Blu Ray is better for quality, but I feel like DVD is better in terms of convenience, price and overall more recognizability. Sometimes going for a cheap yet watchable is the best way to go especially when all you want to do is see the movie at the end of the day.
@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r DVDs were a great time. Also the larger spines sometimes look cool on the shelf. Do you separate your DVDs from Blu-ray’s on the shelf or are they all mixed?
Personally, the dvd also has some fun interactive features if you look for the right edition. I can still derive enjoyment from the interactive games the dvds have to offer.
The whole price argument is an old one. Yes new blu ray was double or triple the price of dvd a few years ago. But now with 4k going down in price, Blu ray has never been cheaper. I grew up with DVDs, but when I started collecting it never made sense to me to get a dvd over a Blu ray. It has everything a dvd has plus more.
I usually decide per movie. For example, if a movie is $5 on DVD but only $8 for the Blu-ray I will 100% buy the Blu-ray, but if it is double the price I’ll stick with the DVD. When it comes to buying used from thrift stores or similar places I pick the Blu-rays always because they tend to be the same price either way. Unless, it is a rare movie. Great video!
Great strategy with the price comparison. Does the quality on a DVD ever affect your viewing experience much or is the difference not as noticeable to you?
@@megamikethemovieman Honestly it I guess it depends on the movie. For example on the weekend I bought Beetlejuice for $1 on DVD from a thrift store and I watched it with the family for the first time ever. And at no point did my kids or wife complained about the quality. We enjoyed it for the first time we loved it and the quality did not hinder our experience.
My big concern is that the convenience of AMAZON PRIME VIDEO will destroy physical media. It has far too many advantages. The film you want isn't on DVD? Tired of shipping costs? As the saying goes: "NO PROBLEM."
I always buy the highest quality in order to preserve the media in its best. However, there have been times where the DVD copy is either the only copy OR a more faithful to the original (Star Wars). My biggest issue is trying to tell what copy I should buy. 3D animated movies are the worse because they use up scaling but that upscaling isn't terrible... I hate being SO meticulous with my collection...
@@megamikethemovieman I usually stick with the most "standard" copy out there. I *rry* not to "play favorites" unless it's a movie I REALLY love. I have the steel books for RoboCop, Starship Troopers, and Total Recall. My exceptions are the Criterion Collection. If a movie is released by them then I get those instead.
@@TheFenecFox Great steelbook choices! Starship Troopers is so fun. Criterion is probably my favorite boutique label as well. I can’t wait for the next sale in July. Do you buy Criterions only in the Sale times?
Bluray better quality sometimes same price as dvd every once in a while. Nothing wrong with dvd I buy both. If I have a choice I go with bluray if price difference isn't to big.
@megamikethemovieman No, if bluray, not much more, then I'll get that. Depends on the title as well. One I know I like I get blu-ray if price difference isn't much.
@hednik, get yourself a dlp projector, they are like crt tvs, in that dvds still look freekin sweet on them. Even at 135inches. You, i guess like a lot of other people, got duped into buying flat screen tvs, which have always been an inferior technology to crt, but had the convenience of being large, thin and light weight. But most, if not all flat screens are terrible for picture quality. And thus it was necessary to upgrade to blu ray.
I too collect Blu-ray, but surely enough I find DVDs to have the best preserved copy avaliable. Not to mention I watch Futurama and The Simpsons on my 1080p TV and don't mind the lower resolution and often can look past it
mike excallent video. What I find inexcuseable is that a nature documentary will be broadcast in HD, but afterwards only be offered on DVD, like wakey wakey smell the coffee
Dude, blu ray rules over Standard d DVD. There is no question And there is no comparison from blu. Ray to 4k I have been replacing all my standard d. V d To Blu-ray. The space saver aspect and the picture Is without a doubt better
Still to this day, i can't understand why DVD and bluray is not ships in those same cases CD's come in, it is smarter takes up less space. Less plastic, because CD's, DVD's and blurays uses the same casing.
@@megamikethemovieman Maybe, but that could be fixed by colors. When the cd,dvd or bluray are standing on a shelf, that side were the text is, the band and album name or movie title is, on the top could a color code be, yello for music, green or blue for xbox / playation, and orange for bluray. If you look at your own cd's (if you have those), you can see them apart, just think about what 5 or 10 mm from the top is a color. Or the whole cover could be a color. Just think about the VHS tapes and the covers, no waste of space 😀
Nothing wrong with a good quality DVD especially if you pick it up for 25c in a charity/thrift store and/or it's your only option because the movie doesn't have a Blu-ray release but it's a complete no contest in terms of "which is better". If you have the option of a Blu-ray then picture quality (and usually sound quality) will be vastly superior and ultimately that has to be the most important criteria for which is best for watching movies. 4Ks are a different conversation because the upgrade is not always significant (and sometimes subjectively is not always an upgrade !) which means the cost, availability, portability and reliability factors weigh much higher...but Blu-ray vs DVD is a no contest imo. If streaming hadn't kicked off and (almost completely) killed the physical rental market then Blu-rays would have completely replaced DVDs by now and would be "the standard" that everyone was renting from their local "Blockbuster" imo.
@@megamikethemovieman I think so. DVD was a huge upgrade from VHS, like everything else it took a few years to become mainstream and for the technology to become affordable but once it got going everyone upgraded because it was such an improvement in all sorts of ways. The leap from DVD to Blu-ray is a similar leap...if no one had access to streaming then all the Blockbusters would've started stocking blu-rays and people would have gradually moved over and by now it would have become the standard...but the average consumer is "happy" with streaming instead. I do feel the tide might be starting to turn at least a little because (1) so many different streaming services now exist and have exclusive rights to certain movies and few people have the money or desire to subscribe to 20 different services ! (2) some movies have very short life on some streaming services and people are getting miffed that a movie they watched one month they can't watch again a month later because it's no longer available on the service they pay for (3) some services are starting to introduce adverts into the core packages and people don't like that ! (4) there is soooooo much rubbish being put out on some streaming platforms that people are getting sick of paying for it. The streaming model has severely damaged the movie industry. There's a great "hot ones" interview with Matt Damon where he talks about how important the DVD rental/owners market was to the movie industry and how that now it's gone it's caused the industry a lot of problems in terms of revenue, risk taking and creativity...well worth a look if you haven't seen it.
@@megamikethemovieman I did leave a pretty long reply to this Mike that I spent quite a bit of time writing/formatting but it's vanished (youtube is really annoying with comments sometimes !!!) so I'll just give the short answer...yes 🙂
@@megamikethemovieman No need to apologise Mike ! It happens to me now and again (on various channels) and I've seen many people say similar things...it is what it is but it really does waste people's time. I think the alogorithm punishes people that leave lengthy posts (that they think about and re-word as they type them) because they think it's spam or something. Putting that to one side imo if streaming wasn't a thing then Blu-ray would have (almost) completely replaced DVD by now just as DVD completely replaced VHS...but most people are happy to stream and that hurt DVD rentals/sales and prevented Blu-ray flourishing (I said more previously but I don't have the time to go into it). Keep up the good work m8 ! 🙂
I subscribed with all notifications. I personally have a little redundancy with my Blu-Ray and DVD media. I do have a Samsung VHS/DVD combo on a flat CRT, but my powerful PC workstations both have insane stereo power and have Pioneer Blu-Ray drives. I do have to use paid software to play a Blu-Ray movie on these computers (only plays Blu-Ray movies through a paid version of Cyberlink), but it is worth it for me at least.
Thank you movie friend, much appreciated. Feel free to enjoy past videos as well since there are many on the channel. Can’t wait to talk movies with you.
Blu-ray is the winner every time for all the points you mentioned. Quite often I have seen the bluray actually cheaper than the DVD (for some titles). I will always buy blu-ray over DVD but if there is only the DVD, then I will go for that (or if the blu-ray is crazily priced). Blu-ray even wins out over 4K (mainly for price reasons), though with many of the 4K boxes you get the blu-ray and 4K. The size is definitely a thing as well, DVD cases especially if it is a complete or season set are just way too bulky, the blu-ray often gets it in a fairly small box (though they can be flimsy). Also, surviving scratches etc, blu-rays definitely win out. Also blu-rays often win out with the extras though not always over DVD. DVD is a great way for picking up films you really don't know about and probably will dump after watching them, such as ones picked up for 25p or so in a local charity store. I often decide to buy a cheapo film and sometimes they are great, sometimes not so great after the first ten minutes.
@@megamikethemovieman I have yet to get rid of a single blu-ray (other than ones that are damaged) but I have dumped many DVDs mainly as I am just buying ones that I may or may not enjoy.
@@megamikethemovieman Ha, yes, generally. Most of the (if not all) of the blu-ray ones are films that I have wanted for a while (and seen). Even more so when it comes to 4K and they are my mega favourite films such as Silent Running, Carrie etc. I doubt I would pick up a random 4K just yet (when they get down to £1 or so each, perhaps)
@@Graphicxtras1 I’m starting to be more selective on 4Ks myself, I need resist the urge to buy if I haven’t seen before, because they are so pricey now. Or wait on sales and discounts. Was it the Silent Running 4K from Arrow? And was it steelbook Carrie Or Slipcover Carrie (from Scream Factory)? I thought the Carrie Steelbook was one of the best designs I’ve seen from them.
For all general purposes, DVD 📀. They play in DVD players 📀, some laptops 📀, and even some tablets. 📀. On a personal note, the luxury of being able to sit down in front of a huge screen for me has been gone for some years now. 4K is already doomed.
@@megamikethemovieman I honestly wish I could Mike. Sigh. 🤔 But it's not all bad. You wait for the DVD 📀 and you save money. 🤔 And if it's not on DVD, Amazon PV is helpful and portable. 🤔 All you need is a laptop or tablet. 🤠
@@megamikethemovieman My tablet, no. But then I didn't expect it to. But having a DVD player knocks out that complaint. My laptop DOES. Now my 9:7 " PRO obviously has no DVD player. But STRANGELY enough, that has a very sharp screen.
All super great points. I definitely have more blus in my collection than I do dvds. Definitely trying to upgrade what I can for a right price, but obviously not everything has made the format jump. I do lean more towards blus, but honestly dvd prices are too hard to pass up. I'd say another pro for dvds is the bonus/special features. They seem to often times have more than what blus offer nowadays.
@@mirandasmoviemadness I’m guessing because they aren’t as much as a selling point for most consumers now. Many people I know will only watch the movie and won’t even try out the special features.
DVD is the new vinyl . The colours on 80’s movies on dvd are closer to the original so if you want to watch it like it was intended a dvd will be closer it’s like clean VHS 😂. Takes you back if that where you came from 🎉
Do you think that nostalgia feeling is what causes DVDs to sell so well? And I’m guessing you have a big DVD collection, is that the only format you collect?
I’m so stressed with my collection I’ve been wanting to upgrade my DVDs to Blu-ray’s/4k Issue is I have over 600 DVDs Then I have over 700 Blu-ray’s No way I can upgrade those all Feel like it’s wasting money to rebuy movies I own
I agree seem recently a movie I bought on EBay called Watchmen enjoyed just as much even so picture clarity not up to par but I watched on a upscaler movie disc player.
@@megamikethemovieman It’s pretty good but there’s other movies that maybe better like 300 or Justice league I like the classic way he makes dark scenes look great!”
@@rogerkrueger9333 He’s a great visual director absolutely! I like the style of how his movies look too. Sometimes I like the story’s a lot, sometimes not as much. 300 is fantastic and Justice League, so I can rewatch those all the time. You a fan of any other DCEU movies?
As an old geezer that began movie collecting on the VHS era I'm used to less than stellar image. When everything was coming to DVD I sold 100s of VHS and now I'm sorry. Then when I had a considerable DVD collection Blu-rays came along. WTF!😡 I bought a Sony player but bearly any movie as I was relocating from P.R. to NY so I'll buy Blu-rays in NY I said. Well life got in the way of collecting when I got to NY the government mistook me for somebody with my same name and ruined my life. I ended up homeless and lost my career as a x-ray tech. Anyway I'm stable now working as a translator but making only a fraction of the income I would as a x-ray tech. Blu-rays around here are not common Walmart brings some and occasionally I find one in Goodwill. The rest I have to order on-line because I can't find them here. I prefer DVDs because of the price and availability. Some of the foreign horror movies I have on DVD might never be available on Blu-ray much less 4K. It's a miracle we got them in the first place. But I do see the superiority of Blu-rays image and sound quality plus disc size makes for more extras. And they're more scratch resistant. But I have heard they're also more stubborn if they just get one scratch they might stutter or not play at all. Whereas DVDs scratch more easily but can still play. Still I prefer DVDs.😇
Sometimes on Amazon the DVD is considerably cheaper or more available, sometimes it's Blu-ray. space is a non-issue for me though, since my disks go into wallets.
That just happened to me. Couldn’t find a set of movies on Blu-ray so had to pickup the DVDs. Are you mostly just 4Ks now or will you mix in a Blu-ray once in awhile?
Hey what’s up megaMike. I def agree Blu-ray is the better value when the price is right but lately I’ve been digging the DVD prices for older films. I can buy more of my fav old films which still look decent. My only issue with DVDs is the yellow font for the subtitles 😁
@@megamikethemovieman haha yeah subs def help when watching a movie. Sometimes it’s hard to catch all of the dialogue so having the subs helps me follow along ☺️
@@glil88 Yep me too. Are you able to keep up with foreign language films with their subtitles? I feel sometimes the subtitles go too fast to keep up with.
@@glil88 That happens to me too. Foreign films I really need to just sit there and focus on the screen the whole time. Because if I miss something, I’m usually completely lost 🤣
DVD On A 15" Screen With 1080p Upscaling, BluRay on A 50" 4k UHD With 4k Upscaling, 4k 55" to 65" UHD Anything Higher Than That You Start To See Grain, That's When 8k Comes In 70" And Up, But 4k Will Be Great For Years To Come. Will 8k See A physical Format release I Highly Doubt It, and if they do It will be years before people catch up, I'm barely getting into 4k But Blurays Still Looks Great, One Thing That DVDs is superior at to me is sound quality, track mixing sound way better. 🕊️
@@megamikethemoviemanI Heard Companies Aren't Going To Release 8k Players Devices. But Who knows, 8k TVs are very expensive, and I don't have space for a 70" 😂. Physical Format collecting is very niche in the year 2024, I'm big on physical Format, CDs, Records, Cassette Tapes And Movies, The Hard Part Of It All Is Having Space. 🕊️
@@waxtapecdeater There’s already 8K TVs?? I had no idea. Ya I don’t see enough market for 8K players. Space is definitely the toughest part. Do you upgrade movies you already got on Blu-ray to the 4K format?
DVDs had it's run of being king of physical media from 1998 to 2010. When bluray's should have began to take over the format. But all the studios did not back the bluray format 100 % percent. Like all the studios did with DVD format. But I will say this about the DVD format. From 1998 when DVDs started to take off there was so many cool and amazing releases from all the studios. But the sad thing about both of these formats that all the studios were 100 % percent behind DVD format. But when it came to the bluray format. All the studios only back it around 65 % percent compared to 100 % percent of the DVD format. But I will say this about the bluray format now. If all the studios would have backed it like they did with the DVD's. We would mostly now have bluray's & 4ks on the market now. And DVDs would only be like 20 to 25 percent of the market sales. And we would not having all these conversations about DVDs still being king of physical media
@@megamikethemovieman yes and no & I say this bc yes it is mostly all the studios fault. But not 100% precent there fault. I would say 80 precent is the studios fault and the rest is custermers and retail stores. And this is one of the reasons that alot of the physical media DVDs 📀 buyer's now have gotten out of buying physical media. Bc most of those costermers have lost their trust in the studios & retail stores in supporting the bluray format
@@megamikethemovieman I'm mostly getting 4Ks these days if one exists for that movie because I don't want to double dip, I do get blu ray if that is all there is and there's no 4K version coming anytime soon (there are some I do wait on though if a sniff a 4K coming around the corner) for that movie or show. I rarely buy DVDs now, I only get them if there is no blu ray in sight, I did buy an old Anchor Bay DVD recently for Return to Horror High only because the UK blu ray is region B, OOP, and going for $65 to $70 bucks. With formats I usually collect movies primarily from the latest and best formats at that time, so I'm pretty much done with DVD and retired from it except on rare occasions.
Blu-Ray is better and doesn't scratch like DVD. But the average customer doesn't care. Everyone classes all discs as DVDs. Blu-Ray was a bad name for another format.
Blu ray and 4K for me but this new physical media that will only be one disc scientists better put a hard coating on the disc from scratch’s and dust dirt and smudges
Blu-ray’s I feel hold up the best endurance wise. Do your 4Ks ever pause or skip, like mine will do once in a while? I feel a piece of dust can throw off a 4K 🤣
@@megamikethemovieman yes but some of my 4K movies do freeze and I need to wait for it to resume but there’s a way to stop that you need to shut off upscaling in settings and switch the other one that’s in screen settings to video instead of automatic and you tv will do it and it could be the WiFi that’s causing the freeze problem
@@user-wp1yg9dp6k Great tips. I’ve never changed up the settings on my TV even though I probably should. I just feel like i might click the wrong thing. Does it dramatically change the quality of the image?
@@user-wp1yg9dp6k The player, got it, I definitely have to adjust those settings too. I’ve never even thought about the player. So it’s just the player settings, I don’t even have to do anything with the TV?
I have never had any interest in buying blu rays or a blu ray player at all and DVDs are fine with me and there cheaper and quality does really matter to me
@@megamikethemovieman yes they are and me to and it was good but that movie franchise has run it's course and they have took those movies to places it should have not gone at all
@@JonTalksEverythingPodcast So not excited for the next one? I know they were talking 2 more sequels at one point. I’m not a massive fan myself, but I have fun with most of them. But later installments have gotten much more silly.
Blu-ray always. Theres no comparison. DVD arent much cheaper. - Blu-ray looks and sounds so much better - Blu-ray is more scratch resistant - Blu-ray usually has a DVD along with it. - and Again Blu-ray looks measurably better. No comparison.
@@megamikethemovieman I think the name is no ubiquitous with the physical digital movie option. When perusing 1/2 price books I see older people buying DVD all the time. I think to most people it's the same. Also I had to admit you can find the classics way cheaper. The Friday the 13 th trilogy is $15 on DVD and $120 on Blu-ray. Things like that make little sense.
Blu Rays are 5 times more expensive than DVDs and UHD discs are 25 times more expensive than DVDs. I want it play on PC monitor and i have feeling like i was watching some vintage fixed VHS. I don't wan't to see all zits on random or stupid movie. If You want to see quality of blue ray You should use Oled screen otherwise You will get more blur in movement than on DVD's. Blue rays are just too expensive. There was many special low prize offers for DVD's in past now we have streaming and blue rays are not welcome option. Hollywood earns too much money for every idiot movie or pc game because they using communism rules and military violence against people around The world.
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Blu Ray is better for quality, but I feel like DVD is better in terms of convenience, price and overall more recognizability. Sometimes going for a cheap yet watchable is the best way to go especially when all you want to do is see the movie at the end of the day.
So what would you pick between Blu-Ray and DVD?
@@megamikethemovieman DVD would be my pick. I love Blu Ray but DVD has a huge place in my heart compared to the new formats
@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r DVDs were a great time. Also the larger spines sometimes look cool on the shelf. Do you separate your DVDs from Blu-ray’s on the shelf or are they all mixed?
Personally, the dvd also has some fun interactive features if you look for the right edition. I can still derive enjoyment from the interactive games the dvds have to offer.
@@livandmaddieftwrobloxnoobs8518 Interactive games? Not sure if I’ve ran into many of those. What movies DVDs do you remember with some fun ones?
The whole price argument is an old one. Yes new blu ray was double or triple the price of dvd a few years ago. But now with 4k going down in price, Blu ray has never been cheaper. I grew up with DVDs, but when I started collecting it never made sense to me to get a dvd over a Blu ray. It has everything a dvd has plus more.
Do you still collect mostly Blu-ray’s or have you gotten more into 4Ks?
I just recently started collecting both and like Blu Ray alot because they don't get scuffed as easy as DVDs
I like Blu-ray’s for that reason too. What do you tend to collect more of?
I usually decide per movie. For example, if a movie is $5 on DVD but only $8 for the Blu-ray I will 100% buy the Blu-ray, but if it is double the price I’ll stick with the DVD. When it comes to buying used from thrift stores or similar places I pick the Blu-rays always because they tend to be the same price either way. Unless, it is a rare movie. Great video!
Great strategy with the price comparison. Does the quality on a DVD ever affect your viewing experience much or is the difference not as noticeable to you?
@@megamikethemovieman Honestly it I guess it depends on the movie. For example on the weekend I bought Beetlejuice for $1 on DVD from a thrift store and I watched it with the family for the first time ever. And at no point did my kids or wife complained about the quality. We enjoyed it for the first time we loved it and the quality did not hinder our experience.
@@bigmeany1184 That’s great to hear! Such a fun movie. You excited for the sequel at all?
@@megamikethemovieman there’s a lot of hype I hope it doesn’t disappoint
DVD, Why because in my country Blu-ray to expensive and I don't really have one
Fair enough!😊👍
My big concern is that the convenience of AMAZON PRIME VIDEO will destroy physical media. It has far too many advantages. The film you want isn't on DVD? Tired of shipping costs? As the saying goes: "NO PROBLEM."
Makes sense. How much more expensive are your Blu-ray’s compared to DVDs?
@@megamikethemovieman Blu-ray : 12 Dolar
@@hishamnct6983 That’s a lot more. Are there any dollar or thrift stores around you where you can find them cheap?
I always buy the highest quality in order to preserve the media in its best. However, there have been times where the DVD copy is either the only copy OR a more faithful to the original (Star Wars).
My biggest issue is trying to tell what copy I should buy. 3D animated movies are the worse because they use up scaling but that upscaling isn't terrible... I hate being SO meticulous with my collection...
So always 4K if there is one available then? And are you more into steelbooks or slipcovers with them?
@@megamikethemovieman I usually stick with the most "standard" copy out there. I *rry* not to "play favorites" unless it's a movie I REALLY love. I have the steel books for RoboCop, Starship Troopers, and Total Recall.
My exceptions are the Criterion Collection. If a movie is released by them then I get those instead.
@@TheFenecFox Great steelbook choices! Starship Troopers is so fun. Criterion is probably my favorite boutique label as well. I can’t wait for the next sale in July. Do you buy Criterions only in the Sale times?
Bluray better quality sometimes same price as dvd every once in a while. Nothing wrong with dvd I buy both. If I have a choice I go with bluray if price difference isn't to big.
How often do you notice the prices fairly comparable?
@megamikethemovieman Not to often I think twice they were the same price. So I got bluray because price was the same.
@@djhaack9239 Makes sense. Do you get most DVDs brand new right when they release or do you wait for price drops?
@megamikethemovieman No, if bluray, not much more, then I'll get that. Depends on the title as well. One I know I like I get blu-ray if price difference isn't much.
I love Blu-Rays way better
What do you enjoy about Blu-ray’s?
@@megamikethemovieman Way better picture quality . And scratch resistant
@@briandurant19791997 Agreed, that’s what I like too. Do you pickup 4Ks as well or just Blu-ray’s?
DVD was still made for CRT being its main use. Modern TVs are too big for the lower resolution media.
So do you only collect Blu-ray’s then?
@@megamikethemovieman and 4k. I do buy some of the really cool packaged DVDs though. E g. The alien quadrilogy or the Terminator 2 special editions
@@megamikethemovieman I do. Doing the whole CRT and retro thing as well is just too much to keep up with. I have a few DVD but only to collect.
@hednik, get yourself a dlp projector, they are like crt tvs, in that dvds still look freekin sweet on them. Even at 135inches. You, i guess like a lot of other people, got duped into buying flat screen tvs, which have always been an inferior technology to crt, but had the convenience of being large, thin and light weight. But most, if not all flat screens are terrible for picture quality. And thus it was necessary to upgrade to blu ray.
I too collect Blu-ray, but surely enough I find DVDs to have the best preserved copy avaliable.
Not to mention I watch Futurama and The Simpsons on my 1080p TV and don't mind the lower resolution and often can look past it
mike excallent video. What I find inexcuseable is that a nature documentary will be broadcast in HD, but afterwards only be offered on DVD, like wakey wakey smell the coffee
Have you checked out BBCs 4K physical media releases of like the Planet Earth type movies? I heard those look great on the 4K discs.
@@megamikethemovieman Yes 100 percent, you have heard correct 100 percent. Sadly his new series called mammals is VHS only
Dude, blu ray rules over Standard d DVD. There is no question And there is no comparison from blu. Ray to 4k I have been replacing all my standard d. V d To Blu-ray.
The space saver aspect and the picture Is without a doubt better
Absolutely agree with you about the positives of Blu-ray. Why do you think DVDs though continue to sell way more than Blu-ray’s?
Still to this day, i can't understand why DVD and bluray is not ships in those same cases CD's come in, it is smarter takes up less space. Less plastic, because CD's, DVD's and blurays uses the same casing.
Interesting point, haven’t really thought about that before. Do you think it’s because they want to distinguish between the 2 in the retail stores?
@@megamikethemovieman Maybe, but that could be fixed by colors. When the cd,dvd or bluray are standing on a shelf, that side were the text is, the band and album name or movie title is, on the top could a color code be, yello for music, green or blue for xbox / playation, and orange for bluray.
If you look at your own cd's (if you have those), you can see them apart, just think about what 5 or 10 mm from the top is a color.
Or the whole cover could be a color. Just think about the VHS tapes and the covers, no waste of space 😀
Nothing wrong with a good quality DVD especially if you pick it up for 25c in a charity/thrift store and/or it's your only option because the movie doesn't have a Blu-ray release but it's a complete no contest in terms of "which is better". If you have the option of a Blu-ray then picture quality (and usually sound quality) will be vastly superior and ultimately that has to be the most important criteria for which is best for watching movies. 4Ks are a different conversation because the upgrade is not always significant (and sometimes subjectively is not always an upgrade !) which means the cost, availability, portability and reliability factors weigh much higher...but Blu-ray vs DVD is a no contest imo. If streaming hadn't kicked off and (almost completely) killed the physical rental market then Blu-rays would have completely replaced DVDs by now and would be "the standard" that everyone was renting from their local "Blockbuster" imo.
So it’s streaming that you think prevented Blu-ray’s from being the dominate disc format?
@@megamikethemovieman I think so. DVD was a huge upgrade from VHS, like everything else it took a few years to become mainstream and for the technology to become affordable but once it got going everyone upgraded because it was such an improvement in all sorts of ways. The leap from DVD to Blu-ray is a similar leap...if no one had access to streaming then all the Blockbusters would've started stocking blu-rays and people would have gradually moved over and by now it would have become the standard...but the average consumer is "happy" with streaming instead. I do feel the tide might be starting to turn at least a little because (1) so many different streaming services now exist and have exclusive rights to certain movies and few people have the money or desire to subscribe to 20 different services ! (2) some movies have very short life on some streaming services and people are getting miffed that a movie they watched one month they can't watch again a month later because it's no longer available on the service they pay for (3) some services are starting to introduce adverts into the core packages and people don't like that ! (4) there is soooooo much rubbish being put out on some streaming platforms that people are getting sick of paying for it.
The streaming model has severely damaged the movie industry. There's a great "hot ones" interview with Matt Damon where he talks about how important the DVD rental/owners market was to the movie industry and how that now it's gone it's caused the industry a lot of problems in terms of revenue, risk taking and creativity...well worth a look if you haven't seen it.
@@megamikethemovieman I did leave a pretty long reply to this Mike that I spent quite a bit of time writing/formatting but it's vanished (youtube is really annoying with comments sometimes !!!) so I'll just give the short answer...yes 🙂
@@tigerblue42 Sorry about TH-cam doing that. Not sure why that happens sometimes.
@@megamikethemovieman No need to apologise Mike ! It happens to me now and again (on various channels) and I've seen many people say similar things...it is what it is but it really does waste people's time. I think the alogorithm punishes people that leave lengthy posts (that they think about and re-word as they type them) because they think it's spam or something. Putting that to one side imo if streaming wasn't a thing then Blu-ray would have (almost) completely replaced DVD by now just as DVD completely replaced VHS...but most people are happy to stream and that hurt DVD rentals/sales and prevented Blu-ray flourishing (I said more previously but I don't have the time to go into it). Keep up the good work m8 ! 🙂
I buy 4k now region free, I had to import the abyss as it was banned in the UK, due to one scene nor being cut.
All 4Ks are region free right? Do you import a lot of the times? How’s the shipping costs?
I subscribed with all notifications. I personally have a little redundancy with my Blu-Ray and DVD media. I do have a Samsung VHS/DVD combo on a flat CRT, but my powerful PC workstations both have insane stereo power and have Pioneer Blu-Ray drives. I do have to use paid software to play a Blu-Ray movie on these computers (only plays Blu-Ray movies through a paid version of Cyberlink), but it is worth it for me at least.
Thank you movie friend, much appreciated. Do you prefer playing movies on your tv or at your work stations?
I”m now subbed. I look forward to seeing more vids. I love DVDs for the larger cover art as well.
Thank you movie friend, much appreciated. Feel free to enjoy past videos as well since there are many on the channel. Can’t wait to talk movies with you.
How many DVDs do you have in your collection now?
Blu-ray is the winner every time for all the points you mentioned. Quite often I have seen the bluray actually cheaper than the DVD (for some titles). I will always buy blu-ray over DVD but if there is only the DVD, then I will go for that (or if the blu-ray is crazily priced). Blu-ray even wins out over 4K (mainly for price reasons), though with many of the 4K boxes you get the blu-ray and 4K. The size is definitely a thing as well, DVD cases especially if it is a complete or season set are just way too bulky, the blu-ray often gets it in a fairly small box (though they can be flimsy). Also, surviving scratches etc, blu-rays definitely win out. Also blu-rays often win out with the extras though not always over DVD. DVD is a great way for picking up films you really don't know about and probably will dump after watching them, such as ones picked up for 25p or so in a local charity store. I often decide to buy a cheapo film and sometimes they are great, sometimes not so great after the first ten minutes.
Do you ever get rid of any Blu-ray’s or just DVDs when you don’t like them?
@@megamikethemovieman I have yet to get rid of a single blu-ray (other than ones that are damaged) but I have dumped many DVDs mainly as I am just buying ones that I may or may not enjoy.
@@Graphicxtras1 So only blind buys on DVDs, not the Blu-rays?
@@megamikethemovieman Ha, yes, generally. Most of the (if not all) of the blu-ray ones are films that I have wanted for a while (and seen). Even more so when it comes to 4K and they are my mega favourite films such as Silent Running, Carrie etc. I doubt I would pick up a random 4K just yet (when they get down to £1 or so each, perhaps)
@@Graphicxtras1 I’m starting to be more selective on 4Ks myself, I need resist the urge to buy if I haven’t seen before, because they are so pricey now. Or wait on sales and discounts. Was it the Silent Running 4K from Arrow? And was it steelbook Carrie Or Slipcover Carrie (from Scream Factory)? I thought the Carrie Steelbook was one of the best designs I’ve seen from them.
For all general purposes, DVD 📀. They play in DVD players 📀, some laptops 📀, and even some tablets. 📀. On a personal note, the luxury of being able to sit down in front of a huge screen for me has been gone for some years now. 4K is already doomed.
Do you get out to theater at all for a big screen once in a while or not at all anymore?
@@megamikethemovieman I honestly wish I could Mike. Sigh. 🤔 But it's not all bad. You wait for the DVD 📀 and you save money. 🤔 And if it's not on DVD, Amazon PV is helpful and portable. 🤔 All you need is a laptop or tablet. 🤠
@@eternalhalloween1 Nothing wrong with that. At home viewing has plenty of positives. Do you know if your laptop upscales the DVDs at all?
@@megamikethemovieman My tablet, no. But then I didn't expect it to. But having a DVD player knocks out that complaint. My laptop DOES. Now my 9:7 " PRO obviously has no DVD player. But STRANGELY enough, that has a very sharp screen.
All super great points. I definitely have more blus in my collection than I do dvds. Definitely trying to upgrade what I can for a right price, but obviously not everything has made the format jump. I do lean more towards blus, but honestly dvd prices are too hard to pass up.
I'd say another pro for dvds is the bonus/special features. They seem to often times have more than what blus offer nowadays.
Special features are awesome! Why do you think Blu-ray’s have been including less of those?
@@megamikethemovieman Beats me! Maybe they're just too focused on the quality & sound & think it's ok to skimp out on the specials. Why do you think?
@@mirandasmoviemadness I’m guessing because they aren’t as much as a selling point for most consumers now. Many people I know will only watch the movie and won’t even try out the special features.
@@megamikethemovieman that's a good point
DVD is the new vinyl . The colours on 80’s movies on dvd are closer to the original so if you want to watch it like it was intended a dvd will be closer it’s like clean VHS 😂. Takes you back if that where you came from 🎉
Do you think that nostalgia feeling is what causes DVDs to sell so well? And I’m guessing you have a big DVD collection, is that the only format you collect?
Definitely get yourself a DLP projector, they are almost like crt tvs, whereby dvds still look freakin sweet. Even at 90inch plus, 135inch.
And do you get a special screen to go with the projector or do you just project onto any wall? I’m completely new to projectors so I have no idea.
@@megamikethemoviemanI personally just use the wall, but it does look better with a Screen.
To me blu ray is better, but I don't mind buying dvds and blu rays both in long run to have on physical, both ate better then 4k disc over all
Why don’t you like the 4Ks?
I’m so stressed with my collection
I’ve been wanting to upgrade my DVDs to Blu-ray’s/4k
Issue is I have over 600 DVDs
Then I have over 700 Blu-ray’s
No way I can upgrade those all
Feel like it’s wasting money to rebuy movies I own
I don’t double dip myself. Do you notice a big difference in quality on the ones you’ve upgraded?
I'd rather have nothing than a DVD
What do you dislike most about DVD?
I agree seem recently a movie I bought on EBay called Watchmen enjoyed just
as much even so picture
clarity not up to par but
I watched on a upscaler
movie disc player.
Watchmen, the Zack Snyder superhero movie. I like that one more and more every time I watch. What did you think of the movie?
@@megamikethemovieman
It’s pretty good but there’s other
movies that maybe better like 300
or Justice league I like the classic
way he makes dark scenes look great!”
@@rogerkrueger9333 He’s a great visual director absolutely! I like the style of how his movies look too. Sometimes I like the story’s a lot, sometimes not as much. 300 is fantastic and Justice League, so I can rewatch those all the time. You a fan of any other DCEU movies?
@@megamikethemovieman
Super man Henry Cavill character who
plays a fantastic job at and the Flash
who’s played by Ezra Miller.
As an old geezer that began movie collecting on the VHS era I'm used to less than stellar image. When everything was coming to DVD I sold 100s of VHS and now I'm sorry. Then when I had a considerable DVD collection Blu-rays came along. WTF!😡 I bought a Sony player but bearly any movie as I was relocating from P.R. to NY so I'll buy Blu-rays in NY I said. Well life got in the way of collecting when I got to NY the government mistook me for somebody with my same name and ruined my life. I ended up homeless and lost my career as a x-ray tech. Anyway I'm stable now working as a translator but making only a fraction of the income I would as a x-ray tech. Blu-rays around here are not common Walmart brings some and occasionally I find one in Goodwill. The rest I have to order on-line because I can't find them here. I prefer DVDs because of the price and availability. Some of the foreign horror movies I have on DVD might never be available on Blu-ray much less 4K. It's a miracle we got them in the first place. But I do see the superiority of Blu-rays image and sound quality plus disc size makes for more extras. And they're more scratch resistant. But I have heard they're also more stubborn if they just get one scratch they might stutter or not play at all. Whereas DVDs scratch more easily but can still play. Still I prefer DVDs.😇
Will you get a DVD even if the Blu-ray price is the same?
But if the collector is young and bearly has any movies I would advice forego DVD and Blu-ray and go straight to 4K as much you can!🤑
Only 4Ks even for a new collector? Do you think those prices might scare them? 🤣
It is not sustainable, it would scare new collectors away.
Sometimes on Amazon the DVD is considerably cheaper or more available, sometimes it's Blu-ray. space is a non-issue for me though, since my disks go into wallets.
You don’t keep any cases at all?
DVDs for the casual collectors. Blue Rays for serious collectors. If you can’t find Blue Ray than DVD is ok.
That just happened to me. Couldn’t find a set of movies on Blu-ray so had to pickup the DVDs. Are you mostly just 4Ks now or will you mix in a Blu-ray once in awhile?
@@megamikethemovieman Just 4ks
Hey what’s up megaMike. I def agree Blu-ray is the better value when the price is right but lately I’ve been digging the DVD prices for older films. I can buy more of my fav old films which still look decent. My only issue with DVDs is the yellow font for the subtitles 😁
Oh ya I forgot about the yellow font 🤣 So you like subtitles with your viewing experience? I’m a subtitle person too now.
@@megamikethemovieman haha yeah subs def help when watching a movie. Sometimes it’s hard to catch all of the dialogue so having the subs helps me follow along ☺️
@@glil88 Yep me too. Are you able to keep up with foreign language films with their subtitles? I feel sometimes the subtitles go too fast to keep up with.
@@megamikethemovieman haha I know what you mean lol I especially have a hard time keeping up with foreign films while trying to eat 🤣
@@glil88 That happens to me too. Foreign films I really need to just sit there and focus on the screen the whole time. Because if I miss something, I’m usually completely lost 🤣
DVD On A 15" Screen With 1080p Upscaling, BluRay on A 50" 4k UHD With 4k Upscaling, 4k 55" to 65" UHD Anything Higher Than That You Start To See Grain, That's When 8k Comes In 70" And Up, But 4k Will Be Great For Years To Come. Will 8k See A physical Format release I Highly Doubt It, and if they do It will be years before people catch up, I'm barely getting into 4k But Blurays Still Looks Great, One Thing That DVDs is superior at to me is sound quality, track mixing sound way better. 🕊️
What do you think is stopping 8K from getting to the market? Prices or just not enough would care about them?
@@megamikethemoviemanI Heard Companies Aren't Going To Release 8k Players Devices. But Who knows, 8k TVs are very expensive, and I don't have space for a 70" 😂. Physical Format collecting is very niche in the year 2024, I'm big on physical Format, CDs, Records, Cassette Tapes And Movies, The Hard Part Of It All Is Having Space. 🕊️
@@waxtapecdeater There’s already 8K TVs?? I had no idea. Ya I don’t see enough market for 8K players. Space is definitely the toughest part. Do you upgrade movies you already got on Blu-ray to the 4K format?
@@megamikethemovieman No Upgrading to expensive. But I Do Buy 4k but no upgrades
DVDs had it's run of being king of physical media from 1998 to 2010. When bluray's should have began to take over the format. But all the studios did not back the bluray format 100 % percent. Like all the studios did with DVD format. But I will say this about the DVD format. From 1998 when DVDs started to take off there was so many cool and amazing releases from all the studios. But the sad thing about both of these formats that all the studios were 100 % percent behind DVD format. But when it came to the bluray format. All the studios only back it around 65 % percent compared to 100 % percent of the DVD format. But I will say this about the bluray format now. If all the studios would have backed it like they did with the DVD's. We would mostly now have bluray's & 4ks on the market now. And DVDs would only be like 20 to 25 percent of the market sales. And we would not having all these conversations about DVDs still being king of physical media
Do you think it’s just the studios fault or do you think the consumers play a major part?
@@megamikethemovieman yes and no & I say this bc yes it is mostly all the studios fault. But not 100% precent there fault. I would say 80 precent is the studios fault and the rest is custermers and retail stores. And this is one of the reasons that alot of the physical media DVDs 📀 buyer's now have gotten out of buying physical media. Bc most of those costermers have lost their trust in the studios & retail stores in supporting the bluray format
I think 4K beats them both but most of the prices suck.
Do you only collect 4Ks now or will you occasionally get a Blu-ray or DVD?
@@megamikethemovieman I'm mostly getting 4Ks these days if one exists for that movie because I don't want to double dip, I do get blu ray if that is all there is and there's no 4K version coming anytime soon (there are some I do wait on though if a sniff a 4K coming around the corner) for that movie or show. I rarely buy DVDs now, I only get them if there is no blu ray in sight, I did buy an old Anchor Bay DVD recently for Return to Horror High only because the UK blu ray is region B, OOP, and going for $65 to $70 bucks. With formats I usually collect movies primarily from the latest and best formats at that time, so I'm pretty much done with DVD and retired from it except on rare occasions.
4k is just blu ray
Blu-Ray is better and doesn't scratch like DVD. But the average customer doesn't care. Everyone classes all discs as DVDs. Blu-Ray was a bad name for another format.
What do you think would have been a better name than Blu-ray?
@@megamikethemoviemanSuper DVD maybe. But that wasn't so great for VHS either.
@@StevenDavies-el8ss Well they had HD DVD but that didn’t seem to sell much either right?
HD-DVD was a great name, but lost to Blu-Ray.
@@GameArmorGameplay Why did it lose you think?
I only purchase DVD when there is no other option. I even have stopped doing to tv dvd's
Do you pickup more 4Ks or Blu-ray’s?
Blu ray and 4K for me but this new physical media that will only be one disc scientists better put a hard coating on the disc from scratch’s and dust dirt and smudges
Blu-ray’s I feel hold up the best endurance wise. Do your 4Ks ever pause or skip, like mine will do once in a while? I feel a piece of dust can throw off a 4K 🤣
@@megamikethemovieman yes but some of my 4K movies do freeze and I need to wait for it to resume but there’s a way to stop that you need to shut off upscaling in settings and switch the other one that’s in screen settings to video instead of automatic and you tv will do it and it could be the WiFi that’s causing the freeze problem
@@user-wp1yg9dp6k Great tips. I’ve never changed up the settings on my TV even though I probably should. I just feel like i might click the wrong thing. Does it dramatically change the quality of the image?
@@megamikethemovieman I’m talking about on the player not the tv
@@user-wp1yg9dp6k The player, got it, I definitely have to adjust those settings too. I’ve never even thought about the player. So it’s just the player settings, I don’t even have to do anything with the TV?
Hey Big MegaMike, blu-ray for longevity & 4k uhd is overrated for picture quality & also 4k's has more playback Issues 😖
What do you mean by “playback”?
I have never had any interest in buying blu rays or a blu ray player at all and DVDs are fine with me and there cheaper and quality does really matter to me
DVD sounds like the perfect option for you. What DVDs have you been picking up recently?
@@megamikethemovieman I got the 5 DVD set for final destination and scream 6 and John wick 4 saw 10 fast 10
@@JonTalksEverythingPodcast Awesome franchises. Can’t wait for the new Final Destination movie they are working on. How’d you like Fast X?
@@megamikethemovieman yes they are and me to and it was good but that movie franchise has run it's course and they have took those movies to places it should have not gone at all
@@JonTalksEverythingPodcast So not excited for the next one? I know they were talking 2 more sequels at one point. I’m not a massive fan myself, but I have fun with most of them. But later installments have gotten much more silly.
4k
Why do you prefer 4K?
4k is just a blu ray
@@Scifi4life Do you mostly just collect Blu-ray’s then?
@@megamikethemovieman yes
Blu-ray always. Theres no comparison. DVD arent much cheaper.
- Blu-ray looks and sounds so much better
- Blu-ray is more scratch resistant
- Blu-ray usually has a DVD along with it.
- and Again Blu-ray looks measurably better. No comparison.
Great points! Why do you think DVDs still sell so much though?
@@megamikethemovieman I think the name is no ubiquitous with the physical digital movie option. When perusing 1/2 price books I see older people buying DVD all the time. I think to most people it's the same. Also I had to admit you can find the classics way cheaper. The Friday the 13 th trilogy is $15 on DVD and $120 on Blu-ray. Things like that make little sense.
@@hednik I definitely think it’s that price point too. Do you ever see Blu-ray’s or 4Ks selling more in the future?
Blu Rays are 5 times more expensive than DVDs and UHD discs are 25 times more expensive than DVDs. I want it play on PC monitor and i have feeling like i was watching some vintage fixed VHS. I don't wan't to see all zits on random or stupid movie. If You want to see quality of blue ray You should use Oled screen otherwise You will get more blur in movement than on DVD's. Blue rays are just too expensive. There was many special low prize offers for DVD's in past now we have streaming and blue rays are not welcome option. Hollywood earns too much money for every idiot movie or pc game because they using communism rules and military violence against people around The world.
Dvds are dead
Why do they sell so much though?
@@megamikethemovieman they won't for much longer.