Official: Netflix to support HD-DVD and Blu-ray at launch (1 Viewer)

[Paul.S]

[Delete "dupe."]

 

[JediFonger]

i've enabled the HD DVD, but so far, there's no titles =).

 

[JediFonger]

if you've already enabled HD-DVD and try to add last samurai, phantom o' opera or million dollar baby right now, netflix will automatically add the hi-def version! =). i might wanna rent it just to see what it looks like without a player! =P.

 

[Paul.S]

Good spot, Yi--thx. This intimates that Nf has copies of the discs in their distribution centers.

 

[Paul.S]

Got an "HD DVD Alert" e-mail from Nf this afternoon--it clarifies the upcoming HD DVDs' non-backward-compatibility and asks that you confirm you can play the new discs.

This VB story says "Netflix sent a survey out Monday to users that had added the HD DVD rental option to their queue to assess subscriber interest in the new format." I never received that.

 

[JediFonger]

well, i got a "reconfirmation" thingy. so i had to go and "reconfirm" i had a HD-DVD player, that HD-DVD wouldn't play on current DVD players, i'd have to buy a new HD-DVD player, etc. =).

 

[Paul.S]

Interesting: the e-mail I got didn't ask me to go to the site and actually reconfirm my HD DVD set up. As in, getting HD DVDs isn't predicated on me going to the site and again indicating I want HD DVDs.

 

[Dick C]

My Netflix Queue is setup to default to HD DVDs only. I received my first disc today; Million Dollar Baby. It was supposed to be a HD DVD, but its a DVD with a lot of scratches (old disc). The white sleeve is labeled HD DVD (#138879), but the disc itself is labeled DVD Video and the disc indicator on the player illuminates "DVD" (and the PQ is obviously 480). Has anyone here received an actual Million Dollar Baby HD DVD from Netflix???

 

[TravisR]

Apparently Million Dollar Baby has been delayed a week.

 

[JediFonger]

i received the serenity HD-DVD physical disc just to see what it looks like (no plan to buy player yet). it looks about the same. not a big diff if you asked me =).

 

[TonyD]

i was apout to say HUh??
then i figured you were talking about the actual disc when you said it looks the same, no difference.

 

[JediFonger]

i made it more clear =). gonna do so with BluRay as well. see what it physically looks like =).

 

[Sean Bryan]

YiFeng,

While there is certainly no harm in your interest in this or your posts (unless it is misunderstood and someone thinks you are talking about the image quality), I have to ask.....what do you expect?

HD DVDs look just like DVDs. I think it would be fair to assume that BDs will look just like HD DVDs and DVDs (physically). Was there ever any real question that they would somehow plysically "look different"?

Not sure why you are wasting money to find this out.

 

[JediFonger]

lol =). i'm a curious bear. on Netflix, i have the 8 out at a time... so not so much of a waste.

yeah, intellectually i know that it ain't gonna look that much diff. but physically, touching the disc, smelling it and licking it, etc. didn't you guys ever get that feeling when CD first came out? very curious about new formats =).

 

[GarySchrock]

Suddenly I find that I'm thinking I need to wash my hands after handling netflix discs.

 

[TonyD]

i dont even want to know what the etc. is.