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Dump their hardware/software on ebay in hopes of salvaging some money ?Keep their existing hardware/software until the hardware breaks down ?
Or take advantage of the inevitable firesales to scarf up potentially precious HD DVD hardware/software?
I'm actually leaning towards taking advantage of the firesales; after all, the HD DVD discs should last forever with any kind of decent TLC. E.g. if someone wants to give up their Star-Trek TOS HD DVD boxset for $50 or so, I might jump on it.... :>)
Edits: 01/05/08 01/05/08Follow Ups:
...while the more-rational (IMO of course) among us are a little calmer and less black-and-white.
I've had 2 top-of-the-line HD DVD players, a Toshiba X1 and currently an X2, but about a week ago I decided to buy a Samsung dual-format player. I 'found' and bought one locally, but as usual Circuit Shitty let me down again, so I'm on the top of one store's waiting list.
I own about 80 HD DVDs, enjoy them immensely, and have maybe 10 more ordered. I had picked 4 titles--the 1st-2 'Terminators', 'Apocalypto', and 'Rescue Dawn'--as the 1st BDs I'd buy, and I've already ordered them and received a couple plus 'Courage Under Fire'. I'll still buy HD DVDs for those dual releases, but I won't hate buying BDs.
I own a conrad-johnson MET1 all-analog preamp, use the DACs in my players, and use the 6-channel-analog outputs. The MET1 has 'only' 2 6-channel inputs and one is dedicated to my SACD/DVD-A/DVD player, currently a Denon 2900, so I can't use a dedicated BD player in my system...so dual-format here we come.
The reason I didn't adopt BD early is that I think Sony is the consumer-electronics bully to nearly the same extent Micro$oft is the PC bully. Ever since THREE copies of a VERY-expensive Sony 23" computer monitor died, the latter just out of warranty, I've been avoiding Sony's products. Oh well...
So I'm keeping and continuing to watch and enjoy my HD DVDs, and I'll buy more, maybe on the receiving end of some of those 'fire sales'. I wonder just how expensive BDs will be on Amazon next January, compared with the usually-$20 price of HD DVDs and BDs currently.
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Tin-eared audiofool and very parttime fotografer.
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I recently bought a Toshiba HD DVD player for under $200 and got 10 free HD DVDs with it. I may buy a few others, but generally I don't buy many DVDs- I rent from Netflix, being one of their original customers. They have quite a few HD DVDs I want to rent that will keep me going for a while. I can easily wait until BD messes around and maybe someday decides on a standard, watching from the sidelines as BD player owners have to upgrade their firmware regularly to even play the latest discs. Maybe someday BD will "win." By then prices of the players will be low, and I will buy a quality player which by then will be a few generations ahead of the present ones. In the mean time, I believe I will get full return and then some on my $200 investment. As a wise sage once said, "what, me worry?"
Joe
PS: I am totally satisfied with the performance of my HD DVD player. It works flawlessly, produces a stunning HD picture on my 58-inch plasma set, and is much more user-friendly than my Oppo DVD player. It also does just as great a job upsampling DVDs as my Oppo does.
the race is over. I seriously doubt there will be more than 10 new HD movies, only those already in the pipeline will show up.
The announcement from Toshiba was an Asian PR "Its over, we lost.".
Actually I was hoping that BD would win, because I do prefer some of the fine points of that technology. It hasn't won yet, though, and there are two dark horses in the race: Microsoft and a cheap universal player that may make format choice up to the studio and individual. But there are things only on HD DVD (e.g, a fine performance of the Magic Flute) with more to come and plenty out there, so my tiny investment will get its full return. I think it is simply premature to buy a BD player. The standard is not yet set, and they are relatively expensive. I have zero interst in a game machine. I'll get at least six months to a year out of my HD DVD player before I buy a BD player, if they triumph. It cost me not much more than taking my family out to dinner in a good restaurant, so I consider it a bargain. However, in all honesty I might not have bought it if I had seen the Warner announcement before I did, as I really didn't urgently see any need to get any HD player; upsampled DVD is extremely good. It's just that the Toshiba was too inexpensive to pass up, and I'm not the least bit sorry.
Joe
It might be a good while before it becomes available on Blu-ray (if ever). Until it's available on Blu-ray, it's a precious commodity.
(nt)
How is a dead digital format "precious"?
Remember the laser disc? I kept a player around stored in the basement for several years along with my collection of "precious" laser discs thinking I might want to play them again someday. Instead, I finally ended up selling the whole lot for pennies on the dollar just to clear the obsolete clutter out of my basement!
Sell your HD DVD goodies NOW while you can still get 10-cents on the dollar instead 2-cents. ;-)
Blu-Ray - here to stay!
There are things on them that can be had for peanuts with excellent sound and picture quality. Some are not available on DVD. It's to DVDs what vinyl is to CDs for him.
If you like opera, the HD DVD recording of the Magic Flute is superb. It is only on HD DVD and I would guess is unlilely to ever come out on BD. As I understand it, there are several other operas in the works coming out exclusively on HD DVDs as well, though that could change.
I have no axe to grind and would look forward to buying a quality HD machine when and if one format wins. For some technical reasons I would prefer BD, but I don't regret buying a HD DVD player for less than $200 with 10 free movies. I'll certainly get my money's worth out of it.
Joe
So you want me to sell the HD-DVDs I bought at $20/disc for $2, then buy the same movies back in Blu-ray for $25?
Yep. That makes a lot of sense.
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HD-DVD isn't dead yet and the discs are about as far from obsolete as they are to those other formats you've mentioned. BTW, some collectors are still keen on LD, and the fact that you sold your's at pennies on the dollar may have been a terrible error in judgment. I've sold imports for upwards of $200 each on ebay in the past, but everyone's mileage varies.
Cheers,
AuPh
until tomorrow.
Costco's return policy:
Merchandise: We guarantee your satisfaction on every product we sell with a full refund. Exceptions: Televisions, projectors, computers, cameras, camcorders, iPOD / MP3 players and cellular phones must be returned within 90 days of purchase for a refund.
For the moment, I plan on keeping my HD DVDs until I'm tired of watching them and one day perhaps I will give it all away and probably only repurchase a few select titles. I like to keep my repurchase rates low: I think a media collection ought to evolve to reflect it's owner's changing tastes. Most of the titles I owned on LaserDisc, Beta, VHS and LP collection #1, I've never sought to replace.
A few likely exceptions include:
Matrix #1
2001
Lost In Translation
Very important to remember that even Blu-Ray's future is by no means assured, and that we are likely to transition to other formats within our lifetimes.
What a snotty post.
I'm keeping my A1. its so grossly over built, that it will last for years, and probably out last my BD player. Since I have over 3X as many HD DVDs as I have BD, most of which are exclusive, I see no reason to get rid of them. It may be a while, before they are on BD-quite possibly never.
Jack
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