by Michelle Lentz
I should probably preface this post with something: I’m addicted to Disney. Not Hannah Montana / Jonas Bros Disney, but Pixar / Disney Animiated Classics type of thing. Pop Disney’s animated Robin Hood into the DVD player, and I’m content.
We recently purchased a Sony PS3 – games for my husband and a Blu-Ray player for me. The first Blu-Ray movie I purchased was Disney/Pixar’s Cars. Not only was it an incredibly pretty viewing experience, I had a blast with the special features that were enabled via Blu-Ray technology.
Disney thinks everyone should get on the Blu-Ray bandwagon. Apparently consumers as a whole see no reason to pay $30 for a Blu-Ray movie and upwards of $250 for a player when their current $45 DVD player works just fine and DVD movies can be as low as $5 at some points.
This makes a lot of sense to me. Our TV (as well as the PS3) upconverts, so we are still using our old region-free DVD player in addition to the PlayStation. Our old movies look pretty spectacular. Because my husband and I are both movie buffs, we have countless movies, very few of which I plan to replace with more expensive Blu-Ray discs.
According to the NY Times, Disney is now releasing 5 of its classic movies on Blu-Ray in special “platinum” editions, to help encourage Blu-Ray adoption: Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Beauty and the Beast, Fantasia, and Fantasia 2000. The special features sound fairly nifty.
All the DVDs will include unusual features geared toward a generation that embraces interactivity and social networking. Viewers can watch a movie in tandem with friends in other locations, while they chat using a laptop or cellphone (the comments appear on the screen).
Viewers will also be able to compete against others around the world at trivia or send what Disney is calling movie mail, video images of themselves that appear within the context of the movie.
I’m trying to remember how I adapted my music so many years ago. My albums are all in storage, and many of them, I’ve replaced with digital versions. Until recently, I’ve always had a CD player that also had a cassette deck, although I gradually stopped listening to the tunes on tapes. I don’t believe I ever replaced them. However, most of my CDs have been ripped or replaced by digital music at this point.
Are you planning to adopt blu-ray? Will be you replacing or just adding to your collection?
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