Bluray discs unneccessarily splitting content 'because people like it' :(

Even if it was technically possible to fit a whole series on one disc, i would rather have more discs.

I like the steelbooks they usually come in for a start, dont have a space issue so extra bulk doesnt bother me.

I had a habit of leaving DVDs about getting ruined, so at least if 1 disc is unreadable, the others should be safely tucked up in their case (in theory!)

If i had an entire series on 1 disc, i would watch it all to the end as there is no set point to stop watching (changing the disc over). This would result in me forgetting to eat, drink and go to the bathroom for the duration of the series :p
 
britboy4321 said:
OK let me rephrase. Would you rather buy 5 * 10gb content on bluray, or 1*50gb content on bluray? If the 5*10gb content had a big old box with a nazgul on the front but all the grief of switching disks etc??
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This is not happening, your opening post is ranting about this going on and some non-existent marketing men, well in reality this is not the case. Actually the opposite if anything.

Cheer up and move along.
 
I was hoping that this is pretty much what bluray represented, The end of multiple disks.

TV series spanning 2 Blurays instead of 1 bluray per season. Makes much more sense.

If they could do trilogies too I'd prefer that
 
I would prefer it to be on as few discs as possible.

In this case I don't think that three long films in 1080p would fit onto a single blu-ray, but in principle, I certainly don't subscribe to the "more discs and bigger box = better value".
 
britboy4321 said:
OK let me rephrase. Would you rather buy 5 * 10gb content on bluray, or 1*50gb content on bluray? If the 5*10gb content had a big old box with a nazgul on the front but all the grief of switching disks etc??
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I still don't think you are getting it:

5 x LOTR films even if they each fit on a single layer 25gb disc = 125gb
How is that fitting on 1 blu-ray disc? Why would anyone buy a blu-ray disc that was compressed to a 10gb rip? You don't/didn't go out and expect to buy a DVD that was compressed down to 2gig, even if you could fit more than one film on the disc. DVD/Blu-ray has always been about high quality. So the OP is flawed.
 
jaybee said:
I still don't think you are getting it:

5 x LOTR films even if they each fit on a single layer 25gb disc = 125gb
How is that fitting on 1 blu-ray disc? Why would anyone buy a blu-ray disc that was compressed to a 10gb rip? You don't/didn't go out and expect to buy a DVD that was compressed down to 2gig, even if you could fit more than one film on the disc. DVD/Blu-ray has always been about high quality. So the OP is flawed.
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but 3 x LOTR movies at 25gb each could fit on 2, So we could have

1 bluray - 1st movie and 2nd movie.
2 bluray - 3rd movie and extras

That'd work for me.

Same with any trilogy.
 
jaybee said:
I still don't think you are getting it:

5 x LOTR films even if they each fit on a single layer 25gb disc = 125gb
How is that fitting on 1 blu-ray disc? Why would anyone buy a blu-ray disc that was compressed to a 10gb rip? You don't/didn't go out and expect to buy a DVD that was compressed down to 2gig, even if you could fit more than one film on the disc. DVD/Blu-ray has always been about high quality. So the OP is flawed.
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Jees louise!

OK, let me try again. Third time lucky eh.

Mystical fairies, using pixie dust and magic, have invented a way of storing 10000 terrabytes onto a single blu-ray sized disk. You have a player.

Would you rather buy 1 disk with all of the LOTR films and extras on it, or 5 with the same contents spread over them and a bigger, prettier box but the grief associated with 5 discs?


THAT'S IT! THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING!! :)

:/
 
britboy4321 said:
EDIT_ THIS IS A THEORETICAL QUESTION for if they COULD fit the films on to one disk without losing any content or quality.
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lol so you've gone from outrage opver them splitting content without need to finding out they have to split content and now it's theoretical :/


But yes when the time comes that we can put a full Trilogy in one disk/cartridge they probably will providing that higher capacity device doesn't cost substantially more for them to buy.

But who are these marketing people that told you this? blu ray marketing people that don;t know the capacity of a blu ray :/

Also what mock up? did you go to the hassle of making one or did some marketing department fail so hard that they actually thought this was possible (and still do) till you go and correct them tomorrow?
 
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In a hypothetical world where you could fit an infinite amount of data on one disc then yes, i'd prefer one disc.

In the real world with limited storage per disc where doing so would mean massively compromised quality in comparison then no, I would rather stick to a disc per film.

If i'm going to pay £50 for a film trilogy I want the best quality I can get for that money, so I will avoid a situation whereby 3 (long) films have been squashed onto one disc for convenience reasons.
 
Don't they already do this?

I'm sure i have some DVDs with 2 movies on them.

either unrelated in plot but share an actor, (the 6th day and total recall do one iirc) or a duo.
 
Wow... the OP is soo blatantly biased to one side... Effectively calling anyone who would want more than 1 disc stupid. This was clearly not a hypothetical question until someone points out a flaw and the op feeling stupid decides to pretend it was a hypothetical question...
 
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