Jeff Willis
Senior HTF Member
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That's about it for me as well. I'm mainly a TV/DVD collector of older shows first, and a film collector second since I have nearly all of the films I'm interested in collecting at present. BR hasn't released any older TV/DVD shows except for a few of the mega shows like Star Trek and the original Twlilight Zone series.
Makes sense Mike, but with players so cheap, aren't you ever tempted by African Queen, Bridge over the River Kwai, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, Wizard of Oz or any other titles available? Is there one "classic" title that would push you over the edge if it were released?
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Good point about the players but as a region-free guy, I'm waiting for the online stores (hard mod'ed BR players) to decrease in price more before looking into buying my 1st BR player.
As for the few classics that are out on BR, it's not enough for me to enter the BR mkt yet. The deciding factor for me might be if I saw an increased trend of exclusive BR releases (without a DVD release) of older films that have either never been released in anamorphic format in R1 (and R2) or a specific personal "holy grail" film that's been on my waiting list for years.
Another good point to consider. I can't afford to double-dip again in home film formats. I did some of that when SD DVD arrived after Laserdisc but it's not affordable for me to repeat that with BR, although for my collection of older films and older TV/DVD sets, I've not seen the need to consider that anyway. BR doesn't have much available that interests me yet.
Originally Posted by cadavra
[COLOR= #0000cd]90% of what I buy was made before GHOSTBUSTERS. 99% of that is unavailable on Blu-Ray. End of story.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000cd]Mike S.[/COLOR]
That's about it for me as well. I'm mainly a TV/DVD collector of older shows first, and a film collector second since I have nearly all of the films I'm interested in collecting at present. BR hasn't released any older TV/DVD shows except for a few of the mega shows like Star Trek and the original Twlilight Zone series.
Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich
[COLOR= #0000cd]90% of what I buy was made before GHOSTBUSTERS. 99% of that is unavailable on Blu-Ray. End of story.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000cd]Mike S.[/COLOR]
Makes sense Mike, but with players so cheap, aren't you ever tempted by African Queen, Bridge over the River Kwai, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, Wizard of Oz or any other titles available? Is there one "classic" title that would push you over the edge if it were released?
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Good point about the players but as a region-free guy, I'm waiting for the online stores (hard mod'ed BR players) to decrease in price more before looking into buying my 1st BR player.
As for the few classics that are out on BR, it's not enough for me to enter the BR mkt yet. The deciding factor for me might be if I saw an increased trend of exclusive BR releases (without a DVD release) of older films that have either never been released in anamorphic format in R1 (and R2) or a specific personal "holy grail" film that's been on my waiting list for years.
Originally Posted by RPMay
"i just don't want to start that collection all over again with blu." You won't have to; little of it will hit Blu, and a good upscaling player will add luster to your existing collection. I went Blu to cherry pick, not to repurchase the whole orchard.
Another good point to consider. I can't afford to double-dip again in home film formats. I did some of that when SD DVD arrived after Laserdisc but it's not affordable for me to repeat that with BR, although for my collection of older films and older TV/DVD sets, I've not seen the need to consider that anyway. BR doesn't have much available that interests me yet.