Buying the blu-ray version when you already have the DVD...

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Yes I have an eye on the Blade Runner but I won't spend more than $20 on a movie. The prices always end up coming way down and I am going to be patient. Ever since I got screwed over on Schindler's List DVD boxed set I have learned my lesson. I bought it for $75 when it came out. A month and one day later it was $26.99. Blu Ray is coming out at near double the price of DVD. There is no excuse for one movie to be $12.99 and another one like Blade Runner to be $36.99. It is a cash grab IMO.

Thanks for the information. Next summer I may do a review of a surround sound system for the "2 channel guy." The folks that like an amp that has a power knob and a volume knob and a control knob. The thing that was frustrating about my Pioneer Elite reciever was the vocal track. You would have to turn it up to hear the dialog and then an explosion would blow you into next week.

If you have to fiddle with the bloody remote the entire movie - it's a crappy system IMO. Things are better now I hear so I may look into Arcam/Rotel and others that have some semblence of clarity - the Pioneer also sounded like complete mud until I brought in a Bryston. I have to say with all my complaints of Bryston - I would consider them first and foremost in a home theater application - which may sound contradictory but 20 year warranty and the ability to have slam and a low noise floor with a lot of separated sound on a sane budget - Hmm.

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Just a note because I didn't want to unfairly knock Pioneer:

Sorry take no stock in my comment about Pioneer Elite - my Elite was back in the mid 1990s VSX-95 - new receivers are entirely different animals compared to back then. My current marantz 4300 which is $300 sounds better than the $2000 VSX 95 I had. The VSX 95 was their top of the line model with the rosewood side panels but it sounded dead. In fact the first one I bought was D.O.A. Pioneer was not as good then. The new flagship models are something like $7000 and are apparently serious beasts.