Is it time to move into the 21st century and get a Blu Ray?

[Nostromo]

I have a 32 inch 720p TV and I can easily see the difference between standard DVD's and Blu-rays. Blu-ray's look way better.

BTW, Blu-ray has won the format war with HD-DVD, but not with DVD. Whether it'll become the new standard is not a sure thing at this point.

[Caligastia]

I should buy a house. Local articles are now saying houses are at the bottom and likely won't drop any more. But houses are a lot of work and not as entertaining as blu ray. There's actually a house in my city for only $10,000!! Although the house is old, and the neighborhood is how should we say in a PC way... gang infested.

Buy that $10,000 house, then buy the blu-ray and a massive HDTV after you move in. Make sure to leave the empty boxes out where everyone can see them, keep your living room windows free of curtains, and run the thing 24x7. You'll be the envy of the neighborhood!

[Asher]

I have a 32 inch 720p TV and I can easily see the difference between standard DVD's and Blu-rays. Blu-ray's look way better.

BTW, Blu-ray has won the format war with HD-DVD, but not with DVD. Whether it'll become the new standard is not a sure thing at this point.

Sales are up something like 90% year over year. I don't think it'll replace DVD, but it's definitely viable and will be around for a long time.

Personally, I love high def movies. I've got a PS3 which is mostly a Bluray player...I watch tons of them, mostly zip.ca movies. But I also just recently bought a bunch on Amazon's huge sales (Office Space, Matrix Trilogy, Austin Powers trilogy (nostalgia, baby). etc.

[DanS]

If you have an HDTV over about 40", I would go with Blu-Ray. Anything less than that, the marginal quality improvement probably isn't worth it.

That said, if Blu-Ray players keep coming down in price, they eventually will be worth the purchase.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Hell, I got mine at Christmas-time for $200. This Christmas, you should be able to get one for $100.

[Blaupanzer]

Beta won the tape format wars, but without the consumer footprint of VHS, it faded away. Similarly Blu-Ray has a clear tech lead but almost everyone is rigged for DVDs, making the market. It has ever been thus, best tech can be beaten by a broader installed base.

[Asher]

Beta didn't win any war...

[Imran Siddiqui]

??

Blu-ray beat out HD-DVD for the high definition movie market. It's the next standard. That was Betamax vs. VHS analogy.

A better example is CDs beating out tapes.

[Dis]

just seems like regular DVD's didn't last long in the market. It seems technology moves too fast sometimes. But if you think about it, regular cassette tapes (for audio) didn't last that long in the market either. Or VHS for that matter.

[Asher]

DVDs have been out for 13 years. That's eons in technology.

[SpencerH]

............. I've got a PS3 which is mostly a Bluray player....

I was gonna mention that fact. Its a "twofer", you get a game console and a blue ray player all in one.

[Tuberski]

I would get both at the same time of course. Sometimes I have wild urges to spend lots of money. I'm tired of being responsible with my money all the time. I've been saving money for a while. But sometimes you get these pent up urges to go crazy. Kind of like when you go without sex for a while then have a wild urge to have sex with 3 female midge whores in a flea bag motel while high on cocaine. Not that I've ever done that...

I should buy a house. Local articles are now saying houses are at the bottom and likely won't drop any more. But houses are a lot of work and not as entertaining as blu ray. There's actually a house in my city for only $10,000!! Although the house is old, and the neighborhood is how should we say in a PC way... gang infested.

"up and coming" neighborhood.

ACK!

[Ben Kenobi]

Although the house is old, and the neighborhood is how should we say in a PC way... gang infested.

They've got sprays for that now.

[DrSpike]

I don't think it's worth it given the price of DVDs versus Blu-Ray. But if my DVD player died I'd get probably get a player that could handle both.

[Asher]

I'm buying $14.99 blurays, around the same price as DVDs.