That was exactly GrazzaB’s point re: mental barrier & why they buy DVD over the BD/4K.
It just boils down to they can’t get over the mental barrier of paying £25 when £10 will suffice. All the rest of the reasoning is just window dressing. It’s just a case of why pay £25, when £10 will do.
Artistic merit, as others have already said, has nothing to do with this particular discussion.
The main reason ‘we’ buy HD/4K over SD is because SD looks crap on modern TVs. Nobody is buying Transformers in 4K over DVD for its artistic merit. It’s all about the picture/audio quality.
‘We’ don’t like the poor PQ & are willing to pay the extra. Some people (like your parents) don’t mind/care/put up with the poor PQ.
If everything were equal & your parents already had a 4K/BD player & TV at home, & 4K/BD were exactly the same price as DVDs, would your parents still buy the DVD over 4K/BD? Unlikely.
The member that quoted my original post today brought up the artistic intent, not me, go back and reread his comment:
But there’s nothing idiotic about wanting the best possible version, once that’s as close to what was filmed in the first place - much like wanting the best version of an artist’s album.
"The main reason WE buy..."
You, me, and people on this site, don't represent the majority, we represent the minority.
"The main reason ‘we’ buy HD/4K over SD is because SD looks crap on modern TVs."
To you, me, and some on here, but plenty of people don't think this.
"Nobody is buying Transformers in 4K over DVD for its artistic merit. It’s all about the picture/audio quality."
If you can produce the sales data for Transformers over all formats, the 4K UHD sales would make up a speck... Most people that are interested in the movie don't care about artists merit, or the P/AQ to the extent you do.
"We’ don’t like the poor PQ & are willing to pay the extra"
Sure, you and I, people on here, and other on forums like this are, but it doesn't change the fact that the majority of people aren't.
"Some people (like your parents) don’t mind/care/put up with the poor PQ.
If everything were equal & your parents already had a 4K/BD player & TV at home, & 4K/BD were exactly the same price as DVDs, would your parents still buy the DVD over 4K/BD? Unlikely."
They already have a 4K tv, but they still choose to watch DVDs on it. They also often pay a high price for DVDS, for instance, they bought Nobody a couple of weeks ago on DVD for $20-25 Australian dollars (I'm not sure exactly what they paid), the 4K+BD set is au$25.89 at the moment. If they were forced to upgrade, then I believe they would make the transition to streaming rather than Blu-ray or 4K.
This might be a UK forum, but that doesn't mean that all members are from the UK, and the discussion is solely about the UK market Hippo99... The majority of 4K UHD Blu-ray's don't cost the equivalent of £25 here in Australia, they are much cheaper than that. Also, discounts and specials are a regular occurrence here in Australia, it's not uncommon to be able to get 4K Blu-ray's for a simlar price to the Blu-ray or the DVD, sometimes even less.
I pre-ordered A Quite Place Part II on 4K yesterday for under 20 Australian dollars (roughly £11). If you guys are paying £25 for the majority of your 4K discs, then you are getting taken for a ride.