why do they stick dvds in with blu rays

evascott · 10 Dec 2010 at 09:06

Because the availability of DVD's we don't have to move for any online video and movies sharing sources and can enjoy them at any time .

Skidder · 10 Dec 2010 at 10:54

I have one bluray player and 5 means of playing DVDs and I imagine that is pretty typical. That's why.

Mr-White · 10 Dec 2010 at 11:03

I think I remember reading about DVDs in a book

MW

[ASSE]Hinchy · 10 Dec 2010 at 12:39

None of my Blu-Rays have come with DVDs in the box?

Lunatic Dreyfus · 10 Dec 2010 at 16:37

[ASSE]Hinchy;17970787 said:
None of my Blu-Rays have come with DVDs in the box?

Nor have any of mine.

If anything it's just a waste of resources.

Digital · 10 Dec 2010 at 19:07

Disappointed when a blu-ray doesn't come with a DVD copy as well.

On a side not, I could do without the digital copy though.

THMRK · 10 Dec 2010 at 19:24

Last Christmas, when I worked in HMV, Disney marketed this "Triple Play" idea as allowing "you to watch the blu-ray on your blu-ray player, while the kids can watch it in their room on their DVD player".

Kind of makes sense, I guess.

Quint · 10 Dec 2010 at 19:27

The price is still the same with or without. I now have a copy to play on my iphone, laptop and main tv/ps3

TheMagicPirate · 11 Dec 2010 at 13:27

I never quite understood these triple play discs.

My first one was Star Trek about a month ago, never looked back since. Will be getting 2 Blu Rays for Christmas and have insisted on the Triple Play ones. (The A Team and Inception both £15 each! Bargain!)

The digital copy is nice to have on my iPhone and the dvd comes in handy if I want to lend it out to someone or go over and see the missus. For £15 I think they are a steal*.

* I admit not all Triple Plays are that cheap. I think if there was over a £5 difference between the Blu Ray only and a Triple Play box I'd get the Blu Ray only, under a fiver tho and i'd be Triple Play all the way

p)

Greenlizard0 · 11 Dec 2010 at 14:06

For once I think the industry has it right. They're both discs, so why not save on the extra marketing, packaging and transport. Not to mention also shops that can save space that could now be potentially used for more Blu-Rays.

The digital copy is handy. It's nice owning a hard copy of a movie, but having something on your computer which you can just click and play makes it easier.

meghatronic · 11 Dec 2010 at 15:18

I *love* it when I get a bluray and a dvd (digital copy is meh). It means I can watch things anywhere.

HangTime · 12 Dec 2010 at 01:52

Mucky_Pup said:
I wonder if they'll ever be able to get them onto one disc, so a DVD player will play the film, then a bluray player will play the high definition one, possible? Or does the structure of the bluray prevent this?

I think you've answered your own question - I can't see a DVD being able to read from something which is effectively a BR with an extra bit tacked on.

ThundyCat · 12 Dec 2010 at 10:16

Woody__ said:
Last Christmas, when I worked in HMV, Disney marketed this "Triple Play" idea as allowing "you to watch the blu-ray on your blu-ray player, while the kids can watch it in their room on their DVD player".

Kind of makes sense, I guess.

Greenlizard0 said:
For once I think the industry has it right. They're both discs, so why not save on the extra marketing, packaging and transport. Not to mention also shops that can save space that could now be potentially used for more Blu-Rays.

The digital copy is handy. It's nice owning a hard copy of a movie, but having something on your computer which you can just click and play makes it easier.