Should I upgrade my DVD collection to Blu-ray?

I have approx. 130 or so DVD's not including all my Simpsons, Family Guy, and Fresh Prince and I just got a PS3 last fall. I love blu-ray and would love to have all my movies in blu-ray but obviously it would be very expensive. Blu-rays for the most part are $15-$20 minimum.Anybody here with big collections have any good advice for me?

I'd upgrade your favorites and then just stick to BR from now on.

I have approx. 130 or so DVD's not including all my Simpsons, Family Guy, and Fresh Prince and I just got a PS3 last fall. I love blu-ray and would love to have all my movies in blu-ray but obviously it would be very expensive. Blu-rays for the most part are $15-$20 minimum.Anybody here with big collections have any good advice for me?

Josh5890

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I have approx. 130 or so DVD's not including all my Simpsons, Family Guy, and Fresh Prince and I just got a PS3 last fall. I love blu-ray and would love to have all my movies in blu-ray but obviously it would be very expensive. Blu-rays for the most part are $15-$20 minimum.Anybody here with big collections have any good advice for me?

Serraph105

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I have approx. 130 or so DVD's not including all my Simpsons, Family Guy, and Fresh Prince and I just got a PS3 last fall. I love blu-ray and would love to have all my movies in blu-ray but obviously it would be very expensive. Blu-rays for the most part are $15-$20 minimum.Anybody here with big collections have any good advice for me?

Pirate700

Quick side note, anybody have any thoughts on the Godfather Trilogy on blu-ray? I've heard mixed reviews online about it. I just hate the audio I get from my DVDs, too staticy plus some of the video is grainy. Godfather is a top5 favorite franchise for me. I just wanna hear from people who have viewed both formats.

i wouldnt upgrade them all in one go, blu ray is only going to get cheaper. so unless you really want to see one of your collection in really high def (in which case you can just buy the blu ray), leave it for the moment. or upgrade one at a time

Just upgrade your favorites and start buying new movies on Blu-ray.

As time passes, and Blu-ray costs come down, start upgrading more of your DVD collection.

I've started seeing more and more Blu-rays at low costs like $10.

I wouldn't bother. Blu ray players generally upconvert DVDs really well. It's definitely not worth the cost of buying new blu rays.

I have approx. 130 or so DVD's not including all my Simpsons, Family Guy, and Fresh Prince and I just got a PS3 last fall. I love blu-ray and would love to have all my movies in blu-ray but obviously it would be very expensive. Blu-rays for the most part are $15-$20 minimum.Anybody here with big collections have any good advice for me?

Josh5890

Yeah. My advice is to stick with your old DVD's.

Mark my words...I ****ing GUARANTEE you that if enough people are going to update their DVD collections to Blu-Ray, that we're going to see unneeded format shifts regularly just to get consumers to buy the same thing over and over again. If you don't mind buying the same **** over and over again, then by all means, upgrade to Blu-Ray.

Otherwise, keep your old DVD collection, and only upgrade the movies that either were badly transferred to DVD, or that would benefit the MOST from a Blu-Ray upgrade.

Think of it this way...you probably have a limited budget, or limited time. Otherwise, you'd probably have more than 130 DVDs by now. With the limited money and time that you're willing to spend on movies, assess what you're getting. Suppose that from now on, you NEVER buy another DVD ever again, just Blu-Rays. Still...your Blu-Ray collection is going to be hindered by money and time, just as your DVD collection was. Is it better to spend your limited Blu-Ray budget on movies that you already saw? Or would you be better off simply sticking to the DVDs that you already own, while using your Blu-Ray budget on movies that you have yet to see?

With a few rare exceptions, I guarantee that I plan on sticking with my DVDs for as long as is humanly possible. Going Blu-Ray for future releases? Fine. But I've got limited money and time, I'm not willing to spend this kind of money upgrading my entire ****ing collection every decade or so.

I'd upgrade your favorites and then just stick to BR from now on.

Pirate700

Rather than repeat what everyone else said I'll add to it. Keep your eye on places like zavvi, CDWow, DVD.co.uk and even places like SAnity (believe it or not) as they occasionally have sales that make it very viable to update your collections. For example I got seasons 4,5 and 20 of the Simpsons for $25 each at the start of the week from SAnity (AU currency). They retail for around $80 normally!

Thanks for your advice everyone. As far as Avatar is concerned, I'm going to hold off. I'm not crazy about the 3 versionsthat are coming out so I'm gonna wait for the one in November with the special features probably. They say that the first version will be "flawless" and take up the whole disc space and have nothing but the movie itself on it. That A-scares me into thinking that the later version will be degraded from the April version and B-are they just trying to scare me into buying two copies? Normally I'm not into special features. Heck I barely have time to watch these movies as it is. But considering the circumstances behind this film, I am a little curious as to how some things were done. Also the 20-40 minutes of extra footage is appealing. I might just give a couple rents and then decide. What are you guys doing with Avatar?

Honestly for the extra price of BR it isnt worth it, Only time i watch blu-ray is renting them out as they cost the same as a regular DVD and i am yet to see a massive difference.

While we're on this topic, should I upgrade my Beta collection to VHS?

Yes. Upgrading to Blu-Ray gives more advanced DVD watching.

I have approx. 130 or so DVD's not including all my Simpsons, Family Guy, and Fresh Prince and I just got a PS3 last fall. I love blu-ray and would love to have all my movies in blu-ray but obviously it would be very expensive. Blu-rays for the most part are $15-$20 minimum.Anybody here with big collections have any good advice for me?

Josh5890

I have approx. 130 or so DVD's not including all my Simpsons, Family Guy, and Fresh Prince and I just got a PS3 last fall. I love blu-ray and would love to have all my movies in blu-ray but obviously it would be very expensive. Blu-rays for the most part are $15-$20 minimum.Anybody here with big collections have any good advice for me?

Josh5890

Favorites, who has money for 100 blu-rays........hit the deal thread at avsforum, that would be the only time i would buy some, usually Amazon has really good deals every few weeks.X360PS3AMD05

i just counted our blu ray collection we have 96 :| it seems my brother has enough money ''/ XD

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Favorites, who has money for 100 blu-rays........hit the deal thread at avsforum, that would be the only time i would buy some, usually Amazon has really good deals every few weeks.BlindBluMonstah

i just counted our blu ray collection we have 96 :| it seems my brother has enough money ''/ XD

I'd upgrade your favorites and then just stick to BR from now on.

Pirate700

This is probably best. Would cost too much to get all of them in Blu-Ray.

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[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Favorites, who has money for 100 blu-rays........hit the deal thread at avsforum, that would be the only time i would buy some, usually Amazon has really good deals every few weeks.MushroomWig

i just counted our blu ray collection we have 96 :| it seems my brother has enough money ''/ XD

i own about 5 of the 96 >.< XD

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i just counted our blu ray collection we have 96 :| it seems my brother has enough money ''/ XD

BlindBluMonstah

i own about 5 of the 96 >.< XD

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[QUOTE="MushroomWig"] I have...3. xDMushroomWig

i own about 5 of the 96 >.< XD

I'd upgrade your favorites and then just stick to BR from now on.

Pirate700

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll slowly, very slowly, I'm gonna upgrade my collection. For the most part it, I'm just going to wait for really cheap deals, with a few of my favorite films being a priority.

I'm still on the fence on Avatar though. They say that the April version is the "best" quality while the November version will have special features, including deleted scenes. What are you guys getting?