I haven't purchased a Blu-Ray player yet as there are very few movies on the format so far that I want to own an HD copy of. I've purchased 2 wanted titles early because the price is nice, and there are 2 more titles I want that are available but I'm waiting for a price drop. When there are enough titles (maybe 10-20) that I really want out on the format, that's when I'll buy a player.
With Criterion releasing on Blu-Ray, the odds of me buying a player sooner than later increases exponentially. There are probably around 100 titles in the Criterion collection that I would love to have on Blu-Ray. But I have to agree that Criterion is a niche market and won't make a big dent in Blu-Ray adoption. As someone else mentioned, it's a niche within a niche. It'll attract more cinephiles to the format (not a large group) and does give the format that added prestige.
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
Criterion has less then 10 discs that I would ever consider buying from them on Blu-ray (that have been announced or previously released).
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Out of close to 450 titles available in the collection you can't find 10+ titles worth owning? Is this only because most of the films are either foreign or independant films? Have you watched many of the films? We all have different tastes in movies, I'm just curious.