This seems to be an interesting discussion to me !! So, I would like to write my own opinion on this. (You can also call it an 'HD' chapter of my own biography).
Guys, I just want to know your opinion. Why do you guys actually buy these HD movies when yeah they are available for free on the web. Its not that I support torrents or I am against it but I just want to know your opinion. It might change my opinion as well.
I follow you. I used to buy DVDs few years ago, when I used to think that having all good movies on DVDs is the best thing to do, if one has to watch or make his/her collection of good movies and it was the era till 2009, when I had never heard about BluRay/HD and have just started earning. (First time, I read an article about HD-DVD and BluRay competition, while giving the aptitude test of an MNC.)...yeah..most important thing to mention...I had bought only few Hindi movies DVDs at very nominal cost of Rs. 40-70..and to watch those DVDs, I used to rely upon my friends' laptop/DVD players. Seriously, I bought DVDs without having my own laptop/player.
It was in October 2010, when I bought my first laptop and I got to know about HD/BluRay stuff and started watching BluRay movies on my 14" laptop.
Have you ever watched blu-ray disks on a Full HDTV with a good Home Theater system? The excellent PQ and the HD audio will simply blow you away. The 2-3 GB BRRips can't match the blu-rays both in PQ and SQ department. Also it is a pain to download full Blu-Ray ISOs. I support all those who buy original disks.
After reading a lot about BluRay/HD/720p/1080p/HDTV, I became so proactive that I never downloaded low quality BRRips.
yeah, it's pain to download BluRay movies, so I decided to take that challenge !!
I never want to say that I didn't have enough earning power to afford BluRay and other related stuff ;-)
I always looked for BluRay rips of 1080p/DTS or DTS-HDMA/H264. At an average, I own a BluRay movie of around 10 GB.
Yeah, it's pain to download BluRay rip and it takes lot of time and patience. So, I invested in time and patience, followed by a high speed internet connection which costs me around 1700 upto a FUP limit of 75 GB. (However, could never be caught on exceeding this FUP. Thanks to the system fault of my broadband provider.) I used to pay 1700/3 for internet, as it's the one of the biggest benefit of living bachelor life during your initial career., it's been around 1.5 years so far and I own more than 2 TB collection of 1080p movies, out of which 210 movies are IMDB toppers. So, all in all I spent around (1700/3)*18= Rs. 10,200 for this collection.
If you include the hard disk cost as well to preserve these movies, Then I would like to add Rs. 12000 more.
I still don't have my own house and it may take couple of years more, So I feel it's hard for me to preserve my own collection of anything !!
I have recently bought a 40" HDTV and an entry level Home Theater (Onkyo HT-22HDX). Thus, I have gradually started enjoying my collection of movies.
Even if anybody call it a wastage, I'll simply think I have wasted around 22000 Rupees on travel and liquors in last 1.5 years.
There are two kinds of people. One; people like us who understand and appreciate the nuances in video and audio. Two; there is the other kind who cannot make out any difference between a 700MB AVI, and a FullHD Blu-Ray. Every time I invite some of these people home, I get stunned when they say they are very happy with a 700MB AVI file, and they cannot make out any difference - all this after spending full 2 hours watching a Blu-Ray and drinking my liquor!!
It took me a long time to make my wife understand the difference, and today, she just throws away a bad print and waits for a good print to be available in the market. And she refuses to see anything on a screen that is less than 42 inches. Because of IPL, I am relegated to my laptop, and a 29 inch CRT! Of course I have my HT system, but have been feeling too lazy to take the effort of putting it on.
Cheers
I too have friends, who never want to accept that watching a movie on BluRay/HD is different than watching it on CD/DVDs.
They don't even accept the fact that there is a difference between watching a normal SD channel and an HD channel. No offence to my lovely friends !!
(Despite the fact that, they have 32"/40" HDTV in their houses.)
At the end, I would like to thank all those open-source content providers in the world of internet !
Also, I would like to apologize to all the Hollywood Studios and Producers. One day, I'll come of age and definitely start giving values to them by spending on their movies.
Please note, I have a habit of watching all the good Hindi and English movies in Theater on weekend and in last 1.5 years I have watched more than 100 Hindi and English movies in Theaters. (Hope this point save my face.)
) and my original VHS quality was/is better than VCD - at least on CRT TV. Maybe, I have about 8 or 10 VCDs and that too of Marathi drama/movies that are generally not available on DVDs.
