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ASU2003 · 01-18-2008, 05:54 PM

Well, I am in the market for a DVD player, and it looks like I have to go with HD-DVD. I currently have 40 regular DVDs and my computer DVD drive will not be hooked up to the new projector. And I need some way to play the old movies in an upconverting way. (A 1080p upconverting DVD player costs $77 right now).

The movies that I want are out on HD-DVD. Sure, some like Blue Planet are out on both, but the Matrix and the Bourne trilogy are on HD-DVD. And I was going to buy the most recent Bourne film, but it comes with the player now. ($24.99) The only other movies that I don't own that I want to buy are the Lord of the Rings. I don't care if I have to buy a Blu-ray ripped version that is burnt onto HD-DVD discs from Asia or Russia though (or d/l from some Swedish website...). The Good Shepard, Flags Of Our Fathers, Battlestar Glactica, Serenity Apollo 13 and Top Gun are all on HD-DVD. So it seems the movies I want to watch are on HD-DVD. I don't watch many 3D animated movies (which do look good at 1080p on Blu-ray that I saw at Best Buy), comic book movies, Harry Potter, or Pirates of the Caribbean. And I'm not sure which movies are available for both formats right now.

And I also like that there are no region codes. And the cryptography/security on the HD-DVD discs isn't as bad as the Blu-ray ones.

You also get 7 free movies with the purchase of one of these players (6 if you don't count the Bourne movie), even though they aren't exactly A-list, it is something. ($50)

And since I can get a 1080p HD-DVD player for $170 (actually only $68 if you subtract what I would have spent on a upconverting DVD player and the Bourne movie, I get to use the full power of my new 1080p projector with 6 additional movies as well, plus what ever I buy.) Comparing it to the PS3 or a stand alone Blu-ray player I wouldn't be able to afford to buy any movies or games. And wouldn't I still need to buy a upconverting DVD player to play my old movies?

Yeah, I'm not sure how long this 'format war' will go on for, and I'm still not sure why movie studios are taking sides at all in this. But I predict that it will go on for a few more years. And while I was on the sidelines watching it unfold, and even if I don't know what the future will hold for HD-DVD, I have to pick them.

01-18-2008, 05:54 PM	#50 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	Well, I am in the market for a DVD player, and it looks like I have to go with HD-DVD. I currently have 40 regular DVDs and my computer DVD drive will not be hooked up to the new projector. And I need some way to play the old movies in an upconverting way. (A 1080p upconverting DVD player costs $77 right now). The movies that I want are out on HD-DVD. Sure, some like Blue Planet are out on both, but the Matrix and the Bourne trilogy are on HD-DVD. And I was going to buy the most recent Bourne film, but it comes with the player now. ($24.99) The only other movies that I don't own that I want to buy are the Lord of the Rings. I don't care if I have to buy a Blu-ray ripped version that is burnt onto HD-DVD discs from Asia or Russia though (or d/l from some Swedish website...). The Good Shepard, Flags Of Our Fathers, Battlestar Glactica, Serenity Apollo 13 and Top Gun are all on HD-DVD. So it seems the movies I want to watch are on HD-DVD. I don't watch many 3D animated movies (which do look good at 1080p on Blu-ray that I saw at Best Buy), comic book movies, Harry Potter, or Pirates of the Caribbean. And I'm not sure which movies are available for both formats right now. And I also like that there are no region codes. And the cryptography/security on the HD-DVD discs isn't as bad as the Blu-ray ones. You also get 7 free movies with the purchase of one of these players (6 if you don't count the Bourne movie), even though they aren't exactly A-list, it is something. ($50) And since I can get a 1080p HD-DVD player for $170 (actually only $68 if you subtract what I would have spent on a upconverting DVD player and the Bourne movie, I get to use the full power of my new 1080p projector with 6 additional movies as well, plus what ever I buy.) Comparing it to the PS3 or a stand alone Blu-ray player I wouldn't be able to afford to buy any movies or games. And wouldn't I still need to buy a upconverting DVD player to play my old movies? Yeah, I'm not sure how long this 'format war' will go on for, and I'm still not sure why movie studios are taking sides at all in this. But I predict that it will go on for a few more years. And while I was on the sidelines watching it unfold, and even if I don't know what the future will hold for HD-DVD, I have to pick them.