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Yeah, now that I have a blu-ray player I don't want to buy DVDs anymore. If I have the choice I'll always go to blu-ray.
I only buy BluRay for movies that I feel really benefit from BluRay. Like the Planet Earth documentary is amazing on bluray, but why would I need to replace my copy of "Tommy Boy"?
Furthermore, I have about 5 different devices at my place that can all play a DVD disc, compared to the 1 bluray player in my house. So basically I would be paying more money for less versatility.
The benefits of DVD over VHS justified the extra cost to adopt the technology. However, I don't see me ever replacing my collection of DVD with Bluray.
So unless anime is somehow significantly better on BluRay (like it creates less discs and costs less money), I don't see me caring about BluRay anime.
Furthermore, I have about 5 different devices at my place that can all play a DVD disc, compared to the 1 bluray player in my house. So basically I would be paying more money for less versatility.
The benefits of DVD over VHS justified the extra cost to adopt the technology. However, I don't see me ever replacing my collection of DVD with Bluray.
So unless anime is somehow significantly better on BluRay (like it creates less discs and costs less money), I don't see me caring about BluRay anime.
I think Blu-Ray is a great thing for anime. Some series are much longer than the standard 26 episodes, so on Blu-ray you can just shove all of the content on one disc if you want to. Good stuff! Won't need to get a massive cupboard to store an anime collection.
i've only purchased sword of the stranger on blu ray which is a phenomenal movie to begin with so blu ray is a no brainer. I'm not even a big movie guy to begin with so i'd probably just end up buying anime on blu ray. but i feel like i'd buy more movies than series because i'd be more likely to watch the movie over again than a series. either way, even though its a art form thats becoming more rare now, i feel like a lot of blu ray anime series won't come with any goodies like soundtracks or mini artbooks or little sturdy blu ray anime boxsets. unfortunately bandai is the only one that really does this anymore, but even the code geass r2 limited editions are lacking in comparison to r1. but i'll just point at the economy and blame it on that. haha
Meh, higher sales in Japan don't equal higher sales in America. They can do as well as they want but it won't make a difference over here. Blu-ray quality is amazing though, I was at AX watching Yukikaze and it was vastly better sound and video than the dvd they played after.
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