Could you imagine reviews of scene releases? aXXo and eztv releases -- that would be keeping up with the times. Forget Blu-ray and DVD, they're both dying media.

Who uses physical media anymore?

I have netflix instant viewing and I spit on your outdated Blu-ray "technology."

I've got a blu-ray player and a big ass TV. Only a few releases have ever actually "wowed" me with the difference between 1080p and 480i.

And the scene people are releasing rips of the 1080 stuff now.

Torrents schmorrents. Its all direct download now (rapidshare, netload, megaupload etc).

I will now laugh at people dumb enough to spend money on a bluray, disks, or a netflix subscription:

Hahahahahahaha...Suckers!

Erik: is there really a difference? I could be wrong, but it seems like most everything that comes out on Blu-Ray also comes out on DVD. You could just use a catch-all term like "home video" (or something less dumb sounding). Or just stick to DVD as the standard format, but mention if the BR version has extra features.

sgtgrumbles: You're totally right about the fact that, at least for now, just about everything that comes out on Blu-ray also comes out on DVD (and vice versa). But yeah, the special features are a big part of why I posed the question: Whenever we review something, we're gonna want to give it a thorough review, and the feature sets between Blu-ray and DVD releases are starting to get pretty disparate. Take UP, for example. Here's what's on the standard DVD release (via http://bit.ly/L9JHh):

• Commentary by director Pete Docter and co-director Bob Peterson
• Dug's Special Mission – An all new original short film that follows the misadventures of Dug....
• The Many Endings of Muntz – Many ideas were hatched about how to dispose of the film's arch villain, Muntz, and now viewers can see the many alternate endings proposed during story development.
• Partly Cloudy –The hilarious short film that preceded screenings of Up....
• Adventure is Out There – This action-packed documentary tells the story of the filmmakers' own trek to the tepuis mountains of South America to research the design and story of the film.

The Blu-ray edition, meanwhile, has all of the above, plus:

• Cine-Explore – A visual montage of concept art, clips and documentary coverage that illustrates the directors' commentary.
• Geriatric Hero – A character study of Carl, from research to realization including art and design, rigging, animation and story. It focuses on the issues of aging, "simplexity", shape-language and compelling character arcs.
• Canine Companions – For anyone who ever wondered where CG puppies come from, an introduction to the design, behavior and language of dogs.
• Russell: Wilderness Explorer – A character study of Russell from inspiration and design to finding the character arc and authentic voice for this wilderness ranger.
• Our Giant Flightless Friend, Kevin – Find out how avian research and development at Pixar helped bring a mythical, 13-foot tall iridescent bird to life.
• Homemakers of Pixar – Carl and Ellie's house is an important "character" in the film. Fans follow the development of the house from story to art to its ultimate realization in the computer.
• Balloons and Flight – Carl's house and Muntz's dirigible presented the filmmakers with two different problems—how could they make a physical impossibility possible? And, in the case of the dirigible, how would they unearth a fallen giant and let it soar?
• Composing for Characters – Composer Michael Giacchino returns to score his third Disney•Pixar feature film....
• Married Life – The original story concept that became the powerful "Married Life" scene, showing Carl and Ellie's love story.
• Global Guardian Badge Game – Players try to locate countries, states and capitals around the globe in a multi-layered BD-Exclusive geography game enhanced by BD-Live.

Granted, some of those (Global Guardian Badge Game! Canine Companions!) sound bullshitty and aren't anything I suspect Mercury readers would be interested in, but you can see how there'd be a pretty big difference on our end between thoroughly reviewing the DVD and doing the same for the Blu-ray.

If the poll results and comments thus far are any indication, though, it doesn't look like Blu-ray specific features (or even special features in general) are of much interest to a lot of people, unless they're obsessive-compulsive/rabidly-completist movie geeks like myself. And even if those sort of special features are of interest to some, they certainly don't seem to be a major selling point for Blu-ray, nor would they seem to make a convincing argument for more Blu-ray coverage.

lol, hulu and torrents. DHT/magnet are where it's at.

For me, it's a little bit of "I'm not planning on switching to Blu-ray anytime soon" and a little bit of "if it's not on Hulu or the torrents, I'm not gonna watch it", along with a side of "holy crap those BR discs are expensive". Plus, I have to really love a movie to care about the extras.

I'll buy a PS3/BluRay player when I get an HDTV. But I can't justify the price until my current TV dies - how long will that be? Five years? Ten? I'm getting a little passive aggressive about it, and have been "accidently" shoulder-checking it as I walk by...

Damn, looks like I am in the minority. Going blu when I get a new TV, which I always think will be sooner than it is. Holding of on getting Trek until then, for motivation.

The "Who uses physical media anymore?" comments are fucking obnoxious. The vast majority of the viewing populace still uses physical media. It doesn't make you a revolutionary or justify your condescending tone because you've cobbled together a life of digital media. It all fades. You're not special.

You should have an option for "I have a PS3, and watch both Blu Ray and DVD, as well as playing awesome games like Dragon's Age: Origins." I would click that one.

Why would I switch to Blu-Ray, pay more for a player and more for movies, when I'm perfectly satisfied with regular DVDs? Most blockbuster movies are shite anyway. The really good ones don't require fancy tech.

Pretty much everything comes out through torrents, but that ship could sail at any time (is Demanoid really down or is the FBI taking over?), and pirates rarely include special features with the rips. I'd like to hear what I'm missing precisely because I don't know anyone who uses Blu-ray. I haven't even thought about the fact that there might be Battlestar Galactica extra features I haven't seen yet. That makes me crazy. If you've got an HDTV, you might as well invest in the technology that utilizes it best. And hell, why not make it a PS3?