Blu-Rays

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I know, I know. The future of viewing movies probably belongs in some kind of HD 3D download or something but I LOVE to have a CD, game or DVD on my shelf so I can physically LOOK at it.

I have started collecting Blu-Rays but have only "upgraded" one of my DVDs to Blu-Ray (300).

Thing is, does anyone else own any? I have 23 now and would have more if I lived in the UK (cos they cost between £18-30 quid each over here).

Also, are they selling well or starting to take up more floor space in the US, UK, Aus?

I remember when DVDs first came out and in HMV they had only two shelves of DVDs for ages and they cost loads. My first two of those were Run Lola Run and American History X.

[Your Mom]

We have like a dozen now. Anything new is always blu if possible. Blade Runner and Fight Club are the only ones upgraded so far.

[EddieRuckus]

Seems like Blu-Rays are doing well, around here in Montana anyway. 2 years ago in a Best Buy I only saw one little corner of a long shelf that had Blu-Rays, now the entire shelf is taken up, along with having new releases right by the checkout lines. Most of the newer releases aren't too bad in the states, usually around 25 or so as a new release. It's only when it's been out for a month does it jack up to the 30s-40s, and obviously depends on where you get them.

I only have a few movies right now, though I'm looking to add more along with some TV series. Right now I have 7 movies, though I'm sure once I move I'll be picking up a lot since I don't have any movies on DVD(started late with collecting them.)

[LL!]

I have 51 Blu-Ray movies. I them passionately every night.

[Your Mom]

They still work in the player after all the ?

[LL!]

They run A LOT smoother.

[EddieRuckus]

I am jealous of LL's "large" collection

[LL!]

My DVD collection is more than double that. I don't consider it to be very large though.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Yeah I've got over 200 DVDs. Not watched all of them though, What a waste.

[EddieRuckus]

If you don't mind me asking, what is in your collections LL and Hammy? I only have 7 films, so I need ideas on what to get to expand my library(currently I have Kingdom of Heaven, Saving Private Ryan, Robocop, 300, Kill Bill vol. 1, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Star Trek.)

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Blu-Ray:

10,000BC (cos it was dirt cheap preowned. Not watched it yet)

300

3:10 to Yuma

Casino Royale

Quantum of Solace

A Knight's Tale

Batman - The Dark Knight

Blade Runner

Clockwork Orange

Crank 2

District 9

Gattaca

Gran Torino

Goonies

Iron Man

Kingdom of Heaven - Director's Cut (which makes the film REALLY good)

Logan's Run

Quick and the Dead

Rock n Rolla

Sexy Beast

Trainspotting

Twelve Monkeys

Watchmen

I owned Gattaca, Clockwork Orange, Quick and the Dead, Knight's Tale, Trainspotting and Twelve Monkeys on video but gave all my videos away when we left for Japan.

Oh, I forgot, I owned Kingdom of Heaven on DVD but it was the standard version so no point owning that any more.

[ADG]

I only have Band of Brothers on Bluray at the moment but would like more. Upgrading my collection would cost thousands of pounds though so I'm just going to start buying Blurays now and forget about upgrading unless my DVD copy is screwed.

[LL!]

My Blu-Ray collection consists of:

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

A Serious Man

American Psycho

The Aviator

Away We Go

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans

The Bank Job

Batman Begins

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Boogie Nights

Bronson

The Dark Knight

Die Hard

Die Hard 2

Die Hard With A Vengeance

(Live Free Or) Die Hard

District 9

Extract

Fight Club

Frost Nixon

The Godfather I

The Godfather II

The Godfather III

Goodfellas

The Hurt Locker

I Love You, Man

The Informant!

Inglourious Basterds

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Christmas Special

Kagemusha

Lady Vengeance

The Men Who Stare At Goats

The Monty Python Documentary: Almost The Truth

Moon

North By Northwest

Oldboy

The Phantom (LAWL-TASTIC)

Quantum Of Solace

Repulsion

Reservoir Dogs

Saving Private Ryan

Shutter Island

Star Trek

The Seventh Seal

Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance

There Will Be Blood

Talladega Knights (My first Blu-Ray, came free with my PS3)

Up

Watchmen

[Herr Matzat]

There are Movies that are worth it (good Action/SciFi flicks or Computer Animation + Nature Dokumentaries) and movies that are not (a romantic comedy dos not need more than a well don DVD)...

As for HD 3D Downloads, i doubt it. 3D ad´s nothing to a Movie (in an artistic way) so no one besides the big studios will actualy use it. Plus Downloading still dos not compare to a BluRay (or, in some cases even a DVD, only becaus it´s 720p dossent mean that über if the MB per Sec is below the Data Rate of a propper DVD)... maybe in 10 Years wen you just have several Terabyte Harddrives for no money and are able to download 80gig Movie Files in an Houre. - And don´t forget that with BluRay/DVD you got the option to sell... imagin you could not sell your 200 DVDs wen you upgrade to the next level of Picture Qualety - and that at prices that are even higher than the HardCopy (wen you look at iTunes or PSN Movie downloads that don´t even have extras or different audio layers for most movies)

Edited June 12, 2010 by Michael Matzat on a Plane

[GA!]

My collection, though I haven't bought any in three months or so:

Batman Forever

Coraline

Dr Strangelove

The Green Mile

In The Loop

Iron Man

Let The Right One In

Million Dollar Baby

Moon

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Predator

Robocop

Run Lola Run

The Sixth Sense

Shaun of the Dead

Star Trek

The Truman Show

Twelve Monkeys

[Kaney]

The Dark Knight

Watchmen

JCVD

Pans Labyrinth

Hellboy

Hellboy 2

Resident Evil Degeneration

300

Blood Diamond

Sweeney Todd

I Am Legend

Doomsday

Men In Black

Terminator 2

The Quick And The Dead

Speed

Wolverine X Men Origins

Up

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Casino Royale

Batman

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

Most of those I got just because I couldn't find a regular DVD version. I only really go for the Blu Ray ones if the film is CGI or special effects heavy, so you're actually seeing something worthwhile. Like LL I have well over 200 DVDs, don't really see any need to stop buying them as long as theres nothing epic you'd be missing out on without Blu Ray.

[Noah]

I have Band of Brothers and a free wrestling blu ray that came with one of the Smackdown games.

[Your Mom]

Wrestlemania 25 and 26

Royal Rumble 2010

Blade Runner

Fight Club

The Hangover

Star Trek (new one)

Up

Fringe Season 1

The Rocky Collection

Children of Men

Terminator Salvation

The Marine 2

The Dark Knight

[Noah]

I wanted to get Dark Knight on blu ray but someone bought me the 2 disk dvd version as a surprise and I'm too cheap to buy a blu ray for something I've got the dvd version of, even if I didn't pay for said dvd version.

[Toe]

I don't own a big collection, but I had to get Star Trek. It just looks amazing. Whenever my friends make a statement saying Blu-Ray isn't a big upgrade, I point to that movie.