Re: Toshiba A3 HD DVD player with 7 movies: $169.99

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ArmyPunk has a point. If he doesn't find even a single movie worth watching out of the 350+ HD DVD releases, but magically only likes the Blu-ray exclusive titles like Spiderman 3, then obviously buying a Blu-ray player makes sense.

ArmyPunk does not make a good point. His post is simply plain ordinary oh-hum BD bs. (Sorry ArmyPunk, nothing personal). To say that he can find NOTHING he likes on HD DVD with the number of titles available is ridicolous. I am a staunch HD DVD advocate, but believe me, I can find a few dozen titles on BD that I would love to own. Some of them I have bought as HD DVD imports, (and paid through the nose) others I have bought as sds. I think Flyboys is coming out on HD DVD Europe soon, so I'll pick that one up. I have watched it on BD through a PS3 connected to my system (future son-in-laws) and I loved it.

As I have said many times, before you guys appeared on this forum, you are comparing apples to oranges in regard to titles. In general, the HD DVD titles appeal to a more mature audience, SkyHawk's choices, whereas the BD titles to a younger demographic, ArmyPunks choices. I do however, think that is changing and both formats are branching out looking for a broader consumer base, which is good. BD is obviously putting a LOT of their apples in Disney's basket but I think that is going to bomb out big time. They are essentially introducing a NEW and EXPENSIVE product to the mix which appears to primarily focus on interactivity rather then on the movie itself. I seriously doubt if many parents this Christmas are going to spring for big bucks to play games on Cars, Pirates, and Ratat...however you spell it. We'll see.

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[Post edited by StevePro on Nov 3, 2007]

Yep, that's true Steve. I highly doubt many parents will opt to buy the more expensive Blu-ray version of a Disney movie when they can easily purchase the more affordable DVD. Most kids don't care about high def and bonus features, that's more suited towards adults.

to be honest when i started my hd collection i noticed most of my real favorites were on HD dvd. blueray had more popular movies, that i would watch when people came over.. but not real favorites. so i mostly rent before i buy, and alot of times I noticed some movies were just overrated.

Not being able to find alot of HD-dvd movies in retail stores is also a Sony elbow thing. seriously HD-dvd sells pretty well online.

and like I always say, studio support doesent make Bluray better. that just points a good strategy by Sony.

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[Post edited by kucoloco on Nov 3, 2007]

hooda... I see your what your saying, to a point... basically, every company should of just accepted the HD-DVD format and left it alone. I just don't believe that. Maybe Blu-Ray will prove to be the better format in the future, or vise versa, who knows. I understand they are alot a like. I guess my main point was companies do that all the time. Doesn't it stand to reason that Sony will make more money if they are selling their movies on Blu-Ray vs. them selling their movies on HD-DVD. If thats not true, then I guess your right, they should of just went with HD. I am not claiming to know a great deal about this, but it just seems to me like they were trying to do what they thought would be best for their company, which is to make the most money.

If it's about $, then release every movie on DVD, HD DVD, and BD - rather than choosing sides. This way, everyone would be happy.