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Hi everybody! Im a collector of Disney DVD´s from a Walt Disney Classics collection. I´ve got about 35 titles already... but! Is it worth buying DVD´s now. What if just only in one year another medium will be presented. Like HD DVD or something similar... That means that the quality of the movies released on DVD´s now is still not the best. So what is your opinion about that. To buy or not to buy?

PS
Disney forever!!!

You know what. To Buy or Not To Buy. Depends on you. I would personally buy but that is just my opinion. It depends, on what you want to do. Have a nice day

A new format won't be coming around in one year, and you'll have to remember how long it took Disney to get into DVD (2½ years) and how long it took after that for Disney to start fully getting into DVDs (about another year). Now think about how long it took for some titles to get to DVD, and those that haven't even come to DVD yet. You really have to take things on a case-by-case basis, but there are so many terrific DVDs that it wouldn't make sense to wait for HD-DVD. Unless you have an HDTV right now, improvements in video quality won't be detectable to you, and as far as bonus features go, there's a number of Disney movies that I don't think will get anything new (of substance) the next time they are released on the next home video format.

Besides, whatever's next will be backwards-compatible, meaning you'll still be able to play your DVDs. And you may very well find that not every DVD title in your collection is worth 'upgrading' on a new format.

Luke wrote:Besides, whatever's next will be backwards-compatible, meaning you'll still be able to play your DVDs. And you may very well find that not every DVD title in your collection is worth 'upgrading' on a new format.

good point, we'll still be able to play the dvd's. I say: buy now!

You could easily say that DVDs replaced laserdiscs. My machine plays both, so in that sense, it is backwards compatible. But I still enjoy my laserdisc collection, and don't plan on giving it up. I would feel the same about my DVD collection once HD-DVD comes along, because the chances of getting all of the great tins to be re-released on HD-DVD are practically nill.

DVDs replaces VHS
HD DVDs replaces DVDs

Yes, it's worth it to replace your DVDs because each time Disney DVDs are released they have a special treatment.

MickeyMousePal wrote:DVD’s replaces VHS
HD DVD’s replaces DVD's
Yes, it's worth it to replace your DVD's because each time Disney DVD's are released they have a special treatment.

Except that each format always has unique things that never make it to a newer format. The tins are a good example.

Another pet peeve, it's "DVDs" not "DVD's". We're talking about the plural of DVD, not something that belongs to the DVD.

I say buy now for the aforementioned reasons.

Also, even when HD-DVD becomes a viable home video market, studios are going to realize that consumers aren't going to re-buy less-deserving films. Therefore, they won't be so eager to re-release DVDs in the HD format unless they are mega-blockbusters or new releases (at first, anyways). I predict it'll be a long time before HD-DVDs blow up to the current DVD level, and even then, as Luke says, they'll be backwards compatible. And by that time, if the Disney DVD re-releases (and the earlier Platinums will be the first to get churned out again) are worthy of an upgrade, you may very well be ready to do that by then, anyways.

-Aaron

PatrickvD wrote:

Luke wrote:Besides, whatever's next will be backwards-compatible, meaning you'll still be able to play your DVDs. And you may very well find that not every DVD title in your collection is worth 'upgrading' on a new format.

good point, we'll still be able to play the dvd's. I say: buy now!

Wow I didnt even know that. It brings me comofrt to know I will be able to still use my DVDs so I am with must on this one you should defitnley continue to buy.

MickeyMousePal wrote:DVDs replaces VHS
HD DVDs replaces DVDs
Yes, it's worth it to replace your DVDs because each time Disney DVDs are released they have a special treatment.

Personally, I don't think it would be worth replacing your DVDs if and when a new DVD format comes out. If I could I would buy my movies in the original format/version i.e. VHS and NOT remastered, but since they break after use and time, DVDs are more practical.
If you have 44 Disney DVDs (just a round number since there are 44 movies, not including treasures and sequals)
44 x $20 = $880 for one collection
Now I'm not sure if money is an issue for you guys, but I'm still in college with an insane tuition and book fees and working full time, so it's issue with me. Now paying $880 dollars to have my favorite movies on DVD is fine since I bought one a payday until I had my collection, but I'm not going to pay that again because they've added HD or something else as trivial, just like I won't play 20 dollars to hear one new song in Alice in Wonderland or to watch bloopers in The Princess Diaries. New versions are always coming out of DVDs, electronics and, especially computers...but if I have one that works, I don't see the need to replace a perfectly good DVD. (Of course, I plan on buying the CE up version of CERTAIN movie(s) (Lilo and Stitch) that have nostalgic value, but that's if Robin Hood and is ever released as a CE.
Now as always, to each her/his own. It's purely up to you.

I would say so. HD DVD will not be around until early 2007 at the earliest. As well, although it is not 100% for certain they will most probably be backward compatible. I cant see HD DVD making any catalogue DVD titles look much better than they do now. Buy away.

I would buy...there will always be some new technology lurking around the corner to make you feel guilty about your purchases.

The successor to DVD is a *long* way off. It's not going to happen in a couple of years. Here's why:

DVD's are good enough for most folks.

Just like CD's are still good enough for most folks and they haven't felt the need to move to the next super duper format, the same thing will happen with HD-DVD etc.

The few folks who must absolutely always have the best of the best will move on, but I see at least 10 years or more for DVD.

Yep, we put up with lousy VHS for 20 years, shunning laserdisc, CED, laserdisc (relaunch), Betamax, laserdisc (2nd relaunch) and VCD along the way, so I can't imagine everyone adopting a higher definition DVD which requires a HD-TV to show a noticeable improvement. Heck, most of you Americans haven't even got a widescreen TV yet, let alone a HD one!

buy now for sure, it will be at least 3-5 years i'm guessing until disney releases a single HD-DVD. Besides, I have a Sony Grand Wega 50" LCD, and a dvd player that upconverts to 1080i/720p, and the picture quality of the disney releases so far are AMAZING.

The lion king is just literally jaw dropping. I got HUGE chills all over when I first saw the quality of this film on my TV. I have a link for pics if anyone wants to see them, e-mail me: claytonpetty@hotmail.com

I'd say buy now. If they come out later, i'm sure these will still be worth something as they would be rare.

later,
clayton

I say buy now, as HD DVD is not going to replace DVD anytime soon, and will likely be a niche player at best. Consumers need to see a viable benefit to spending a ton of cash replacing their movie collections.

DVD is smaller than VHS, has a better picture and audio, is less expensive to produce, its larger capacity allows extras, there is no usage degredation, and it's easier to store. The advantages are clear, which is why people upgraded. Same with LP to Tape to CD.

Music publishers have also tried tons of 'new formats" but as they offer no real improvments over existing technology, CD is still the king.

The next 'big thing" in home video will not some lame incremental improvement like HD DVD, but more along the lines of an even smaller, higher capacity, totally new digital storage and rewritable mechanism.

disneyunlimited wrote:Yep, we put up with lousy VHS for 20 years, shunning laserdisc, CED, laserdisc (relaunch), Betamax, laserdisc (2nd relaunch)

What are you talking about? I have collected laserdiscs from the beginning, and they stedily increased in numbers until the mid 90's when DVDs started taking over. There was no relaunch or second relaunch.

JimmyJackJunior wrote:I cant see HD DVD making any catalogue DVD titles look much better than they do now.

If you can't see the difference between 500 lines of resolution and over 1000 lines, then I guess there would be no point for you to upgrade.

disneyunlimited wrote:Yep, we put up with lousy VHS for 20 years, shunning laserdisc, CED, laserdisc (relaunch), Betamax, laserdisc (2nd relaunch) and VCD along the way, so I can't imagine everyone adopting a higher definition DVD which requires a HD-TV to show a noticeable improvement. Heck, most of you Americans haven't even got a widescreen TV yet, let alone a HD one!

Betamax was released before VHS, but Sony got greedy and wouldn't release the specs to other companies. The other companies sold VHS machines much cheaper than Sony was and VHS became the dominant format. Beta was a much better system, the tapes were smaller and held more material, but I don't think anyone ever upgraded from VHS to Beta. There were more people who were stuck with Beta Machines were eventually forced to upgrade to VHS, including my parents. I have Dumbo on Beta .

What are you talking about? I have collected laserdiscs from the beginning, and they stedily increased in numbers until the mid 90's when DVDs started taking over. There was no relaunch or second relaunch.

Over here in Europe, Philips and various other companies tried desparately to get us to adopt laserdisc, changing it's name each time they relaunched it, from LaserVision in the 70s, to CD-Video in the 80s, to LD in the 90s. It never caught on which is why there is sure a small PAL catalogue of LDs!

Of course, in Japan it was successful from the start so no relaunch was necessary. The only other place in the world that I can think of it actually "taking off" was the USA and even then, it never achieved sales on par with VHS or DVD. I reckon HD-DVD will go the same way. The current specification just isn't high enough to warrant us ditching our DVDs!