As if the HD DVD news couldn't get happier today! After Microsoft slashed the price of the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 only days ago, Amazon has undercut the MSRP by a cool $10, offering the player for $119.99. The savings don't end there mind you as a slew of HD DVDs have been discounted to up to 50% off the regular retail price. Is this another sign that the high-def format war is winding to a close and Amazon is letting go of its inventory or are they trying to make room for that Blu-Ray add-on that we've heard Microsoft talk about?
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2-11-2008 @ 5:20PM
Corleone said...
HD DVD-HD DVD-HD DVD-HD DVD!!
I will support it til it flat-lines!!
Who's with me?!! SCREW BR!!
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2-11-2008 @ 5:26PM
Mr Cool said...
me too
w00t for cheap movies!!!
2-11-2008 @ 5:32PM
Gemini Ace said...
I'm with you!
2-11-2008 @ 5:33PM
Doom3killer said...
agree.. cheap movies
2-11-2008 @ 5:48PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
I'll be buying these movies on the cheap! You just can't question the savings.
2-11-2008 @ 5:35PM
Big Wizz said...
The blogs and subsequent comments over at engadgethd are hilarious.
Hurry up and die HD-DVD. And will someone PLEASE make a 2.0 Blu-ray player (that isn't a PS3)??!!?
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2-11-2008 @ 6:19PM
OTAM said...
I don't understand the point of advertising this stuff. I mean,it's essentially going to be dead and out-dated,so why buy a player when movies are going to stop being made for it in the near future?
I still support regular DVD. HD content is too expensive for it's quality jump for me at this point. Get a 38 inch HDTV down to the $250 - $275 mark and i'll be in. Until then,fuck off.
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2-11-2008 @ 6:33PM
AfroCelt said...
I came close to buying an HD-DVD...I feel better without it OR the Blu-Ray though....what's wrong with DVDs? There was a giant leap between the VCR and dvd...I just don't see it between these other two.
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2-12-2008 @ 11:53AM
J said...
100% Agreed. It seems like they are really forcing this "new technology".
Don't believe the hype!
2-11-2008 @ 6:42PM
Killer said...
"I mean,it's essentially going to be dead and out-dated,so why buy a player when movies are going to stop being made for it in the near future?"
Reasons: There are still movies for it right now. It's a great Up-Converting DVD player, and it's not going to blow up on you when/if HD DVD dies.
"Is this another sign that the high-def format war is winding to a close and Amazon is letting go of its inventory or are they trying to make room for that Blu-Ray add-on that we've heard Microsoft talk about?"
It's neither, these sales have been happening all the time. It's just a way to gain momentum for HD DVD. Nothing more, if any company was trying to stop selling or give up on HD DVD, they would publicly state it like Netflix did.
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2-12-2008 @ 2:13AM
Quemador said...
Dream on mu friend, never stop dreaming...lol
2-12-2008 @ 4:35PM
ZeroCorpse said...
The XBox 360 itself is a great upconverting DVD player. You don't need to spend $120 to get that feature.
But yes, the existing movies are decent and worth grabbing at the bargain price. That alone makes it at least useful... But it IS a dead-end technology now.
2-11-2008 @ 6:56PM
Killer said...
@AfroCelt
You are the majority. I've always thought that Blu-ray or HD DVD made a terrible mistake of keeping so closely to the DVD with the design of the Discs and the players that look the same. They should have scraped the whole backwards compadible idea and used a completely new format for the average consumer to notice. People converted their VHS to DVD, why would it be hard to convert agian? People want Innovation that they can see and touch, not innovation based on numbers and specs. 50GB doesn't mean anything to the Average consumer. Convience and easy of use is the consumers want. Neither format does that, long wait times, etc. It's really sad that you can base the entire player with the design of a dvd player, yet you have start times as slow as the first dvd player? People want to see quickness, the first dvd players were exceptable to people because it was the first ever, VHS didnt have the capabilities DVD had. Unforunately, people are lead to believe this is the NEXT-GENERATION DVD, so why is it as slow as the original dvd player? I truely believe that they could have waited a couple more years to release a new format, dvd isn't in a dead spin and probally won't be for awhile.
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2-11-2008 @ 8:59PM
Dragod said...
I would have settled for a format that was more compact and scratch resistant.
2-11-2008 @ 7:15PM
George Arauz said...
Make it free and i bet the HD DVD movie sales go thru the roof.
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2-11-2008 @ 8:57PM
Dragod said...
Damn it... This sucks. If HD-DVD dies, the attachment will be dead, meaning when I get my HDTV (Hopefully soon), I'm going to have to buy a PS3... Which I don't really want to do until I can say "Wow, those 7-8 games are amazing. I need them..".
*sigh*
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2-11-2008 @ 9:00PM
deddyluger said...
What ever formats cheaper to burn wins for me.
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2-12-2008 @ 2:03AM
Josh Jones said...
the only reason why all that crap is going on sale is because they're just trying to get rid of it to make room for blu-ray.
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2-12-2008 @ 3:21AM
bt said...
if you are still buying movies for this you are a moron.
It's that simple
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2-12-2008 @ 9:57AM
EdgeOne said...
-I've already paid for the player
-Its the best way to enjoy my home theater
-The movies I want are deeply discounted
So you wouldn't buy discounted HD DVDs to fully enjoy something you've already paid for? Moron.