Posted on 12/20/2008 1:32:47 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
I shouldn't bother with HD or Blu-Ray until I spring for a more expensive set, right?
So how happy is everyone with Blockbuster’s service? Comparable to Netflix? Better?
If the 34 in TV is a SONY XBR HDTV (like my bedrooom HD set), you may wish to go Blu-ray.
If you have a 480i tv, don’t waste your money on a Blu-ray, wait for the big HDTV set. (HDDVD players are no longer being made by Toshiba)
If you purchase a HDTV sometime down the road then you may wish to consider one, but a good upconverting player will give you very good picture on an HD set without the extra dollar$ for a Blu-ray disk.
I was very impressed with the picture quality produced by the up-convert player, I'll consider a blu-ray when they come down to $50.00
Thank you for the information. Indeed, mine is not an HD set, so I figured, why bother until I upgrade?
Right
So, I end up buying the pay-for-view from DirecTV.
If I can't get the movies I want to watch in a more timely fashion, I may just join the author in telling NexFlix what it can do with its movies.
Netflix is simply EXCELLENT. Their choices of movies, relevant information, and community are unrivaled.
The turn-around time and ease of movie acquisition by the subscriber are amazing.
Blockbuster is going to go out of business if they only get Netflix's high maintenance low profit customers. Netflix is probably thinking good riddance! Their variable customer service level algorithm works wonderfully.
If Netflix delivered on horseback I would still use them after years of Blockbuster’s abuse of their market position at the retail level.
If you have a Tivo, now they have added instant download too at no extra charge. That’s been a nice plus as well.
I’ve had Netflix for about 3 years and love it. No more cable TV bill. Who needs it when I can rent most any TV program I want. Now that they’ve also added the “instant” watch capability, I’ve got more than enough available material.
As other posters have noted, with a low-cost up-converting DVD player, the picture quality on an HD TV is outstanding. Do I really need Blu-Ray? Would I notice the difference? I’m not sure it’s worth the fuss.
There seem to be lots of pressures and counter-pressures to go around on BluRay.
I rented the Dark Knight on standard disk this week from Netflix. The quality of the displayed image from my Sony upconverting player was so bad (blocking and moires), I had to wonder if the disk was purposely degraded to help bluray sales.
BluRay, its called moving the target .........again.
hooray for Netflx for not chasing after another trend.....
I work in IT and its the same as software, updates just keep the software developers employed. Occasionally there are real
increases in software features, but not very often anymore.
Your not gonna see that big of a diff. going w/ BR. Just stick to the regular and forget the newest until the trend slows and its a lot more price friendly.
Once we got to Digital format, DVD (a big jump in quality),
the bluray was like.....jumping from windows95 to windows98.
Is that Mystic Connecticut in your photo?
I've used Blockbuster's mail service for several years now and am happy with it. I can't compare BB to Netflix as I've never used Netflix.
The nice thing about BB is you can take your movie back to a local BB store and swap it for another title if you don't want to wait for your next one in the mail. This also comes in handy if the DVD gets damaged in transit. I've had several arrive cracked and all I had to do was return it to a local BB store and swap it.
The only complaint I have with BB is they don't display all the new releases in a convenient manner on their website. They have the titles but you have to search sometimes. I go to Rotten Tomatoes and find all the new ones then go back to BB.
>>>>If Netflix delivered on horseback I would still use them after years of Blockbuster’s abuse of their market position at the retail level.<<<<<<
I’ve been with Netflix since about 2000 and have seen them go though some changes, mostly for the better but sometimes wierd.
They recently opened a newer and closer distribution point for Northern VA (for years it has been just up the road in Gaithersburg MD) and suddenly we had staggered deliveries over the next 5 or 6 days. I.E., for years I’d return five DVDs and receive my next 5 DVDs in the mail within 2 days. More recently it’s been return 5 and get 2 in 2 days, 2 more the next day, and the final 1 after 4 days.
So I’ve been trying Blockbuster again after many years. They’ve completely redeemed the company, and most particularly the abusive and out-of-control “late fees” which I’m certain were an essential component of the previous (and now dead) business model.
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