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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
I jumped on at Christmas and since the Warner anouncement I have been picking up HD discs right and left for less than a new DVD. Considering the price drop of the Toshiba players this is a no brainer to me, buy one.
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
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I jumped on at Christmas and since the Warner anouncement I have been picking up HD discs right and left for less than a new DVD. Considering the price drop of the Toshiba players this is a no brainer to me, buy one.
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Where have you been getting discs like that? I've been unable to find much of anything under 25$ (and much of that doesn't interest me). Prices on HD DVDs in Canada, annoyingly, appear to be based on the 2002 exchange rate of 1.56 to 1 rather than the current 1 to 1 (roughly) rate. Amazon in the US offers some good deals, but not that many. I don't mind paying some extra for HDM, but not 40$ per movie (the price for many of the films I want).
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
OK, I have to ask: why buy into HD DVD now?
I *have* an HD DVD player, and I've started unloading discs because it looks very likely it won't survive as a format. It's not a format war thing, but I'm just curious why anyone would buy into a dying format?
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
Why not? At the prices Toshiba is charging, you can get a player basically for free once you figure in the price of the movies included and mailed away for, and it's got a bunch of nice titles that may not appear on BD soon. It's not like the things will turn into pumpkins as soon as Toshiba stops manufacturing them, after all.
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
Ok, so if I'm right, in a few months you'll have a player with no more new discs coming out. So there will be a fixed catalog. Eventually, all those same discs will come out on BD, with I'm hoping, possibly better audio and video due to the greater capacity of BD discs. And now you'll have 2 players when you only need 1. And then what happens when the player breaks? I wonder how long Toshiba will support fixing them? And for any current problems with them, I also doubt Toshiba will come out with any new f/w revs. I could possibly understand if there were "to die for" titles on HD DVD and not on BD (or DVD for that matter), but the only one I can actually think of is The Matrix. And while that's one of my favorite movies, I can live with the DVD box until the BD version comes out. I *did* once consider buying an LD player for the Star Wars movies, but I see that as a really special case.
And personally, I can't see using any of the Toshiba HD DVD players for SD DVD simply due to the long start up delay. I have a separate DVD player for that, that also plays SACD and DVD-A, which no HD DVD or BD player can.
Personally, I simply can't see buying into HD DVD right now. But also to be really honest, I am really pissed at Toshiba right now, because I *did* dump a few hundred bucks into my player and discs, and now poof, format (soon to be) gone. In my case, good freaking riddance Toshiba. The sooner I dump my player and discs, the better. Better to get something, anything for them now, than nothing later on.
Just curious.
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
The selling point right now for an HD DVD player is the upconversion. That alone makes these worth the investment. Your current sd dvd library will look stunning. Regardless whether or not HD DVD is here for 3 more months or 3 more years. No current Bluray player can touch the HD DVDs upconversion capability. Not even the mighty PS3. As a bonus you also get the option to play HD DVD movies. Not a bad deal, with a minimal investment at that.
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
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Ok, so if I'm right, in a few months you'll have a player with no more new discs coming out. So there will be a fixed catalog. Eventually, all those same discs will come out on BD, with I'm hoping, possibly better audio and video due to the greater capacity of BD discs. And now you'll have 2 players when you only need 1. And then what happens when the player breaks? I wonder how long Toshiba will support fixing them? And for any current problems with them, I also doubt Toshiba will come out with any new f/w revs. I could possibly understand if there were "to die for" titles on HD DVD and not on BD (or DVD for that matter), but the only one I can actually think of is The Matrix. And while that's one of my favorite movies, I can live with the DVD box until the BD version comes out. I *did* once consider buying an LD player for the Star Wars movies, but I see that as a really special case.
And personally, I can't see using any of the Toshiba HD DVD players for SD DVD simply due to the long start up delay. I have a separate DVD player for that, that also plays SACD and DVD-A, which no HD DVD or BD player can.
Personally, I simply can't see buying into HD DVD right now. But also to be really honest, I am really pissed at Toshiba right now, because I *did* dump a few hundred bucks into my player and discs, and now poof, format (soon to be) gone. In my case, good freaking riddance Toshiba. The sooner I dump my player and discs, the better. Better to get something, anything for them now, than nothing later on.
Just curious.
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Hey since the OP hasn't bought one yet and you don't want yours, why not work out a deal. You both could benifit. Just a thought.
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Where have you been getting discs like that? I've been unable to find much of anything under 25$ (and much of that doesn't interest me). Prices on HD DVDs in Canada, annoyingly, appear to be based on the 2002 exchange rate of 1.56 to 1 rather than the current 1 to 1 (roughly) rate. Amazon in the US offers some good deals, but not that many. I don't mind paying some extra for HDM, but not 40$ per movie (the price for many of the films I want).
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It's not just HD titles. I ordered Bones Season 2 for my wife from amazon.com because it was $15 cheaper, even with shipping and handling. Annoying.
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Where have you been getting discs like that? I've been unable to find much of anything under 25$ (and much of that doesn't interest me). Prices on HD DVDs in Canada, annoyingly, appear to be based on the 2002 exchange rate of 1.56 to 1 rather than the current 1 to 1 (roughly) rate. Amazon in the US offers some good deals, but not that many. I don't mind paying some extra for HDM, but not 40$ per movie (the price for many of the films I want).
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Amazon and a few othe retailers have had some great bargains but I have been getting most of my discs right here in the software for sale area
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player now wait ?
I just bought an A30 tonight. I'm still only running a 16:9 480i display (thru component), but even on that display the difference is noticeable. I'm waiting 'til @ least tax return time before I get a 1080p display, and I may go purple @ that point.
I bought the A30 because my DVD player was dying, and I'm not ready to plunk down the cash for a BD player. The upscaling capabilities had me sold.
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Agreed. My order for 5 free by mail went in the mail this morning.
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Why not? There's 2 UPC codes on the box, right?
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Re: Should I get a HD-DVD player or wait ?
I just got my 2nd Xe-1 here in Europe . Found 2 weebsites , one charging less than 50% less than the other and eligible for 5 free discs .
I have rather a lot of Sd Dvds and the upscaling comes for free and its Region Free so go to Tibet for your holidays and bring home discs without worrying about playabililty issues
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I do not agree. It is certainly nontrivial to properly deinterlace SD DVD 480i to 480p. 1080i to 1080p is no different.
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