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Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #80176]

Fri, 11 July 2014 06:05

pk20
Messages: 30
Registered: May 2014

Baron

How many of you still watch movies on DVD or Blue-Ray? The younger generation are all about streaming movies (which I can attest cost a fortune in data charges) and I think the last time I watched a DVD was a while ago. Other than the collectables I don't think we've bought or rented a DVD movie in ages.

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #80177 is a reply to message #80176]

Fri, 11 July 2014 10:16

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18796
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

At this point in time, I think you should consider streaming media to be the "convenient" method and DVD and Blu-Ray to be the "quality" methods. Especially Blu-Ray, which is usually considerably better both for video and audio.

It is possible to stream hi-resolution data that would rival the better disk media formats but in practice, it isn't realized. So consider streaming media to be the budget/convenience option.

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #80183 is a reply to message #80176]

Sun, 13 July 2014 08:07

Round2
Messages: 108
Registered: September 2013
Location: Canada

Viscount

Streaming is convenient but in the long run expensive. I will stream some shows during the month but still like Blu-Ray better for quality. My kids will only stream movies not rent or buy DVDs.

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #80184 is a reply to message #80183]

Sun, 13 July 2014 15:53

gofar99
Messages: 1957
Registered: May 2010
Location: Southern Arizona

Illuminati (5th Degree)

Hi, I believe that Blue ray will be hear for some time. Video quality is better and the web can only support so much band width. Eventually it will cost more to have service needed to down load high quality video. it is already starting in some parts of the country. Here the difference between good down load speeds (5 megs) and ones more suitable for video (30-50 meg) is about $70 per month. Figure that into the cost of viewing something and Blue ray starts to look real good.

Good Listening
Bruce

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #80273 is a reply to message #80176]

Wed, 20 August 2014 17:35

Wayne1959
Messages: 6
Registered: August 2014
Location: United States

Esquire

DVDs will be with us for some time. It might go to Blu Ray and 4k only at some point in the future, but there are still many places that do not have high speed internet connections. I don't think that you will get the benefit of the HD audio through streaming, either.

If you are not someone that has to see a movie when it first comes out you can use EBAY, Half.com or many other web based resources to buy DVDs at greatly reduced prices.

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #81886 is a reply to message #80176]

Wed, 06 January 2016 11:18

Finn
Messages: 87
Registered: January 2016

Viscount

I think that DVDs and Blue Rays are going to be sticking around for quite some time still. I haven't watched a DVD in a while, since I usually stream most of my movies, but I still like having some of those movies on DVD for when I don't have access to streaming.

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #81948 is a reply to message #80176]

Thu, 04 February 2016 02:28

MusicWife
Messages: 9
Registered: February 2016

Esquire

My husband, and I talked about this recently. We can't see the DVD/Blue Ray going away any time in the near future. We usually rent new movies OnDemand. There are some movies that cost money (Star Wars!), and we already have them on DVD, so we're certainly not going to waste money on that, and sometimes streaming gets really slow. I watch a lot of stuff on Amazon Prime, but IMO, the picture quality is better on DVD/Blue Ray. We have a lot of TV show series on DVD, and I can't see us getting rid of those. They cost a ton of money, and are convenient to just pop in when we feel the need to watch one of the seasons.

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #82200 is a reply to message #80176]

Sat, 12 March 2016 14:01

JuneBug
Messages: 21
Registered: March 2016
Location: Everywhere

Chancellor

I still use DVDs.
I am actually looking for a DVDplayer right now. My old one finally broke down, and I haven't replaced it yet.
In the meantime, I have been using ITunes. They are not too terribly expensive, and they save to my account.

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #82201 is a reply to message #80176]

Sat, 12 March 2016 14:04

JillbeQuick
Messages: 20
Registered: March 2016

Chancellor

I think DVD players will be around for a while. They haven't come out with something better as of yet. Streaming Netflix or ITunes isn't quite affordable, as you need to buy an Internet connection capable of supporting it the whole length of the movie.

Jack jumped over a candlestick

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Re: Are DVD and Blue Ray going the way of the dinosaur? [message #82210 is a reply to message #80176]

Mon, 14 March 2016 10:59

Thaddeus
Messages: 51
Registered: March 2016

Baron

I still watch DVDs, but maybe not as much as I used to. I don't really care for the quality that you get when you stream movies. In my opinion, they are better looking on DVDs.

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