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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris Tobin" data-source="post: 874858" data-attributes="member: 10305">I have a 47" Vizio 1080p 120Hz LCD and hope to buy a Blu-Ray player If I can start getting some consistent income...The price of BR movies is killing me though... Curtis, I'm sure lower production numbers cost a lot more than DVD but please if you can answer... Does it really cost the studios 50 to 100% more to manufacturer a BR disc versus a DVD disc????<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />It seems to me that the recording industry and the movie industry have worked hand in hand to manipulate prices... I remember that before DVD came out CD cost 9.99 usually at regular prices and would be on sale for 7.99 when they were new release on sale. Then as DVD came out and got popular the prices of CDs increased to 14.99 or even 17.99 for regular prices and 12.99 or occasionally 9.99 on sale for new releases. This allowed the movie industry to justify selling a DVD for 17.99 to 19.99 or more regular and 14.99 new release sale for a disc that consumers perceive as the same size and prob similar cost. (I do know that DVD cost substantially less than VHS did same for CD versus cassette from a manufacturing cost.) Now with Blu-Ray disc winning out over HDDVD, we seem to be seeing the same escalation where DVD movies have recently gone through general price increases of $2-$5 for both regular and sale prices for DVD movies to justify the high sales price of BR discs at around 29.99. Am I seeing conspiracy where there is none or did this happen and is it happening again?Realistically how much does it cost to produce a CD vs DVD vs Blu-Ray disc at mainstream mass production volumes and also at independent release volumes like your DP series?Curtis, please do not take this as an attack on you or the DP series, I am just hoping that you might have some answers to questions that have been bothering me since DVDs started being sold at a retail level.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Finally, I also have a couple Blu-Ray player questions that anyone with one should be able to answer... Is the picture quality of Blu-Ray discs significantly better than DVD in the real world of your living room? The transition from VHS to DVD was a significant leap in audio and video quality, is the transition from DVD to Blu-Ray as significant or is it a minor advance? Does the Blu-Ray player really make my DVDs look and sound better by "upconverting" the picture? And, if it does make my DVDs better, is it worth it to spend twice as much on a BR new release vs a DVD new release when a movie comes out that we want to buy as a family???Thanks a million in advance to anyone who answers and helps, especially Curtis!!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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