HD DVD format dead?

[UtahVXer]

Now that Warner Bros. has gone exclusively Blu ray and Netflix and Best Buy now plan to go BR (like Blockbuster already did last year), what shall I do with my Toshiba HD A35 HD DVD player? I guess I could always use it as a door stop, unless anyone here wants a good deal on one?

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, I am kinda pissed about this issue as well. My wife bought me the HD version of the Blade Runner box set for Xmas and I was planning to get an HD player next month but now that seems kind of pointless. I only have 2 HD DVDs, one being the box set, so I guess I should just bite the bullet and buy the Blu-ray version now and try my luck selling the HD version on eBay.

Its just so stupid.

Bart

Now that Warner Bros. has gone exclusively Blu ray and Netflix and Best Buy now plan to go BR (like Blockbuster already did last year), what shall I do with my Toshiba HD A35 HD DVD player? I guess I could always use it as a door stop, unless anyone here wants a good deal on one?

[Scott Harness]

I'm sick of how they dribble-out technology,so you have to buy the new stuff every year. I've basically decided not to buy much else.I'm spending my money on experiences(Moab trips) ect. One more big ticket item,when the VX dies. Rubicon

[nfpgasmask]

I'm sick of how they dribble-out technology,so you have to buy the new stuff every year. I've basically decided not to buy much else.I'm spending my money on experiences(Moab trips) ect. One more big ticket item,when the VX dies. Rubicon

Scott, I am wholeheartedly with you. There is no replacement for memories. Problem is, I'm a movie junkie. I could care less about TV, but I love my movies. I have been low-tech with my TV and audio system for YEARS, and now its time to upgrade. But I do agree, it is BS how they just keep changing stuff, so we have to buy new, and the landfills just get bigger and bigger. I read somewhere once that like a huge percentage of landfills are computers and other outdated technological hardware...

Bart

[Chopper]

I am unabashedly slow-tech for just this sorta reason....plus, by the time I get to it....it's a lot cheaper. Cutting edge is pricey

[JAFO]

I could care less about TV, but I love my movies.

Me too. I don't subscribe to cable TV just cable Internet ($60/month). Instead of spending $720 to $1,200 per year on TV, I buy movies and TV on DVD. I like it because at lease I have something tangable for my money.

I have not gone HD yet. Still getting enjoyment out of DVD and the old VHS that all of the stores unloading as fast as they can. I have purchased a lot any where from a dollar to a quarter. To me they are still good.

[nfpgasmask]

Me too. I don't subscribe to cable TV just cable Internet ($60/month). Instead of spending $720 to $1,200 per year on TV, I buy movies and TV on DVD.

Yup, cable TV is a complete sham. I know people that pay like $130+/month for all this TV and Tevo and DVR and all that. And you know, its the same programming, over and over and over. Unless you are a sports junkie, I see no reason to pay for cable TV. Netflix is the greatest thing to happen to a movie lover ever. And as for TV, I can pretty much rent whatever I want. In fact, I just finished season one of Dexter and season one of Deadwood. Its much nicer to watch the DVDs also. I don't have to watch at a certain time, or schedule my day around a TV show. And I can watch them all back to back if I want....

But anyway, back to the Blu-ray HD thing. I don't really understand how Blu-ray won out. To me, HD seemed a little more universal. And with Blu-ray being proprietary, I figured HD would certainly win out...

Also, if you have a HD camcorder, and you want to put your home movies on DVD, how does one do that? Do you have to have some sort of Blu-ray editing software with a Blu-ray burner and Blu-ray media? I wonder how all that works???

Bart