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  • snertsnert Posts: 219
    It would be blu ray for me. However, i need to know if it will be region-free so i can play it! :?: ;)
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,693
    P-Jam wrote:
    So, who is getting Vedder on Blu Ray? Who's sticking with Dvd? And who just has to have both?

    I bought both. Blu-ray for my PS3 & HDTV. And the DVD for my DVD-ROM PC.
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I thought I read somewhere that the Blue Ray has two bonus tracks on it.
    .

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/54138305/UMC- ... e-7th-2011

    Blu-Ray features two bonus tracks:

    1. All Along The Watchtower
    2. Blackbird

    :D
  • tschavtschav Posts: 2,899
    I'm getting DVD.

    I'd prefer just a HD digital download for my home network (perhaps iTunes will do that?). Never could convince me to buy another physical format for movies like Blu-Ray...
  • CantKeepmedownCantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 3,114
    Ashamed to say that I'll probably get both. I absolutely see the difference in quality between the 2 formats, but I really don't want to wait an extra month to see it. Plus, I only have a blu-ray in my living room where the bigger TV is. Regular DVD in the bedroom. So it'll be worth it.
  • Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    Ashamed to say that I'll probably get both. I absolutely see the difference in quality between the 2 formats, but I really don't want to wait an extra month to see it. Plus, I only have a blu-ray in my living room where the bigger TV is. Regular DVD in the bedroom. So it'll be worth it.


    Same here :( I don't wanna wait the extra month....
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,693
    Better Dan wrote:
    Ashamed to say that I'll probably get both. I absolutely see the difference in quality between the 2 formats, but I really don't want to wait an extra month to see it. Plus, I only have a blu-ray in my living room where the bigger TV is. Regular DVD in the bedroom. So it'll be worth it.

    Same here :( I don't wanna wait the extra month....

    Waiting is the hardest part. Clips will probably show up on YouTube or other viewable sites. Plus during that month of wait, we'll probably walk into a record store, a Walmart or Best Buy anyways and turn to the dark side and pick up a copy, an extra copy. THEN, once the 10club copy comes in the mail, just gift it to a close friend. That's what will probably happen.
  • ed66ed66 Posts: 21
    best buy has blu ray release date as 5/15/2011 and dvd as 5/31/2011
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,693
    ed66 wrote:
    best buy has blu ray release date as 5/15/2011 and dvd as 5/31/2011

    Estimate Arrival Time. It'll change soon. Blu-ray ... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Water+On+Th ... &lp=1&cp=1 . DVD ... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Eddie+Vedde ... &lp=2&cp=1

    Don't see nothing listed on the bustbuy.ca site.
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I'll probably get BluRay because everyone says it is so much better. However, maybe it's because I'm colorblind, I can't really tell any difference.
    Could be the TV and how far you are sitting from it.

    You have to sit about 5 feet away from a 40" HD with 20/20 vision to get the full effect of 1080p HD.



    To be a nerd here.. Think of a bunch of dots making up the picture..



    A standard DVD is 480 x 720 dots, so 345,600 dots make up a DVD picture.

    A standard Blu-ray is 1080 x 1920 dots, so 2,073,600 dots make up a Blu-ray picture.



    So a Blu-ray is about 6x more dots per the area... Plus Blu-ray gives lossless audio. I think DVD is equivalent to an decent quality mp3.
  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,336
    I'm the one DVD guy

    Nope... me too. I'm not waiting to June 28th... after the Beacon show just to see it. Fuck that noise. I'd rather be watching it for a month first. And to be honest.. if you have a good upscaling dvd player its hard to tell the difference. My Imagine in Cornice DVD looks amazing on my PS3 on my HDtv. Bluray will be dead in 10 years as well. no one will by discs for anything in 10 years.

    dvd only for me

    and excellent point on bluray discs being dead in 10years.
    Blu-Ray for me..10 years is a long time.
  • Leyna MinaiLeyna Minai Posts: 691
    I have purchased both...

    I don't buy blu-ray's, I just recently bought my very first one because I finally bought a lap top and it comes with a Blu Ray player!

    SO! I bought the DVD so that I can watch it on my TV, and then I got the Blu-Ray because it will look gorgeous I'm sure!
    7/15/2011 - Benoroya Hall - (Eddie Vedder Solo) - Seattle, WA
    4/2/2008 - The Center in Vancouver for Performing Arts (Eddie Vedder Solo) - Vancouver, WA
    9/21/2009 Key Arena - Seattle, WA
    7/22/2006 - Gorge Ampitheater - George, WA
    9/1/2005 - Gorge Ampitheater - George, WA
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I'm the one DVD guy

    Nope... me too. I'm not waiting to June 28th... after the Beacon show just to see it. Fuck that noise. I'd rather be watching it for a month first. And to be honest.. if you have a good upscaling dvd player its hard to tell the difference. My Imagine in Cornice DVD looks amazing on my PS3 on my HDtv. Bluray will be dead in 10 years as well. no one will by discs for anything in 10 years.

    dvd only for me

    and excellent point on bluray discs being dead in 10years.
    You guys are like the guy who won't buy that new TV just yet because the better model is always just around the corner. :lol:


    Ten years is a loooong time. DVDs have barely been popular for 10 years. They came out in '97. Blu-ray has already been out since '05.


    Besides, the prices have dropped. If your DVD player breaks, just pick up a blu-ray player for $99. It will play all your DVDs even if you never buy a blu-ray disc. ;)
  • arthurdentarthurdent Posts: 969
    I just got a Blu-Ray for my computer the other day so I'm still working on learning how to rip stuff, but it's easy to rip audio off a DVD, which is what I do with most music DVDs. I'll rip the audio to iTunes and the DVD itself to an iso for my media player and the physical DVD may never see the light of day again.
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,101
    I couldn't resist, I bought every format :ugeek:
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,329
    Blu for sure!

    Anyone know the reason why the Blu release is so much later than the DVD?
    Marketing ploy? People will be tempted to buy both? :?
  • Pearl Jam_iePearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    I'm stoked for blu-ray!!! I can wait for the blu version, no problem.

    Ukulele Songs, however...

    Ordered cd and vinyl separately, cause I don't want to wait for the vinyl to listen to the music. :)
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  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Blu for me. I don't think i'll resort back to DVDs again.
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    Fatal wrote:
    dvd only for me

    and excellent point on bluray discs being dead in 10years.

    I don't get his point? Sure bluray may be dead in 10 years, but so will DVDs...at this point i'd rather have the superior format...i can wait a couple of weeks for the blu-ray release.

    so if both dvds and bluray are dead in 10 years why do i need bluray now. if anything i'll wait till bluray is being phased out and then i'll buy them in the bargain bins for 4 for $20, just like i do dvds now

    besides i still play my live bootleg cassette tapes and they sound fine to me and i play vhs bootlegs

    sometimes progress is keeping what you already have
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Fatal wrote:
    dvd only for me

    and excellent point on bluray discs being dead in 10years.

    I don't get his point? Sure bluray may be dead in 10 years, but so will DVDs...at this point i'd rather have the superior format...i can wait a couple of weeks for the blu-ray release.

    so if both dvds and bluray are dead in 10 years why do i need bluray now. if anything i'll wait till bluray is being phased out and then i'll buy them in the bargain bins for 4 for $20, just like i do dvds now

    besides i still play my live bootleg cassette tapes and they sound fine to me and i play vhs bootlegs

    sometimes progress is keeping what you already have


    Blu-rays are no longer new. They've been around for years. They already are pretty cheap. Nothing wrong with keeping your old stuff, but if you have the option, why not go for the better format when making a new purchase?

    Best Buy already has quite a selection under $10 and growing. ;)

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplate ... st=y&iht=n


    The compact disc format has been around for 30 years and has all been backwards compatable. DVD players play CDs. Blu-ray players play DVDs and CDs. It's not leaving any time soon.

    I think more and more content will be available online, but like vinyl, the compact disc format is going to be here a heck of a lot longer than 10 years.
  • tallman72tallman72 Posts: 353
    Holding out for the Betamax.


    my mum has got a beta player still in the shed in the original box she wont get rid of it . we give her alot a shit for it lol.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,539
    Blu-ray? Who can afford yet another machine? :roll:
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    brianlux wrote:
    Blu-ray? Who can afford yet another machine? :roll:
    That's why you can buy it in DVD format as well. ;)


    Blu-ray players start off at around $69... or a weeks worth of gas. :lol:
  • fox_mulderXfox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    wait... what? blu-ray? eddie vedder? i'm out of the loop again
  • snertsnert Posts: 219
    snert wrote:
    It would be blu ray for me. However, i need to know if it will be region-free so i can play it! :?: ;)


    Good news! I emailed 10c and they have told me...

    The blu-ray and dvd are both region 0! :D
  • tallman72tallman72 Posts: 353
    snert wrote:
    snert wrote:
    It would be blu ray for me. However, i need to know if it will be region-free so i can play it! :?: ;)


    Good news! I emailed 10c and they have told me...

    The blu-ray and dvd are both region 0! :D


    Does that mean it'll play in my ps3 in Australia
  • SpagsSpags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    Bad news is the content is the same on both DVD and Blu-Ray, shame when you think about how much space there is on a Blu-Ray disc.
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,693
    Bad news is the content is the same on both DVD and Blu-Ray, shame when you think about how much space there is on a Blu-Ray disc.

    The DVD also includes this:

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/54138305/UMC- ... e-7th-2011

    Blu-Ray features two bonus tracks:

    1. All Along The Watchtower
    2. Blackbird
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,693
    wait... what? blu-ray? eddie vedder? i'm out of the loop again

    They must of viewed my thread & emails. ;)

    viewtopic.php?f=4&t=151694
  • threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    sign me up for the blu ray when it drops.

    blu rays are alot cheaper now too for those saying they are expensive. i remember i payed $700 for my dvd player when they 1st came out and dvds were sold here for around $50. got a blu ray player for a couple hundred but now you can get them under a hundred for cheap brands here. and when i'm buying a disc in an aussie store i don't pay over $30, but some stores still have them higher then that, you just gotta know the cheap stores, but i just ordered a heap from amazon, nothing over $17, most round $10-15, all new release movies, multi disc blu ray/dvd bundle and some came with digital copy as well. that's cheap as.
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  • SpagsSpags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    demetrios wrote:
    Bad news is the content is the same on both DVD and Blu-Ray, shame when you think about how much space there is on a Blu-Ray disc.

    The DVD also includes this:

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/54138305/UMC- ... e-7th-2011

    Blu-Ray features two bonus tracks:

    1. All Along The Watchtower
    2. Blackbird

    Not according to this....

    **INFO FROM 10C TODAY***

    Difference between the Vinyl booklets and Deluxe Song Book? The LP contains a 44 page lyrics/credits booklet and a 48 page songbook with Chords/lyrics.

    Without giving away too many details....The Deluxe song book is Hard bound, 9"x12", 100 pages, and significantly different than the LP/CD inserts.

    CD 40 page booklet and LP 44 page booklet, same content . The additional pages are due to the difference in format size.

    Difference between the CD version and the CD contain in the songbook: CD in songbook comes in paper sleeve, no inserts, same content.

    Vinyl will be available at Indy Retail and International stores in June.

    Vinyl is a single LP, 180 gram, Black vinyl, 33rpm. PRESALE ORDERS WILL RECEIVE A DIGITAL MP3 DOWNLOAD LINK SENT VIA EMAIL ON RELEASE DATE.

    DVD and BLUERAY have same content/packaging. Both are REGION 0.
    Nature drunk and High
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