DVD still king?
Despite new high-definition formats, digital downloads and video-on-demand options, DVD is still the preferred medium to watch movies, says Home Media Magazine, which just wrapped up its sixth annual Home Entertainment Summit with partners DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, The Hollywood Reporter magazine and Entertainment Merchants Association.
Despite new high-definition formats, digital downloads and video-on-demand options, DVD is still the preferred medium to watch movies, says Home Media Magazine, which just wrapped up its sixth annual Home Entertainment Summit with partners DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, The Hollywood Reporter magazine and the Entertainment Merchants Association.
In fact, the consensus at the event among the major film studios was the end of 2007 may prove to be the biggest quarter in the DVD’s 10-year history.
That said, overall DVD sales are down from last year, says this report, but the format remains far more popular — and lucrative — than the other home-based movie options.
And it’s not just blockbuster box office movies that are selling discs, but also TV show box sets and straight-to-DVD releases, too.
Surprised? Has DVD had its day in the sun or are you still watching (or collecting) flicks in this format?
I'm still collecting DVDs as I have no High Def player….yet. Many DVDs that I am collecting were filmed before the dawn of HD anyway and unless the movie was filmed in HD are you really gaining anything by getting a Bluray version of the movie. I'm sure I'll regret it later once Bluray becomes common place. Who knows we'll probably be watching Holographic movies by then!
Hey Brian, your comment is interesting. You may not realize it, but all movies that were shot on film have a higher resolution than even 1080p HD quality offers. The resolution of film is extremely high which is why movies at the theatres look so good. So yes, you will notice an improvement if you picked up a high-def version of an old movie, and watched it on a high-def TV, since the DVD copy you own was essentially "down converted" to 480P.
I dont think DVDs will become obsolete as quick as people think. Especially when there are HD players that suppose CD's and DVDs and some will actually upconvert the quality a bit. Personally, there is no point in upgrading your entire collection….because then you have a lot old DVD's as junk. Unless, its some great movies that are worth having the HD version. I know that soon after the theaters start showing 3d movies, eventually we will all follow suit for our home theaters and HD will be passe.
I know that depending on the distributor, the film may only be available on one kind of HD format and DVD. So if I wanted a movie on HD-dvd for example, I cant because its only for Blueray format. Is this true?
yeah it is! only for all who doen't have or cannot afford hi def player.