Discs Giving 4K/UHD Delivery A Real Shot In The Arm
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then they have already begun to come down. last i looked it was 400
with a regular br being 100, they need to be in the 150 range
The phillips has been $225 awhile. The Xbox One S has been $299. The Samsung has been floating around $299-$275. Like I said, those are GREAT first year prices. Prob got another year for $150, but Im sure the current Philips will drop some when the new one comes out.
Long story short, they aren't unreasonable.
The new LG with Dolby Vision will be under $300.
Long story short, they aren't unreasonable.
The new LG with Dolby Vision will be under $300.
My Samsung was $199. Stayed at that price from Black Friday until Christmas. I see it here and there around $250 now.
I paid $750+ for a first gen VHS way back when, I'm getting discs, then upgrading my receiver before getting a player...
But many of these are the same folks that get their pitch forks when their DBS/cable bill goes up $6 per month. When folks are used to $100 BluRay players paying $299 for another player to play media that costs more isn't a no brainer, people will not jump on it until prices come down more.
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I cant agree with the direct comparison, but I get what you are saying. Any new tech starts out high, and comes down, where as my cable bill goes up every year and I really get nothing else out of it!
Seems like buying the media now may not be the best idea. Perhaps it would be better to wait until they've figured out where they're going standards-wise so you don't end up with a bunch of discs that aren't quite right or being forced into a situation where you have to buy a unit that can handle the outdated discs. I don't imagine the discs will be any more expensive in the future and they may work better and support more recent innovations (i.e. DolbyVision and similar enhancements).
I can see you still dont even understand UHD and the standards, yet you continue to post like you do!
" where you have to buy a unit that can handle the outdated discs."
" where you have to buy a unit that can handle the outdated discs."
Yep. Strangely enough my HD-DVD discs continue to play just fine, and provide excellent quality. An added bonus was that I was able to buy many of the titles for $1/ea. after they became "obsolete".
I realize you would rather talk than listen Harshness, but madness lies along the path of waiting for things to be perfect. Companies know very well that once standards are stable, it is time to start rolling out the next best thing. That way 15% of the consumers go crazy and trade it all in on the new latest and greatest every year.
I realize you would rather talk than listen Harshness, but madness lies along the path of waiting for things to be perfect. Companies know very well that once standards are stable, it is time to start rolling out the next best thing. That way 15% of the consumers go crazy and trade it all in on the new latest and greatest every year.
You speak as if someone mastered a theatrical release HD-DVD in the last 9 years. To compare the situation between HD-DVD and UHD Blu-ray is silly. HD-DVD didn't push the HD envelope and there weren't any standards that were finding their way when even the earliest players were released.
If you don't plan on getting the player for a while, why load up on media? We've seen several anecdotes from Don Landis of discs that were mastered in some way that wasn't optimal. Such is not to say that they are necessarily going to remaster them, but why rush (unless you're fearful that the titles will disappear)?
And the cost difference is about $5 over the BD alone, so it makes sense to get the two versions of the movie, one to watch and one to lend out/rip to server.
