Speed_Gibson

My simple question: Are there any DVD players out there beside the discontinued LG BH 100 that play both HD DVD and Blue Ray DVD?

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My wife purchased the Battlestar Galactica Season 1 DVD for my birthday and it was in the HD DVD format. Some research yesterday revealed to me that the DVD format war is not ongoing but actually over as of last year, HD DVD was the loser, and Blue Ray does not play HD DVD (had access to such a player).
This is the first non-standard DVD for us and would mean a forced upgrade to play it. Pondering the merits of buying a player for a discontinued format (around $60 used) for one boxed set, or selling the gift and replacing with standard DVDs.
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Willravel

You may be out of luck on that one. The format war has been over for quite some time now and it doesn't look like there were many hybrids made. Your best bet is to find an HD DVD player for an extra drive bay on your desktop, or to simply get BSG on Blu Ray. Amazon is accepting pre-orders for the whole series on blu ray for $100 off .

MontanaXVI

I'd say try to sell the HD DVD set off and use whatever you can get out of as down payment on either the Blu-ray version or DVD version.

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Speed_Gibson

I was surprised to see it was over, my interest in those matters has been at best minimal. That would explain the flood of commercials touting blue ray out there.

The problem(s) with the desktop drive option is all of the options that I found online use that new SATA connection, and it sounds like they need some seriously high system specs for smooth playback that are out of reach for me.
I would like to watch more than 2 or 3 short trailers (even just part of the mini-series) before buying the whole series; might not like it and waste some serious money.
The problem with the Blue Ray option is lack of a player, no real desire to upgrade from a fine regular Sony DVD player, and the high cost for the players.

My wife and I were considering buying a used HD DVD player for the bedroom (not getting a blue ray in there ever probably) that would replace a budget standard player that needs to go, and eventually a blue ray for the front room. I see no practical purpose for buying a blue ray to watch Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, silent films, and others similar pieces of work that are my main interest in film and DVD when available. Makes as much sense in buying some uber expensive 7.1 audio setup to listen to Golden Age of Radio shows.

anyways, thank you for confirming what I was 98% sure of already, bye for now.

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