How long do you think Blu Ray's will last before we replace them with something else?

[Theabbot]

again, that's like saying if you own a CD player, you would never listen to a 128kbps mp3

I understand you have a personal preference regarding these things. but it's a complete non-sequitur to suggest that just because someone has a nice HT system, they would "only want the best possible sound/picture"

Dude, that whole statement is fukked up. By home theater I'm talking about a setup investment of THOUSANDS of dollars. Not a home theater in a box bullshyt. Why WOULDN'T someone want the best pic/sound quality on a system like that??
And yes, I would NEVER listen to a 128k rip.

 

[Theabbot]

Damn....It's obvious that I am a A/V quality snob.

 

[7oclock]

I should not have addressed the forum in the manner I did because I KNow some people like having richer video quality and/or audio quality - the value proposition is not there for ME but I can understand those who want it and want it legally. So hopefully this won't lead to an argument.

But I do believe discs are dinosaurs and the future obviously is streaming, at some point they will be able to stream 1080p even compressed; so from a value proposition standpoint it wouldn't make sense for me to invest money into DVD players and DVDs. I've owned 1 DVD player in my life, still have it, and haven't used it in 7 years

 

[Hades]

optical discs can get scratched or damaged too. you can always backup HDD's

I know that. I'm asking about his specific method as he has no physical media to easily obtain another digital copy. I will say that it's annoying when people bring up discs getting scratched. I have discs from over 10 years ago that I have scratched to hell from playing that ripped years later with no problem at all. People say that as if discs are flimsily made or something.

 

[Theabbot]

How do you deal with a drive that could lose difficult to recover media?

Its kinda like Dinero in Heat. If you can't walk away from everything without a second thought..... I just don't get that attached to what I have as far as media goes. If I wanted it again I would just "re-acquire" a new image of the movie and keep it moving.

 

[Hades]

Its kinda like Dinero in Heat. If you can't walk away from everything without a second thought..... I would just "re-acquire" a new image of the movie and keep it moving.

I get what you mean. So you don't have any back ups of more important stuff? That "living on the edge" lifestyle is too brave for me.

 

[Theabbot]

I get what you mean. So you don't have any back ups of more important stuff? That "living on the edge" lifestyle is too brave for me.

Nah, not really. I don't have any movies that I would freak out over if I lost a drive. Now pictures are a completely different story. I have backed up family pictures to BR discs before. Stored them away.

 

[daze23]

Dude, that whole statement is fukked up. By home theater I'm talking about a setup investment of THOUSANDS of dollars. Not a home theater in a box bullshyt. Why WOULDN'T someone want the best pic/sound quality on a system like that??
And yes, I would NEVER listen to a 128k rip.

I don't see what any of that has to do with what I said. you're just arguing your personal preference. that's fine, but it seems you want to extend that to everyone

 

[Hades]

Nah, not really. I don't have any movies that I would freak out over if I lost a drive. Now pictures are a completely different story. I have backed up family pictures to BR discs before. Stored them away.

That makes sense.

 

[daze23]

I know that. I'm asking about his specific method as he has no physical media to easily obtain another digital copy. I will say that it's annoying when people bring up discs getting scratched. I have discs from over 10 years ago that I have scratched to hell from playing that ripped years later with no problem at all. People say that as if discs are flimsily made or something.

I don't see how bringing up scratched discs is that different from appealing to the possibility of HDD failure

 

[Theabbot]

I don't see what any of that has to do with what I said. you're just arguing your personal preference. that's fine, but it seems you want to extend that to everyone

Nah not at all. Just making a logical conclusion based on my own experience. I've spent about 10 grand on my home theater setup. So for me, playing anything less than perfect media would be ridiculous. A severe waste of the resource. If I DIDN'T have such a nice setup, I probably wouldn't give a shyt about the source. It's kinda like having a top of the line car. Why would you put regular gas in it if it was designed to use the high grade stuff?

 

[daze23]

Nah not at all. Just making a logical conclusion based on my own experience. I've spent about 10 grand on my home theater setup. So for me, playing anything less than perfect media would be ridiculous. A severe waste of the resource. If I DIDN'T have such a nice setup, I probably wouldn't give a shyt about the source. It's kinda like having a top of the line car. Why would you put regular gas in it if it was designed to use the high grade stuff?

if you wanted to watch a movie, that was only as a 700mb divx, would you refuse to watch it?

many blu-rays are just upscaled dvd's anyway

 

[Theabbot]

if you wanted to watch a movie, that was only as a 700mb divx, would you refuse to watch it?

Yes I would. I would wait for the 1080p BR rip at the very least.

many blu-rays are just upscaled dvd's anyway

 

[Hades]

I don't see how bringing up scratched discs is that different from appealing to the possibility of HDD failure

If my disc is scratched, I can still get my data. It's not a be all end all like a failed HDD that doesn't work anymore. The majority of the time, I can recover 100 percent of the data in a useable format with no problem. Not so much with a failed drive.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

many blu-rays are just upscaled dvd's anyway

no way breh

there are varied transfer quality though. some bluray transfers are done better than others. pixar is a company that does their bluray transfers flawlessly. probably because it's easier to do with digital films, but their bluray movies like Wall-E are gorgeous and you're only going to get that experience from a blu-ray disc or a non-compressed full blu-ray rip.