![]() ![]() I've been doing the HT thing since back in the days when laserdisc was the format of choice for videophiles. ![]() How much extra does it cost to create over a standard DVD. I suppose taking inflation into account the Amazon prices aren't too bad but I still feel there is an excessive premium for Blu-Ray. If that last nudge of quality is not at issue or for casual viewing, streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO-GO, Vudu. I love my streaming services for casual watching and second-tier movies, but if it's a reference quality movie I'll still buy the physical Blu-Ray disk and stick it in the player. Decent quality players are pretty inexpensive. To the OP - not sure why the "no blu-ray" stipulation. If you have an average setup this probably won't matter to you, but if you're picky about such things and have good HT gear you'll definitely care. What they also don't offer is Blu-Ray's lossless sound formats like DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD - for surround material they use lossy Dolby Digital 5.1. Bit-rates matter as they basically determine how much compression needs to be used, which is why services like Vudu and Netflix are starting to offer premium level HD services with higher bitrates which still don't match typical Blu-Ray levels (I say this as an UltraHD subscriber with Netflix). While streaming services offer 1080P, that's only part of the story. When you say "Blu-Ray" movies remember that simply means 1080/60p video quality on a disc. ![]()
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