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"DG" <dammygerritsen@censored.zzn.com> wrote in message 
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> Op 21-1-2010 13:49, neppie schreef:

>> DVD is cheap, and people bought more of those than anything (naturally).
>> BR and HD were more costly and required better equipment to play them.
>> The people that could afford newer technology and more pricey movies
>> opted for BR - don't ask me, they just did! I think BR was/is more
>> trendy and more of a status thing. Ohh, look at my Blu-Ray collection,
>> aren't I cool? Sort of thing.
>
> You can see the difference on a 55 inch plasma flatscreen. You can even 
> feel it, in you pocket. Still, you can often also see that a lot of people 
> don't get the best out of their setup. They've spent all that money and 
> they connect up their Blu-Ray with a analogue connection instead of HDMI. 
> If they do buy an HDMI cable, they end up paying 10 to even a 100 times 
> what they should.

I'm not keen on the plasma thing either.  Refuse to buy one.  I used to sell 
electronics, and the plasmas are crapola - nice picture, but no longevity 
and SO many problems - not to mention you don't wanna have one if you have 
young children in the house.  I have a 46" rear projection TV, which is 
nice - I will keep it til it dies.  Bought that a little before the mass 
hysteria over the LCD flat panels and the Plasma craze, but I would have 
went for an LCD if I had bought a TV later.  I have a nice little 22" LCD 
for my desktop, which was a free upgrade.  My other TVs are ancient, but at 
least they don't have a dial and rabbit ears with UHF and VHF....

The people that buy that crap and don't use the right cables are idiots. 
And yes, the prices at some places are way astronomical!  People don't 
compare prices or quality - drives me nuts.  I could never rip anyone off 
like that when I sold that junk.  BUT, I had a lot of repeat business 
because they trusted me!

> Same thing with computers. End up spending thousands on a gaming rig and 
> within two years it's "obsolete". It's too slow. Never mind the 20 
> toolbars and other crapware.

Same same.  Everyone calls me to fix their issues when the computer slows 
down or stops working, and it amazes me the junk people put on their 
computers!

>> I have a collection of movies (purchased, not pirated) of over 700
>> titles. I'd say that makes me a hardcore fan. Add to that my Netflix
>> membership. I am not about to run out and buy a PS3 (more on that later)
>> or any other type of player just to watch a movie. Any new release for
>> BR is also released in DVD format, with most, if not all, of the same
>> extras. The added features are usually extraneous BS. Furthermore, any
>> new releases on DVD wind up on sale, and then in the next month are
>> usually in a $5 bin at Wal-Mart or sold for 3 or 4 dollars at bargain
>> outlets - not seeing that with BR of course. Until they stop releasing
>> DVD altogether, I don't see BR taking over, just for the fact that a
>> movie junkie will take the cheapest fix when possible, and realizes that
>> not ALL movies have to have a bunch of jazz. There are VERY FEW that I
>> will buy on or around the release date. That's my rationale, anyway. =)
>
> I've seen Blu-Rays as cheap as 10 euros, just a few months after release, 
> not many though. Most DVD bargain bin stuff should go straight to the 
> regular bin. There does seem to be a market for fans that want all that 
> extra stuff. Why would people otherwise buy those collector's editions or 
> two disc sets? Though I've seen people buy the two disc set Nemo and 
> wonder why the cartoon is only on disc one.

I got a 2 disc special edition of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the 
Black Pearl for $4.  Bwahahaha.  But that's just an example.  I'm sure you 
are getting the idea that I am quite a cheapskate.
Yeah, my Mother gets confused over 2 discs - even more so the ones with flip 
sides.

>> And, I am not buying a PS3 until they make it completely backwards
>> compatible with ALL of my titles, damn it. I still have my original PS
>> (and my yummy gameshark for it) and a PS2 - neither of which I purchased
>> immediately either. AAMOF, I returned my first PS and bought a Sega
>> Genesis/32X instead. The guy at the store thought I was nuts, but it was
>> slow as molasses in January! Then they fixed them, so I bought a new one.
>>
>>
> Never be on the bleeding edge, I agree. At least let it sit in the market 
> for a year. If nothing weird (like 360's red ring of death) happens, you 
> could go for it. PC parts the same thing. The kinks still aren't out of 
> solid state drives. And they're still to expensive for the amount of data 
> they can hold.

The baby got a 360 for Christmas (from his Dad).  So far, so good, but that 
was another craptastic idea.  Not a huge improvement over the old xbox - the 
old one works ok, but there's an issue on occasion.  My nephew has two 
doorstops however (both of his aren't working), so his GF bought him a 360 
for Christmas.
I'm just not a fan because of the game selection.  First person shooters and 
war games aren't quite my cup of tea.

> Still, the PS3 was a good choice if you wanted a Blu-Ray player and liked 
> the idea of playing BR movies (Netflix also, I think). But now you've got 
> BR players at a third of the price.

If I *were* to buy one, it would def be a gaming system (like PS3)  so I 
could get more out of it than just play movies.  They have to come down in 
price even more though.  ^_~
I can watch NF on the 360 too.  I hear they are starting NF for the Wii 
also - I will have to see what that looks like.  The Wii is such a little 
piece of junk, but the games are much more fun.  =)

>
> I wonder when the next generation of consoles is announced...

They are getting too crazy with consoles.  I think I am content for quite a 
while with what I have.  I still play my SNES.