So, now I will have to buy a Blu-ray disk player?

Question

What a racket!

Answer 1

Personally, I'm not buying into it. First it was VCR's, and they cost a fortune, then they dropped down to almost nothing. Then DVD players came out and they cost a fortune - now they're practically giving them away. Once every household has a Blu-ray player, they'll roll out something else - they probably already have it designed !  It's all about mega-profits for the electronics industry. Once everyone has it, they no longer make a fortune on it and phase it out for a shinier, non-compatible version. Over and over. I'm stopping at regular dvd. If they stop selling regular dvd's - it won't be the end of the world - I'll just watch TV.

Answer 2

you won't need to buy one until you decide to buy Blu Ray DVD's.  It is not a racket but just the companies improving on technology.  Standard DVD's will not go anywhere for about at least 10 to 15 years.  Look how long it has taken for you to not see VCR tapes when DVD's came out.  You will be fine.

Answer 3

Blue ray disks are high definition 1080p however you don't have to buy a player just yet dvds will be around for some time and still look darn good. Do not buy a hd-dvd player the technology is being phased out and will probably end up being for computer use only.

Answer 4

I own 700 DVDs and a PS3 that plays Blu-Ray I rent my blu-Ray discs from next flix. I don't plan on buying any Blu-Ray discs until the price comes down. And I certainly wont be replacing any of the 700 DVDs I already own.

Answer 5

You should just get a Playstation 3. They come with Blu-Ray capabilities and are currently cheaper then most Blu-Ray players and of coarse come with the added benefit of being able to play PS3 games.

Answer 6

Well no not really but if your going to be upgrading to HD then its the best way to go.

Bluray will still play your old DVD's and you can get a really good 2 for 1 deal by just buying a PS3.  It comes with a Bluray player built in and is basicly the same price.  Bluray has one the format war over HD-DVD in the last couple of days as Toshiba announced it was no longer going to produce HD-DVD players.  However you really need an HD tv to get any use out of it and the movies are going to cost more than a regular DVD.

Getting one isn't a bad thing, its just a matter of timing.  I would wait, let the technology flesh itself out more and get cheaper.  If you really must stay on the cutting edge then just get a PS3 so that you have multiple entertainment venues at your disposal.

Answer 7

a dvd player would just spit out your blu ray disc, because of the diffenent fomat of the disc, so yes you would have to get a blu ray player but to be honest not now as they are way to expensive. If you really want one then get a ps3 as they can play games have operating systems( vista for example)and to be able to play blu rays.

Answer 8

Nobody's forcing you to buy anything....but if you have an HDTV then you aren't getting the high def picture you paid so much for unless the viewing material is also high def. So for example if you have standard def cable/satellite or standard def DVD, then you are not getting a high def picture just because it is shown on an HDTV. HD cable/satellite or a Blu-Ray Disc player is required for you to make full use of your HDTV's capabilities.

Answer 9

No.

Consumers have a range of options for how they watch movies. In addition to TV (including Movie channels, Video on Demand, Apple TV, ...), there is DVD. some people still watch VHS and other older formats, and now HD DVD (it may have lost but it still exists) and Blu-ray.

The specific mix may change, and the availability fo movies in a particular format may vary, but no-one forces anyone to but a format.

Admittedly, if you want to watch movies in 1080p HD you need to buy a Blu-ray player, BUT normal DVDs on an upconverting DVD player look pretty close to Blu-ray quality if viewed on a 720p HDTV.

The fact is that less than 25% of US households can benefit from Blu-ray. If you can --- and are willing to pay the premium prices for the disks and the $300+ for a player -- you will get the highest quality video and sound currently available to consumers. But if you don't want to pay the price, or can't benefit you can ignore Blu-ray and stick with DVD ... they won't be disappearing any time soon. And, if you get an HDTV and still don't want to pay for Blu-ray you can always get an upconverting DVD player and enjoy the same movies (actually a wider range since many older films are not, and will likely never be, on Blu-ray) in almost HD quality.