Anyone else buying Firefly on Tuesday?

POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Sunday, November 16, 2008 08:08
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OPPYH

Monday, November 10, 2008 7:37 PM

Blu-Ray?

I am.

I'd like to post a review thread if no else is going to.

Thanks!

CHARLIEBZ

Monday, November 10, 2008 7:50 PM

I am! Bought the Blu-Ray player especially.

OPPYH

Monday, November 10, 2008 8:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by CharlieBZ:
I am! Bought the Blu-Ray player especially.

Way to go. That's the spirit

STORYMARK

Monday, November 10, 2008 8:21 PM

Pre-ordered it months ago. Hoping it might just show up in the mail today.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

JAYNESMANE

Monday, November 10, 2008 8:29 PM

It's out on blu ray? COUNT ME IN!!!

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YT

Monday, November 10, 2008 8:42 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Pre-ordered it months ago. Hoping it might just show up in the mail today.

I pre-ordered it from Amazon several months ago (as soon as I could). Two months ago, they sent an email indicating they had canceled all those pre-orders because they weren't going to get them from that supplier. However, they also provided a new link to pre-order, so I did.

It shipped today: US$57.95 no tax, no shipping

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STORYMARK

Monday, November 10, 2008 9:39 PM

Yeah, I got the same email (it was becuase the release date was changed - it was originally slated for next week). It was easy enough to shift the order over.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

ANONYMOUS1

Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:30 AM

Bought Firefly Blu-Ray on Tuesday. Don't have a Blu-Ray player YET.

NCBROWNCOAT

Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:52 PM

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Originally posted by Anonymous1:
Bought Firefly Blu-Ray on Tuesday. Don't have a Blu-Ray player YET.

Going over to Amazon to buy it. I don't have a Blu-Ray player yet either. I'm hoping Santa will bring one,because I just got a HDTV last weekend.

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

SUASOR

Saturday, November 15, 2008 6:19 PM

I ordered it, but also don't have a Blue Ray player, and don't intend to get one. I just can't see enough difference between DVD (on a current player that will tweak the signal for a 1080 screen) and Blue Ray.

So this is just a contribution to the cause for me. Of course if I come across a potential convert who does have a Blue Ray player....

OPPYH

Sunday, November 16, 2008 7:04 AM

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Originally posted by Suasor:
I ordered it, but also don't have a Blue Ray player, and don't intend to get one. I just can't see enough difference between DVD (on a current player that will tweak the signal for a 1080 screen) and Blue Ray.

I understand where your coming from. Blu-Ray will never be as mainstream as standard dvd.
It's basically what Laserdisc was to VHS in the 80's, and most of the 90's.
It's a got a small fraction of the market as dvd. People love their dvd players and collections of dvd's. To be honest, I don't know anyone who feels they need to upgrade to Blu.

Standard dvd was groundbreaking, and that sort of leap will never happen again. But seeing films in glorious 1080 HD is a step beyond dvd. When you get that 3-D effect(when images actually seem to have depth) on a Blu-Ray film....it's something.

SUASOR

Sunday, November 16, 2008 8:08 AM

I think it depends on how much effort was put into the transfer (from original 35mm or digital to Blue Ray). I've seen lots of Blue Ray content, and a lot of it reminds me of the many halfassed transfers to DVD (which were not a lot beter than the VHS versions). Apparently it's more expensive to do a top notch transfer to Blue Ray, and even a lot of A List movies are just being tossed onto Blue Ray and touted as the Next-Big-Thing. Unless they make the effort to make it so, DVD is going to do a Betamax on Blue Ray.