Sony was smart to include a built in player in the PS-3. Those not interested in hi def are not going to run out and purchase and add on (especially if they're not sold on the format) whereas in the PS3's case, if it comes with it you might as well give it a try. If they don't like it they're out nothing and if they do, well no extra expense.

[MadBryan]

Originally Posted by alter_ego_trip

If they don't like it they're out nothing

Out nothing except for the premium they paid for that console. For those that are interested in HD movies the PS3 is a great deal, if your not, well you know the rest.
how much would you guys say that blew-ray adds to the cost? $200 maybe

[KEEZY]

Man... you all had me scared for a second. I thought, as a DVD kid, I was going to have to go out and buy the hybrid DVD/HDDVD because it was the only option out there. That would have been a suck for sure.

[alter_ego_trip]

Originally Posted by MadBryan

Out nothing except for the premium they paid for that console. For those that are interested in HD movies the PS3 is a great deal, if your not, well you know the rest.
how much would you guys say that blew-ray adds to the cost? $200 maybe

I don't think Blu Ray added a dime to the cost. I bet the system would have been priced the same without the option. The only reason most people are buying the PS3 as a player is the fact that there are no cost effective standalone players out right now. If Blu Ray had an Xa2 competitor for the same price I wouldn't even think of buying a PS3.

[MadBryan]

Hey thats just silly alter. It most definately adds to the cost. The card readers don't.

[alter_ego_trip]

Originally Posted by MadBryan

Hey thats just silly alter. It most definately adds to the cost. The card readers don't.

Mad, you're telling me a .10 blue diode cost a couple hundred bucks to mfg? So the Xbox/360/PS2 would have been hundreds less if they wouldn't have included DVD playback capability? The PS3 wasn't marketed at 599.00 bucks because it was blu ray capable, it was marketed at 600 bucks because it was supposed to be the end all gaming system with wi fi capability and a built in card reader. The Blu Ray marketing had nothing to do with the hardware, it was all about the software. Sony is staking billions on the war to become the hi def format supremecist. Hardware design is nothing more than a promoter of the software. It took Microsoft quite some time to make up the deficit from the loss on the consoles. Where was the money raked in, the software. Even if (that's a big if) the cost to make the PS3 Blu Ray capable was a significant cost, I bet you they ate most of it to market the format.

[Wondermonkey]

I don't regret supporting HD, mostly because I haven't reallys tarted building a collection of movies again yet. I'm holding off on that, but most of my Netflix queue is comprised of HD-DVD right now. There are only 1 or 2 that are Blu-Ray on there.

Something needs to give though and this format war needs to end. We're the ones getting screwed, and Peench is spot on, it needs to be cheaper and more accessible.

I loved Children of Men but I'm not dropping $$ on a combo disc.

[MadBryan]

I like the combo's

[Jon Liu]

There aren't many who like the Combos. I can see why people would like them, but I definitely do not. You could essentially buy the same movie on regular DVD and HD-DVD for almost the same price as the combo format.

[BiffCo]

I really don't like combos. I can honestly say that out of the combos I own, I haven't used the SD of any of them unless they contained extra features. I just think it's a waste of my money. If they offered a combo disc or a HD disc, that would be nice, but I don't see this happening as the studios would have to front more money.

BTW, MadBryan may be talking about Combos, not combos. I like these Combos too MadB!



-Brad

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Big Brad

-Brad

What's not to love? They're made with real cheese!

Speaking of real cheese, the combos only annoy me because they are priced too high. I just bought Children of Men combos (mmmm, tasty) for $27. That seems steep to me. I tried to not buy it, but then I did, I'm not sure what happened inbetween. I think Brad texted me and told me to do it.

[BiffCo]

I though they misspelled pretzels! I thought it was preztails!

-Brad

[MadBryan]

So what I'm picking up is you guys don't like the combo PRICES. I don't either but I have gotton some use outta the SD side on a few flicks. (Nacho cheese for me please)

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by MadBryan

So what I'm picking up is you guys don't like the combo PRICES. I don't either but I have gotton some use outta the SD side on a few flicks. (Nacho cheese for me please)

Combos are only like $1.99 aren't they? But yeah, we're cheap bastards, and for me, it's just the price, not the fact that it has two movies on there.

[WormholeXtreme]

I don't mind the combos but at $25 from Amazon they are a little pricey. But look at the Fox BD titles. They are the same price and you only have one version. At least you also get the SD version with the HD DVD combo. Although the only movie I can think of where I will actually use the SD version is with Happy Feet. That title is well worth the $25 just for the HD side. It looks and sounds spectacular with Dolby True HD. The BD version only has DD.