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01-05-2008, 01:18 AM
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Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
With the format war all but settled (just a matter of time for the rest of the studios to fall in line within the year), if you have a HD DVD player, will you stock up on the upcoming clearance sales of HD DVD titles, or eschew them and look forward towards the BD releases?
I think I'll first target the current HD DVD exclusives (that I'm interested in) that have the extras package that I fear that I won't get on the upcoming BD counterpart (or existing counterpart), hoping the costs will be in the $8-$12 average range for the clearance titles, and wouldn't pass up titles that go below that range, either. Heck, I still have LDs and a couple of LD players in the HT setup, so the more the merrier, and the cheaper the better in terms of media pricing for HD DVDs.
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01-05-2008, 01:41 AM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
Pat,
I didn't get around to jumping into HDD, but I guess I would consider doing what you're thinking if I already own a good size collection of HDD titles (as I suggested in another thread).
BTW, I also still have some LDs that I actually bought off eBay *after* I jumped into DVD in the early goings.  My player died along the way though, so my set has been sitting around doing nothing -- and I'm not much inclined to give it a spin anyway at this point. If you lived in the NYC area and were interested, I'd say come by and you can take it off my hands for free...
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01-05-2008, 01:46 AM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
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Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong
My player died along the way though, so my set has been sitting around doing nothing -- and I'm not much inclined to give it a spin anyway at this point. If you lived in the NYC area and were interested, I'd say come by and you can take it off my hands for free...
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This is the reason why I would think twice before buyng any more HD DVDs......no matter how cheap they get. What good are cheap discs if you eventually will not be able to get a player for them. |
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01-05-2008, 02:07 AM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
I'll finally pick up some exclusives that I've been putting off and am afraid might take their sweet time coming out on BD. Other than that I'll more than likely stop and focus more on renting.
The HD players are built pretty well so I'm not too concerned about not being able to play the discs. Heck, if Patrick is still playing LaserDiscs today that should provide some indication as to how long these things can stick around.
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01-05-2008, 06:53 AM
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Cees Alons
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
In fact, those who don't own a HD DVD player yet, might consider picking one up one if a really inexpensive offer happens to arrive.
Unless you're a 100% sure you will never own a HD DVD at all, of course.
I myself are waiting to see if a decent combo-player is announced soon and will most probably buy a Region-A machine then.
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01-05-2008, 08:54 AM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
I own every CED videodisc title that was put out for sale (just missing a few that were pressed but never put out for sale to the public), if HD-DVD becomes a dead format I might try to get one of every title as well- certainly won't take up as much space or weigh as much as my CED collection! 
Still can't play either HD format yet as I'm waiting for an affordable and usable dual-format player to come out, so whatever happens I hope that becomes a reality soon.
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01-05-2008, 09:51 AM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
I really don't know what I'm going to do about HD DVD titles now.
On one hand it's a bit foolish to continue investing in what appears to be a dead format. On the other hand who knows how long it'll take for Paramount and Universal to start releasing on BD and then even catching up on what's been released to HD.
I've already got pretty much everything I'd like to own that's exclusive to the HD DVD format so I don't think I'll be investing any more money on the current catalog. As for upcoming releases I was planning on blind-buys of American Gangster and Beowulf but I'm no longer comfortable in the longevity of the format so I'll probably rent instead. The only other release I was interested in was Star Trek Season 2 but given the high price I may end up passing unless I can get it dirt cheap.
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01-05-2008, 10:05 AM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
The only titles that I would be interested in that are left are warner titles. However I wouldn't touch a warner title on hd if you gave it to me.
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01-05-2008, 10:59 AM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
If the prices are discounted, I'll pick up the titles I want. I see no reason not to.
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01-05-2008, 12:07 PM
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Re: Seeing Red - will you stock up on the inevitable clearance sales on HD DVDs?
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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
In fact, those who don't own a HD DVD player yet, might consider picking one up one if a really inexpensive offer happens to arrive.
Unless you're a 100% sure you will never own a HD DVD at all, of course.
I myself are waiting to see if a decent combo-player is announced soon and will most probably buy a Region-A machine then.
Cees
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If I don't have a VCR yet, I don't know why I'd buy a BetaMax instead of VHS, even if the Beta's dirt cheap. 
As a fence-straddler -- not a hardcore collector -- I have zero interest in buying HD DVD. I don't want to buy a format that's clearly on its way out. Just a matter of time for BR to drop in price and have full studio coverage. |
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