So I got an HD-DVD player for the holidays...

And I was probably the happiest person alive. Hooked it up, popped in King Kong, played AWESOME. Got so excited, and went to check out some movies to buy and.....

wow there aren't that many good ones.. Maybe like 15 i can find that i want. And every commercial I see is always "Coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray". What's the deal? Is this dead already? I mean honestly im not hard to please with movies, but I just cant find many in this selection. Sure theres a lot of old movies that are great...but not really worth seeing for the 20th time just crystal clear this time around. And do I really need Billy Madison with 5.1?

Can someone just reassure me that this isnt 200 bucks wasted?

I mean, no Die Hard, no Resident Evil, no 3:10 to Yuma, and I saw the list of companies that are backing which, and Blu-ray BLOWS HD-DVD out of the water. HD-DVD is like MS, Toshiba, and what was it, paramount? is that it?

Edit: and Universal and all the aforementioned companies little sister companies as well.

but still, it all sounds awesome on players, and everyone is saying "HD-DVD will become peoples standard and preferred" but i dont see why they are saying that when Blu-Ray is getting more hits and sales.

I think you should try different stores there are plenty of good movies on HD-DVD, new and old. A lot of movie houses are not exclusive to either blu-ray or HD-DVD.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/

try this site I use it a lot

I think you should try different stores there are plenty of good movies on HD-DVD, new and old. A lot of movie houses are not exclusive to either blu-ray or HD-DVD.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/

try this site I use it a lot

boyinfridge

I like that site, the reviewers there know what they are talking about.

Now what am i suppose to do with these?

Now what am i suppose to do with these?

Videodogg

Watch them on your HD DVD player. That is what you bought it for... to watch HD DVD movies. It is not just going stop working if the HD DVD format dies. :roll:

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Now what am i suppose to do with these?

BassMan

Watch them on your HD DVD player. That is what you bought it for... to watch HD DVD movies. It is not just going stop working if the HD DVD format dies. :roll:

Add planet earth to that collection :wink: also the above poster is right, it's not like you won't be able to watch all of these movies in HD anymore. I found out about warner bros. going Blu-Ray exclusive after may and guess what i did today...bought transformers in HD-DVD. i'm still gonna enjoy my HD-DVD f it.

I am one of those people sitting on the fence. I also dont want to have to worry about having several different types of discs to play and different machines to play them on.

I hope that very soon one of these comes out on top. Although it looks unlikely this will happen, maybe someone will be able to unite the two competing formats and have them agree to endorse a combination of the two formats together. Isnt that what happened with DVD's? Sony, Philips, and Toshiba agreed on supporting one platform with modifications from each company...

The fact that these two formats exist at the same time is really hurting the consumer a lot. Esspecially since HDTV's are finally becoming popular and people want to take full advantage of their new HDTV's--the only way for them to do so is to buy one or the other of the two formats and cross their fingers that they dont waste their money.

It also clearly must be hurting the companies involved because of so many people reluctant to comit to one or the other (who would otherwise have bought one) are waiting.

Heres to hoping these companies come to their senses and agree to combine their efforts sometime very soon.

-S

HD-DVD will be extinct by the end of the year

Now that Warner went Blu Ray only, the majority is blu ray, Paramount and Universal will follow. It was in their contract to do so