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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,998 |
| | Posted: | | | | Would you buy TV series Blu-ray's that contained standard definition material (DVD quality) to save on shelve space or for convenience (entire season on one disc, no changing disc's to access an episode), for example Friends complete Box Set is on 40 DVDs if it was on Blu-ray you could have it on 10 disc's (assuming it's possible to get an entire season on 1 disc?) |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 124 |
| | Posted: | | | | To explain the "other"-vote: If there is no HiDef Version of the TV show, and theres no chance it will come in the not so distant future, i would say yes, but if there is a HD version, i couldn't watch it in SD. Once i tasted HD, there was no way back  space saving or no disc-changing isn't that intereseting to me...i don't have 1000 minutes time to watch a TV-Show-Season in one go often.  Regards Stefan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,330 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting MiDiAN: Quote:
... If there is no HiDef Version of the TV show, and theres no chance it will come in the not so distant future, i would say yes, but if there is a HD version, i couldn't watch it in SD. ... This is about what I think as well. | | | | Pete | | | | Last edited: by Addicted2DVD |
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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,998 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sorry, i was talking about shows that will (Probably) never be available in Hi-Def |
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| Registered: February 23, 2009 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,580 |
| | Posted: | | | | For me it's no. Perhaps I'm spoiled, but ever since I've made the jump to HD, I don't buy TV shows on DVD anymore except for those rare ones that will never make it to Blu-ray. I can see the appeal of having shows take up less space on the shelf, but I think I wouldn't be able to bring myself to spending Blu-ray money on a set that has only SD content. | | | Blu-ray collection
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| Registered: May 11, 2007 |  Posts: 249 |
| | Posted: | | | | For me it's yes, but I will probably not replace a series I already have on DVD. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,195 |
| | Posted: | | | | Possibly, but probably not. Unless it was the only option now and forever. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,741 |
| | Posted: | | | | For new purchases: Yes, I could imagine that. I still buy most of my TV shows on DVD anyway and limit the Blu-rays to purchases where there's an actual optical value.
For example: I'd rather pay 6€ for a one-watch chick flick on DVD rather than 16€ for the same movie on Blu-ray. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yes, I would definitely do that for new purchases. I'm almost running out of space in my shelves for new TV shows.  | | | | Thorsten |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'd definitely purchase them & have thought before that it would be a good idea. |
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| Registered: October 2, 2008 | | Posts: 210 |
| | Posted: | | | | I wish they had always released TV sets in the plastic cases like the Blu Ray cases or the regular DVD cases. I know they are box sets but it gets really annoying when cardboard box sets always get dinged up and wrecked. Plastic cases can last forever if you take care of them. Plus shelf space is saved considerably with plastic cases. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,456 |
| | Posted: | | | | I voted yes. Seems like a good idea. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think BD are more durable - longer life and scratch resistant, right? And the disc reduction ratio could be as high as 10:1 for 4.7GB DVDs. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | I voted 'other' as it depends on price. If the Blu-rays were the same price, then yes. If they are more expensive, then no. Money is more important to me than space. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: May 9, 2008 | | Posts: 467 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would buy SD shows on BD. One thing to remember is that even if it is SD resolution the higher bit rate allowed by DB can be an improvement by itself over what can be done on DVD depending on the source material. I do wish media companies would do this for older shows that do not have HD source available.
That said if HD sources and master exist then I see no reason to not buy native HD release. |
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMadMartian: Quote:
I voted 'other' as it depends on price. If the Blu-rays were the same price, then yes. If they are more expensive, then no. Money is more important to me than space. Same here. I would love to have complete seasons on one blu-ray, but price is a key factor for me, too. I can't justify it otherwise. | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
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| Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Other:
I'm not the TV show freak so I'll go the cheaper (til now DVD) way, but if the prices get the same I would do all in blu. |
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