The Disney Vault only opens for one animated classic per year or something like that, and it cycles through all 11 of them like the Chinese Zodiac. The weird thing is that this year wasn’t even supposed to be Sleeping Beauty (I think it was supposed to be Snow White), so I wonder if this schedule is about to change.
That’d only work if the “broken” one was sealed still, though, I think.
Lion King on Bluray…I’ll cry again for the first time.
I want Beauty and the Beast on Blu
I’m sure this has been asked but…
Is there a specific date on when The Dark Knight is released on Blu-Ray/DVD?
December 9th, supposedly.
It will be the greatest day ever.
Posted this in the PS3 thread, but Netflix just told me:
Yeah, that’s Netflix’s new bullshit plan. I almost wanted to switch over from Blockbuster Online until I read that garbage.
That is fucking bullshit. I used to have Netflix but cancelled because I couldn’t keep up with watching the movies I would get.
Does Blockbuster online charge extra for Blu-Rays?
No, Blockbuster doesn’t, but its selection is smaller than Netflix’s, which was why I was thinking about switching. I love in-store exchanges, though, but I happen to be near a good Blockbuster with a ton of Blu-rays.
Also, another annoying thing I hear about Netflix is that they focus on their new customers when it comes to speed of delivery. People were saying that they would actually cancel their accounts and then sign up again later, swapping back and forth from Netflix and Blockbuster when delivery slows down.
Personally, I’ve been with Blockbuster for a while, and they haven’t really jacked me on delivery speed (although I hear they do do it). Plus, the in-store exchange gets me a new movie right away, so the wait doesn’t bother me at all.
Just a heads up, When you buy sleeping beauty on blu ray you get a dvd of it for free.
Best buy has this promo when you buy the blu ray, on the sleeping beauty display ins tore there is a slot with pre paid envelopes.
Get the pre paid envelope, send in your receipt or a copy of it, and ANY disney dvd inside, and you will get a best buy 10$ gift card in the mail.
I know you can send ANY disney dvd in it, but since i have the blu ray of sleeping beauty, i really dont see the purpose of owning the dvd of it as well * i dont have a portable dvd player * so i might as well send that in for a free 10 $.
I wouldn’t take that Samsung spokesman’s word at face value. Samsung would the #1 largest benefactor if digital downloads became mainstream. For every person that doubts Blu-ray because of what he said, they’ll get a little bit richer. It’s like a used car salesman telling you that buying a new car is a waste of money. He may or may not be right, but you can’t take that statement at face value.
Blu-ray might die someday, but not in 5 years and definitely not due to the rise of digital downloads. Here’s why.
1.) Digital downloads may or may not be the future of media. Let’s just assume that it WILL take over in five years. By that time Blu-ray discs will be dirt cheap to manufacture, and given the number of Blu-ray player owners at the time, there would be absolutely no logical reason for studios to stop publishing more and more movies on Blu-ray discs. Even if sales takes a huge hit due to the rise of digital downloads, you can count on every wide-release Hollywood film to continue to be released on Blu-ray, because it will be very profitable to do so.
2.) Digital download videos will have to be compressed with a video codec that maintains very high image quality with maximum compression efficiency. VC-1 is the front runner, with H.264 trailing in second place. Guess where VC-1 and H.264 are ALSO used… You guessed it! Blu-ray! Even in the worst-case scenario for Blu-ray where digital downloads conquer the world, for every movie that is encoded in one of these formats for digital downloads, you can bet your life savings that they’ll decide “hmm, we might as well put this on BD and sell it”.
3.) Lossless audio is not very compression friendly. Therefore, there’s a fat chance it’ll be featured in digital downloads within the next decade. Because of this, there will always be AT LEAST a niche, high-fidelity audience that will prefer quality to convenience. Hell, Joe Six Packs all over the world spend thousands on their home-theater equipment on a daily basis. Not even they will sacrifice quality for convenience.
4.) While Blu-ray has to deal with raw materials, manufacturing costs, packaging, and distribution, digital downloads are susceptible to something much more expensive and harmful: piracy. Even if they find ways to suppress and deter piracy, R&D and maintenance. Don’t expect digital downloads to have a landslide advantage in terms of cost:revenue.
5.) Physical media won’t die… not for a long time, anyway. It’s human nature to take pleasure in gaining material wealth. People like things they can hold in their hands. Look at CD’s. MP3’s are fucking FREE, and everyone and their mother has an IPod, but still, CD’s are still making tons of money and they continue to pump them out.
Digital downloads will NEVER make Blu-ray obsolete. Blu-ray has nearly reached the limits of the human eye (at comfortable viewing distances). Blu-ray has attained audio perfection. I’m not sure how anything can top this.
He is joking. No one is that stupid (except HD DVD supporters).
Has anyone picked up the matrix ultimate collection? Just wanted to know if the quality is worth the 80$ price tag 
I’m actually thinking about getting it. But I mean, there’s only a movie and a half to enjoy out of that set. Once you make it to the car chase scene in Reloaded, you may as well just shut it off after that.
I’ve noticed a drop in some BR movies recently. It was about damn time.
watch The Gangs of NY. Pretty bad. A couple of their early releases have been bad too, but for the most part Disney does a good job.
Word, even with Terabyte drives it would be severely impractical to DL that much data with today’s available hardware.
You’d be surprised at the hundreds of “home-theater enthusiast” forum-goers that believe that bullshit, but yes, the majority of them are former HD DVD supporters who are still butthurt that Blu-ray won.