milo bloom

Is this all that's available on DVD for this movie? No commentary and just a little docu?

Rypro 525

its fox. all the good shit is on the Blu. Also because studios now adays like to do the "picture in picture" commentaries on BLU (which actually can be done on dvd), usually they never get ported over to dvd.

Looks like the BLU just has a long documentary, deleted and extended scenes, and an isolated score. Basically, if fox wanted to, they could have given the dvd people a 2 disc set

milo bloom

Thanks.

I'd love another SE to match the first two X movies, but honestly I've barely touched those in all the years I've had them, so I think I'd be fine with just the plain DVD right now.

kd5

If that's the case then screw Fox. My entire collection is DVD, I have no intention of converting to blu-ray anytime soon if at all. I'd be willing to bet that the percentage of DVD owners vs. blu-ray owners is still very much on the DVD side, and companies are only screwing themselves by pushing, and by cutting features from DVDs.

I'd like to own a 2-disc SE of X-Men: First Class too, but I'm not converting my entire DVD collection to blu-ray just to get it. -kd5-

Dark.Devil.21

I think it's 50-50. I am too a DVD buyer.

Kevin M. Dean

Um, you don't need to covert your entire DVD collection to blu-ray just to buy 1 "X-Men: First Class" blu-ray.

MrSmearkase

/\ Yeah, I was thinking the same thing

milo bloom

The point is there's still a lot of DVD buyers out there that are getting left out in the cold.


More importantly, did this DVD at least come with a slipcover? I'll probably buy this used, so I'll need to know if I should watch out for one.

kd5

No, you just need to buy a blu-ray player to watch X-Men: First Class blu-ray... -kd5-

Kevin M. Dean

which start at about $50... not really bank breaking.

kd5

I've only said this about a dozen times in different threads here but why should I buy a blu-ray player when 1. my entire collection is DVD, 2. my DVD player works just fine, not to mention 3. just to watch X-Men: First Class on blu-ray? You people and your blu-ray just never give up do you?

Please, just give it up. -kd5-

flansered

But you can't stop progress. It's a forwardly moving process. VHS/Laserdisc -> DVD -> Blu-ray. You can't get upset because you don't want to advance along with technology. And also you can't use the excuse that you'd have to rebuy your entire collection. There are plenty of blu-ray people that choose not to rebuy things that they already own on dvd. For example, I own Fright Night on dvd, and I am choosing not to buy Twilight Time's exclusive blu-ray.

kd5

Doesn't mean I have to keep up with the Jones' just because they bought a blu-ray.


As I said before, DVD is still very much a part of the entertainment world. Granted, blu-ray is growing in popularity, but there are still a larger percentage of DVD owners and no reason in the world why Fox should pass us by. -kd5-

flansered

But if you choose not to buy a bluray player, then you really can't complain when companies choose not to support an older format in that way. Especially since blu-ray players have become very cheap.

Also: It wouldn't surprise me if most companies stopped releasing standalone dvd releases and only put out the BR/DVD combo packs. Which would make a lot of sense.

Rexxriot

kd5, do you have an HDTV?

I certainly understand where you're coming from, but I'm about to buy my first blu-ray player for two reasons: blu-rays tend to have more features and sometimes you can get the blu-ray for cheaper than the DVD. Like X-Men: First Class is gonna be $10 at Best Buy on Black Friday, but who knows how soon the DVD will hit that price. I think it's worth it to buy a blu-ray player and start buying blu-rays rather than sticking with DVDs.

davidh777

This debate is so tired I thought I had wandered into an old thread until I saw it was for a fairly new movie.

The two-disc special edition DVD is dead. Yes, studios are interested in pushing people to BD, but it's also not worth releasing any more because not enough people--yes, there are exceptions--are willing to spend more for the special features. Either they want the BD or the cheap DVD. Heck, I know I don't watch features the way I used to.

milo bloom

Come on folks, let's move on to the more important issue: did the DVD have a slipcover or not?

snorlaxnut

When the movie came out at Walmart, they sold 2 different editions of the DVD. One with what milo bloom posted, the other a "bare-bones" edition with nothing but an anti-smoking PSA. The "bare-bones" one was $5 cheaper. I didn't think it was worth $5 more for a slipcover and a tiny documentary.

milo bloom

Thanks, I'll just watch the used stores for a slipcover version.

Spottedfeather

Exactly. We just bought my dad a blu-ray player for Christmas and it was 80 bucks. AND it is better than the 300 dollar player I bought in 2008. Mine is just a player with 1.1 profile and no wifi. The "cheapy" 80 dollar one we got for my dad has wifi, so it can be updated if need be. All this nonsense about "oh, I refuse to upgrade and get a blu-ray player. my dvd player is just fine. And I don't want to rebuy my collection." is just a bunch of white noise. You don't have to rebuy anything unless you want to. I can tell you with 3 years of blu-ray under my belt, that dvds look better than they ever did when played on a blu-ray player. If a blu-ray comes out with some features that you'd really like, go ahead and get it. You don't have to get rid of the dvd if you don't want to. No one has said you have to. But don't knock blu-ray just because you don't want it. Real cinephiles and even casual movie fans want the best possible version of a movie they can get....which is what blu-ray offers. The picture is better, the audio is better, you can have all sorts of extras that dvd's limitations can't give you.

Kevin M. Dean

I suggest taking your own advice... Just give it up. If something is not available on your platform of choice, you're not entitled to it just because. The DVD Special Edition has moved on to Blu-ray or Blu-ray/DVD/Combo. The studios make more money off these.

Hope you don't want any Disney titles becuase they're already making one buy the Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo if you want special features.

kd5

Yes, but it's only capable of 1080i. -kd5-

kd5

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk-55/


This is DVD Talk. -kd5-

Alan Smithee

Once you go Blu, you never go back!

When I worked at Tower there were customers who cracked me up complaining when new movies weren't on VHS because they already had a large collection and weren't going to switch to DVD. I've never seen a DVD player erase someone's VHS collection.

Kevin M. Dean

Yeah, because no one but me has discussed Blu-ray here. ...grasping...