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[bergie56]

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I just picked up the HD-DVD add-on player for $129.99 at Gamestop today. What movies show off the quality of HD DVD the best?

[RockyTop1]

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I just picked up the HD-DVD add-on player for $129.99 at Gamestop today. What movies show off the quality of HD DVD the best?

Matrix and 300 (apparently)

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/reviews_video.html

There is a list of HD DVD reviews and you can sort them by video quality. Check those out.

[devilsjaw]

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I just picked up the HD-DVD add-on player for $129.99 at Gamestop today. What movies show off the quality of HD DVD the best?

I'm assuming that's used, right?

[SLAYER]

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Rumor Patrol: Warner Planning Extras-Laden '300' Blu-ray Re-Issue?

'300' may only hitting store shelves today, but already there's talk of a possible upcoming Blu-ray re-issue.

Hitting DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray today as perhaps the most highly anticipated release of the summer, all three disc editions include a slew of supplementary materials, but the HD DVD edition includes several exclusive interactive and web-enabled features that were apparently not quite ready for prime time on its Blu-ray counterpart.
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But while Warner threw in an additional uncompressed audio track exclusively for Blu-ray fans this go-around seemingly as a make-good for the lack of whiz-bang supplements, it seems the studio may have grander plans for '300' on Blu-ray in the future.

Deborah Snyder, the film's executive producer (and wife of '300' director Zack Snyder) revealed at a Comic-Con panel last week that indeed an in-movie experience feature for the Blu-ray edition of the film wasn't yet ready for this week's release. Later, according to an article in Home Media Magazine, she went further, saying "I think there's going to be another Blu-ray special edition later on."

Granted, Snyder's statements are far definitive, and should only be taken as what they are -- off-hand anecdotal comments. But with sales for the current Blu-ray edition at an all-time high (for a high-def disc) of #2 on Amazon's overall top selling DVDs list (behind only the standard-def DVD release of '300'), it certainly doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that Warner might chose to return to the well with an even more tricked-out high-def edition at some point in the future.

Universal Studios VP says HD DVD is 'more affordable' than Blu-ray

Sony Unleashes Paul Verhoeven's 'Starship Troopers,' 'Hollow Man' on Blu-ray

Sony Brings TNT's 'The Company' to Blu-ray this Fall

[bergie56]

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I'm assuming that's used, right?

Yeah it was used. It didn't come with King Kong either which would have been nice.

[Heelfan71]

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Yeah it was used. It didn't come with King Kong either which would have been nice.

yeah, that movie looks amazing to me.


I just got

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (HD)
Billy Madison (HD)
Apocalypto (Blueray)

[CaptainZombie]

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Now this has me excited:

Both 'Carlito's Way' Flicks Coming to HD DVD 10/23

[ExtremeGamer]

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Hot Fuzz scores the first 5 star perfect review overall from HighDefDigest.

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/hotfuzz.html

I am looking forward to diving into it this weekend.

[Pared]

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Any opinions on 300? I'm shocked no one has mentioned anything about it yet.

Waiting on my order to arrive from Amazon.

[aholbert32]

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Any opinions on 300? I'm shocked no one has mentioned anything about it yet.

Waiting on my order to arrive from Amazon.

Watched it last night and it looks incredible. My only issue is that the sound is a little low on DD 5.1

[SLAYER]

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Universal to Sow 'Seed of Chucky' on HD DVD

Spike Lee's 'Inside Man' Comes to HD DVD this October

Sony Puts 'Starship Troopers' Blu-ray on Hold

[CaptainZombie]

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Universal to Sow 'Seed of Chucky' on HD DVD

Spike Lee's 'Inside Man' Comes to HD DVD this October

Sony Puts 'Starship Troopers' Blu-ray on Hold

I was excited about Starship Troopers and now they delay it.............that sucks.

[CaptainZombie]

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Any opinions on 300? I'm shocked no one has mentioned anything about it yet.

Waiting on my order to arrive from Amazon.

Watched it last night and it looks incredible. My only issue is that the sound is a little low on DD 5.1

I agree with aholbert, the True DD 5.1 is a bit too low which was strange. I guess that is one way to hype the BD edition for having a bit better sound quality. The movie itself looks stunning on HD-DVD, I'm about ready to watch it again tonight after I watch Shaun of the Dead on HD-DVD.

This is SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I love hidef movies and they have contributed to my rarely going to the movie theaters. But.....maybe it's just me but I find it hard to justify spending $40 on a movie just b/c it's in HD. Guess I've been spoiled with the buy.com + google checkout prices. Have also gotten lucky on a few HD DVD packages that people listed on ebay. I've got 25+ HD-DVDs and have never spent over $15 on any.

[CaptainZombie]

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I love hidef movies and they have contributed to my rarely going to the movie theaters. But.....maybe it's just me but I find it hard to justify spending $40 on a movie just b/c it's in HD. Guess I've been spoiled with the buy.com + google checkout prices. Have also gotten lucky on a few HD DVD packages that people listed on ebay. I've got 25+ HD-DVDs and have never spent over $15 on any.

That is the way to do it.......buy them on ebay for cheap or Amazon is another good place to buy them from.