Community weekly poll: In what format do you watch movies the most?
- 2/27/07 4:29 PM
In what format do you watch movies the most?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 2/27/07 4:29 PM
In what format do you watch movies the most and why so?
- DVD
- DVR
- Movie downloads
- On-demand
- Only in theaters
- Pay-per-view
- Premium channels
- Regular TV broadcast
- VHS
- Other (what is it?)
Movies
by ceolson2 - 2/28/07 4:09 AM In reply to: In what format do you watch movies the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Premium channels - with cable I get on-demand, so it is very convienent.
You don't have to rew a dvd
by spicetrader - 2/28/07 2:54 PM In reply to: Movies by ceolson2I like dvds because they are more durable than tape. I like the scene selection and subtitling capabilities dvds provide. I have to rew the vhs, and I don't have to rew the dvd. Both dvd and vhs are better than other media, because I can pause or back up, there are no commercials, I don't have to rig up my computer to the tv for a download, and I don't have to retry failed downloads. I like going to a movie theatre, getting a large popcorn and a box of milk duds, and sitting in the first row. But my girlfriend never wants to go to the theatre any more. She prefers to stay home and watch a dvd or CSI Las Vegas. She never wanted to sit in the first row anyway, and she complained about the crunchy noise when I ate the popcorn. (She never complained about the noise she made when she ate popcorn.) I've never given more than a passing thought to getting another girlfriend with more compatible cinematic preferences. Even though she can be a lot of trouble, she's good for entirely different reasons. She likes movies more than I do. If it were up to me, I would get rid of the movies-at-home equipment, the tv, etc., and I would probably watch only 3 or 4 movies per year. I just don't care about them very much. But if she wants to watch a movie, then I want to watch a movie. I wouldn't buy hi-def for the picture alone. For me to buy hi-def, the content would have to be some movie I couldn't conveniently get in a less expensive (including the amortized cost of the equipment) format. What I don't like about all media are the exploitative practice of intellectual property laws, and the exploitative practice of the distributors dividing the world with region codes preventing free trade, free traffic and fair competition. Of course all this stuff is very time consuming. If I were to spend a couple of hours watching Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds, without my girlfriend, I couldn't help but wonder if I couldn't have done something more personally rewarding with my time.
HDVD and BLURAY GUYS!
by gadgetkid - 2/28/07 9:40 PM In reply to: You don't have to rew a dvd by spicetraderHow come no hdvd or bluray section in this poll?
I have both and thats all i'll buy and watch. Standard dvd is no longer appealing to my eyes or ears!
I watch the TV movies
by Tashadow - 2/28/07 10:05 PM In reply to: Movies by ceolson2I watch them on regular TV because, usually I don't watch a movie more than once. There are very few movies I will watch a second time. I do have some of my TV shows on VHS and, did buy them on DVD but, I won't buy all the movies on DVD that I have on VHS. If I really want to see the movie, I will get it from netflix or another source.
movie format
by Banjax2003 - 2/28/07 4:18 AM In reply to: In what format do you watch movies the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I watch dvd's most of the time because I have a player and the movies are available in great quantity through the mail. I go to the movies to see some movies but will usually not spend to much. I will only buy a dvd if I think the movie is great, like LOTR and Star WARS.
Rick...
Movie Format(s)
by wlennon - 2/28/07 4:57 AM In reply to: movie format by Banjax2003I am not a gamer, but I bought an X-Box 360 (we also have nieces and nephews) but mainly for the Blu-Ray DVD Player till prices come down, it works great and is cheaper than a "Table Top" Blu-Ray player.
Dishnetwork has had DVRs in their receivers for quite a few years, I now have a Dish Vip 622i HD receiver w/220 hour Dual Tuner DVR which records in SD and HD.
Our Home Theater DVD player is a JVC w/up-conversion (and it does make a difference). Since I own the 622i, I hacked it to skip commercials to record any commercial Television.
correction on player
by Enforcer - 2/28/07 7:27 AM In reply to: Movie Format(s) by wlennonwlennon,
The player for the Xbox 360 is a HD-DVD player not a Blu Ray player. There is a considerable difference between the two players. Last time I checked the HD-DVD supported up to 1080i while the Blu Ray supported up to 1080p (p)rogressive being different from (i)nterlaced. Just figured I would clear this up there by avoiding any unneeded confusion for the novice reader.
correction on player
by wlennon - 2/28/07 7:42 AM In reply to: correction on player by EnforcerHi Enforcer,
My bad, it is a PS3, and not the X-Box 360, you are correct!!
movies watched format
by jbaccarat - 2/28/07 4:42 AM In reply to: In what format do you watch movies the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
DVR - My wife & I are addicted to old movies so with TCM & IFC we get a plethora of goodies which we can then transfer to DVD with little cost or effort if they're really good or just erase & wait till they reappear (in a better format maybe?).
Blu Ray
by niagra1 - 2/28/07 4:50 AM In reply to: movies watched format by jbaccaratAfter watching some Blu ray movies in 1080p with uncompressed multi channel PCM....I will never buy a dvd again.
Blu ray has rendered dvd unwatchable...and has obviously taken over the HD race to the next great format over all others.
watching flix
by verschoor2 - 2/28/07 4:48 AM In reply to: In what format do you watch movies the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I usually go into a theater to see a flick at least once a week. Those I really like I either purchase for my collection or I request them at Christmas as a gift. Since I usually see at least 40 movies per year and obtain about 5-6 of them I wind up with films I really like.
Dear Outofyourmind
by russe1 - 2/28/07 10:28 AM In reply to: watching flix by verschoor2Get a life.........study, excercise, do some form of community service.
Watching movies
by bobtubnj - 3/3/07 5:13 PM In reply to: Dear Outofyourmind by russe1We don't watch movies. We read a lot, surf the net, watch TV (the discovery channel, history channel, etc).. Movies are so fake we can't really be bothered to waste our time on this nonsense. B and D
DVD all the way
by marcus92369 - 2/28/07 4:51 AM In reply to: In what format do you watch movies the most? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My wife and I watch 90% of movies on DVD and the other 10% on the HD DVR. We've got Netflix and a high end system which contains a Yamaha AV receiver that upconverts the DVD image to 1080i (not quite as good as true HD, but good enough). I suppose once the format war is over and there are more titles available, we'll pick up a universal HD/BlueRay player and continue on with Netflix. As for buying movies, I don't think so. I started buying movies years ago, only to realize we only watch them once or twice. As I stated before, we use Netflix and are able to go through about 20 movies per month for the price of one new DVD. Just my $.02
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