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post #181 of 263
12/2/08 at 8:09pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

What if DVD dies, and your stuck with all those DVDs, and nothing to play them on! Hey, VHS is dead too, it could happen, someday.


Enjoy what you have. Tomorrow may never come anyway!
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post #182 of 263
12/2/08 at 8:30pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

The way I look at it, BD is simply the next evolution of DVD, as opposed to a whole new format. Therefore, I really don't see the need to replace good quality dvds. I'm just buying new releases in BD - and, really, I've only decided on that because most new releases (mostly from WB) seem like their encoding is being botched and look noticeably worse than older dvds.

There are exceptions - for instance, Universal's Battlestar Galactica dvds look fantastic (which is why I will go ahead and finish out my collection of that show on DVD - they more than good enough for me).
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post #183 of 263
12/3/08 at 12:21am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by RickER
What if DVD dies, and your stuck with all those DVDs, and nothing to play them on! Hey, VHS is dead too, it could happen, someday.


Enjoy what you have. Tomorrow may never come anyway!


Actually, if DVD "dies" you can still play all those DVDs on your shiny new Blu-ray player!! That's why you can't equate the transition from VHS to DVD with the transition from DVD to Blu-ray. The latter was a revolutionary advance in Home Video; the former is just evolutionary - and backward compatible!
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post #184 of 263
12/3/08 at 4:16am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by TravisR
If I have a movie on DVD and I upgrade to the Blu-ray, I sell the DVD on eBay or give it to a friend or family member.

I'll never understand the "I can't stand to watch DVD anymore" crowd. If I like the movie, I like it on DVD or Blu-ray. Sure, Blu-ray would be better but I'm not going to not watch Star Wars or Treasure Of The Sierra Madre or whatever just because the resolution isn't as high as Blu-ray.

Same here.
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post #185 of 263
12/3/08 at 6:23am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
I'm definitely being MUCH more selective and careful in what I buy on SD from this point onward (especially new films). If it's anything that I know will likely make it to BD fairly soon, I'll certainly hold off...

Yes, well that was kinda my point.

With "classics", "Euro cult/horror", etc, DVD might still be the only real option (for the years to come, I might add). I can still buy some DVDs (probably not in "full price" anymore), but only certain "classics", "exploitation", TV-series, etc. Generally my DVD buying days are pretty much over, though. Thanks DVD, but it´s time to move on.

I guess I have to clarify my "Stop buying DVDs NOW, if you´re going to buy a Blu-ray-player in the near future"-comment. I´m referring to the films that probably arrive in Blu-ray in the near future.

At least I didn´t stop when I should´ve, so now I have DVD titles like "Home Alone", etc etc still shrink wrapped lying somewhere in my room. Zillion movies "to be watched" already, and I just kept ordering these DVDs.. It was just silly and a "habit" more than anything. I´m over that now, though.

(and just to clarify even more: I have around 2000 DVDs/Blu-rays/etc).
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post #186 of 263
12/3/08 at 7:32am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

Being in the midst of a transition to high-def (PS3, TV stand, and cabling purchased; picking up the plasma TV this Saturday), I've had to do a lot of thinking about this issue too. How I'm dealing with it:

1. All new purchases will be on Blu-Ray regardless.
2. I will be replacing all the movies that I love the most on Blu-Ray as soon as I can afford them, particularly the ones with spectacular video or audio.
3. I will be keeping my standard DVDs for classic films like Twelve Angry Men, Sergeant York, and others that are likely to never see the light of Blu-Ray.
4. No selling of ANY DVDs until I replace them on Blu, but once I replace something on Blu-Ray, the original DVD will be gone like smoke unless there are some extras on it that I can't live without (which is going to be a rarity).

I can't wait to see how some of these DVDs look upscaled.

cheers,
Phil
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post #187 of 263
12/3/08 at 8:09am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Joseph Bolus
Actually, if DVD "dies" you can still play all those DVDs on your shiny new Blu-ray player!! That's why you can't equate the transition from VHS to DVD with the transition from DVD to Blu-ray. The latter was a revolutionary advance in Home Video; the former is just evolutionary - and backward compatible!

So true, good point!
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post #188 of 263
12/3/08 at 8:12am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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All new purchases will be on Blu-Ray regardless

So if a title that you have wanted for a long time gets released on SD DVD in 2 to 3 months, you WON'T buy it?
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post #189 of 263
12/3/08 at 8:47am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
So if a title that you have wanted for a long time gets released on SD DVD in 2 to 3 months, you WON'T buy it?
I wouldn't IF I was reasonably sure a BD of it was forthcoming in the near future. (well, if the SD DVD is under 10$ and I think I'll watch it more than once in the next 24 months, I might get the SD version). I'm already in the mode of being willing to wait up to 18-24 months for titles I feel are reasonably likely to be BD (I can rent the SD in the meantime if I'm really desperate to see it).

I do still buy SD DVDs for things I DON'T foresee being on BD anytime soon. I also buy SD DVDs of specific things I use in the classroom (my school is not BD equipped). Sometimes I buy the BD of something I have in SD for classroom use to enjoy in hi-def at home, but that's rather rare. Anything I do "upgrade" that is NOT for classroom use, I've so far given away the SD version to family or friends.
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post #190 of 263
12/3/08 at 7:45pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
So if a title that you have wanted for a long time gets released on SD DVD in 2 to 3 months, you WON'T buy it?

I should have said "unless there IS no Blu-Ray version available and there's not likely to be". I meant that if there are two released, Blu and standard DVD, then why buy the standard one?

cheers,
Phil
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post #191 of 263
12/4/08 at 2:02am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Jeff_HR
So if a title that you have wanted for a long time gets released on SD DVD in 2 to 3 months, you WON'T buy it?

I know your question wasn't referred to me, but my answer is also pretty much: Yes - but "unless there IS no Blu-ray version available and there's not likely to be". Usually I just wait. 2 months, 6 months, whatever. I´ll wait. I have huge amount of films "to be watched" all the time already. So I can wait.

A case in point: New "Halloween (2007)". Haven´t seen the film - waited several months for the Blu-ray -release - BD-release now coming. Same thing with "The Mist", "Poltergeist", "Nixon", "1408".. hell, even "L.A. Confidential" (first waited several YEARS for the new SE DVD, but now I´ll get the BD-version). "L.A. Confidential" is my all time favourites, BUT I haven´t seen the film again in years. Now I finally can.
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post #192 of 263
2/27/09 at 9:27am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

Not only am I not clearing out my DVDs, but I'm still buying them. I recently bought Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.0 and am planning on buying the following in the coming months:

X-Men: The Animated Series - Volumes 1 & 2
Star Trek Trilogy Box Set
Star Trek: Best of the Original Series & Best of The Next Generation

The only BD that I'm looking to buy in the foreseeable future is Watchmen (provided I like the movie as much as I hope I do).

I'm happy I don't have some huge theater-sized screen in my home. I'm sitting about 12 -14 feet back from my Sony WEGA 46 inch LCD, and my dvds look phenominal.
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post #193 of 263
2/27/09 at 12:19pm

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Originally Posted by Ron-P
My goal is to be rid of my SD-DVDs in a year or so, less those very special titles I cannot live without and that aren't on HDM yet.

Ron, we just recently passed the one-year anniversary of your having started the thread. How's progress toward your goal going?

I continue to aggressively sell my DVDs via my Amazon Marketplace store as soon as I learn of the BD announcement, with the caveat that some studios have been better than others at porting over supps from the DVD and so I hold off on selling some studios' titles until I see a spec listing (ahem, Fox). I've been more proactive with Warner, whose BD output I have generally been pleased with especially WRT catalog titles.
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post #194 of 263
2/27/09 at 12:26pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

I am seriously thinking about clearing out some of my SD-DVD's in the next few months. And one of the first ones to go will be the Star Trek, Die Hard Trilogy and some other DVD's. I do not know why but I just have had a hard time selling off any of the DVD's. I should sell them off and use the money to buy more Bluray titles!
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post #195 of 263
2/27/09 at 12:29pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

I collect LDs, what a silly question....

Answer: No since I don't own any SD-DVDs.
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post #196 of 263
2/27/09 at 1:12pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

Then why are you replying in this thread? Doesn't make sense to me.

And I promised myself I wouldn't try to replace too many dvds (I said the same thing about vhs when dvd arrived), since I don't want to buy three hundred titles all over again, but I'm beginning to do it already. Even titles that aren't necessarily 'show cases for the ht' like There Will Be Blood showed a lot of improvement, so if you look at it like that every title in my collection would benefit from it. So, in theory every title could be replaced, if the BD is done correctly. I'll just have to make the decision for every separate title.
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post #197 of 263
2/27/09 at 2:55pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

I'm still buying SD DVD releases--too many titles that will be years from a BD release, as well as the need for SD copies of some films for teaching purposes. Anything new that I want and don't already have is a BD purchase, of course, and I have selectively upgraded some SD DVDs (they become gifts) to HD DVD (when it was around) and BD, but I'm in no rush to do so with most of my collection--my gear does pretty well with SD discs at any rate.
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post #198 of 263
2/27/09 at 4:35pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Brian Borst
And I promised myself I wouldn't try to replace too many dvds (I said the same thing about vhs when dvd arrived), since I don't want to buy three hundred titles all over again, but I'm beginning to do it already. Even titles that aren't necessarily 'show cases for the ht' like There Will Be Blood showed a lot of improvement, so if you look at it like that every title in my collection would benefit from it. So, in theory every title could be replaced, if the BD is done correctly. I'll just have to make the decision for every separate title.

Yeah, I'm there w/ yah on that although I probably have 2x as many DVDs as you do (and I'm still buying DVDs at bargain bin prices on occasion). I just recently ended up breaking down and buying Amadeus for ~$15 despite the mixed reviews for instance. I've also picked up lesser titles like Closer at BD-style bargain bin prices too. I'm getting a bit spoiled by BD quality, especially since I got my new glasses (and can see better than before ). I gave Charlie's Angels, one of my favorite guilty pleasure DVDs, a spin last night and really want that on BD now.

_Man_
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post #199 of 263
2/28/09 at 8:51am

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Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong
Yeah, I'm there w/ yah on that although I probably have 2x as many DVDs as you do (and I'm still buying DVDs at bargain bin prices on occasion). I just recently ended up breaking down and buying Amadeus for ~$15 despite the mixed reviews for instance. I've also picked up lesser titles like Closer at BD-style bargain bin prices too. I'm getting a bit spoiled by BD quality, especially since I got my new glasses (and can see better than before ). I gave Charlie's Angels, one of my favorite guilty pleasure DVDs, a spin last night and really want that on BD now.

_Man_

Well, I tend to buy no more dvds, except things that will probably never come out in HD (like a couple of Dutch films).
And the newer dvds are still watchable, to my eyes. It's no HD, but not bad at all. The older dvds have my concerns. I watched T2 (The Ultimate Edition) the other night and it looked terrible. Star Wars Episode I too, but that never looked good.
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post #200 of 263
2/28/09 at 10:23am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Brian Borst
Well, I tend to buy no more dvds, except things that will probably never come out in HD (like a couple of Dutch films).
And the newer dvds are still watchable, to my eyes. It's no HD, but not bad at all. The older dvds have my concerns. I watched T2 (The Ultimate Edition) the other night and it looked terrible. Star Wars Episode I too, but that never looked good.

Actually with the cheapness of 1tb drives and my new WD TV I'm revisiting my old disks as Rips in a digital Library. They still look might nice upconverted...
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post #201 of 263
2/28/09 at 10:36am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

I am clearing out DVDs, as i buy the Blu-ray. Just got The 6th Day for $12, and From Hell for $9 on Amazon. How can i beat those prices?
But i dont buy what i already own on DVD, unless the price is right, or i can have some upgrade. Id like to see a good Lifeforce disc, ( for example) among others.

I do still buy DVDs, once again, if the price is right. Just got Man From Earth, and It Happened One Night. Each was about $10, and i doubt either would be much better on Blu. I also still buy some TV on DVD. Doctor Who, Hawaii Five-0, and Mission: Impossible...stuff like that.

Last night, i made a big leap. My DVDs, and Blu-rays now co-habituate. Its getting to where i have enough Blu-rays, that need more space. My DVD side is getting smaller, so i put the 2 together.
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post #202 of 263
2/28/09 at 11:25am

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by Brian Borst
... The older dvds have my concerns. I watched T2 (The Ultimate Edition) the other night and it looked terrible. Star Wars Episode I too, but that never looked good.

With the new "T2:The Skynet Edition" BD on the horizon, it's probably a moot point; but it's fairly well known that the T2:UE transfer was riddled with EE. The transfer was finally fixed for DVD with the "Extreme Edition" version which streeted at about the time T3 made its theatrical debut. For the record, the "Extreme Edition" DVD still looks magnificent when upscaled on the Tosh XDE-500.

But I'll be purchasing The Skynet Edition when it streets even though I still don't own a BD player. (This will be my fourth Blu-ray disc; the other three are "Stargate", "Enchanted", and "Sleeping Beauty". One of these days I'll find a native stand alone Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player with good DVD upscaling for less than $300, and then I'll finally be able to play all my BDs!)
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post #203 of 263
2/28/09 at 12:04pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

I've been selling off my SD-DVD's as I upgrade a title to BD -- both to recoup funds, and to clear shelf space.

So far, I have 66 BD titles, of which the majority have been upgrades of SD titles. My plan is to only upgrade my absolute favorites, since I still own over 1,000 SD titles and cannot afford to replace everything. However, I have not purchased a SD-DVD since buying a BluRay player last September. There are a few SD titles coming up I'll probably end up getting, though, since they will probably not see a BD release for many years, if ever... such titles as the Universal Pre-Code Hollywood collection and some TV shows. We've also starting renting BD's -- something we never did with SD-DVD.

I'm still watching my SD-DVD's a lot, though. The high quality transfers still look very good upconverted on our 67-inch DLP set. In fact, this weekend is my annual "Lord of the Rings" marathon while my wife is in Florida visiting her mother. The Extended Editions still look and sound wonderful.
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post #204 of 263
2/28/09 at 12:28pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

I own almost zero DVD's so it's the perfect time for me to build my home film collection on Blu-ray. I'm approaching 300 Blu's now with no end in sight
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post #205 of 263
2/28/09 at 1:24pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by RickER
Last night, i made a big leap. My DVDs, and Blu-rays now co-habituate.

I could never even bring myself to mix keepcases and snappers.
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post #206 of 263
2/28/09 at 4:09pm

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Originally Posted by Scott Merryfield
. . . this weekend is my annual "Lord of the Rings" marathon while my wife is in Florida visiting her mother.
LOL.
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post #207 of 263
2/28/09 at 6:42pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

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Originally Posted by RickER
Last night, i made a big leap. My DVDs, and Blu-rays now co-habituate. Its getting to where i have enough Blu-rays, that need more space. My DVD side is getting smaller, so i put the 2 together.

Someone needs to report their big step! Just a year ago, Rick, things were quite different!

So...are you mixing-in your HD discs with your SD-DVDs?

I have not yet been so brave.
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post #208 of 263
2/28/09 at 8:09pm

Re: Anyone else clearing out their SD-DVDs?

I would love to get rid of approx 70 SD-DVD's I have upgraded to HD-DVD & BD to fund more BD's but the current prices for most would be so low around the £3 each mark so may as well hang onto them.
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post #209 of 263
2/28/09 at 8:47pm

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Originally Posted by Paul_Warren
I would love to get rid of approx 70 SD-DVD's I have upgraded to HD-DVD & BD to fund more BD's but the current prices for most would be so low around the £3 each mark so may as well hang onto them.

True. SD-DVDs aren't worth much. I intend to dump whatever snapcase crap I can replace no matter I get for them though. I hate those things.
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post #210 of 263
2/28/09 at 9:38pm

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I would love to get rid of approx 70 SD-DVD's I have upgraded to HD-DVD & BD to fund more BD's but the current prices for most would be so low around the £3 each mark so may as well hang onto them.

I had to make room 2 months ago, so I just gave mine away to friends and coworkers. It's not worth the hassle to try and sell them and it generated good will.
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