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Topic: Bluray vs DVD vs streaming

Urk_VN Title: Orderly Randomizer Posts: 8,320 Registered: Oct 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,922 User ID: 733,088	Subject: Bluray vs DVD vs streaming
	I read an article on a screenwriter's website, and it reminded me of why I usually don't like watching blurays. http://johnaugust.com/archives/2011/giving-up-on-blu-ray I like bluray's picture quality, but I hate how hard the title menu can be to navigate. And lately the trend seems to be to force movie trailers to play right away, and make them either unskippable or you can't fast forward through them, they make you watch them like in a theater. I used to hate those FBI warnings because you can't skip those, so what I end up doing now is going to chapter selection, going to chapter 2, then skipping back to chapter 1, but you can't do that with most of those trailers. Streaming is nice, but Netflix's library of it is pretty small right now, and the quality isn't always the greatest either, depending on how old the movie/tv show is. It does suck if you have a bad connection though, and the movie conks out on you halfway through or something. I don't have a mobile device that can play movies right now, but I'm sure down the road I'll get one, and it'll be nice to watch a movie while on lunch or if I'm on break. DVD's are nice, and the movies often load up fast, with relatively easy to navigate menus, but I can't see them staying around for too long once bluray/streaming become more readily available. So, given the choice, which option do you normally choose, and why? Again, I like bluray's picture quality, but I can put up with DVD quality if they load the movie faster with less hassle. I do like those movies where they give you a bluray, DVD, and digital copy for roughly the same price though. -----signature----- (none)
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Caoilin Title: Instigator Posts: 56,728 Registered: Nov 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,027 User ID: 513,313	Subject: Bluray vs DVD vs streaming
	damn i can't find the stupid flowchart image for the reasons people download movies. like i'll buy blurays but then i'll still download the movie and just stream that file to watch it on my tv. i have several unopened blurays in my closet that i watch via mkv file on my tv. i'm sorry but if it takes me 20 minutes of sitting through all of your shit, i'm going to pirate your movie and watch it that way. edit: AHA! -----signature----- "Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion "I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR "i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24 "again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
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jarom_td Posts: 4,571 Registered: Aug 8, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 4,443 User ID: 38,737	Subject: Bluray vs DVD vs streaming
	Caoilin posted: edit: AHA! Haha... so true! I used to buy Blu-ray's, until I got married. My three year old step-daughters are very proficient at destroying optical disks. So now if I buy anything it's has to come with a DVD so I can rip it and stream that to the TV. -----signature----- Thanks to iTunes, now you can get free TV shows for just 99 cents
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Caoilin Title: Instigator Posts: 56,728 Registered: Nov 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,027 User ID: 513,313	Subject: Bluray vs DVD vs streaming
	i have back ups of every dvd i own from back in the olden days. why? not cuz i'm worried about ruining the disc, no it's because i would just rip the movie out and have that playing instantly instead of a goddamn 9 hour menu event. and unfortunately i know it's even worse with blurays but they're still way too expensive to do that for. -----signature----- "Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion "I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR "i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24 "again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
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