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.
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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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).
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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.
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4 Posted by noon_god on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:40PM EDT Report Abuse
Just wait for a DVD to support both. Yeah!
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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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6 Posted by rjhites on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:42PM EDT Report Abuse
IBM/Broadcast International/ONT/Sony/Toshiba partnership just got more attention working on the new Cell/BE chip. Internet downloads will get more popular. 4 and 5 hundred dollar Bluray systems dont sound appealing. Peer to peer file sharing, JustinTV, BlipTV, Myspace, fFacebook. The new Adobe/ONT flash web sites are going to get attention. Real time streaming feeds are getting popular on the web and with reality TV. New ARM chip cores are merging technologies like WI/FI , VOIP, WAN ,and Flash for faster broadband connections with a cell network backup. Live , real time and anywhere anytime connections are becoming a new generation entertainment theme. The living room revolution and game changing technologies are surfacing to enrich out lives . Yes it will take more money.
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7 Posted by daniel_kol on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:35PM EDT Report Abuse
Wow Jarmow, get the facts straight. 1) HD DVD is a more inferior product, 2) HD DVD bought out support (i.e. Paramount!), 3) HD DVD is built into the Xbox 360 Console (equivalent strategy to Sony with a Blu-Ray player in the PS3). Stick with VHS if you want an inferior product. As for Blu-Ray players, Sony isn't the only company that makes them...poke your head out once in awhile.
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8 Posted by keop0007 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:49PM EDT Report Abuse
Hey daniel_kol, before you go demanding others to "poke your head out once in awhile", maybe you should remove your head from your a$$. HD DVD is not built into the xbox 360.
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9 Posted by kingcrawlingsnake on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:51PM EDT Report Abuse
A HD DVD is still NOT a loosing proposition. They can play regular dvd's and works as a great upconverter dvd player. So don't throw them away.
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10 Posted by billjabo on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:08PM EDT Report Abuse
Cool, perhaps there will be many DVD's at a more affordable price,it was good while it lasted. I am not concerned with 1080 resolution/moreGB's all I want to do is watch a movie. Jabo
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...