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<p><img style="margin: 6px; float: left;" src="http://www.homecinemachoice.com/files/hcc_content/software/heroes_2.jpg" title="The Blu-ray world is looking for new Heroes " width="107" height="142" />Can the world’s best loved Sci-fi and fantasy TV shows breathe fresh life into Blu-ray disc sales? Some studios think so and are fast tracking them to the hi-def disc format. </p>
<p>TV on DVD has become a massive success and now US networks are hoping they can catch lightning in a bottle twice, by building on the fan base of cult shows. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/team_HCC/sftv+turns+blu">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>

[Crovon]

Theres a much simpler way to boost sales: REDUCE THE PRICES OF THE DISCS!

Do they ever listen to the buying public?

[Bone Doctor]

I'm currently not tempted to update at present. The discs are too expensive by far. When DVD's first came out there was a significant price premium to pay over videos and it wasn't until videos were being discontinued that the prices seemed to become more realistic

[kingfats]

Originally Posted by jimihifi

Theres a much simpler way to boost sales: REDUCE THE PRICES OF THE DISCS!

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Yep.....agreed don't seem to be doing it though,do they?

[Starburst]

TV boxsets are pretty good value on Blu-ray in terms of minutes per pound which is why my HD buying has been almost all TV and not Movies, when a boxset can be had for the same price as a movie (with some extras) there is something wrong in the pricing.

[AgentCool]

I think the prices of Blu-rays are slowly improving. Just take a look through the upcoming releases on Play.com. You've got the likes of 'The Incredible Hulk' for £15.99 and most new releases are under £17-18. Also, some catalogue titles like 'The Goonies' are being released for £11.99 as well which isn't bad - unless you compare it to the DVD's price of course.

[Bald Monkey]

Originally Posted by AgentCool

which isn't bad - unless you compare it to the DVD's price of course.

What were you comparing it to then? Diamonds??

Don't know about anybody else, but I think we are possibly starting to see the PS3 demographic skewed movie selection we all feared BR may follow after HD-DVD's demise and it's inability to go mainstream??

[brian s]

Originally Posted by Starburst

TV boxsets are pretty good value on Blu-ray in terms of minutes per pound which is why my HD buying has been almost all TV and not Movies, when a boxset can be had for the same price as a movie (with some extras) there is something wrong in the pricing.

Pushing Daisies is £40 in the shops. A bit much for nine 40 minute episodes.

Regads
Bri

[Iancognito]

Had a quick look on the Internet and play is selling DVD Pushing Daisies for £14.99, Blu Ray for £31.99. That's quite a price difference.

I can remember early DVD when VHS was still around. For the extra money you'd get much better picture, sound and some special features (unless it was early Region 2 when we seemed to get very little in the way of special features). I think the jump in improvement from DVD to Blu Ray isn't as obvious as the jump from VHS to DVD, so it does make such a big price difference hard to justify.

There's plenty of room on a BD disc for loads more extras than the DVD. They shoiuld be using this to help push Blu-Ray rather than just mirroring, or more often less, extras on the DVD versions.

[richardb70]

I expect they researched the key demographic of the average BD viewer, which - let's face it - is a PS3 owner. Hence the sci-fi. Hence the fantasy.

Bring on Star Wars Then.

[brian s]

Originally Posted by Iancognito

Had a quick look on the Internet and play is selling DVD Pushing Daisies for £14.99, Blu Ray for £31.99. That's quite a price difference.

Yes I thought £32 was too much as well. I've ordered it from the States at £20 which is a reasonable price.

Best wishes
Bri

[mike7]

Most of us really do not want these 'extras'. A film is a film. I don't want alternative endings, games etc. How much does all this cr*p add to the cost of the disc? Background information on the production of the film,interviews with the stars could easily be obtained via the internet. They are not something you want to keep and treasure forever.

[akarit1]

Originally Posted by mike7

Most of us really do not want these 'extras'. A film is a film. I don't want alternative endings, games etc. How much does all this cr*p add to the cost of the disc? Background information on the production of the film,interviews with the stars could easily be obtained via the internet. They are not something you want to keep and treasure forever.

Hear hear......

[Starburst]

Originally Posted by brian s

Pushing Daisies is £40 in the shops. A bit much for nine 40 minute episodes.

Regads
Bri

As mentioned I got it for £19.99 from MT and for over 6 hours of original content (and extras) it underlines the "value" of the purchase
As for the price difference then DVD drops in price far faster than Blu-ray, it's one aspect which makes DVD still a very good product.

[Hargen]

Here is my two penneths worth.

I have a 1080P set and HD Drive, whilst I really enjoy watching the HD stuff I watched the Lord of the rings trilogy last week on my upscaled dvd player and tbh it only looked crap when I decided it was a good idea to sit 1 mtr from the screen. At this moment in time the quality of upscaled dvd's for the price far outweighs the additional cost of BD.

Saying that am just about to order my PS3 but am going to rent the movies not buy.

[Sonic67]

Originally Posted by mike7

Most of us really do not want these 'extras'. A film is a film. I don't want alternative endings, games etc. How much does all this cr*p add to the cost of the disc? Background information on the production of the film,interviews with the stars could easily be obtained via the internet. They are not something you want to keep and treasure forever.

I want them. If I am paying a premium I want them even more or I'm keeping my DVDs thanks until the extras are there. It's supposed to be a next gen format so there should be next gen extras. What can I say? I like to know how films are made. Anyway the price of a disk with no features tends to be the same price as one with the full works. Also more features means more sales (it's a selling point) hence bigger profits.

[joker_zero]

Originally Posted by jimihifi

Theres a much simpler way to boost sales: REDUCE THE PRICES OF THE DISCS!

Do they ever listen to the buying public?

The market chose Blue Ray over HDDVD - they chose $3M set up cost to master a propriatary data format onto a bluray disk with most of the cash going to Sony in license fees, vs $100K for HDdvd with a backwardly compatible format that would enbale cheaper players faster.

So guess what - now Sony take thier slice of the pie every time you buy a disk (or a player), so we all have to pay and pay.

Dont count on Sony dropping the costs to save the format, they are greedy enough to let it die.

Not that Im bitter or anything , I did not buy either yet