I collected DVDs. I am still fond of them, though some blu-rays are astonishing (like Blade Runner, Kingdom of Heaven etc.).
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Here is the link to the Criterion collection. They are basically really good picture and sound qualities of the movies. I have a few of them, the only two I can think off the top of my head are "Traffic" and "Armageddon". Oh and "Dazed and Confused". I really dig them, but they can be kind of pricey. UPDATE - Just looked over some of the other titles, I have quite a few. Robocop was another along with Chasing Amy.
The other thing I really like about them is the cover art. It isn't your usual standard dvd/blu-ray cover art. Which is nice.
I still use them - any TV series that I really find compelling, (which are very few), I will happily order as a DVD.
I'm done with DVDs forever. Gave my entire collection away several years ago. Anything I want that isn't on bluray or a high resolution digital copy... I don't want.
I'm pretty much done with the idea of 'collecting' movies anyhow. I did so for years since the VHS days, and just found I never watched much more than 2 or 3 times. Anything I'd want to watch more than say 3 times in the lifetime of the medium (very rare) I'll own on bluray. Everything else, I'll rent it from somewhere, see it on various streaming media, or not care.
I love movies, just no longer care for the pretense of 'owning' them.
I'm pretty much done with the idea of 'collecting' movies anyhow. I did so for years since the VHS days, and just found I never watched much more than 2 or 3 times. Anything I'd want to watch more than say 3 times in the lifetime of the medium (very rare) I'll own on bluray. Everything else, I'll rent it from somewhere, see it on various streaming media, or not care.
I love movies, just no longer care for the pretense of 'owning' them.
Not hard to believe at all. Go to some of the Home Theater forums and read about the load times of some of the discs. That has been one of the common complaints about BR. Slow load times. Of course some may take a few minutes, not necessarily 10 minutes, but the point is still made. Compared to the standard DVD disc.
Granted they have gotten better than what they used to be. But man, some of the older players and disc. UGH. Right now, the newest Game of Thrones disc's take on average 4-7 minutes to load on my Panasonic BD35 player. Once loaded, the episodes play pretty quick. Especially when you have to change out discs. They load rather quickly compared to if you go in via fresh start.
Here was me thinking my Panasonic Blu-Ray was slow with 30 - 45 seconds or so.
Agreed. I got a quite generic and cheap one from Samsung about three years ago and even 45s sounds a lot. At least it never took long enough for me to even recognize that I was waiting (til you have to get up and back to the couch...). But dang, 10mins...
I'm fan of lot of older TV shows from the 80's and 90's and unfortunately it is not in Blu ray. So I have to choice to get it in DVD.
I always preferred VHS to DVD due to the latter's unskippable menus and clunky navigation, but being able to turn audio commentaries on and off was welcomed. Then Blu-ray came and fixed the issues I had with DVD.
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Blu-Rays offer great picture quality without taking up huge storage space, or having to rely on streaming. DVDs I find are often cheaper than iTunes, and I just like the simplicity of popping in a DVD and not stuffing about with airplay or streaming or anything. I also use Netflix, but if its something I'm going to watch again, I'll buy a physical copy.
Blu-Rays offer great picture quality without taking up huge storage space, or having to rely on streaming. DVDs I find are often cheaper than iTunes, and I just like the simplicity of popping in a DVD and not stuffing about with airplay or streaming or anything. I also use Netflix, but if its something I'm going to watch again, I'll buy a physical copy.
I'm spending the day watching some of my old DVDs. I've noticed some don't look great on my TV, the resolution or aspect is wrong and changing the settings on the TV doesn't help much. Not sure what else I can check.
I have several DVDs that were never released on Blu Ray such Stephen King movies as the Stand, Storm of the Century, The Tommyknockers and Pink Floyd's The Wall.
I have several DVDs that were never released on Blu Ray such Stephen King movies as the Stand, Storm of the Century, The Tommyknockers and Pink Floyd's The Wall.
Storm of the Century, Loved that. I was shocked to see the DVD's were in 4:3. Quite unreal to think that was 1999.
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The picture quality was pretty good for that DVD set of Storm of the Century on the PS3 in 1080 being upscaled. Though DVD always looked better on the Panasonic and Plasma.
Stephen King's Shining was another creepy one. That scene when the ghastly woman in the bathtub was haunting.
Back when I bought the Storm of the Century DVD, I still had a Sony Trinitron TV that I was watching things on so the aspect didn't mean anything to me like it does now. I still enjoy watching the movie every few years still.
Even svereral Metallica DVDs that I have from the late 90s into the 2000s were 4:3. I have a hard time watching those due to the quality. Pink Floyd's the wall is just outstanding. The quality on that disc is top notch, I don't even notice it's not BR.
Is there like a store online that sells used DVDs? I know you can get them on Amazon but Amazon sell from multiple sellers and I am kind of looking for one stop shop
Interesting I thought Criterion was for classic movies only and they stopped making them with laserdiscs.
Interesting, could you tell me why you started collecting and why you then decided not to?
For me it was pretty obvious not to start, its just too expensive. I am not paying $10-30 for a dvd that I will watch once. I also never understood why people watch a movie multiple times while they can watch something new and different. Some series can cost upward to $70-150 to own them.
You can always rent, which makes me surprised who ever used to actually buy the movie.
These are mini series not movies, am I right?
Interesting I thought Criterion was for classic movies only and they stopped making them with laserdiscs.
Interesting, could you tell me why you started collecting and why you then decided not to?
For me it was pretty obvious not to start, its just too expensive. I am not paying $10-30 for a dvd that I will watch once. I also never understood why people watch a movie multiple times while they can watch something new and different. Some series can cost upward to $70-150 to own them.
You can always rent, which makes me surprised who ever used to actually buy the movie.
These are mini series not movies, am I right?