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By: Thom

Thom — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:19:23 +0000

Chris what does that have to do ith this po-oh wait. Nevermind. I would want to read that comic as well. :)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:41:18 +0000

Oh, yes, that would be a wonderful comic! Heck, I hope for more Banana Sunday.

By: ~chris

~chris — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:06:41 +0000

I’m interrupting the comments about Blu-Ray/DVD to comment that one would need to use “awesome” a lot to describe Colleen Coover’s work. I too would love to see it if she & Paul did “Lois Lane, Intrepid Girl Reporter.”

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:07:34 +0000

True, but his point was definitely not referring to making personal backups. He clearly was talking about piracy. ;)

Hey, I’ve used both formats, and the only one I can honestly agree with is that one. Yeah, it is easier to rip off DVDs. :)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:34:52 +0000

Well, depends on what you’re calling piracy. I think I should have the right to make a backup copy of a DVD that my kids are going to watch, for example, so they can trash the copy instead of the original. I also should be able to copy a DVD to my laptop hard drive when I’m traveling. U.S. law and copyright owners disagree with me. :)

Darn, I didn’t want to start that debate again! Anyway, I found the perspective interesting, from someone who had used and clearly cared about both formats.

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:27:21 +0000

Of course, one of the erasons is: Piracy is easier with DVDs.

“such as how Blu-Rays don’t remember where you stopped watching the way DVDs do”

Some don’t. Some do. For example, ABC shows have various watching options. If I choose season play on a Lost Blu-Ray? It remembers the precise moment I left off-it even tells me what time has elapsed on the menu before it starts. The article actually notes this as well. It says it doesn’t always do this. It’s a pretty minor inconveniece though.

The “you can’t end it to non-geek friends” thing… I admit, since I tend to loan DVDs to friends who live far enough away, that means I can go for a up to a year without a movie…so the fact that I am not wondering when I am getting my blu-rays back…

As far as the price point? It’s not hard to find Blu-Rays under $20 already. You just have to pay attention. Plus, I usually pay less for the blu-ray than the special edition 2 DVD sets these days.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:32:23 +0000

I have a Blu-Ray player and I love it, yet I’m not buying that many Blu-Ray movies.

One thing I looked at recently was the Toy Story movies re-release. On DVD I could buy both movies in one package for $19.96 before sales tax. At the same store on Blue Ray I had to buy them separately, in Blu-Ray/DVD Combo packs for $24.95 each.

The better picture and sound quality isn’t worth more than twice as much in price as DVD to me anyway.