HD Owners - What now?

[El Lancito]

Even after hearing about the news with Warner, I opted to buy Zodiac on HD. I figure that I'll get plenty of good viewings out of it before I ever buy a Blu-Ray player, and it's not like I can't still watch it afterwards.

Still, I don't plan on buying any HDs for the most part. I might still get some combo discs of new releases, like for Beowulf, but I won't buy any catalog titles.

What about the rest of you?

[chlngr1970]

My position is pretty clear. Till the Region Coding and BD+ is gone, and Blu Ray has a finalized spec, I will not be giving a single penny to Blu Ray. I will continue to support HD DVD as much as I can, and will enjoy my library till the next format comes along, if I have to.

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[Pirate]

You should’ve made this poll multiple choice. I will continue to buy HD DVD’s, but I’m also starving like the wolf!

[MooglePorn]

I doubt I will ever buy another HD DVD... If Uni or Paramount make it absolutely clear somehow that they will not switch this year, then maybe I would buy some huge release from them...

Really though, it would take a miracle. I want to do everything I can to support the one clear new format: BD.

[elfman]

Hahha. Duran Duran. Nice.

[dugpa]

I assume you mean hd-dvd owners and where it says HD in the questions I should substitute hd-dvd? Because both blu-ray and hd-dvd are HD discs. You need a selection for "I will only buy hd-dvds of titles I absolutely have to have right away." For me, that was The Pianist. After that, there's nothing on the hd-dvd release schedule so far I have to have. But never say never. If something really good came out hd-dvd only I'd probably buy it.

[El Lancito]

Originally Posted by dugpa

I assume you mean hd-dvd owners and where it says HD in the questions I should substitute hd-dvd?

Yup, that's what I meant. Just abbreviating is all.

[SilentBob]

I will still buy some HD-DVDs but i will be slowing down my HD-DVD purchases. I'm goingt o start my all Blu-ray diet soon but until its official that Paramount/Universal move so will I. My player and discs still work so why not enjoy them while i can


Oh and I'm Hungry Like the Wolf. You can select both options

[plissken99]

It's really too soon for this. I answered only new releases will be bought. However, if Universal and Paramount fold within a month, then nothing till they start Blu Ray. Luckily there is nothing coming exclusively to HD-DVD currently schedules that I want... well maybe that German T2 HD-DVD set.

[biglyle]

Anything available on both I will get the blu-ray now without hesitation. I will still pick up HD-DVDs if I can get them on the cheap. I plan on keeping my player and current collection and hopefully can get quite a few years worth of enjoyment out of them.

[Ruined]

I stopped buying HD DVDs and sold most of mine; only kept a core collection of 10-20 movies that I REALLY like to hold me over until the Panasonic DMP-BD50 is available.

I will pick up BDs to replace them when there are 50% off sales/BOGOs.

My HD-A35 broke and could not repaired, so Toshiba is now sending me a new one. Not sure what I'm going to do with that. Keeping my HDAO for sure, because it is an awesomely flexible piece of gear.

[Astrakan]

Originally Posted by Ruined

I will pick up BDs to replace them when there are 50% off sales/BOGOs.

The question is, will there be any more now that we're pretty much down to one format?

KM

[Moonraker]

The question is, will there be any more now that we're pretty much down to one format?

KM

Indeed, there is still SD to win over and sometime they just need to clear out back catalog stuff.

However 2007 B1G1 didnt start happening till the fall, around holidays, hoever there is still one going on now.

[dugpa]

Originally Posted by Moonraker

However 2007 B1G1 didnt start happening till the fall, around holidays, hoever there is still one going on now.

At the most retailers it didn't. But Fry's was having them as far back as last summer. I've probably bought at least 75% of my blu-ray discs at BOGO sales. Amazon had one back last summer as well. Though the first ones were usually Sony titles only.

To the question of the thread, I've pretty much stopped buying hd-dvd's now. Only thing left on the release schedule I might still pick up is Star Trek Season 2. I'm sure they'll release it on blu-ray one of these days, but I want to grab it while I can still get a combo version with the dvd as well.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by Astrakan

The question is, will there be any more now that we're pretty much down to one format?

KM

Yes. They still need J6P to buy in and that is not going to happen with discs priced $25-$35 discs regularly.

[esc]

Originally Posted by chlngr1970

My position is pretty clear. Till the Region Coding and BD+ is gone, and Blu Ray has a finalized spec, I will not be giving a single penny to Blu Ray. I will continue to support HD DVD as much as I can, and will enjoy my library till the next format comes along, if I have to.

I pretty much agree with that. I'll be supporting HD DVD for as long as I can. In order for me to even rent a blu ray disc, HD would have to be utterly dead and Toshiba would have to release a firmware or hardware patch for the A1 player so that it was a dual format player.

[buckster666]

Not slowing down my purchases, in fact I'm buying more, what with Amazon's sales and people selling their collection at bargin prices (got Mission impossible box set for £25, normal UK price is £40-45) because they feel the need to conform with the Blu ray fanboys (how sad they are for giving in so easily)

[sub780lime]

I will still buy them since i don't prefer HD-DVD over Blu or viceversa (except that my universal remote will control my HD-DVD player and my not my Blu)

[Wirehed]

I'll be buying Blu-ray instead, where given a choice. Otherwise I'll buy HD-DVD. It's not like the $20 disc isn't going to play ever again.

[jbat31]

I know a lot of you will probably disagree with my opinion, but from the beginning I have felt that HD on disc was going to be a much harder sale than dvd ever was. DVD was a revolution from what people had before, vhs On VHS it was almost impossible to buy new stuff at reasonable prices. Going from tape to disc is huge. This is more like evolution, not revolution People see it as still dvd, just higher priced.

The other thing that i see is that the majority of blu ray players are ps3, and that may win them the war, but it also means that they have a very small percent of people, gamers, a limited demographic. Whereas HD DVD had all of its sales to stand alone players

I am not moving to blu anytime soon

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by buckster666

Not slowing down my purchases, in fact I'm buying more, what with Amazon's sales and people selling their collection at bargin prices (got Mission impossible box set for £25, normal UK price is £40-45) because they feel the need to conform with the Blu ray fanboys (how sad they are for giving in so easily)

Not so much a matter of feeling the need to conform.

Rather, I am have decent skill at eBaying. I bought 99% of my HD DVDs at 40% off MSRP. Looking at the market, by selling over this week I have gotten between ~40-60% of the MSRP. That does two things for me. First, I don't lose that much moneywise - maybe like $3-$7 a movie off what I paid for it new? (in a few cases I actually made money!) Second, I get rid of a lot of shite I shouldn't have bought in the first place. Third, it saves having to maintain an HD DVD player down the road for what was a massive collection of movies.

Now I am not "replacing" my collection. Meaning I'm not going to go and rebuy everything off the bat. I will buy a lot of stuff when it is much cheaper/$10-$15, but I am in no rush to do so. I also will be more careful the second go around - no more buying crap I don't even like that much just because its in HD.

Also, I am keeping around 20 or so movies that I *really* enjoy. Ones that I will watch many times. Stuff like 2001, Fast Times, The Fountain, etc. These are the ones that are truly worth owning in the first place. I may have gotten too caught up having fun with the war than having fun watching the movies!

[bembol]

I knew this would happened.

So I'm just going to continue buying HD DVD & Blu-ray.

I lost (acted too quickly) selling my 600+ DVD's and who knows, Sony/BD might fail against DVD If that happens, at least I'll have one of the best Upconverting players...Toshiba HD-XA2.

[plissken99]

Originally Posted by bembol

I knew this would happened.

So I'm just going to continue buying HD DVD & Blu-ray.

I lost (acted too quickly) selling my 600+ DVD's and who knows, Sony/BD might fail against DVD If that happens, at least I'll have one of the best Upconverting players...Toshiba HD-XA2.

Ah I made the same mistake with DVD, I sold most of my VHS collection. I ended up waiting years to see films on DVD. With this transition, it's stricktly on a case by case basis lol. I don't even get rid of my DVDs until I have the HD version in my hand, Escape From New York for example was only a month from being released on DVD, then it was delayed for 3 years, and I'd already sold the VHS.

[Derb]

Your HD Collection

Game over HD DVD.

No longer supporting them as this may be their last year.

That said no longer buying anything on BD at the moment cause I have no shelf space.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by plissken99

Ah I made the same mistake with DVD, I sold most of my VHS collection. I ended up waiting years to see films on DVD. With this transition, it's stricktly on a case by case basis lol. I don't even get rid of my DVDs until I have the HD version in my hand, Escape From New York for example was only a month from being released on DVD, then it was delayed for 3 years, and I'd already sold the VHS.

Well, believe me, I kept the movies that were my favs (and also not available on BD already), like I said around 20. Those will be case-by-case for sure. But for the most part I really wasn't all that sad to dump the rest. To be honest I could use the money!

[pizza]

Originally Posted by Ruined

Rather, I am have decent skill at eBaying.

Any tips? Not so much for HD but I wouldn't mind weeding the DVD collection a bit.

Originally Posted by Ruined

I also will be more careful the second go around - no more buying crap I don't even like that much just because its in HD.

It's only natural to over indulge after getting a new toy.

[ganthc]

I might still get new releases with hd-dvd. I'm considering getting Zodiac.