Why are DVDs still a thing when Blu-ray is better in every way?
>why is physical media still a thing when digital is better in every way?
>>70073658
because it isn't, next question
>>70073658
>but muh special features.
well OP, some people buy TVs with High Frame Rate truMotion and use it for years even though it looks like shit.
Some people STILL buy DVDs.
These peoples are fucking plebs.
>>70073658
this is off-topic, this is about collecting Physical Media, not digital files.
I can go to the store and buy like 10 DVDs for 20 bucks, while I have to spend twice that amount for just 1 blue ray.
>>70073807
Where in the world does a Blu-ray disc cost $40?
>>70073882
Best Buy
>>70073807
I've never seen a BD that cost more than $20 (aside from those pointless BD/DVD combo packs).
>>70073534
they're cheap.
not everyone buys giant monitors, tvs, therefore the difference between standard def and hi-def is imperceptible.
>>70073534
DVDs are dirt cheap nowadays and the built in upscaling software used in TVs is pretty good.
>>70073807
>what is the Amazon Blu-Rays under $10 section
>>70073807
>>70073990
why would anyone pay for a 480p DVD. You might as well get a Yify Rip at that point.
I pay for my Blu-Rays because you 99% of rips are nowhere near the quality of a Blu-Ray (and the ones that are, happen to be extremely inconvenient 50gb files that are difficult to movie around across USB sticks and build a collection of).
>>70073807
>$2 DVDs at Best Buy
shut the fuck up
>>70074110
already answered you question. stop being redundant. a) they're cheap b) if you don't have the hardware it's not a perceptible difference between standard and hi-def. not everyone is you.
40 dollar blu ray players when?
>>70074110
>You might as well get a Yify Rip at that point.
A DVD would still upscale better than a YIFY rip.
>>70074225
Exactly. People keep chastising others for an inferior product around here all the time, but they don't understand that the means of people vary extremely. For many, the best they can do is yify or dvd.
>>70074225
Still rockin a crt tv?
I've quit buying physical media. I'm tired of it becoming outdated. My entire collection of full-screen DVDs is worthless now.
>>70073658
In about 10 years once physical copies of movies are a thing of the past and everything is done online or OnDemand, and Hollywood no longer lets you buy your own copy of the movie and instead only lets you rent them for a 24 hour period for $14.99, people are really going to regret being too lazy to keep physical media around
>>70073686
it's not just special features, it's visual fidelity and high quality audio.
>>70074280
It depends, but to give a more definite answer, not really. The sources are different and the current yifys are better than the previous one.
>>70073882
You don't get out much to actual stores do you anon.
>>70074339
Blu-Rau is the final frontier.
4K is a scam and always will be.
>>70073882
>>70073897
>>70074414
NEVER BUY BLU-RAYS FROM ANYWHERE OTHER THAN AMAZON
It's always a Rip off. Amazon has them for Dirt Cheap.
>>70074367
this is what everyone should be worried about. the great thing about a physical copy is YOU get to own it. when everything gets locked up in the cloud you're renting on their terms.
>>70074339
>full-screen
only chumps bought those
>>70073534
>when my friend buys the dvd version cos it is $5 cheaper
FUCKING HELL
>>70073534
Simpsons DVDs are still best sellers.
>>70074339
I WANT THEM
Full screen rules
>>70074422
maybe, who knows. it may end up just being niche. considering dvd still has a large market share, it's fair to say it would be long time into the future before 4k is widely adopted.
>>70074473
Just got this at Best Buy for $10
>>70074486
Yeah, I still have my Widescreen Star Wars DVDs. I planned ahead.
But it's easy not to, I don't blame the poor anon.
>>70074576
well I guess I was wrong.
good deal and good show.
>>70074527
Only for the early seasons, which were only available on DVD since Blu-ray wasn't a thing yet when they were made. They actually stopped producing season sets after Season 17 due to how shitty the show became after a certain point.
>>70074626
Man... I still can't believe they stopped.
>>70074754
At this rate, Family Guy will have more DVD sets than the Simpsons.
>>70074478
And you can never buy a used copy of something. Everything will be full price
>>70074367
true
>>70073658
because internet companies keep pushing data caps
>>70075272
>implying itunes quality is better than blu ray discs
HAHAHAH
>>70075272
For mobile maybe
>>70075301
Where did I ever imply that?
>>70075336
>For mobile maybe
No, in America, data caps are still being pushed by providers. AT&T just started enforcing data caps.
>>70075342
I was meant to reply to other anon who said digital is better.
I.e. legal digital
>>70074367
I will still pirate like I do now. I don't see the change. If I can't pirate they wont get my money anyways. I only play these things as background noise since the quality of films is shit. I will just switch back to music instead.which is also pirated
Buyfags btfo again.
>>70075398
>going to prison with million dollar lawsuits is so much better
Ok anon
>>70075365
>phone line Internet
dude, what the fuck
>>70075574
>not making bail then going to live in the woods never to be seen again
Pleb
>>70075773
>Thinking u can live in the woods with no food resources
End yourself
>>70075851
>he can't hunt
>he can't fish
>he can't build his own shelter
>he can't gather edible vegetation
You're not even a man anon
>>70075965
>implying a /tv/ person knows all this
>>70074367
actually people are going to make up excuses on why that is a good thing
>>70076022
Considering how many think Steam is great when in reality it is a DRM cancer
>>70075574
I'm not american, but do americans actually get lawsuits for piracy? That's stupid. Your average pirate isn't hurting anyone directly.
>>70073534
>Why are DVDs still a thing when Blu-ray is better in every way?
My parents (and other relatives) still have a working VCR. If Wal-Mart still sold VHS, my family would still buy them.
The local DVD rental place did some damage to my parents movie watching. But as long as Wal-Mart keeps selling DVDs in that bargin bin, my family will keep buying them.
Also, just about every TV my family owns is a CRT.
>>70075398
if they stop making psychical media, all that will be left to pirate is crappy itunes copies.
>>70076386
>not recording video and audio from the digital source instead of sending it to your television
>>70075689
they have a cap on their fiber optic service
it's 1TB
>>70074473
this. I pretty much by all my blus from amazon
>>70076333
Both of my parents are still watching cable TV on standard definition, even though they owned HD TV sets. I tried convincing them to upgrade, but they don't care.
>>70075998
>implying I haven't seen Castaway, like, a million times
>mfw
Are there any DVDs that are better than their Blu-ray counterparts?
>>70078397
There are a lot of cheap blu rays that are just upscaled DVDs and they always look worse than the DVD because TVs are better at upscaling than whatever software they used to do it to the source
>>70078498
I'm guessing most of the early BDs were DVD transfers, much like how the early DVDs were LD transfers.
>have diagnosed OCD
>physical media is a fucking nightmare
>have to worry about condition, cover uniformity, case uniformity, awkwardly shaped boxsets, steelbooks, ugly designs, categorizing, alphabetical order, all sorts of other shit
>spend hours and hours on that shit
>get torrent
>done and dusted in 5 minutes
>1080p, don't have to worry about any of the above shit, organisation is done automatically
>free
I wonder how well that would hold up in a court case if I was caught and sued by a movie studio, "I have to steal from you because of my mental illness".
>>70078563
>hurr i don't pay for media because muh ocd
sounds more like bs to me tbph pham
>>70078607
No, I don't mind paying for it, its just that the alternative is vastly superior and as a bonus, it's free.
>>70078633
why don't you make rips of your own then
and hide the source media from your ocd eyes
for your health
>>70074478
>worried about the second golden age of piracy
...you realize you're kinda dumb?
Are full size Masters available on HD-bits? I just know of The Martian on PTP. I wonder if there's anything you can play them on in your home.
>>70073658
Lel implying you can stream ultra high def
>>70073658
What is compression and special features and a sense of owning something when streaming sites constantly are putting up movies and then taking them down right when you want to watch them.
>>70073686
>but muh valar morghulis
>>70073534
Because the majority of consumers don't put as much emphasis on things like definition and frame-rate.
Not everyone is an elitist.
>>70073534
I seriously can't tell the difference
Get to know all the used media stores in your city. I got about once a month to about 5-6 stores, all within 10 miles of me. I never pay more than $3 for a DVD and never more than $6 for a blu-ray. Even if it's a movie I really want, I will not pay more than that.
Nothing beats watching a 30gb blu-ray with 5.1 DTS uncompressed audio on a quality TV with true surround sound. There is a reason people go to movie theaters. It's to watch a high resolution film projected onto a 30 foot screen with thunderous, pristine surround sound. It's not to pay $15 for snacks.
>>70074339
Funny how it's still called full screen despite widescreen tv's being the norm now. I still call it full screen myself.
>>70080277
Neither can I and I don't understand it.
>>70080280
I like to buy directly from retailers to help show my support for the movie so they make more of them.
>>70074626
What makes it worse is season 20 was released earlier to celebrate the 20th anniversary, so there's that two season gap in your collection.
>>70080346
Fair enough. Nothing wrong with that. I am not Mr. Money Bags, is all.
>>70078563
>Tfw I enjoy doing all that.
I don't understand how someone can be too poor to buy a $50 Blu-Ray player but they can afford to spend $10-15 on a dozen DVDs every year. If money is that tight, wouldn't you just be pirating?
DVD is inferior to pretty much every option available. If you're going to stick with physical media, at least Blu-Ray offers better picture and audio quality than anything you can get from Netflix or iTunes.
>>70073534
Because it's a distinction without a difference; Most TVs can't show you Blue Ray resolution, and not every person has a Blue Ray VCR.
If you're invoking the "market" then you're only saying that without thinking about it. The market is not calling for Blue Ray to replace DVD outright.
>>70080689
Netflix is hi def
>>70080820
Resolution and bitrate are two different things. The bitrate on a Blu-Ray disc eats Netflix for breakfast even on a fast connection.
>>70080727
>Blue Ray VCR
How come Japan had HDTVs and HD laserdiscs all the way back in the early 90s? And why did it take over a decade for HD technology to become available in the West? They only made Muse Hi-vision discs for like a year and that was the last we saw of HD home formats until the 21st century.
>>70080925
Read this thread
Apologies for not being able to express this correctly, but isn't there some truth to the more detail/clarity of footage you show, the less movie-like it will appear?
I can't remember what it was, but a movie released relatively recently look awkward in a few scenes because it didn't have the cinematic sheen, for lack of a better phrase.
Hobbit maybe?
>>70080925
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4lDU-QLUY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-VHS
>>70079936
I think Blu-Ray's strength going forward is going to be its expandable nature. They can add more layers to the discs and use new codecs to do stuff like 3D and 4K, so whatever the next big thing in TV is, Blu-ray will have it's foot in the door. And of course, there's the high probability that good ol' 1080p will remain standard for the next decade, which still works out in Blu-Ray's favor.
DVD's major shortcoming was the limitation of Mpeg 2 compression. 9GB is actually plenty of space to hold a feature length HD movie at a watchable bitrate, but only with modern codecs. MPEG2 is only good enough for 480p, and even there the bitrate often left a lot to be desired on certain discs.
>>70081085
Kikes are cheap as shit and use 24 fps for their movies, which makes panning look like absolute garbage 95% of the time.
The Hobbit used 48 fps, which made action scenes look a lot smoother, but because you have twice as many frames to work with, there's twice as much work in terms of special effects, CGI, props, set design and costuming, all of which can look a hell of a lot cheaper since we see more of them.
Not to mention that anything above 30 fps is associated with home camcorders, soap operas and sports channels due to the motion looking less stilted. The connotations imply cheapness for some.
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>>70074280
I own an Anchor Bay OPPO dvd player that is the best upscaling dvd player on the market. Cost me $500.00. Still noway near as good as 1080p or 720p for that matter. Still, it's good at replicating the look of HD, no doubt about it.
My only counter-argument for ditching blurays is the older movies where they just copy upscaled dvd versions and paste them onto a bluray disc and claim it's 1080p which it really isn't. It's just upscaled from a dvd, Super VHS or CAV laserdisc master. There aren't as many old films that go from film print to bluray unfortunately. Most of the prices of those dvds and blurays are pretty much the same now anyway, not like back in 2010 when they charged you double for the bluray version of an old movie that wasn't even a celluloid-to-digital 1080p transfer at all.
>>70081090
What happened to all of these JUST looking white people in NYC?
Answer me you fucking retarded niggers
>>70081740
what are we meant to be answering?
>>70081796
What happened to the mass of fugly white people in the streets of NYC?
>>70081577
Its all coloreds and scandinavians now, no in between.
Blurays sell worse than DVD
