Comments on: A little Blu-ray salve for my wounds http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/blu-ray-salve/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Feelin’ Very Blue | And He Blogs http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/blu-ray-salve/comment-page-1/#comment-151441 Feelin’ Very Blue | And He Blogs Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:09:14 +0000 http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/?p=601#comment-151441 [...] it took me a while to do this, but I finally took advantage of the Warner Bros. offer to “upgrade” (still love that term!) my HD-DVDs to Blu-ray discs. Just in case anyone forgets the story. When [...] [...] it took me a while to do this, but I finally took advantage of the Warner Bros. offer to “upgrade” (still love that term!) my HD-DVDs to Blu-ray discs. Just in case anyone forgets the story. When [...]

]]> By: Jerry http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/blu-ray-salve/comment-page-1/#comment-82653 Jerry Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:27:46 +0000 http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/?p=601#comment-82653 The unfortunate thing in the scenario where you just keep the HD-DVD disks and player is that eventually the HD-DVD player will break, and you can no longer go down to Target or BestBuy and get a new one. In the days of Beta, I believe those players were built to have a longer life than most of the consumer electronics produced today, so I would not expect a HD-DVD player to last 30 years like Serena's grandfathers unit. (And that Betamax player that Serena speaks of - I'm sure there are rubber belts and gaskets in that player on their last leg - just a matter of time before it submits to decay.) In that context, $75 bucks to get to the standard format for the films you know you love seems like a bargain. After all - it is just a matter of time before you buy a Blu-ray player anyway. :) The unfortunate thing in the scenario where you just keep the HD-DVD disks and player is that eventually the HD-DVD player will break, and you can no longer go down to Target or BestBuy and get a new one. In the days of Beta, I believe those players were built to have a longer life than most of the consumer electronics produced today, so I would not expect a HD-DVD player to last 30 years like Serena’s grandfathers unit. (And that Betamax player that Serena speaks of – I’m sure there are rubber belts and gaskets in that player on their last leg – just a matter of time before it submits to decay.)

In that context, $75 bucks to get to the standard format for the films you know you love seems like a bargain.

After all – it is just a matter of time before you buy a Blu-ray player anyway. :)

]]> By: Serena http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/blu-ray-salve/comment-page-1/#comment-82559 Serena Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:38:42 +0000 http://andheblogs.andyrush.net/?p=601#comment-82559 But why would you need the same movies when you can already play the HD-DVDs easily? My grandfather still has all his Beta tapes, and just plays them in his Beta player. A VHS to DVD upgrade deal would be enticing, because you'd have an improvement in quality. But this is just silly. You know what I want? BLU to RED. But why would you need the same movies when you can already play the HD-DVDs easily? My grandfather still has all his Beta tapes, and just plays them in his Beta player. A VHS to DVD upgrade deal would be enticing, because you’d have an improvement in quality. But this is just silly. You know what I want? BLU to RED.

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