Official Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Thread

[RockyTop1]

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Whoever was talking about the firesale at hdd's forums wasn't kidding, I'm making out like a bandit over there.

Also some doucher named ExtremeGamer is selling some of his HD DVD's over there too

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Whoever was talking about the firesale at hdd's forums wasn't kidding, I'm making out like a bandit over there.

Also some doucher named ExtremeGamer is selling some of his HD DVD's over there too

Yep. Picked up Anchorman, 40-year old virgin and departed for $32 shipped. Was too late for Eastern Promises.

It's only going to get worse (or better if you are the one buying).

[CaptainZombie]

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Whoever was talking about the firesale at hdd's forums wasn't kidding, I'm making out like a bandit over there.

Also some doucher named ExtremeGamer is selling some of his HD DVD's over there too

LOL!

[Holic]

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LMAO, my 5 free HD-DVD's came in the mail today. Kinda ironic, huh?

[RockyTop1]

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I'm going to clean up while I can, and you know places like Amazon and (hopefully) B&M stores will soon follow

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I'm going to clean up while I can, and you know places like Amazon and (hopefully) B&M stores will soon follow

what have u picked up from the bloodbath so far today?

i haven't spent more than $13 per movie since I started my collection. Been buying in bulk on ebay and using google checkout so these aren't HUGE savings, but every little bit helps.

[videobastard]

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I sold my toshiba a2 for $150 yesterday.The warner bros movies i had i swapped them out for the blu ray versions. The rest of my movies i traded them in and took advantage of sales on blu rays. I would of rather hd dvd have won but warner put the nail in the coffin.

[RockyTop1]

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what have u pick up from the bloodbath so far?

Well I've got a PM for 6 that I haven't heard back from yet...we'll see (red dragon, field of dreams, alpha dog, mummy, mummy returns and friday night lights)

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I sold my toshiba a2 for $150 yesterday.The warner bros movies i had i swapped them out for the blu ray versions. The rest of my movies i traded them in and took advantage of sales on blu rays. I would of rather hd dvd have won but warner put the nail in the coffin.

Nice. Glad I went ahead and sold my 360 add-on. I'll keep my A2 b/c it does a good job of upconverting SD DVDs.

[Pared]

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Awesome. So glad I didn't invest that money into HD-DVD and went Blu instead.

Those A2/A3's sure were tempting this holiday season though.

I feel for some of you guys... 100's, even thousands of dollars... the price to pay for being an early adopter.

[Spectre]

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This deal was all about money, one of the posters at hdd posted this

Want to hear the true story of how this all went down.

Here it is:

1)Warner Bros. wanted to end the format war, and have HD DVD win.
2)They knew they themselves going HD DVD exclusive would not achieve this.
3)They talked to Fox, and wanted HD DVD to strike a deal with Fox, and have Fox and Warner Bros. to go HD DVD exclusive at 2008 CES.
4)Last minute Negotiations between Fox and the BDA canceled that idea, and Fox got a large sum of cash, probably 500 Million by all accounts.
5)With Fox staying Blu Ray exclusive, Warner realized the only way to end the format war is to also go Blu Ray exclusive, so Warner reportedly accepted 500 million from the BDA.
6)HD DVD could not believe what just happened, they were close to striking a deal with Fox and Warner for HD DVD exclusivity. They had the press conference scheduled at the Wynn Las Vegas to announce the whole deal.
7)HD DVD is now forced to cancel the press conference, and basically go into hiding during CES and try to come up with some kind of back up plan.

And again people, all this happened in just the last week.

Now this is all documented through various stories online, and it is much talked about over on AVS, but I really don't feel like citing all of my sources right now, I'd rather just go to bed.

HD-DVD was so close to victory too.

This just reaffirms my view that this whole format war was driven by money, no more than no less. The studios don't give a crap about picture quality, audio quality, extra features, or the other stuff that people debated constantly about.

[Heelfan71]

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My 360 HD add on was an Xmas gift. I have around 12 HD-DVD's so I don't have too much out of pocket $$$ invested. I know one thing, I will be supporting Blu-Ray only from here on out. I will keep my HD-DVD's too.

[RockyTop1]

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Awesome. So glad I didn't invest that money into HD-DVD and went Blu instead.

Those A2/A3's sure were tempting this holiday season though.

I feel for some of you guys... 100's, even thousands of dollars... the price to pay for being an early adopter.

Yeah, because at midnight all our players and HD DVD's discs won't work anymore and our surround sound systems will just start laughing at us when we try to play one

[Spectre]

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Yeah, because at midnight all our players and HD DVD's discs won't work anymore and our surround sound systems will just start laughing at us when we try to play one

[Pared]

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Yeah, because at midnight all our players and HD DVD's discs won't work anymore and our surround sound systems will just start laughing at us when we try to play one

Someone's bitter.

First the iPhone, now this.