In Reply to: DVD was very expensive too, initially posted by Jazz Inmate on May 20, 2008 at 11:23:15:
VHS to DVD was a gigantic step forward in audio and video quality. I bought in early because of this (first player was ~$900). IMO DVD to BD is not all that substantial in comparison.
-VHS: Tapes were poor audio and visual quality. Tapes wore out after repeated playings, and were fairly large/clumsy.
-DVD: Good audio and video. Discs do not wear out. Nice and compact.
-BD: Better audio and video depends on what type of display one has. IME the difference is mostly noticeable on a higher end display, and mostly so only on larger units. It's not as substantial an improvement to my eyes, not compared to VHS/DVD.
Add to that VHS players were around for many years before people had to start replacing it with DVD's. Basically a generation. My parents bought our first family VHS player in the 1980's, maybe even late 70's. ~20 years later DVD's, OK. Now BD comes in only 10 years later. Many people have just bought into DVD in the last couple years. I've a hard time seeing it being a big success. We'll see.
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Follow Ups
- I think there's a pretty big difference though. - grantv 12:31:35 05/20/08 (7)
- Granted, but few DVD players had VHS capability. All Blu-ray players have DVD capability - Jazz Inmate 12:44:23 05/20/08 (6)
- Jazz, I would LOVE to see the studios try that. - JMCIII 18:52:04 05/20/08 (3)
- I agree - Jack G 05:23:58 05/21/08 (1)
- If you inferred "right now" from my post, I apologize. I meant over time - Jazz Inmate 10:06:51 05/21/08 (0)
- I wish they did that with SACD, but the labels didn't have their ducks in a row - Jazz Inmate 21:31:31 05/20/08 (0)
- Blue-ray recorder? - grantv 14:19:15 05/20/08 (1)
- It's coming. Blu-ray writable media is already available for compatible drives/PCs - Jazz Inmate 14:28:47 05/20/08 (0)