I’ve had my PS3 for quite a while now, but don’t yet have an HD-TV. That means that while I can play Blu-Ray movies, I can’t benefit from the higher image quality. With that seeming to be the main draw to Blu-Ray, I’ve held off buying any Blu-Ray discs so far. Until today.
It’s been a while since I’ve bought any “new” movies, so I figured I might as well shop around. If I’d find something to my liking, I could always decide whether to buy or not.
Before long I’d found several movies I kinda wanted to get, but not at the prices I was presented with. Time to visit more sites and compare prices. So that’s what I did, and low and behold, I ended up saving a lot of money by buying not from my semi-regular Dutch e-store (bol.com) but from HMV instead.
While bol.com has a better pricing for shipping, the savings on the movies themselves was so big, I couldn’t justify not buying from HMV. Amazon.co.uk was in most cases similar in price as HMV, but didn’t have the “2 for ₤18″ offer which I took advantage of.
Now the question remains if Blu-Ray discs have any advantage over regular, old-fashioned DVDs.
I doubt most will, as the extra’s are usually shit anyway, and I don’t think there’ll be more subtitle options on Blu-Ray discs than they put on DVDs. In fact, with only one of my family members and none of my friends having a Blu-Ray player, only two of the movies I’ve ordered can be shared with the rest, and that’s because they also contain the regular DVD.
In about a week I’ll be able to give a definitive answer as to whether I’ll buy any more Blu-Ray discs or if I’ll go back to DVDs instead.
