Do you have a BluRay player?

Stinicker · 18-08-2011 03:14PM #1

I was just talking to a friend of mine last night and he commented on BluRay's never caught on like DVD's did. I have had a BluRay player for the last year and before that had the HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360 before HD-DVD lost the format war.

Has it reached a stage now where people have moved beyond physical format mediums and are happy to download a 700mb avi rip in crappovision instead of embracing High Definition.

chin_grin · 18-08-2011 03:16PM

Stinicker wrote: »

.......are happy to download a 700mb avi rip in crappovision instead of embracing High Definition......

Noob! :pac:

Cill Dara Abu · 18-08-2011 03:18PM

Bluray? OMG thats loike soooo last century.

TPD · 18-08-2011 03:18PM

I'm as happy downloading a 3gb bluray rip, takes less time than walking to the shop to rent a bluray would. And no, I have no bluray player, so there's that too.

18-08-2011 03:20PM

Have 5 of them in the house.

tfitzgerald · 18-08-2011 03:20PM

I don't think the extra cost of the blue ray disks are worth the money so for me I use DVD and on the odd night I throw on an old video tape

TheZohanS · 18-08-2011 03:20PM

Have a BluRay in the PS3. Prefer to download in Hi-res, normally 8gb files and play them back with a WD-TV live.

listermint · 18-08-2011 03:21PM

TPD wrote: »

I'm as happy downloading a 3gb bluray rip, takes less time than walking to the shop to rent a bluray would. And no, I have no bluray player, so there's that too.

They have the internet in Donegal :eek:

Dman001 · 18-08-2011 03:24PM

I've given up on Physical Media. DVDs/BDs just take up too much space for the amount of times I'd watch them. At least when you download Movies you have it with you on the go, watch it when you want to and delete it again if need be. It's just much more convenient, and of course cost effective.

I usually get a HD download, but not always as the extra time it rakes to download it usually isn't worth it when you're watching it on a Laptop size screen.

jester77 · 18-08-2011 03:29PM

Stinicker wrote: »

700mb avi rip in crappovision instead of embracing High Definition.

Maybe in the 90s :eek:

With hard drives storage solutions being so cheap and internet connections being so fast, web-dl rips is where its at these days

Standard Toaster · 18-08-2011 03:29PM

I download all my stuff, HD if it's there.

If a movie is worthy of a purchase though I will buy it.
Say TT:3D or Senna or Blue Planet or Anal Invasion III

I've a Blu-ray player and a PS3 but watch 99% of it all on a Popcorn Hour/Xstreamer Ultra.

c_man · 18-08-2011 03:30PM

Physical media? How quaint.

Napper Hawkins · 18-08-2011 03:32PM

PS3, but only have a handful of cds. Watch everything on the net.

Blazer · 18-08-2011 03:34PM

I use my blu-ray player to stream all those high def .mkv files on my NAS

No poxy standard definition for me!!

Cormac2791 · 18-08-2011 03:34PM

Playstation 3 in the house for a number of years..only stuck a blu ray in her on a few occasions tho!

irishgirl19 · 18-08-2011 03:36PM

use the ps3, that has the blu-ray player

chin_grin · 18-08-2011 03:37PM

irishgirl19 wrote: »

use the ps3, that has the blu-ray player

And the internets. :pac:

LighterGuy · 18-08-2011 03:42PM

I too have a PS3.
Dont think i've ever watched a bluray on it. Not even once.

Blu-Ray's seem too expensive anyways.

TanG411 · 18-08-2011 03:44PM

PS3 also.

azezil · 18-08-2011 03:46PM

Blu-ray drive on my laptop, but chose every option cause I can ^_^

dulpit · 18-08-2011 03:49PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

I download all my stuff, HD if it's there.

If a movie is worthy of a purchase though I will buy it.
Say TT:3D or Senna or Blue Planet or Anal Invasion III

I've a Blu-ray player and a PS3 but watch 99% of it all on a Popcorn Hour/Xstreamer Ultra.

I like how you snuck that in

I have a PS3, I think I've watched 2 Blue Rays on it (rented from XtraVision just to try it out...)

Morlar · 18-08-2011 03:50PM

ps3 for me

Dravokivich · 18-08-2011 03:52PM

Still use VHS, bought some Stephen Segal DVDs yesterday and plan on getting a Planet of The Apes boxset on Blu Ray soon. Might order it tonight.

bullets · 18-08-2011 03:58PM

Dont own a bluray player or ps3 etc. Could never think of any movie that
I enjoyed enough to buy just for hi-def.

Did get tempted when lord of the rings came out, as I never get tired of
watching all the tiny details in the scenery in that film.

~B

Kess73 · 18-08-2011 04:09PM

tfitzgerald wrote: »

I don't think the extra cost of the blue ray disks are worth the money so for me I use DVD and on the odd night I throw on an old video tape

Films on Blu ray can be bought fairly cheap now as long as you don't use a rip off high street store in Ireland. Buy online and you can buy the same films for far less than what the shops are charging for them here.

About a year or so ago, I bought La Haine on blu ray for £5.99 on Amazon (think it was on offer at the time) after being told in HMV in Limerick that the same film on blu ray would cost €24.99.

krudler · 18-08-2011 04:12PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

I too have a PS3.
Dont think i've ever watched a bluray on it. Not even once.

Blu-Ray's seem too expensive anyways.

huh? blu-rays are sub 15 quid and less these days, new releases are the same as dvds were a few years ago. last bunch of blurays I bought were 7.99

I like blu-ray, depends on the movie, some stuff looks absolutely stunning on it, like Alien, you wouldnt think it was a 30 year old movie to see it in HD, looks better than most stuff being made today.

ScumLord · 18-08-2011 04:17PM

I have a blue ray drive in my PC that's not been used to play one blue ray, It's barely even had cds put through it. Bar the OS and a few pieces of software it's pretty much unused.

I am planning to buy a HD projector in the coming months but even then I'll probably download to save the 30 minute drive into Galway.

Fago! · 18-08-2011 04:19PM

I watch the film live.

ot, does anyone have a blu ray? they're no different than dvds right?

denhaagenite · 18-08-2011 04:24PM

We have one but didn't get it specifically because it was Blu- ray, it was just part of the media player/ surround sound thingy we bought. We did buy a couple of blu- rays once but tend to mostly download. If there's something really good graphically in the cinema then we'll go to the cinema. Having said that though, I hate IMAX, my ears were ringing for the whole night the last time I went.

Saw Watchmen in Blu- ray and I thought it was amazing but saw it on TV again last week and it was the same as I remember the br being.

18-08-2011 04:27PM

Sky movies HD pack and downloads is sufficient for my movie viewing., wouldn't waste my money on a bluray player or blue ray discs. Cant really imagine going into a shop and buying any form of hard copy any more unless its for a present or something.

blaze1 · 18-08-2011 04:29PM

Blu ray Fail...

You may as well have betamax.

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