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bladerunner1
March 2008
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View profile »I picked up the two disc set off that rack(just to check it out) and walked back to the (very new, very large) Blu Ray ISLE. Yes my Walmart now has an "Isle" for the Blu. ANyway...I saw my BR copy sitting there picked it up and started to read it over. This is when a Walmart employee aproached and asked me if I needed any help. I kinda chuckled to myself and said "Why yes you can. How many copies of this have you rang up today(holding up Rambo)?" "NONE" was his answer. "ZERO." Suddenly things werent so funny anymore, and it all started to become very clear to me what I had to do.
I put my Blu Ray copy down. Picked up the two disc standard dvd, and purchased it instead. And I left the store feeling beaten.
Until I see change. I think I'm going to suck it up, go with the flow, and be just like everybody else. I don't want to get stuck with another dead format.
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January 2008
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gvortex7
February 2008
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View profile »[Post edited by gvortex7 on May 27, 2008 - CDT 6:48 PM]
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This reminds me of something I was thinking of, though. I almost want Blu to die in a year or two, because then I can build up a big collection for next to nothing, like I have with HD DVD. Then I can enjoy that collection, and pick up the next big thing.
bladerunner1
March 2008
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View profile »gvortex7-I achieved "FREEDOM" by putting down that BR disc! No more worry for me! I have a disc that is, and will be compatible for along time to come. Upconversion baby!!! (atleast until i'm not the only one standing in the BR isle)
[Post edited by bladerunner1 on May 27, 2008 - CDT 7:20 PM]
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March 2002
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John J. Puccio
March 2002
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I guess I missed your point. It sounds like you have a Blu-ray player that you are afraid will some day break down and stop playing discs, and you won't be able to replace it or get it fixed, so if Blu-ray dies, you'll be stuck with a load of unplayable discs. Therefore, you're not going to buy another BD disc. Seems to me that there will be a day when we probably won't be able to play regular DVDs, either--in other words, many years from now. In the meantime, as other people here have pointed out, aren't you just stopping yourself from enjoying high-defintion picture and sound?
Well, to each his own. But it appears to me that a perfectly good Blu-ray player may now be going to waste.
John