Early adopter feels the burn
I've well and truly bitten the bullet. My bank account, right now, is smarting from this decision (although I don't actually pay till it ships). And, of course, there's the distinct possibility that I've just bought into a doomed format. But no matter! Knowing how picky I am about image quality, there was just no way I was going to sit back and wait with a vastly superior format available. (Plus I've had Lyris on my case.) I've opted to go for the technologically superior format and the one that has the most studio backing, so time will tell if this was a good move.
Oh, and so my new player will have more to do than just sit and look pretty (and take up a lot of space), I've ordered a BD disc to play on it: Underworld: Evolution, a film I wanted to see at the cinema but never got round to. The first Underworld, despite its faults, was a fine-looking film, and the R1 Extended Cut release quickly became one of my 10/10 demo discs, so it'll be interesting to see how its sequel looks in 1080p (although for the time being we'll be restricted to 720p or 1080i, given the limitations of the current crop of consumer HDTVs).Either myself or Lyris will probably also be picking up Resident Evil: Apocalypse (hooray for early Schitty Movie releases!) and The Devil's Rejects at some point too. Hopefully some animated titles will be announced soon. Live action is all well and good, but it takes pretty cartoons to really show off the capabilities of a format.
3 Comments:
Wow, I am very impressed. Brave move.
Personally I'm not at all happy about the ridiculous situation of Universal only supporting HD-DVD and Sony only supporting Blu-Ray, so I don't want to jump one way or the other. Although I hear Samsung may be planning a dual-format player. Anyway I don't have an HD TV yet so it's all academic.
I was watching "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" just last week and thinking how I'd inevitably end up getting an HD version at some point...
By Philly Q, at 18:07
Congrats on your purchase!
I'm not quite ready to upgrade to the new format just yet... couldn't afford it anyhow, lol!
Seriously though, I am a little unclear on the whole High Definition revolution. I wondered if you envisaged the traditional DVD soon becoming the poor cousin - much like VHS to DVD at present?
Count Fosco
By Anonymous, at 21:46
I don't think DVD's going to die out just yet. For the time being at least, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are going to be very much enthusiast and/or tech junkie formats (and the ongoing battle between these two hi-def formats is not going to make the uptake any easier). I'm buying into Blu-Ray fully aware that, for some time, I'm going to have to continue buying standard definition DVDs for most films I want.
By Whiggles, at 21:49
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