Who actually would buy the HD-DVD player ad-on? (UPDATED WITH POLL)

you could see 30 blurays for the price of owning less than 3 hd-dvdscokessweet7777

I just joined netflix $16 a month unlimited rentals. I can see 30 HD DVDs for the same price you pay to rent 5 bluray @ blockbuster. see I'm not as dumb as I sound > but right know i sound like you. I also know what your thinking.... because I have HD ESPN too.

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**SIGH** I give up against the Sony hype machine. People read stupid articles and just take them as fact. Go look into it some more and you'll see all the problems with this.

Take for instance the fact that 1.4/1.5million BluRay players out there are PS3s.... pretty poor adoption rate for the standard alone huh? How about the fact that BluRay has a 5:1 player advantage, but only a 2:1 software advantage? Trust me, studios have taken serious notice of this poor adoption rate and are terrified of the day that the PS3 actually has games for these people to use their PS3s for. How about the fact that HD-DVD is now regaining market share? Or the fact that it leads almost everywhere else in the world by a far margin? Or that you can get most BluRay "exclusives" on HD-DVD by importing them from Europe since HD-DVD has no region coding?

If you take everything Sony dishes out (the Target thing turned out to be total BS) then I pity you. This BluRay stuff is no different than the "PS2 will have Toy Story-like graphics" kinda stuff they spew. But hey, I have a bridge in New York to sell you for pretty cheap if you're interested.....

stevoluvmunch

you sir have just given me an increase of faith in the intelligence of people. Good to know there is at least one other intelligent human being among me. sadly so far its just me and you

yes true but intelligence can come and go at times. and this is a perfect ex. you where doing really good until wishful thinking spit out "How about the fact that HD-DVD is regaining market share" I wish this was true but I feel compeled to correct you. the fact is,HD-DVD has been ever so slowly sliping almost every week this summer with a few exceptions which helped balance it out. but after this week sale numbers came out they sliped 1 point.TheSI for both has been at 60/40 sence somewhere around fathersday now its 61/39 BR/HD. now thats cleared up onto the next.

This is more of Confirmation to help me understand what your saying. Did you say that Most blu-ray exclusives will be on HD-DVD in europe? and we can import them and play them on our hd dvd players here? is this what your saying?

[QUOTE="lurid_twilight"]I'm waiting until they ever "officially" establish a winner. That may be awhile.tkemory

I doubt there will be a winner, look at the last few format wars. DVD and CD for example what happened? The players burners support both formats, that is what will happen here. They have even developed media that can do both HD-DVD and BetaRay. So people that think Bluray will "win" are just blowing smoke, it has plenty of deficiancies that will in the long run make publishers want the best from both worlds.

Early adoption numbers are worthless considering the very small percentage of the market HD movies in both formats hold. Once they start eating into the General Public, not the 1% that money doesnt matter, price point will probably establish the clear winner.

Try explaining to the normal consumer, well this player is 200$ less and gives you the exact same experience as the one for $500. But with the $500 player you get a media format that will allow you to have 30gigs of free space you can't do anything with, so its worth it!

Also for the uninformed HD-DVD already has produced dual-layered disc which will hold 40gig, the space issue is just a moot point right now, it will come down to movie studio support and consumer acceptance. And if the general public (the other 99%)wants HD-DVD the movie studios will be tripping over themseleves to support it.

Well said. 1 % of the market does not declare a winner.

hey bro i do need to get a list from ya.. my new hd dvd is sooo sweet. just watched king kong . beautiful movie so ya lets hook up

[QUOTE="cokessweet7777"]you could see 30 blurays for the price of owning less than 3 hd-dvdsstevoluvmunch

do you own any 360 games? cuz u know you rent them for far less. Your logic is god awful. good try though,

do games only last 2 hours and have no replay value?

PARAMOUNT JUST WENT HD DVD EXCLUISVE. NO TRANSOFRMERS ON BLU RAYstevoluvmunch

omg.

now the war will go on much longer than it should have.

rightfully so!

i thought the war was OVER.

PARAMOUNT JUST WENT HD DVD EXCLUISVE. NO TRANSOFRMERS ON BLU RAYstevoluvmunch

NERD-GASM!

Wow, I wasn't expecting that, here's a press release:

http://www.viacom.com/NEWS/NewsText.aspx?RID=1042073

im definetly happy about transformers

did you see fox and sonys response to paramounts announcement?

fox put out a list of upcoming movies like 20 of them even though so far they havent put out like any movies in 5 months and they keep pushing everything back. theyre scrambling thats it

only thing that sucks is that live free or die hard is blu ray exclusive that movie was bad ass

hot fuzz looks incredible in hd

best disc out there even reviews say

I prefer HD-DVD a lot more than Blu-Ray

and i will not by any one

butI amfraid halo 3 had to by HD-DVD

13 pages of pure flamage of me.

what could i expect in the 360 board haha.

prolly the only board that backs hd-dvd on this website.

post when you vote.

post why you picked which.

13 pages of pure flamage of me.

what could i expect in the 360 board haha.

prolly the only board that backs hd-dvd on this website.

cokessweet7777

which makes it the most intelligent board. I could tell you the two most idiocy filled boards if you would like.

This is more of Confirmation to help me understand what your saying. Did you say that Most blu-ray exclusives will be on HD-DVD in europe? and we can import them and play them on our hd dvd players here? is this what your saying?PychoSerenity

Many of them yes, particularly many of the more interesting/biggest blockbusterones (with the exception of Sony movies of course). This is because international publishing/distribution rights are not always in accordance with the same companies. I can give you a website that does imports and has a list(for instance Bridge to Terabithia came out not too long ago on HD-DVD in Europe despite it being a Buena Vista/Disney movie). This site is readily available at the AVSforums though.

[QUOTE="PychoSerenity"]This is more of Confirmation to help me understand what your saying. Did you say that Most blu-ray exclusives will be on HD-DVD in europe? and we can import them and play them on our hd dvd players here? is this what your saying?nosferatu

Many of them yes, particularly many of the more interesting/biggest blockbusterones (with the exception of Sony movies of course). This is because international publishing/distribution rights are not always in accordance with the same companies. I can give you a website that does imports and has a list(for instance Bridge to Terabithia came out not too long ago on HD-DVD in Europe despite it being a Buena Vista/Disney movie). This site is readily available at the AVSforums though.

this is awsome man plz give me the site, i can't wait to watch all those blu-ray movies on HD-DVD.:D

How much better is either with a Standard Def TV? (its all i got) If i had an HDTV, i would get HD-DVD cause its cheaper and has better movies imo. Transformers sealed the deal for me (its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)westsidejedi360

Don't bother getting one till you get at least a EDTV that 720p.

[QUOTE="westsidejedi360"]How much better is either with a Standard Def TV? (its all i got) If i had an HDTV, i would get HD-DVD cause its cheaper and has better movies imo. Transformers sealed the deal for me (its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)PychoSerenity

Don't bother getting one till you get at least a EDTV that 720p.

EDTV is 480p.....720p is hdtv.

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[QUOTE="PychoSerenity"]This is more of Confirmation to help me understand what your saying. Did you say that Most blu-ray exclusives will be on HD-DVD in europe? and we can import them and play them on our hd dvd players here? is this what your saying?PychoSerenity

Many of them yes, particularly many of the more interesting/biggest blockbusterones (with the exception of Sony movies of course). This is because international publishing/distribution rights are not always in accordance with the same companies. I can give you a website that does imports and has a list(for instance Bridge to Terabithia came out not too long ago on HD-DVD in Europe despite it being a Buena Vista/Disney movie). This site is readily available at the AVSforums though.

this is awsome man plz give me the site, i can't wait to watch all those blu-ray movies on HD-DVD.:D

Here's the thread that has a bunch of info on it, including the "sticky" info at the top with order sites, etc: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=855923

The benefits of HD-DVD having no region locks like DVD and BluRay do ;)

I love the fact that you've been able topick up Mr. and Mrs. Smith on HD-DVD for quite a while, but Fox just announced it as a BluRay exclusive in the US in Oct as a retort to the Paramount decision! :)

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[QUOTE="PychoSerenity"]This is more of Confirmation to help me understand what your saying. Did you say that Most blu-ray exclusives will be on HD-DVD in europe? and we can import them and play them on our hd dvd players here? is this what your saying?nosferatu

Many of them yes, particularly many of the more interesting/biggest blockbusterones (with the exception of Sony movies of course). This is because international publishing/distribution rights are not always in accordance with the same companies. I can give you a website that does imports and has a list(for instance Bridge to Terabithia came out not too long ago on HD-DVD in Europe despite it being a Buena Vista/Disney movie). This site is readily available at the AVSforums though.

this is awsome man plz give me the site, i can't wait to watch all those blu-ray movies on HD-DVD.:D

Here's the thread that has a bunch of info on it, including the "sticky" info at the top with order sites, etc: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=855923

The benefits of HD-DVD having no region locks like DVD and BluRay do ;)

I love the fact that you've been able topick up Mr. and Mrs. Smith on HD-DVD for quite a while, but Fox just announced it as a BluRay exclusive in the US in Oct as a retort to the Paramount decision! :)

this isa sweet find looks like allot of Blue ray movie are on HD DVD in europe. meaning there isn't going to be much you can't watch if you have an HD-DVD player. My confort level increases.....I made the right choice.

[QUOTE="nosferatu"]Here's the thread that has a bunch of info on it, including the "sticky" info at the top with order sites, etc: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=855923

The benefits of HD-DVD having no region locks like DVD and BluRay do ;)

I love the fact that you've been able topick up Mr. and Mrs. Smith on HD-DVD for quite a while, but Fox just announced it as a BluRay exclusive in the US in Oct as a retort to the Paramount decision! :)

PychoSerenity

this isa sweet find looks like allot of Blue ray movie are on HD DVD in europe. meaning there isn't going to be much you can't watch if you have an HD-DVD player. My confort level increases.....I made the right choice.

No problem, I'm more than happy to help. I tend to spend a lot of time and words correcting the ignorant Blu comments made on these forums because people only know how to regurgitate single sourced headlines.

And yes you did. If you ever need confirmation of that, head over to the AVSforums and just read some threads there. There are some very knowledgeable and level-headed "fanboys" there because they've done their research. The difference in attitude between the HD-DVD forums and the Blu forums is crazy. It's quite obvious that the Blu forums consist of its main source.... PS3 fanboys.

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[QUOTE="PychoSerenity"]This is more of Confirmation to help me understand what your saying. Did you say that Most blu-ray exclusives will be on HD-DVD in europe? and we can import them and play them on our hd dvd players here? is this what your saying?PychoSerenity

Many of them yes, particularly many of the more interesting/biggest blockbusterones (with the exception of Sony movies of course). This is because international publishing/distribution rights are not always in accordance with the same companies. I can give you a website that does imports and has a list(for instance Bridge to Terabithia came out not too long ago on HD-DVD in Europe despite it being a Buena Vista/Disney movie). This site is readily available at the AVSforums though.

this is awsome man plz give me the site, i can't wait to watch all those blu-ray movies on HD-DVD.:D

the prestige looks awesome on hd dvd and ghost rider is coming out soon as well.

[QUOTE="PychoSerenity"][QUOTE="nosferatu"]Here's the thread that has a bunch of info on it, including the "sticky" info at the top with order sites, etc: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=855923

The benefits of HD-DVD having no region locks like DVD and BluRay do ;)

I love the fact that you've been able topick up Mr. and Mrs. Smith on HD-DVD for quite a while, but Fox just announced it as a BluRay exclusive in the US in Oct as a retort to the Paramount decision! :)

nosferatu

this isa sweet find looks like allot of Blue ray movie are on HD DVD in europe. meaning there isn't going to be much you can't watch if you have an HD-DVD player. My confort level increases.....I made the right choice.

No problem, I'm more than happy to help. I tend to spend a lot of time and words correcting the ignorant Blu comments made on these forums because people only know how to regurgitate single sourced headlines.

And yes you did. If you ever need confirmation of that, head over to the AVSforums and just read some threads there. There are some very knowledgeable and level-headed "fanboys" there because they've done their research. The difference in attitude between the HD-DVD forums and the Blu forums is crazy. It's quite obvious that the Blu forums consist of its main source.... PS3 fanboys.

Couldnt agree more. Where have all you intelligent people been hiding? I had lost all hope for gamespots members.

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[QUOTE="PychoSerenity"][QUOTE="nosferatu"]Here's the thread that has a bunch of info on it, including the "sticky" info at the top with order sites, etc: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=855923

The benefits of HD-DVD having no region locks like DVD and BluRay do ;)

I love the fact that you've been able topick up Mr. and Mrs. Smith on HD-DVD for quite a while, but Fox just announced it as a BluRay exclusive in the US in Oct as a retort to the Paramount decision! :)

stevoluvmunch

this isa sweet find looks like allot of Blue ray movie are on HD DVD in europe. meaning there isn't going to be much you can't watch if you have an HD-DVD player. My confort level increases.....I made the right choice.

No problem, I'm more than happy to help. I tend to spend a lot of time and words correcting the ignorant Blu comments made on these forums because people only know how to regurgitate single sourced headlines.

And yes you did. If you ever need confirmation of that, head over to the AVSforums and just read some threads there. There are some very knowledgeable and level-headed "fanboys" there because they've done their research. The difference in attitude between the HD-DVD forums and the Blu forums is crazy. It's quite obvious that the Blu forums consist of its main source.... PS3 fanboys.

Couldnt agree more. Where have all you intelligent people been hiding? I had lost all hope for gamespots members.

I sneak out once in a while. ;)

EDIT: Deleted the rest of the comment.... unnecessary babble.