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How to Buy Cheap Blu-rays

jairaj — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:47:35 +0000

Blu-rays are expensive. Most cost about $20. To build your Blu-ray library would cost alot of dough if you are buying every thing new. So how do you buy cheap Blu-ray movies?

Over the last couple of years, I have found Amazon.com to be the cheapest. While their new Blu-ray prices are competitive, their best deals are on used Blu-rays. If you are ripping your movies, do you actually care if you are buying a brand new movie? I know I don’t care.

The only downside to buying used movies from Amazon.com is the cost of shipping, which is just under $3. Most movies can be had for around 10 bucks, including shipping. Albeit, these movies aren’t the latest releases but for building your library, it is perfect.

Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Delayed

jairaj — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:28:55 +0000

Some movies are meant to be on Blu-ray. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is one of them. Sadly though, it looks like the trilogy won’t be available until next year (first quarter of 2010). From Engadgethd.com

Our friend Bill at the Digital Bits continues to deliver on some of the best and worst Blu-ray movie news — although we really wish he’d make his site linkable already — and this time it is the sad news that one of the most anticipated Blu-ray releases ever will be pushed to 2010. No word on exactly when The Lord of the Rings will make it to Blu-ray, but it seems pretty certain that it won’t be in the next four months.

I still do not understand the delay in getting Blu-ray movies to the marketplace. LOTR Blu-ray would be a perfect Christmas present for geeks. These movies will surely be some of the best selling Blu-ray movies ever. Hopefully the quality is better than Gladiator though.

Why Blu-ray is Better than Downloaded Movies

jairaj — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:24:07 +0000

Ever since the release of Blu-ray to the world, people have been predicting its demise. The most common reason is that downloaded movies are just around the corner. In essence, Blu-ray was dead before it arrived.

However, Blu-ray has two advantages over downloadable content from the likes of iTunes and Amazon. First off, Blu-ray looks and sounds better. Maybe not by a lot but the difference is still there. This by itself would not be a big deal, which leads us to the second reason: Blu-ray is actually cheaper. Blu-ray movies can be bought on sale or used for under $15. Brand new releases run about $20. To download a movie from iTunes or Amazon costs $20. This brings us back to the better quality issue. Plus you can always resell a Blu-ray movie.

In terms of renting a movie, Netflix makes Blu-ray almost a no-brainer. Sure you can rent a movie from iTunes for $5, but why not pay $12 a month for Netflix and get all the Blu-rays you can watch in a month.

Next time someone is telling you that Blu-ray is dying, tell them two things: quality and price. Pretty simple.

Rip Blu-ray Movies | ISOs versus Folders

jairaj — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:23:53 +0000

AnyDVD HD offers you the ability to rip a movie as either an ISO file (which is an image of the actual disc) or as a set of folders. If you plan on manipulating the movie at all (i.e. remove trailers etc), I recommend ripping as a folder.

ISO files can be loaded seamlessly with a virtual drive, like Virtual Drive from Slysoft. I must say it works seamlessly if you want to preserve