Desktops: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC?
- 5/15/09 1:35 PM
Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 5/15/09 1:35 PM
Are you considering buying a Blu-ray Disc burner for your computer?
-- Yes. (Please explain.)
-- No, the write speed is still way too slow. (Please explain.)
-- No, not until Blu-ray recordable discs come down in price. (Please explain.)
-- No, not until it becomes a standard. (Please explain.)
-- Blu-ray? Ha! I don’t even have have a DVD burner yet. (Why not?)
-- I'm already using a Blu-ray burner. (How do you like it?)
-- Undecided. (What's holding you back?)
yep Bluray in my future
by davidroper - 5/15/09 7:10 PM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
DVD disks simply do not hold enough data now. Moviesm Jpgs, Programs etc. I will make my move in two years or less.
BluRay reader
by ben_cline - 5/15/09 7:15 PM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm looking at getting a reader first, since my computer is hooked up to my 40" Samsung LCD as a monitor. The players are still expensive at $200+, and while the burners have dropped 75% in cost in the past two years, they still can stand to drop more. If I had to burn more data, it may be worth doing, but I haven't even used half of my 100 disc CD-R and DVD-R spindles in the past two years. When more media is available in high-definition online, and people need to save more room for their HD videos, it'll be used by more people and become less expensive, just like DVDs. I'm just waiting for that day when they become as cheap as DVD burners.
BluRay is becoming standard. Their movies are nearly as cheap as DVDs, but a far better picture, and people with a PS3 already have the player. I'm contemplating if I want a drive for my computer, a stand-alone unit, or if I want a PS3 after my wasted investment in XBox 360s.
No
by FrankQC - 5/15/09 8:17 PM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Not yet. Why? I don't believe blu-ray is 'popular' and 'mass distributed' enough as the DVDs. Having a bluray would also cost too much in my HONEST opinion.
I'm waiting until they drop down in prices and the popularity of blu-rays are as popular as DVDs (in other words, when DVDs are today's equivalent of VHS).
Frank
reader coming soon... burner probably not
by ramarc - 5/15/09 8:32 PM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
readers have fallen to less than $90 so i plan to put a bd drive in the pc that's going to replace my cable box. (especially since windows 7 has native hd playback.) burners are down to $160 but that pc won't be used for archiving and a 1TB external drive still makes more sense for a backup device.
No Way Blue Ray
by hoopbh - 5/16/09 12:03 AM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't plan on getting any thing Blue Ray any time soon. Every Blue Ray movie that I have seen the picture does not look right they all have a blue tint to them. That is why they are called Blue Ray. I think that the picture is not as good as DVD'S. HD DVD had a way better picture it looked more real.
Freakin lasers on their heads!
by ben_cline - 5/16/09 12:38 AM In reply to: No Way Blue Ray by hoopbhAre you freaking joking? Blu-Ray is taken from the blue-violet laser. See quote and citation at end of page. I've seen Blu-Ray movies playing on the showroom floor all day for the past nearly 3 years! Obviously you're watching a Vizio. I'm joking, but there's something wrong with the TV if you have some sort of bluish tint to the picture. I'll admit 5th Element came out horribly. When we were testing the disc on a Sony home media computer with the Blu-Ray drive on a 60" projection television, it looked horrible with all sorts of blemishes on it. That was before they really cared about quality. HD DVD started out with better features, some of which Blu-Ray has adapted.
I was able to see the Toshiba rep show their interactive content. Even have an HD DVD shirt on now for some reason.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD
"HD DVDs use Advanced Content to allow interactive content to be authored for discs. Microsoft's implementation of Advanced Content is the HDi Interactive Format, and "HDi" is frequently used to refer to the Advanced Content system. Advanced Content is based on web technologies such as HTML, XML, CSS, SMIL, and ECMAScript (JavaScript), so authoring in Advanced Content should be a fairly easy transition for web developers. No existing DVD authoring experience is required. In comparison Blu-ray Disc content is authored using either a scripting environment (BDMV) or a Java-based platform (BD-J). DVD video discs utilize pre-rendered MPEG segments, selectable subtitle pictures, and simple programmatic navigation which is considerably more limited."
Taken from http://www.blu-ray.com/info/
While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray.
Why?
by Doh_1 - 5/16/09 12:46 AM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My current DVD player looks great on my 1080p 37" LCD HD TV...Maybe if I had a 50" TV I would see an advantage. But right now my TV is big enough, has a great picture and regular DVD's look crystal clear.
I don't subscribe to the "new technology, got to have it" school of thought, more to the "is it going to improve the quality of my life" sort of thing.
-Roger
Blu-ray Disc burner
by recon290 - 5/16/09 5:09 AM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This debate happened with video tape also. While Beta max was better it was less expensive to produce and record on VHS. VHS won out and Beta max ceased to exist. I don't believe Blue-ray will win in the long run. It's much too expensive for them to produce movies on Blue-ray even though some companies are pushing hard for Blue-ray. The consumer will always go for the least expensive. Joe
Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC?
by kevin joseph - 5/16/09 5:55 AM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
YES, I AM CONSIDERING BUYING A BLU-RAY DISC BURNER THAT IS
ALSO ABLE TO BURN CDS, DVD+-R,DVD-RW/DVD-DL+R .
I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE CURRENT HIGH PRICES OF BLU-RAY DISCS BLANKS.
OVER TIME,I HAVE SEEN THE PRICES OF DVD-+ DISCS BLANKS DROP FROM ABOUT SIXTY DOLLARS ($60.00) TO JUST ABOVE TWENTY DOLLARS ($20.00)A 100-PK.
BEFORE THE DVD REVOLUTION, WE SAW SIMILAR SIGNIFICANT PRICE REDUCTIONS IN CD BLANKS.
I BELIEVE THE PRICES FOR THE 25GB BLU-RAY DISC BLANKS WILL FOLLOW A SIMILAR TREND.
WITH INCREASED INTEREST, COMPETITION, AND TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN A FREE MARKET THE PRICE THING WILL GO THE WAY OF CDS AND DVDS!
BUYING INTO IT NOW WILL EXPEDITE THE DROP IN THE COMPETITIVE MARKET PRICE.
My Blu-ray story
by William Glasby - 5/16/09 7:07 AM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Well, my wife finally threw me out of my OWN house, so I had to build a "man cave" with my 6 year old boy. After finding a 2br. apartment, we paid a visit to Best Buy and went crazy with the credit card.
Obviously, I had to get some sort of player for watching all of my son's DVDs (Wall-E, etc.) and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to upgrade to Blu-ray, since all (most of) the old DVDs would work on a good Blu-ray player, but which one should I get?
It didn't take much deductive reasoning to see the value in buying a Sony Playstation 3 since the Blu-ray player was build in. Killed two birds with one stone. Now we needed some sort of monitor to view the PS3/Blu-ray output.
The new "man cave" is not as big as my 4 br. home so we had to be realistic about size. I picked 34 inches as the best screen size for the new "bachelor pad"... Big enough to enjoy a good "action" movie, yet small enough to not dominate the living room. (Did I mention that I have moderately good taste?) After checking the specs on several brands, I went with the Samsung 34 inch, which turned out to be a really good choice.
I set it up with great ease using the HDMI cable and got started by just using the standard audio from the Samsung screen. After about a week of playing with all the new features, I decided it was time to get "basic" cable, but I have to say, its a bit of a waste of money since I have spent a total of about 3 hours watching "network" television... 100+ channels of useless fluff.
Next, we went out and got a couple of Blu-ray movies... WOW! What can I say? It's like trading in your old Honda Civic for a Lamborgini! Just a flawless picture!
My boy wanted to watch some of his "old"/"non-Blu-ray" movies and that is when I got a REAL surprise... The upscaling for older DVDs knocked my socks off! It was like watching a whole new movie! Being the geek that I am, I had to see what the upscaling system would do with a crappy "You Tube" video, so I filled up my thumb drive with MP2s from the Web and copied them to the PS3... Again, WOW! I could actually see what people were doing in the "You Tube" videos. Can you say, "Free Adult Entertainment?"
After copying a bunch of my favorite MP3s to the PS3, I quickly started "jonesing" for better sound, but the credit card was already maxed after Best Buy and several trips to the Goodwill store to by furniture and kitchen appliances. I had an old Creative Labs 5.1 Surround system from an old work computer, so I figured "what the heck", I am sure I can make this work. Well, it works just great and I now have a good 5.1 sound system that will hold us over till more paychecks come it and we can go crazy with the credit card again.
That's about it... I did pick up a great steering wheel and a Guitar Hero guitar at the Goodwill for PENNIES (I love that place), but we have more system than we will probably ever use, or at least until the boy turns 7.
I know there are not nearly as many movies out in Blu-ray yet, AND they are ridiculously expensive, but no matter... The old DVDs look fantastic and the few BDs that I own are way worth it! Two Thumbs UP!
Cost of movies
by raynathompson - 5/21/09 6:05 PM In reply to: My Blu-ray story by William GlasbyOT: As a parent of a youngster, you may want be a member of the disneymovieclub. The special Blu-ray 3 disk sets are a real good deal. You get a Blu-ray disk, plus a regular DVD disk, and also a disk with a digital file for use in mobile devices.
Here's what I did: I added up the cost of joining with the special price offer, then totaled what it would cost me (including all taxes and shipping and handling fees) to fulfill my commitment. I found the price to be really reasonable, and now the constant online sales make it well worth my while. And remember, Disney/Pixar makes more than just animated.
BTW, you can decline the "offer of the month" by email, phone or snail-mail card.
Why I haven't gotten a Blu-ray yet (besides cost)
by raynathompson - 5/21/09 6:40 PM In reply to: Cost of movies by raynathompsonFor myself, I don't have any of the fancy big screens to watch movies on, and don't anticipate affording one any time soon. So my best monitor is a 20" CRT, and my television is a 25" analog using a converter box.
When I build my next computer, I'll consider a Blu-ray drive, based on price. Because I'm getting close to needing a new pc now, and it's easier to upgrade the drive later than lay out the money all at once. I'd rather upgrade some other hardware and get the drive when I finally have a big screen to watch.
No Disney for my boy
by William Glasby - 5/22/09 7:48 AM In reply to: Cost of movies by raynathompsonThanks, but no thanks... We are trying to avoid useless "fluff" like "Hannah Montana" and "High School Musical", and Disney seems to be interested in trying ram that crap down our throats.
Blu-Ray Disk burner for my desktop PC?
by mag44mcki - 5/16/09 7:12 AM In reply to: Poll: Considering a Blu-ray Disc burner for your desktop PC? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Not for me,the old standard disks work just fine,Sony wants to make a mint with [sic.] NEW TECHNOLOGY!? I work under the guise of IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT. School. What I can see on my screens are just fine with the old system's.
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