DVD Player or BlU RAY?

johnny · 08-31-2010, 09:15 AM

My DVD player decided to stop working last night. This is a problem as the fact that we do not subscribe to t.v. so we only watch movies. I was wondering if I should just invest in a blu-ray player for updating sake or just buy a regular DVD player.

**Jason** · 09-02-2010, 08:37 AM

Well the Blu Ray will play regular DVDs, but it will cost more. I would if you could afford it. Just because I find more movies on netflix available in blu ray, so it would seem the market is growing for it.

Sammy · 09-04-2010, 05:09 PM

I would have to say Blu-ray. I did not think their was going to be that big of a difference between them until I bought mine! I just think the quality is so much better.

JohnnyZ · 09-05-2010, 08:17 AM

Blu-ray, I think soon regular DVD's will become obsolete, just like VHS tapes. You have to keep up with new technology or be left behind. If I had to buy a new DVD player right now I would go with Blu-Ray.

Ashlar2006 · 09-05-2010, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyZ

Blu-ray, I think soon regular DVD's will become obsolete, just like VHS tapes. You have to keep up with new technology or be left behind. If I had to buy a new DVD player right now I would go with Blu-Ray.

And this is what makes me mad . I switched my horror movie collection over from VHS to DVD , now they are going to do away with DVDs' . Blu-Rays' are way to far overpriced for me . I am not that big in having to see ever little detail on the screen or having perfect clarity . I just want to be entertained for a and hour or two and not have to pay a fortune for it .

Last time I went shopping for a DVD player at Best Buy , the sales person was showing me a side by side comparison of a dvd and blu-ray , he said "look at that , you can even see the individual rocks and gravel on the ground with the blu-ray that you can not see with the dvd " and I looked at him unimpressed and picked up two dvd players that were still cheaper than one blu-ray player .

09-05-2010, 08:11 PM

The upside to the Blue-ray is that it enhances the quality of regular DVD's too. If you don't have a HD television, you'll be wasting your money though.

Alex44 · 09-06-2010, 03:18 AM

Since blu-ray players will play regular dvds, go for the blu-ray. I'm actually seeing that the prices are actually coming down for both the players and the movies themselves.

Starlight · 09-11-2010, 10:59 PM

I think that at the rate we are going DVDs will be obsolete. I stopped buying DVDs last year. I got Netflix, and I can see all the series I wanted and more. I am loving it so much. As others have said, if you could afford it, go for Blu-Ray for quality sake.

iMav · 09-11-2010, 11:38 PM

Buy a PS3. BluRay, DVD, and so much more.

tHanks · 09-13-2010, 05:16 PM

What about a way to watch shows online? I know some people still do that right? I never have myself, not really the type to spend too much time in front of the computer but if its possible why not?

08-31-2010, 09:15 AM	#1
johnny Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 49 Lodge:	DVD Player or BlU RAY? My DVD player decided to stop working last night. This is a problem as the fact that we do not subscribe to t.v. so we only watch movies. I was wondering if I should just invest in a blu-ray player for updating sake or just buy a regular DVD player.

09-02-2010, 08:37 AM	#2
Jason Guard Dog 2012 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 3,126 Lodge:	Well the Blu Ray will play regular DVDs, but it will cost more. I would if you could afford it. Just because I find more movies on netflix available in blu ray, so it would seem the market is growing for it. __________________ Is trom an t-ualach an leisce. Ni heolas go haontios Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh The sky is not the limit there are footprints on the moon.

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iMav -==- Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Columbus, WI Posts: 75 Lodge: Columbus #75	Buy a PS3. BluRay, DVD, and so much more. __________________ -=iMav=- Initiated - 25 Oct 2010 Passed - 22 Nov 2010 Raised - 29 Dec 2010 http://www.columbus75.org

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09-04-2010, 05:09 PM	#3
Sammy Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 50 Lodge:	I would have to say Blu-ray. I did not think their was going to be that big of a difference between them until I bought mine! I just think the quality is so much better.

09-05-2010, 08:17 AM	#4
JohnnyZ Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 25 Lodge: 75	Blu-ray, I think soon regular DVD's will become obsolete, just like VHS tapes. You have to keep up with new technology or be left behind. If I had to buy a new DVD player right now I would go with Blu-Ray.

09-05-2010, 08:11 PM	#6
Gary Guest Posts: n/a Lodge:	The upside to the Blue-ray is that it enhances the quality of regular DVD's too. If you don't have a HD television, you'll be wasting your money though.

09-06-2010, 03:18 AM	#7
Alex44 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 25 Lodge:	Since blu-ray players will play regular dvds, go for the blu-ray. I'm actually seeing that the prices are actually coming down for both the players and the movies themselves.

09-11-2010, 10:59 PM	#8
Starlight Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 50 Lodge:	I think that at the rate we are going DVDs will be obsolete. I stopped buying DVDs last year. I got Netflix, and I can see all the series I wanted and more. I am loving it so much. As others have said, if you could afford it, go for Blu-Ray for quality sake.

09-13-2010, 05:16 PM	#10
tHanks 6 nicknames, guess which. Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 25 Lodge:	What about a way to watch shows online? I know some people still do that right? I never have myself, not really the type to spend too much time in front of the computer but if its possible why not?