Why do people collect DVDs?

[Dually]

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<< Sorry, but this is an extremely bad comparison. One reason is the fact that you are compressing a compressed format. >>



Here's a better comparison. Take a wave file and compress it to a 320kbps mp3 file. Then take that mp3 file and compress it to a 192kbps mp3 file. Technically, of course, the 320kbps mp3 file sounds "better" than the 192kbps file, but you would be hard pressed to find 1 person in 100 that can tell the difference.

The same is the case with DivX and DVD. >>



I can tell the difference. I have amazing hearing. I buy only the dvds "I know" I will watch enough to justify the cost vs renting. Also it costs $3.75 where I live to rent not $3 and even $3 is a rip off for rental.

 

[Mister T]

Can't we all just buy DVD burners and get along?

 

[voodooguy]

<< Can't we all just buy DVD burners and get along? >>



What is at issue here is not DVD-ROM. DVD-ROM is just a storage medium, just like CD-ROM, except far more expensive and far less compatible.

What is at issue is MPEG 2 vs. MPEG 4, two different codecs.

 

[Nefrodite]

wrong, its about the entire package. don't try to change your arguement.

DVD-ROM is just a storage medium, just like CD-ROM, except far more expensive and far less compatible.

talk about undermining your original arguement for divx. divx with some features and decent bitrate is finally possible on dvd rom or any of its other permutations. still, it shows theres no point.

 

[Palek]

My wife and I buy DVD's because
1. I like pulling out and watching my favourites again every now and then.

2. I am Hungarian, my wife is Australian, she wants to learn my language, and since we get all our DVD's back in my country, she can watch them in Hungarian. Movies are the second best way to learn a language (number one being living with a native, this option is also available to her ).

3. I am a quality freak.

Our collection will most likely never grow past a couple dozen. We rent most movies.

 

[littleman]

what you dont have any cds that you keep? I think they buy em to watch, not reawlly to collect

 

[TheKidd]

I have yet to see a divx movie on the campus network on my school that can even come close to dvd quality. It is a huge waste of time and effort to rip and encode a movie that will look and sound worse, all the while stripping it of all the extra features that make dvds so great in the first place.

 

[voodooguy]

<< all the extra features that make dvds so great in the first place. >>



More like forced advertisements.

If I want to see trailers, I will download them, thank you very much.

 

[yakko]

I buy them for the same reason I bought my entire CD collection. I want to have them so I can use them when I want.

 

[conjur]

Trailers are sometimes nice (sometimes there are scenes in trailers not used in movies). And, it makes for some nice slack time to get the popcorn, snacks, and drinks ready

Not to mention audio commentaries, deleted scenes, DTS soundtracks, games, etc.

 

[lawaris]

I do cos' they are DVD's !!!!!!!

For God's sake - UNDERSTAND !!!!!!!

 

[voodooguy]

Dude, there's a REASON those scenes were deleted.

It is because they suck.

 

[conjur]

<< Dude, there's a REASON those scenes were deleted.

It is because they suck. >>



Not in all cases. I've seen some deleted scenes that were very well acted, well shot, or just plain cool. But, they were cut for being redundant or going away from the main storyline. Plus, they're usually coupled with director or actor commentary and it's just an interesting look into the filmmaking process.

 

[voodooguy]

<< it's just an interesting look into the filmmaking process. >>



See, that's the difference between us. I am not a film student. I am not a cinematographer. I don't give a damn about the filmmaking process. I just want to sit down and watch a movie and be entertained.

I have no idea why people get excited about all kinds of worthless crap shoveled onto DVD's. I don't know anyone who watches these things. Certainly none of my friends do. I cannot for the life of me imagine why anyone would waste their time sitting through these things.

 

[kami]

<< More like forced advertisements. >>




<< Dude, there's a REASON those scenes were deleted.

It is because they suck. >>


Now you're living in a dream world.

Forced advertisements?? FORCED?!?!?! They are selectable from a menu...no one is forcing you to watch anything!

As for deleted scenes, they are often cut for time restraints. LOTR: FOTR is a fine example of this, which is why the DVD will carry at least 30-40mins of deleted scenes.

You are so set on your opinion that we could say anything and you wouldn't think otherwise. Get out of your divx dream world dude DVD owns it. face the facts biatch

 

[LethalWolfe]

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<< it's just an interesting look into the filmmaking process. >>



See, that's the difference between us. I am not a film student. I am not a cinematographer. I don't give a damn about the filmmaking process. I just want to sit down and watch a movie and be entertained.

I have no idea why people get excited about all kinds of worthless crap shoveled onto DVD's. I don't know anyone who watches these things. Certainly none of my friends do. I cannot for the life of me imagine why anyone would waste their time sitting through these things. >>



See, that's the difference between us. I was a film student. I am an editor. I give a damn about the filmmaking process. I just want to sit down, watch a movie, and learn why it's entertaining (so I can make entertaining movies that you can enjoy).

I have no idea why people don't get get excited about all kinds of cool stuff shoveled onto DVDs. I know a lot of people who watch those things. Certainly all of my friends do. I cannot for the life of me imagine why anyone would enjoy sitting through this things.




Lethal

 

[conjur]

<<

<< it's just an interesting look into the filmmaking process. >>



See, that's the difference between us. I am not a film student. I am not a cinematographer. I don't give a damn about the filmmaking process. I just want to sit down and watch a movie and be entertained.

I have no idea why people get excited about all kinds of worthless crap shoveled onto DVD's. I don't know anyone who watches these things. Certainly none of my friends do. I cannot for the life of me imagine why anyone would waste their time sitting through these things. >>



I'm not a film student nor a cinematographer, myself, but I like to know how/why things work, including some films. That's why I also like some bootlegs of some of my favorite bands, to hear how songs have progressed/evolved over the years. I come into a forum such as anandtech to learn more about how to better my PC performance. I'll go into a home theater forum to learn how to tweak my system or a car forum to find ways to better my car's performance/safety.

I don't like to take things as is or on face value. I like to to learn and research to form better educated opinions. Sometimes I find information counter to an opinion I held that was based on incomplete or inaccurate information.

That's the difference, good sir.

Oh well...much too late for soapboxing like that.

 

[Nefrodite]

<< Dude, there's a REASON those scenes were deleted.

It is because they suck. >>

sometimes studios force directors to do things that are stupid. or do you trust mega studios completely and think they do no wrong? its true that a deleted scene may not always be good, esp from a teenie bopper movie, but other times they do add to the experience. cut for time/violence/sexual content/prescreenings...

 

[cuteybunny]

people who buy usually spend too much but don't realize until they add it all up
like me I would only watch it once so buying it is not practical or I feel it just isn't worth my money.
like games for the price of 1, i can rent 10 of them for 50 without having to spend 500 bucks+



<< Why buy DVDs?

Why buy ANYTHING?

Maybe because it's something you'd like to own and use/watch...



Why did you buy a computer? After all, you can always go to the local library and use theirs! >>

 

I would imagine you would collect them so you can watch them.
Rather simple.

 

[littlegohan]

i buy dvd for movies that i will watch over and over again ex. shawshank redemption
i also buy some dvds to show off my home theater (phantom menance)

 

[Valhalla1]

I have a couple questions on this subject..

1 - about switching viewing angles on the fly - when watching dvd's on my computer, using power dvd 3.0 in winxp, pioneer 16x slot load dvd drive, the alternate angle menu items in power dvd (when right clicking on the screen when a movie is playing) never do anything.. is it because this drive doesnt support this, or is it because the dvd's I've watched dont have multi angles, or is it a software problem? computer is tbird 1.2 512mb ddr, and i guess my ati AIW radeon does dvd decoding but I am not sure, unless it just does it when you install the card, I never configured it or anything

2 - about divx.. wasn't there a video disc format called divx a few years back that worked on the premise that you buy the disc cheap but can only watch it once? or something like that... but dvd became the standard because you can watch it however you want. is this related to the video codec divx that ripped movies are distriubted in?


and as to why people collect dvd's.. I'm sorry but I cant accept that divx is superior to dvd at all.. its in the end user experience. its very nice to be able to pop a dvd in my set top dvd player with surround sound and big screen, with the extra features etc.
with divx, its just a bad experience to me.. the majority of people use divx in this manner: wasting hours downloading several copies of a movie from different pirating groups to see which copy sucks ass the least.. you are restricted to watching it on your pc unless you have your pc next to your entertainment system and have tvout.. and its a freaking hassle for the average user to do all this. I've done both, my friends are all computer savvy, some have their pc's hooked up to their tv's to watch free divx movies but its much easier to pop in a dvd and go

one thing I thought was cool..i have a friend thats way into pirating divx. didnt know until he showed me that you can re-encode divx into VCD, burn onto cd in VCD format and then play it on the set top dvd player. of course it sucks big time having to swap to disc 2 or wait for the changer to do it. but then again he got a DVD burner for christmas so i guess that solves the multi disc problem

question - about his dvd burner, he said Nero wouldn't let him do a simple disc to disc copy of a DVD movie to a blank dvd, because of copyright stuff. is there a program that just clones the dvd bit by bit regardless of copyright ? does clonecd do dvd burning?

 

[Sugadaddy]

Valhalla:

1. Your DVDs probably don't support multi-angle. Movies rarely use it, but I think porn DVDs have it...

2. No relation at all except the name.

 

[RossMAN]

Just bought The Fast and Furious on DVD tonight for $16.99

It adorns my entertainment center quite nicely.

 

[Nefrodite]

1 - about switching viewing angles on the fly - when watching dvd's on my computer, using power dvd 3.0 in winxp, pioneer 16x slot load dvd drive, the alternate angle menu items in power dvd (when right clicking on the screen when a movie is playing) never do anything.. is it because this drive doesnt support this, or is it because the dvd's I've watched dont have multi angles, or is it a software problem? computer is tbird 1.2 512mb ddr, and i guess my ati AIW radeon does dvd decoding but I am not sure, unless it just does it when you install the card, I never configured it or anything


yup multi angle is mostly used in bonus features. from my experience ussually in how they made it special effects things. they let you play a sequence and the angle button switches between the same scene with different levels of or layers i suppose of fx that and porn