Re: What will YOU do with your HD DVD?

Here is a good suggestion, it would be wise to buy a back up HD DVD player. Because when they are gone they are gone. And if the current player you have goes BOOM, then you are stuck with a pile of HD DVD movies that are'nt worth the nuttin. Thats why I was hoping Toshiba would make a quality dual player.

After a bit more thought, I think it would be stupid of me to sell, as I wouldn't make much back from it. As I've only got 9 movies (5 free), I'll just keep what I have now and start buying HD movies again when I get a blu-ray player. If my xbox drive breaks, it's only 4 movies I'll have to re-purchase on blu-ray anyway. Here's hoping for a sub-£200 blu-ray player soon!

I think you will be able to buy HD DVD players on either Ebay or Amazon etc for quite some time. I was checking craigslist in Toronto and I saw an HD-A2 for $60 and another for $80. Sweet deal! Those prices are worth it just to watch your DVD's upconverted to 1080i and you know DVD will be around for a few years at least. Not all movies are worth paying extra money for hidef.

I will keep checking Ebay and such and I will get the HD-XA2 one day for sure, no if's ands or buts about it. I have roughly 40 HD DVD's now and I still have to buy a few more at least like The Matrix Trilogy, The Oceans Trilogy, Planet Earth, etc. To be honest there are at least another 20 HD DVD movies that I still have to buy but I'm sure there are more. I'm looking forward to buying these movies at bargain prices.

"This is where the fun begins" - Han Solo

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Feb 19, 2008]

Is it a sure thing that the CH DVD movies will work in our HD DVD players? If so that is cool. I will be buying up a lot of movies once they get major reductions on amazon. Maybe even get an extra Toshiba player when they are reduced as well. Beowulf will be my next purchase.

does anyone think that some retailers, like best buy, would allow consumers to return their HD dvd players? I purchased mine back in December and it works fine. It would be great if you could return your HD dvd and use that to purchase a blu ray player or PS3.
I am still undecided. There are still some titles I am hoping make it out on their release days like 'into the wild, and 'there will be blood'.
this sucks

My American Gangster HD DVD shipped on Monday night from Amazon. Super excited for that one.

What will I do?

Well, lets put it this way, I bought a $98 HD DVD player, and around eight $15 HD DVD movies ($120 more or less), the total is give or take around $218...

And the cheapest blu-ray player was what $399? And that player can't be upgraded? Well, I didn't lose as much as those who bought THOSE soon to be obsolete blu-ray players...

EDIT: TO answer the question, I will enjoy my less than $250 purchases...

[Post edited by mvckalel on Feb 19, 2008]

(checks hd dvd player and a few titles)..OMG! they still work!!!!
so ill be keeping it then.....

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And the cheapest blu-ray player was what $399? And that player can't be upgraded? Well, I didn't lose as much as those who bought THOSE soon to be obsolete blu-ray players...

For the love of god, can you stop that BS about older Blu-ray players becoming obsolete! They will not be obsolete. The only thing they won't be able to play is the PIP features and/or some future BD Live content. Honestly, WHO CARES?!!!!!!!! Probably only about 2-5% of the viewing public. That's it.

You can still watch every movie in its full 1080p glory with full lossless audio and also play 95% of the special features. SO JUST GET OVER IT!

[Post edited by gvortex7 on Feb 19, 2008]

What many people fail to realize is this format war is a little different from past wars. When DVD surpassed Laser Disc there was a reason to upgrade your collection. Laser disc was 420 lines of resolution whereas DVD was 480 lines of resolution. Having bought over 70 hd-dvd there is no need for me to re-buy these titles since they share all the same specs in sound and vision as blu-ray. I will just continue watching my 1100 dvds and 70 hd-dvds until blu-ray specs are finalized and bring me an equal viewing experience as HD-DVD has done.