We’re on the verge of an influx of awesome movies hitting Blu-ray in the near future – Tron, Extended Editions of Lord of the Rings, and even classics like The Running Man. Which got us wondering – are you guys even buying Blu-ray movies? And if you are, do limited edition versions entice you?
I know that I’ll only ever by Blu-ray movies now. If the sales are right, I might even buy stuff I’ve already got on DVD in Blu-ray format, but for the most part it’s all about the HD version of new stuff, or classics that I don’t actually own. As for collectibles – well, I have the limited edition Cylon tin set of Battlestar Galactica, but for the most part I’m happy with the plain movie version (although a digital copy is always welcome).
What about you guys? What floats your boat when it comes to buying movies?
Sicarius123
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 12:59 PMPretty much all of the above come in a package that costs more than the standard movie, and create clutter somewhere. I don’t see the need to pay more for something I’ll eventually throw away.
The only addition I appreciate is the digital copy, and they generally don’t cost any more.
lamb-burger-man0.07
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 1:14 PMIf I had a HDTV and blu-ray player, I’d definately be buying blu-rays…
GrumpyGuru
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 6:10 PMGot an HDTV and Blue-Ray and Foxtel. Have only bought a few Blue-Ray DVDs and can’t honestly see what all the hype is about over a modern DVD. Sure older, poor quality, tape conversions are mostly crap. But re-mastered DVDs are much cheaper and just as good. Dolby Sound makes all the difference.
piper_doone
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 1:29 PMOne thing missing from your survey is the 3D Blu-ray option. I have a 3D TV and the only movie I now buy are the 3D Blu-rays.
spam-burger-man0.07
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 1:37 PMI suppose you own all of them by now? :P
Christian
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 1:57 PMOne to watch everyday of the week, for one week….
Edward Jackson
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 2:06 PMWait, you can buy 3D Blu-ray titles? I thought every halfway decent title was tied up in some exclusive hardware bundle…
nicky
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 2:34 PMi hate 3D SFM, it needs to die a horrible death so i can dance on it’s grave
Yllib Setag
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 2:56 PMPhoney (Sony) can get stuffed, I won’t be buying
bluray with the stupid region coding back to haunt
unsuspecting CONNEDsumers. how many times must we update our media libraries at rip off prices no less
Steve M.
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 3:30 PMSony is not the sole licensor of blu-ray, nor were they the sole company behind its creation. Regardless, BD region coding is left to the discretion of individual manufacturers and distributors, not mandated from the top (which, again, is not just Sony). Plenty of BD movies are region free; it’d be nice if all of them were but I’d say the state of BD region coding is a huge step up from DVD.
ErraticFocus
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 3:25 PMthe only times i have bought an exclusive collectors edition kinda thing is when it has an extended directors cut version of the film.
not to say i dont think the includes arent cool, most of the time they are! the poker set Deadwood pack for example.
Trjn
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 4:23 PMCommentaries and making of documentaries are two things that I wish were on more movies. I probably wouldn’t pay extra for them, but they’re the only bonus that comes to mind that would influence me to purchase one edition of a film over another.
olearymo
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 5:13 PM“I know that I’ll only ever by Blu-ray movies ”
‘buy’ – #corrections
red t-rex
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 6:17 PMI am a collector and have a few hundred DVD and HD-DVD movies but I became jaded by the special editions and collectors editions of movies that I purchased only to find that on each anniversary some new content was magically found in some previously undiscovered vault and a newer edition released. I wouldn’t mind if you could pay an upgrade fee just to get the additional new content but to repurchase the entire thing is a pure rip-off.
I haven’t purchased a disk of any sort since the collapse of HD-DVD a few years back and to be honest I haven’t seen a lot since then worth collecting but the release of Tron may just be the one to get me back in the game. Who knows, I might even go bluray.
Daniel T
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 8:01 PMBig fan of Collectables from Movies/TV Shows I like if its a good one, the Polystone figurines with the collectors editions of LOTR Extended Editions were Awesome, Full Size T800 EndoSkull with Terminator 2 Skynet Edition BluRay, Evil Dead Book of the Dead edition etc are way cool. I like a good collectable :)
matt
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 9:25 PMhow can 20% of giz readers not have bluray…
thats just crazy…
CRAZY I TELL YOU!
Hummingbird
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 8:29 AMThe special features on the disc(s) matter to me more than tins, books, etc. If an older title is rereleased on bluray and has some standout special features, like decent commentaries, gag reels, or actually interesting-looking featurettes, then I’m more likely to buy it than something with no features but packaged in a shiny box with a doll. Well, unless it’s a really cool doll.