HD DVD Fire Sale: 150 Titles for 50% Off

Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:25PM EST

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Bet wrong in the soon-to-be-over HD format war? Me too. At least we can drown our sorrows in a pile of half-off HD DVD discs.

Engadget HD found a pretty hot fire sale going on at Amazon: 50 percent off for about 150-odd HD DVD titles, which represents more than 25 percent of Amazon's entire stock of HD DVDs.

And we're not just talking B-movies like "Waist Deep" (never heard of it) or turkeys like "Hot Dog." Nope, we've also got some of the latest and greatest releases, including "Transformers," "Zodiac" (the two-disc director's cut), the first season of the original "Star Trek," "Blades of Glory," and "Knocked Up."

So, is it wise to snap up a bunch of HD DVD discs when the format appears to be dying a rapid death (especially in the wake of Netflix's announcement that it's phasing out HD DVD rentals)? Again, it depends on your degree of geekiness. More sensible viewers are probably better off cutting their losses and eventually switching formats (once Blu-ray player prices fall to more reasonable levels).

Video junkies like me, however, may be ready for one last hurrah before the HD DVD tent folds up for good. Personally, I think I'll be going for "Transformers" (if only to watch the final robot battle in 1080p) and "Zodiac" (because the edge enhancement on the DVD release was so bad). Yeah, I'll probably end up replacing these discs in a couple of years, but I'm not going to deny myself in the meantime.

Anyone else in on the fire sale? What titles you looking to grab?

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Amazon takes 50% off 150 HD DVDs [Engadget HD]

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  • 1 Posted by auburn3020 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:59PM EDT Report Abuse

    Probably the Ultimate Matrix and Battlestar Galactica Season 1 sets. Be nice to have the Planet Earth set as well. Then again, I'll probably wait too long for the prices to hit rock bottom and miss out on all three...

  • 2 Posted by somebodys_here on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:32PM EDT Report Abuse

    To be honest, I use the net and get my HDDVD film fix through frowned upon means. *coughs* Septic *coughs* Don't know what got hold of me there. - Anyway; friends with topsite access can be very helpful in times of personal High-Def drought. -=- Say what you will, I have no quarrels with anyone (except the OEM manufacturers making us choose one format over the other).

  • 3 Posted by rucksack on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:55PM EDT Report Abuse

    Well, at least its over. Read this article yesterday and bought 4 movies at Amazon. So sometime in the future I will put my $99 Wal Mart HD DVD player with my 8 trac, Beta, rotary phone and vinyl albums.

  • 4 Posted by noon_god on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:40PM EDT Report Abuse

    Just wait for a DVD to support both. Yeah!

  • 5 Posted by jarmow on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:28PM EDT Report Abuse

    Remembering the VHS vs Beta wars from long ago I have not bought either player. Was waiting to see who would win the war. I was hoping that hi def would win out and Sony would loose again. Hi def players cost less than blu ray and the movies were less costly to. So it surprised me when everyone announced at CES last month that they were going with blu ray. Guess Sony got smarter this time around and decided it was cheaper to pay off the studio heads than try to win via a fair open market competition. that and the fact that they built a blu ray player into their gaming system sure didn't hurt. I hate sony and so I have to wait for someone else to market a blu ray player or player recorder before I buy anything.

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