Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Buying Blu-Rays vs. a few days for Netflix :o/?

This is an inner battle for the frugal (read cheap) me.

On the buying Blu-Rays, I keep trying to tell myself not to buy any because I can get them in a few days from Netflix. But I do keep my eye on Best Buy's weekly sale and find my self saying for $15 or $19, 'that' would be a good one to own. I do keep a Blu-Ray wish list that I watch the sales for. I cannot figure it out. I'll wait and wriggle to save $50 on an AVR, but each trip to Best Buy is $50! D'OH! ! !
I just looked, crap, how'd I get 20!

My intention was to ask others with this confusion, how you deal with it. But what just popped into my head was,
What are a few of your favorites worth getting in Blu-Ray.

I guess I am really looking for 'rationalization'. "Well there are just some awesome HD sound (7.1 a plus) and video selections, that just must be owned!

I'm hoping Redbox adds a Blubox soon.

I don't get it???

Though almost all my Netflix have been coming in Blu-Ray for a few months, I got an email today that Netflix is raising my regular monthly fee by $1 due to price of BD's. I am OK with that.

davekro,

Mr. Potts has a lot of good info on reference quality Blu-ray titles. Here is one of his threads.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1037108

Strictly audio quality.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=918734

Dr. H.
Thanks. (I think?)

I'll check it out. If there ARE 'must have' BD's, that's just the way it is.

How about don't buy it unless you'll watch it at least 3 times as a rule?

I like that rule. I keep it in mind on my next Best Buy trip and see how it feels.

There has been talk for some time about Redbox locations offering Blu-Ray titles....

I still think that Netflix is a better route than buying Blu-Ray movies for the most part. Buy the "must haves" that you want, and rent the rest.