Star Trek came in from Amazon yesterday. I bought it with the player but they shipped it separately. Maybe tonight I'll get a chance to watch it.
I haven't invested in blu ray, and don't plan to unless the prices come down alot. Im not confident it will be here in 2 years, and I detest having non-comic book or vinyl physical media in my home. I can't have DVDs, CDs, blue rays, and books take up the volume in my home that my ever growing comic and record collections need. That being said... I am eager to get a PS3 and stream the crap out of the movies you guys are mentioning.
I haven't paid any more for the Blu-ray discs I've bought than I would have for the comparable DVD (meaning the deluxe edition if applicable, not the single disc). In the case of Snow White, I paid a lot less. As a quick example, the 2 disc Star Trek DVD is $25 on Amazon; the Blu-ray is $20.
Prices are dropping. It was the same way with CD's. Only audiophiles bought them for four years, then the prices hit that magical break point and there was that Christmas where everybody in the country bought a CD player. I've RIPped all my CD's and the best DVD's to my server and stream them wirelessly to my A/V system with an AppleTV device. That way all of the physical media can live in storage areas and free up space in the living room. I play the stuff from the laptop laying on the sofa. What I haven't done yet is to RIP the 300-400 out of print LPs that I haven't replaced with CD versions. I don't now if that will ever get done, it never seems to get too high on the priority list. Then the LP's and turntable can leave the room, too.
Funny you mention your record collection growing. As stated in the old school jam thread, I used to be a club dj. Record services used to send me stuff every week and I bought tons of other stuff. Pretty much always had all of the billboard top 100, which meant continually buying stuff. Anyway, we were living in a 2 bedroom apt at the time and they took up an entire bedroom. I ended up with about 5000 12" records. I traded all of them to a friend who was getting into the business as I was getting out, for a bag phone. I think I got the better end of the deal.
I think by the time the price hits that break point I will be able to stream movies of the same quality. I ripped some of the records, but I do not like the sound compared to the vinyl. If I am listening to Songs in the Key of Life, Born to Run, or Disraeli Gears I only want to hear it coming off wax.
I quite understand and I spin the platter a lot because most of my disks are in excellent shape and they do sound great, especially through my 1970 Marantz tube amp and the big speakers. I always will. But every play degrades a phonograph record . . . and iTunes has made me lazy, so I'd like to RIP them so I could play them easily without a thousand LPs living in the room. I need the space for the books. :hihi:
If you are going to rip vinyl dont use MP3. Use a lossless codec like FLAC. That will reproduce the sound you are looking for from digitized vinyl.
