Blu Ray Just Not Worth It

I love my movies.  Mostly, there is always a movie playing in the background while I play video games, engage in hobbies or other.  I wouldn't be lieing if I said there are some movies I have seen over 100 times.  Its no wonder I can spot plot fails. 

I at first bought only DVD's treating Blu Ray like it was Beta.  But then,  I could only find certain movies in DVD combo Blu Ray.  A couple of bucks more...but hey..its back up for the DVD should it get damaged.  Then by mistake, I bought a couple of movies in Blu Ray only. 

So now I had to upgrade my DVD player to include a Blu Ray/DVD player.  I usually burn out a dvd player in 6-7 months.

Maybe Im unlucky.  I don't know, so Im not saying the equipment is lousy.  But I have 2-LG Blu Ray players that include Hi Def, WiFi and a whole other bunch of extra features I'll never use.  I decided to try LG after my Sony Blu Ray/DVD player burnt out.  Im finding that these fancy Blu Ray machines are simply too sensitive.   I have nothing but problems.  They freeze on nothing.  One day they'll play blu ray disks...the next day, it wont.  Right out of the box.  All of them.  Put in a DVD...no problem. 

The Blu Ray freezes at every mark on the disk...mine do...but outside of Sylvania (Sylvania is cheap crap, pure garbage) my Toshiba and Sony DVD only players could play a disk covered in honey.  Ok, a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea.

Plus, all these hi def TV's have ruined my movie experiences.  Older tube TV's may have had lower resolution, but it helped hide and blended the effects making the movie seem more real.  Now, I can see every time they use the blue screen.  Its kinda like knowing how the magician does his magic trick.

Maybe I just got unlucky with the Blu Ray players.  Maybe its the equipment, maybe not.  But I never had any real problems with a simple standard DVD player and it seems the fancier we get with our toys, the more problematic they become.

I'll have to re buy a couple of movies to replace the blu ray disks.  But Im sticking with standard DVD's.   KISS is always a good rule to follow.