I got my GotG Blu-Ray yesterday and cashed in my digital copy, so I was able to watch half of it last night even though my blu ray player died. That movie really is a lot of fun.

By the way, and nerdily, I originally didn't love that Disney decided to ignore the other studios with their Ultraviolet consensus and roll their own system for digital copies of movies, but now that it's up and running Disney Movies Anywhere is actually awesome. Way better than Ultraviolet, in fact, which has mostly been annoying when it should be easy. I linked my account to Disney Movies Anywhere every Disney movie I had ever registered showed up, including a couple that didn't originally have digital copies at all - very generous! My previously useless digital copy of the Avengers suddenly became available with modern services! Combine that with the fact that I can link my account to Google Play, Vudu, and iTunes at the same time and download copies from whichever services I want whenever I want, so I can easily access the movies and download them to basically any device, and it's about as good as I could ever hope a DRM-encumbered service to be. Now I want the other studios to scrap Ultraviolet and join on with DMA!

Is this another situation where there are cool extra features on the Blu Ray that aren't on the regular DVD?

Oh...DUH.

I only just now realized that Disney Movies Anywhere would include Marvel and eventually Star Wars. I mean it's obvious, but none of the tech podcasters I listen to have mentioned it. That suddenly makes this service incredibly appealing!

Honestly, Connie, I couldn't tell you. I'm not a big special features guy. I buy Blu-rays because on a nice sized HD set, a DVD actually looks kind of bad to me. Worse than Netflix, which is my standard viewing source. So if I'm going to pay for something, I'll go with the higher quality thing. I also find that since I tend to buy movies I want pretty early after their release, I can usually get the DVD/Bu-Ray/Digital combo pack for the same price or a little more than any one of them alone, so I go that route.

I don't remember the last time I actually watched a blu-ray. I hate menus and loading times. If it doesn't come with a digital copy, I rip it myself. But I like having the high-def source around if I need it.

I don't know why I get so picky about special features, I only watch them on Tolkien. Otherwise I'd rather focus on the story itself, and Making Of stuff dilutes that.

I like deleted scenes but, well, YouTube.

For me it largely depends on who's doing commentaries and such. If it's a tight-knit cast that seem to enjoy each other's company, or a creator like Bryan Fuller who's fun to listen to, the commentaries can be more fun than the product.

I used to love commentary tracks and bonus features and what not (though I didn't necessarily need to listen to Christopher Lee being a pompous Tolkien-ite on his commentary tracks) but then I had a kid and I'm lucky to have time to watch the movie ONCE.

I do remember being excited back in the day going through the Buffy DVDs and discovering which episodes had Joss commentary. Those were almost always fun.

Christopher Lee and John Rhys Davies ruined all commentary tracks they participated in.

Some, like Tropic Thunder, are better than the movie itself (but I think RDJ makes all movie commentaries better).

I only like the Hobbit track on the Fellowship DVD, because Merry and Pippin are such fun, and they keep interrupting Sean Astin and his "serious moviemaking" blah blah. For TV, I'll look for particular people together, because they play off each other so well.