my last stand

i have decided to order i am legend on HD DVD, i do think this could be the last title i will probably purchase.

what will be yours?

Well, as long as I keep finding $10 clearance sales on the internet, who knows what will end up being my last HD-DVD purchase(?). I guess you mean 'pre-order', huh? Perhaps Warner's Twister (late May), although I'll wait for a sale later to buu it (either on HD-DVD or Blu-ray).

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

I have I Am Legend on pre-order also but it's not going to be my last HD DVD by any means. There are roughly 400 HD DVD's in North America plus all the "bluray exclusives" in Europe so I'll be buying for a while and bargain shopping like Hendrix.

When I get my bluray player I'll take it from there but I won't buy anything on bluray that I already have on HD DVD of course as that would not make sense.

Yea Falcon, if I owned both I would'nt double dip either. But I do recommend that you get an additional HDDVD player for all of those movies. It would be a shame if something happened and you have no player. Just a thought.

If I somehow score a combo player for cheap...say $300 that would be cool but either way I still see HD DVD players for sale on craigslist, ebay, amazon, etc so I should be ok for a while.

Having said that my HD-A2 has been acting up in the last couple of days so I'm keeping my eyes out for good deals.

Tony, how many bluray movies do you have currently? Just curious.

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...my HD-A2 has been acting up in the last couple of days so I'm keeping my eyes out for good deals.

Acting up how Falcon?

I had my Income Tax done today and for once I didn't get sent to the cleaners. Soooo...it looks as if a Panasonic BDP-30 might be in my near future (I already told my wife. She just smiled). And I agree, I Am Legend might very well be my last full price HD DVD purchase other then some imports on Xploited as long as they are available.

It'll be at least another year before I own all the HD DVD's I want. So, there's no telling what the LAST HD DVD i'll buy will be.

The HD-A2 has been making a weird noise when trying to read a disc. Like a vibrating spinning noise. I threw in a DVD once a couple of days ago and I got an error message that said "invalid DVD format" or something to that effect. I ejected the disc and it loaded up fine the second time but I still hear the vibrating spinning noise every once in a while.

Also I recently purchased a brand new sealed 300 HD DVD (not the combo disc) and it loads up, I see the FBI logo and then the Warner Bros logo, then..."system error occurred" shows up on the screen. I tried it several times, tried hardbooting the player (unplug the powercord for a minute then plug it back in and turn it on) but the same thing happens everytime I try and play this particular disc.

I had a problem updating from firmware version 2.2 to 2.8 a couple of weeks ago. I never got it to update and this have been happening since. I'm gonna call Toshiba on Monday to see if they have a resolution for my firmware update issue.

Here's one we all missed. Russian with Scottish subtitles. Or is it Scottish with Russian subtitles?

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[Post edited by StevePro on Mar 29, 2008]

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Tony, how many bluray movies do you have currently? Just curious.

-Falc

hmmmmmnn.....

lol why the hmmmmm Kuco?

I have I am Legend on pre order from Amazon.com

I am also waiting for
Sea biscuit
The UnForgiven
The Assassination of Jesse James

I can buy these from the US and get them shipped to the UK for less than what I'd pay for a current SD release in the UK.

Hard to tell for me what will be my last HD-DVD title bescause there are still so many I want to get. But I'm surely buying the very last HD-DVD release: Twister.

For me I will keep my eyes open for any HD DVD bargains like CC 50% sale. But I am eyeing up that Samsung dual player at BB. It is still sitting there for 599.00 and waiting to see if it dips any lower. I mean they are coming out with a firmware updtae for this player. I will buy Twister, since I have it on SD DVD, so I am going to double dip what I have on SD DVD I will look for on HD DVD. I did buy The Kingdom, but it is a combo disc so I am good there.

wii-lite... Warner's Twister - while it may be the last major HD-DVD film released for the North American market, it will NOT be the actual 'last' title forthcoming on the format. As I said in another thread today, their are some less-known film (and classical music) new HD-DVD releases arriving into early July, as well as possible OVERSEAS releases remaining from various distributors. I've noticed that the DUTCH market for HD-DVDs has more forthcoming titles, particularly.

Also, remember to check possible HD-DVD releases from other countries, notably Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, etc.

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

Hey. scotsman where do you get your hd dvds from, i live in the uk and wondering where to get some cheap ones from.

Cheers

Luigi

For me, just as long as there are good deals for HD movies that I don't have I'll keep buying them. Like most people I Am Legend will probably the last newest movie I buy, but I see a lot of good deals on ebay and other websites that will buy soon too. Unless Dark Knight is released but I doubt that. hah!!

Luigi,

I use amazon.com. For HD-DVDs they have some good prices compared to what we have to pay over here.
They have a number of films for around $11.95 which converts to around £6. when you add postage to this you're talking about £9-£10 total.

The thing to remember is not to go above a total price including p&p of £17.99. Even one pence over will incur a customs charge. That in itself would not be to bad, but the post office will add another £8 on top for paying the VAT on your behalf. Keep below £18 and there nothing to pay. I get around this by buying films one at at time.

My copy of Seabisuit arrived today in total cost me about £11.
I have I am Legend on pre-order - this cost me around £13.

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[Post edited by Scotsman on Mar 31, 2008]

cheers, scotsman, i have payed dearly with custom charge before on some trainers, were £50 ended up at £69 with custom charge. So below 18 pound is ok?

I was looking at using PlayUsa aswell, have you used that before?

Cheers Luigi

Luigi,

From the HM revenue site - "Import VAT - if the value of the goods is £18 and over"

The "value of goods" includes p&p. Amazon.com allow you to change payment into GBP so you can see the value in pounds before you confirm your order.

I got Beowulf a couple of weeks ago - inc p&p paid £14.75 (think its gone up since then). No charge on arrival.
Seabiscuit today ~ £11 again no charge on arrival.

Thanks alot Scotsman (Y)

Luigi

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lol why the hmmmmm Kuco?

meaning i was curious to know the same thing. but he never replyed

Luigi,

Just noticed that http://www.play.com/DVD/HD%20DVD/3-/141628/2-/Promo.html has 3 for £20 with free shipping of £7.99 each with free shipping.

yea scotsman, i ordered some of them two days ago (Y)

cheers anyway

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wii-lite... Warner's Twister - while it may be the last major HD-DVD film released for the North American market, it will NOT be the actual 'last' title forthcoming on the format. As I said in another thread today, their are some less-known film (and classical music) new HD-DVD releases arriving into early July, as well as possible OVERSEAS releases remaining from various distributors. I've noticed that the DUTCH market for HD-DVDs has more forthcoming titles, particularly.

Also, remember to check possible HD-DVD releases from other countries, notably Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, etc.

You are right LH. Actually, I thought about the classical music titles and the Euro/Japanese releases that might come out. I just got too lazy to go back and edit my post.

my last North American release will probably be Twister...

but, I will be looking at Europe and Australia for some unique HD DVD titles that have not or will not appear in North America on either Blu-ray or HD DVD.

I just pre-ordered I Am Legend from Amazon as well as Premonition from Xploited, both on HD DVD. I will selectively buy some HD DVDs until I get my BD player, then we'll see how my buying habits change.

I would really like to get the Band of Brothers set on HD DVD, but 194 bucks is a bit too steep. Somebody mentioned that it will be out on BD by the end of the year. I'll wait for that. Knowing my luck it will be more $$.

Edit: Oops, I just saw Henning's article on B of B.

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[Post edited by StevePro on Apr 2, 2008]