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There are definitely some excellent 3d movies, but typically those films don't use 3d as a crutch. In fact most of them you would never know there were 3D if you saw them flat, because they aren't constantly poking you in the eye with something. Doug

3d suffers from a lack of interest. In fact the box office for 3d features is way down also when compared with the flat version of the same film. 3D is a fad now just as it was in the 50's and the 80s. Its hung on a little longer because some quality films were made in the process. But it seems...

OH it wouldn't surprise me that the release a 4k system. And it will sell to the same crowd who buy wooden knobs for their tube amps, and draw a line around the outside of their CDs with a green felt pen, because it makes it sound better. But I doubt it will be anything like a main stream...

Yeah, and 3D was such a HUGE hit. Doug

The difference between 1080p and 4k isn't perceivable at a screen size that is practical in the home. Not really much point in the increased resolution if no one can see the difference. Doug

I think 4K in the home is not very likely. Doug

My film school experience was similar. But to be fair this was in the early 1980's when many of these films were not available on home video. There were a lot of films that I knew about, but had never had the opportunity to see, however I knew and had seen MANY more films than the others in my...

I stated this in another threat, but I think its work repeating. I recently worked a temp job at a cardiologists office, digitizing their medical records. I worked with a group of people who's ages ranged from about 23 to 60, but the majority of them were under 35. All of them were college...

Those stores closed because the market that they served changed, and they didn't change with it. I think Robert is right when he says the the market has splintered. Call it what you will, splintered or a niche, it adds up to the same thing. Fewer people buying the product. As a result the...

I actually love classic movies, and classic Television, and lately I've been finding more and more of both on Neflix. I've found so many old films noir that I didn't even know existed before. Its actually been really exiting. Doug

As anywhere else, a service such as Netflix is at the mercy of what the studios provide to them. For the most part, with new releases the quality is quite good. More often that not better than broadcast HDTV. Even some of the older TV shows like Mission Impossible and The Twilight Zone are 1080p...

The Warner Archive was created specifically because there wasn't a large enough market go justify mass production of the films they offer. That by definition is a niche market. Doug

Sorry I wasn't being specific enough. I think there will be a market for new block buster releases on blu-ray, however I think the market for catalog titles, say anything before about 1995, is becoming more and more a niche. That market maybe filled by the likes of Twilight Time, if there is...

Maybe the thought was more to prepare them for a television distribution package more than for release on home video. Doug

I'm still buying plenty of DVDs and blu-ray's, but I have to agree, because I subscribe to a streaming service (two actually) I've run across many classic films that not only have never been released on any home video format, but quite a few that I had never actually heard of before. Granted...

Of course, but I don't know if we are a large enough segment of the market to justify its production. I hope that we are but I'm not sure. However the point being, we should get used to the idea that this is going to become a more expensive hobby because it is becoming a niche market. Doug

Yes blu-ray sales are up, but relative to what.....to previous blu-ray sales. I don't think anyone is suggesting that DVD sales are slumping because blu-ray is replacing it. I just don't see the numbers suggesting that. Another way to read that might be the suggestion that the Warner Archive...

Possibly, but I doubt it. Doug

But the vast majority of people don't care. It looks pretty darn good, and a hell of a lot better than the TV they were watching 5 or 10 years ago. Doug

I agree, that on demand services like Warner Archive will survive. Those kinds of services are the only area of DVD that is a growing market. But it is also a fractional market, meaning that is appeals to a small segment. I think we will see more and more of the home video market break up this...

There is no doubt that blu-ray sales are growing, but they are part of a market, physical media, that is quickly shrinking. The growth of streaming services is far out pacing the growth of blu-ray. I don't really like it, but that is where we are going. As for Ultravioliet, with as little as I...

He can say what ever he wants in a press release, but I know that the Walmart and the Best Buy near me have DVD sections that are about 1/4 the size that they were about 5 years ago (and now more than half of that is Spanish language), and catalog titles are no where to be seen. Doug

Yes 1080p 5.1 DD+ through my PS3. Obviously not the bitrate that blu-ray delivers, but VERY good quality and perfectly acceptable for casual viewing. Doug

The studios NEVER wanted you to be able to own a movie. Thats what the whole Betamax case was about. Yes the genie was out of the bottle, and as long as it was, and there wasn't anything they could do about it, they were going to play along. but with the popularity of streaming, it looks as...

I didn't say that the studios would stop making CD, but that stores such as Walmart and Target would stop carrying them. I believe I read it in USA today about 2 months ago, but I haven't heard anything about it being reported as not true. Doug

I stream 2 or 3 movies or TV shows a night, and I've never gone past about half of my monthly data cap. Doug

Then I suspect in the fairly near future you won't be watching many movies. As far as watching on a cell phone or an ipad, many people do that when they are traveling. Makes spending time in an airport waiting room go by faster. But more to the point netflix is an HD stream for many of its films...

I think that with the marketing of DVD as a loss leader, we have actually become custom to under paying for movies. Big Box stores started using DVDs to get customers in the door, and everyone else had to follow suit. As long as everyone was buying DVDs that model worked fine, but the world is...

The bottom has fallen out of the market for classic films (yes films from the 80's are now considered classics). They just aren't selling like they used to. If you've looked at the store shelves lately, you'll see that if it wasn't released in the last 5 or 10 years, you probably aren't going to...

I would think that having the original score of Major Dundee on the disc would be useful as a curiosity if nothing else. I too found the original score to be off putting and in fact was never able to watch the whole movie until it was re-scored. However having the original score would be...