Will people ever be able to trade in their standard DVDs for Blu-Ray?!
Question: I went crazy over the last few years before high definition DVDs became standard and now I'm at a point where I have well over 300 standard DVDs that just don't look as good as my, um, 5 Blu-Ray movies.
Does anyone know of any places now, or any potential future promotions where trading in standard DVDs for their Blu-Ray counterparts will be done? I know it won't be a clean swap, but if I could give them my standard version and say - $10 to $15, it seems fair, right? I remember when DVD was first becoming the norm there were some video stores that found use with the old VHS movies.
Answers: I went crazy over the last few years before high definition DVDs became standard and now I'm at a point where I have well over 300 standard DVDs that just don't look as good as my, um, 5 Blu-Ray movies.
Does anyone know of any places now, or any potential future promotions where trading in standard DVDs for their Blu-Ray counterparts will be done? I know it won't be a clean swap, but if I could give them my standard version and say - $10 to $15, it seems fair, right? I remember when DVD was first becoming the norm there were some video stores that found use with the old VHS movies.
For the next few years, places that sell used DVDs may give you a few dollars (probably store credit) for your DVDs.
DVD will still be mainstream media for another two years, probably. Then major retailers will only sell Blu-Ray, rental places will only rent Blu-Ray, and DVD will be history.
Get a good DVD ripper, and load em all up on a harddrive... who needs the player, anyway? Keep your library of DVDs without the clutter, and begin building your Blu-Ray library.
problably not gonna happen bro . . . . i myself own a buttload of dvds & have thought about the same thing.
would be great though if they did some sort of promotion like that.
gl & peace!
I didn't even know they did that for VHS tapes, let alone do I know if they will do that for Blu-ray discs. If that becomes an option, that would be great. However, VHS tapes could be recorded over, but I don't think DVDs can be reused. If that's not an option, you could try selling your DVDs, and for every sale use that money earned as a "discount" toward buying the Blu-ray version.