DeanoBKN

Unless it's a must own, I will always wait for a sale. For example. is Mrs. Doubtfire worth $25-30 for the BR when I've owned the DVD for years? Of course not. I will wait till it's $15 or lower. It's going to happen sooner or later.

musick

isn't this something that should be on your Twitter or Facebook page or something

Ghostbuster

I rent from Netflix and then wait for sales. My target price range is $10 to $12 for BDs and $5 to $7 for DVDs. My BD collection is small compared to my DVD collection, but it's steadily growing. Also, I try to avoid double-dipping.

Jedi Master 33

I buy Blurays but personally I think DVD is just fine and that it's a bit silly to spend an extra $10{$10 I could put to better use} just for the video and audio quality. I'm sure most of you won't agree with me, just my opinion.

naitram

Sounds like he just realized The Matrix actually sucks.

I'm with you though, quit buying stuff right away. Just wait for it to drop to super low prices or buy it used later. Between the format war, inflated disc prices, very inconsistent quality and digital-tinkering by the studios, or very lacking discs in features - I've lost a lot of my gusto for buying up every Blu-ray I want. Plus I'm broke now.

Rammsteinfan

With the under $15 prices alot of places have had lately, mainly fry's, i just wait on most BD's. I will buy a few major titles right away but not nearly as much as before.

DthRdrX

$15 is my breaking point for most of the titles I buy. I have almost all of the Warner book titles and waited for a deal on each of them before ordering. If a studio has a history of dumping prices really quick I wait for the price drop. (Anchor Bay/WB catalog deals)

There are still some titles I've been waiting forever to purchase given a price drop/deal with no luck. (The Simpsons Movie)

bluetoast

The wait is over, it's around $14 at Costco.

asianxcore

As many other posters have mentioned, this isn't a new thing. It applies to anything you buy.

Qui Gon Jim

Well said. Look at it this way: If the item you have enjoyed for whatever time period depreciates in value, your enjoyment of said item makes up for it. I paid around $2K for my HDTV, and there are bigger, more featured sets available now, but I can't complain about the depreciation of my set because we use it and enjoy it literally every day and have been doing so for years. We have gotten more than our money's worth out of it, IMO.

If you bought something and it sat on a shelf for months, unenjoyed, why did you buy it in the first place? THIS, I do not understand. If you wait until you are ready to enjoy something to get it, you will undoubtedly get your money's worth.

Qui Gon Jim

Great point. In fact, I do NOT buy any TV sets until the entire run is out. I am done getting burned by having those full series sets that have some extra not available in the individual seasons, or some nice bundle packaging (see: Seinfeld, King of Queens, all HBO series, etc.).

Michael Corvin

This I agree with. The not returning to your own thread for days at a time is a nice touch.

Trevor

You are still within Target's 90 day return policy btw.

But yeah, silly complaint/thread.

jeffbase34

Thanks for the tip. My main issue isn't the fact that the prices are going to drop, the issue is with the recent trend of rapid price depreciation. If blu-rays are going to be 50% less within a month, screw it, I'm not buying anything on release date again. As a consumer, I feel burned.

It used to not be this way. Dvds, especially 2 disc editions, held their value for awhile. Tv on dvd boxsets remained pricey for months or years. I enjoyed the comfort of knowing that I could recoup my money sometime in the future if I ever needed to get rid of my media. Now, it's buy it, and own it for life since dvds are becoming completely worthless, and blu-rays will be soon as well.

Mr. Cinema

I think it's a case by case basis on that. For something like The Dark Knight or Transformers, I think you'd want the best possible audio/video. Or if it's a classic or an all-time favorite like Silence of the Lambs. But for Mrs. Doubtfire, dvd is probably good enough.

I've changed my stance a little bit. I used to want everything in HD, but seeing as how the cost is still more, I'm now evaluating each purchase heavily on whether or not to get the HD version. Especially when it comes to new releases. I LOVED Adventureland, but I am not buying the BD. Disney won't be getting my money until their prices start going down, and not up.

As others have said, I won't buy catalogs anymore unless they are $15 or lower. In year 3 of the format, catalogs shouldn't be costing $20+.

Having less resolution is not going to affect my enjoyment of the movie. I'll laugh at comedies in SD exactly as I would in HD. Same for everything else.

Unless it's something you must have on day 1, I wouldn't buy any new release when it debuts. Way too often, it's discounted much more in a month. They're not going to burn me anymore.

RonBoster

Check your gold box...Mine had Matrix for $13.29.

Mr Cinema's post reminds me that I bought Silence of the lambs for $24.99 at Walmart. A couple weeks later Amazon had it for $14.99. Disappointed? Yes...taking it to a child like fit and starting a thread declaring that Blu Ray is dead to me? No.

Trevor

^ Your last line? Priceless.

Too late now maybe, but you were also in the 90 day return window at Walmart.

Blu Man

I don't buy many Blu's as it is. I only have like 30, give or take a few. I don't rent much either. It always takes me a while to decide whether I want to buy a Blu or not, I'll only buy it if I know i'll watch it more then once. I try not to blind buy either, but I have done it anyway.

kefrank

You're mixing definitions here. When a BD goes on sale for a limited time at a fraction of the normal cost, it hasn't suddenly and permanently depreciated in value to that amount.

Studios dropping the MSRP on titles is another story, but that schedule has been pretty much the same on Blu-ray as it has on other formats.

PerryD

I guess I see the point about the price drops myself ever since Amazon stopped their 30 day price guarantee. Now it seems that whenever I preorder a title at their regular price, literally a day or two after they ship, the price drops several dollars.

The first couple times this happened, they still matched the price, but the last few times, they would not price match even though in some cases I hadn't even received the order yet in the mail. Now, my plan is to just rent everything unless there is a fantastic deal (like the recent stackable coupon deal 25% off / Buy 2 Get 1 free at WBstore).

ctyankee

Well, people that hang on a Hi-Def forum may not tend to agree with you but certainly consumers and the marketplace certainly do. Blu-Ray is a yawn for most and the impact has been that resale prices have not held their value. They has been a lot of 'complaining about the complainer' here but the O.P. is correct and value of Blu-Ray offerings have not held anywhere close to what SD did when they were the new format. If people are unhappy about that reality, tough.

Brian T

Boy, they saw you comin' . . .


As others have said, this sounds like a hell of a way to enjoy the world of cinema, buying everything new with an eye to future recompense instead of personal enjoyment. If your main concern is how much you'll get down the road, you might as well sell everything now, get out while you can, and start renting or haunting the bargain bins, and lay off the release day hauls! From the evidence provided in various threads you've started here in which you've bemoaned your experiences with DVD "collecting", you're an impulse buyer, and as such you're destined to get burned again and again.

Sanjuro37

The Matrix is now 25 bucks on Amazon again. I suppose I have you to thank for this.

Fucker.