Trade in your HD DVDs for Blu-ray editions

" Trade in your HD DVDs for Blu-ray editions.

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By Henning Molbaek
First published Apr 22, 2009

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Warner Bros. launches new trade-in program for HD DVD owners. Get Blu-ray versions of your HD DVD movies.

WHV has announced a new program, "Red2Blu,"for those who want to upgrade titles they currently own on HD-DVD to Blu-ray. By visiting Red2Blu.com, consumers can trade up virtually any of their WHV HD-DVD titles (up to 25) for the same title on Blu-ray for a small fee plus shipping and handling. For details and restrictions, visit Red2Blu.com. "Red2Blu" is available to residents of the United States only.

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Henning

Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 3:31 AM

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Thanks Warner. Great move.

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Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 3:57 AM

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This is a mixed bag. After you figure out the costs of the program ($5/title with an additional shipping/handling charge), it may be cheaper to buy Blu-ray replacements from third-party vendors at Amazon.com. There are some deals, though, if you are replacing expensive TV seasons or box sets. Also, I wonder how exchanging "Casablanca" works out--will Warner send the big Blu-ray box set or just the disc in a standard Blu-ray case?

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Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 4:02 AM

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Not a bad deal. I've got 8 WB HD-DVD's... 6 0f which I would exchange. It turns out to about 37 bucks for the 6. Not bad.

Henning

Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 4:10 AM

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Yes, comes down to how many you will be changing.

At about +5 is begins to make sense.

Mike37

Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 4:11 AM

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Q: After I complete the online order, what's next?
A: You send your HD-DVD cover art sleeves to our processing center. We will match your cover art to your order, and then ship your new Blu-ray discs. For some box sets, special instructions will be listed on the page where you select your HD-DVDs.

Does this make sense? The way I'm reading it... is that you keep your HD-DVD's... lose the sleeves, and just replace the Sleeves with the Blu-Ray sleeves and discs.

Henning... is there any way we can get this clarified?

EDIT: I sent them an E-mail myself. I'll post the responce when I get it.

[Post edited by Mike37 on Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 4:18 AM]

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Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 4:38 AM

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yeah, you keep the actual HD DVD discs, which is great because several Blu-rays still don't have as many special features as their HD DVD counterparts (for example, the IME PIP tracks for "Blood Diamond", "Harry Potter 4", "Harry Potter 5", "300", "Troy", etc.).

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Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 4:45 AM

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Does this make sense? The way I'm reading it... is that you keep your HD-DVD's... lose the sleeves, and just replace the Sleeves with the Blu-Ray sleeves and discs.

Yes, this should be the case. I'm double checking with Warner. I'll post the response if I get it before you.

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Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 5:02 AM

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If that's the case I'll just stick with my HD-DVD's. I want my Blu-Rays to look... like Blu-Rays. And I probably won't get the HD-DVD covers back so... that's kid of a waste.

I guess, if anything, I can just buy a bunch of these.

http://www.sleevetown.com/blu-ray-hd-dvd-case.shtml

[Post edited by Mike37 on Apr 22, 2009 - CDT 5:05 AM]