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Why are dvd sales lower than blu ray??

Why are dvd sales lower than blu ray??

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I dunno, maybe because it's cheaper and you still get the exact same show? Naw, that can't be it.

But you don't get the exact same show. You get a downscale of it.

And you're not making use of your big screen TV or BD player. As for cheaper, yeah, barely. Not enough to offset what's lost visually. If they were half or a third of the price, maybe you'd have a stronger case.

Fencedude5609 wrote:

But you don't get the exact same show. You get a downscale of it.

It's the same show, just downscaled. Same cast of seiyuu, director, screenwriter, plot, characters, storyboards (unless there is a feature to use alternate storyboards, which some releases do offer), music, art style, et cetera ct cetera.

Like I said, exact same show. The video quality the show is watched at doesn't impact on the show itself, just like watching Dragonball Z at 240p on YouTube does not mean that I'm no longer watching Dragonball Z.

walw6pK4Alo wrote:

And you're not making use of your big screen TV or BD player. As for cheaper, yeah, barely. Not enough to offset what's lost visually. If they were half or a third of the price, maybe you'd have a stronger case.

I thought you were smarter than this. Your argument makes the assumptions.

1): that everyone has a big-screen television and a Blu-Ray player in the first place.

2): that people cannot utilise these devices with other releases (i.e. that they won't get their money's worth for their large television and BR player unless they exclusively watch Anime Blu-Rays using them).

3): that everyone cares about HD content and that their viewing experience is negatively impacted by SD.

4): that everyone can easily tell the difference between SD content and HD content in the first place - I know I struggle to without a direct screenshot comparison.

It's the same show, just downscaled. Same cast of seiyuu, director, screenwriter, plot, characters, storyboards (unless there is a feature to use alternate storyboards, which some releases do offer), music, art style, et cetera ct cetera.

Like I said, exact same show. The video quality the show is watched at doesn't impact on the show itself, just like watching Dragonball Z at 240p on YouTube does not mean that I'm no longer watching Dragonball Z.



I thought you were smarter than this. Your argument makes the assumptions.

1): that everyone has a big-screen television and a Blu-Ray player in the first place.

2): that people cannot utilise these devices with other releases (i.e. that they won't get their money's worth for their large television and BR player unless they exclusively watch Anime Blu-Rays using them).

3): that everyone cares about HD content and that their viewing experience is negatively impacted by SD.

4): that everyone can easily tell the difference between SD content and HD content in the first place - I know I struggle to without a direct screenshot comparison.

You're forgetting a important thing! All those series, you can watch on TV or Cinema(if it is a movie)! The advantage of buying DVD or BD is that you can see them whenever and wherever you want.
Only a mere fraction of people buy them, and the majority that do buy them, want a higher quality experience(other reason why they buy them), and they know about the difference in SD and HD (and normally they want the limited editions, that gives more exceptional things).

Don't forget that in Japan, in opposition to the west, anime is ubiquitous.