Whos offering HD or Blue Ray to their clients? at DVinfo.net

Rolland Elliott · July 17th, 2007, 08:16 AM

Whos offering HD or Blue Ray to their clients?

I'd like to offer this, but with the players costing $400 to $500 is their really a market for it? Will my clients even be able to enjoy the increased resolution?

Peace, Rolland

Richard Wakefield · July 17th, 2007, 08:24 AM

the market is growing slowly.. remember that there's a hell of a lot of people with ps3s (blu-ray players) so that's already a percentage of people that can play them!

Jon Omiatek · July 17th, 2007, 11:09 AM

We are offering Blu-Ray for $50 per disc. Out of 50 or so clients from last year, only 3 that wanted it on blu-ray. Those clients all of ps3's.

We also offer it on WMV-HD, M2t on HDV Tape or Hard Drive*for use on a tvix box.

Jim Fields · July 17th, 2007, 12:27 PM

I have been offering HD DVD's since early last year. I am pricing external BR and HD burners to add to my collection of, well electronics I guess.

Michael Y Wong · July 17th, 2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Omiatek

We are offering Blu-Ray for $50 per disc. Out of 50 or so clients from last year, only 3 that wanted it on blu-ray. Those clients all of ps3's.

I would like to think it is worth more then $50!

Josh Green · July 17th, 2007, 06:25 PM

I've been offering blue ray for most of this year and out of the twenty weddings i've shot only two have gone for it, both with PS3s. I've looked far and wide for an hd-dvd burner but have yet to find one that will work with my mac. I have had a few clients for '08 ask about hd dvd but I couldn't do anything for them.

Ger Griffin · July 17th, 2007, 07:45 PM

good point michael.
its up to us to set the precedent for how much we should charge and we should all agree on this to keep our industry healthy.

Kalulu Ngilo · July 17th, 2007, 08:58 PM

anyone thought of encoding the videos for PS3/Xbox360.

the video would great and it would be in High Def. also.

then give it to them on a cd.

x264 compression works a charm too.

Neal Metzler · July 18th, 2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh Green

I've been offering blue ray for most of this year and out of the twenty weddings i've shot only two have gone for it, both with PS3s. I've looked far and wide for an hd-dvd burner but have yet to find one that will work with my mac. I have had a few clients for '08 ask about hd dvd but I couldn't do anything for them.

What model of Blu-Ray burner are you using on your Mac? Our department is considering investing a Blu-Ray setup primarily for archival purposes but also with the intent of utilizing it for certain playback scenarios in the future.

July 17th, 2007, 08:16 AM	#1
Rolland Elliott Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC 28273 Posts: 108	Whos offering HD or Blue Ray to their clients? Whos offering HD or Blue Ray to their clients? I'd like to offer this, but with the players costing $400 to $500 is their really a market for it? Will my clients even be able to enjoy the increased resolution? Peace, Rolland __________________ Rolland Elliott

July 17th, 2007, 06:25 PM	#6
Josh Green Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 77	I offer blue ray I've been offering blue ray for most of this year and out of the twenty weddings i've shot only two have gone for it, both with PS3s. I've looked far and wide for an hd-dvd burner but have yet to find one that will work with my mac. I have had a few clients for '08 ask about hd dvd but I couldn't do anything for them.

July 17th, 2007, 08:58 PM	#8
Kalulu Ngilo Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 112	compression anyone thought of encoding the videos for PS3/Xbox360. the video would great and it would be in High Def. also. then give it to them on a cd. x264 compression works a charm too.

July 17th, 2007, 08:24 AM	#2
Richard Wakefield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 680	the market is growing slowly.. remember that there's a hell of a lot of people with ps3s (blu-ray players) so that's already a percentage of people that can play them!

July 17th, 2007, 11:09 AM	#3
Jon Omiatek Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 755	We are offering Blu-Ray for $50 per disc. Out of 50 or so clients from last year, only 3 that wanted it on blu-ray. Those clients all of ps3's. We also offer it on WMV-HD, M2t on HDV Tape or Hard Drive*for use on a tvix box.

July 17th, 2007, 12:27 PM	#4
Jim Fields Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Worth Texas Posts: 247	I have been offering HD DVD's since early last year. I am pricing external BR and HD burners to add to my collection of, well electronics I guess.

July 17th, 2007, 07:45 PM	#7
Ger Griffin Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 579	good point michael. its up to us to set the precedent for how much we should charge and we should all agree on this to keep our industry healthy.