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climber · Apr 8, 2008, 10:45 AM

There is a simple way for a thread to die. Stop posting in it. Otherwise quite whining about it, especially when you have nothing to add.

Blu-Ray is a bit more expensive right now due to the laws of supply and demand. Since the end of HD-DVD the sales of blu have increased substantially. The increase in sales has resulted in a lot of units in short supply and backordered. It would be a little silly for them to put those players on sale right now. Once they get caught up and availability is better, prices will again begin to drop.

Mrjinglesusa · Apr 8, 2008, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

On the plus side, I just bought another HD-DVD movie over the weekend, at a really nice price. I guess that's going to go on for some time, as inventories are depleted.

Yep, I've bought about 5 HD-DVDs in the past week or two. There are some great sales going on. I'm working on acquiring all the HD-DVDs that are considered "Top-Tier" demo material.

One thing that sucks though is the 5 free HD-DVDs from Toshiba. I sent in two forms for a total of 10 HD-DVDs for the 2 HD-DVDs players I bought after "The Announcement". First hand reports on AVS are that Toshiba is substituting practically all of the movies on the form with other movies, most of them complete crap.

analogue SPRINKLES · Apr 8, 2008, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Yep, I've bought about 5 HD-DVDs in the past week or two. There are some great sales going on. I'm working on acquiring all the HD-DVDs that are considered "Top-Tier" demo material.

You guys are bonkers. 2-5 years from now when BR and downloadables rule supreme you guys are always going to have to keep this laserdisc/HD-DVD player around just to watch a selection of movies you got on sale. Unless you are happy with the selection of movies out now you are going to want a BR player in the future to play everything else.

Ah well.

starman · Apr 8, 2008, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by climber

There is a simple way for a thread to die. Stop posting in it. Otherwise quite whining about it, especially when you have nothing to add.

Blu-Ray is a bit more expensive right now due to the laws of supply and demand. Since the end of HD-DVD the sales of blu have increased substantially. The increase in sales has resulted in a lot of units in short supply and backordered. It would be a little silly for them to put those players on sale right now. Once they get caught up and availability is better, prices will again begin to drop.

New thread posted. Let this one die.

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...gh-def-thread/

analogue SPRINKLES · Apr 8, 2008, 11:30 AM

Ya.... on this note:
Hd Dvd: Wal-Mart Refunding HD DVD Players Bought On or After Nov. 1

Mrjinglesusa · Apr 8, 2008, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES

You guys are bonkers. 2-5 years from now when BR and downloadables rule supreme you guys are always going to have to keep this laserdisc/HD-DVD player around just to watch a selection of movies you got on sale. Unless you are happy with the selection of movies out now you are going to want a BR player in the future to play everything else.

Ah well.

Already have a Blu-ray player to play everything else. Besides, I don't trust that the Blu-ray versions of the movies I got on HD-DVD will be of the same quality as the HD-DVD version.

Anyway, we kept a VHS player for over 10 years after we started getting DVDs to play VHS movies on while we slowly upgraded them to DVD. No difference here really.

icruise · Apr 8, 2008, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Besides, I don't trust that the Blu-ray versions of the movies I got on HD-DVD will be of the same quality as the HD-DVD version.

Why is that?

icruise · Apr 8, 2008, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by starman

Oh come now, do you really think that this is a thread worth keeping? It's mostly bickering about a format war. Let. It. Die.

And duh, no, it's not hard to click "last page", but WHERE DO YOU TELL PEOPLE TO START READING?

"Hi and welcome to the old-but-new HD thread which was really about the HD-DVD/BR War. Please start reading on page 152. Well, if you changed your settings to have a different number of pages per thread than it won't be 152"

Get it?

I don't really see the problem. People didn't need to be told where to start reading the thread before, or any of the other megathreads around. I think most newcomers simply read the last few pages of a big thread and don't bother trying to read the thousands of messages that came before. But if you people want an "offical" thread, they can post in yours and leave this one to die.

brassplayersrock² · Apr 23, 2008, 02:17 PM

there are specials left and right for hd-dvds. the cheapos are $10-12 a piece. do you think i should grab a few?? depends on the movie i guess. any recommendations on which i should buy over others?

Brien · Apr 23, 2008, 05:05 PM

Warner to release 'Be Kind Rewind' on BD before DVD.

Planned obsolescence, baby. Better retitle the thread Blu-ray vs. DVD.

Eug · Jun 2, 2008, 09:38 AM

TheStar.com | Business | Blu-ray waits for spoils of format wars

Though neither Blu-ray nor HD DVD thrived last year, analysts pinned the low sales on consumers who were reluctant to spend money on a new technology that might turn out to be the loser in the competition.

But even without competition, Blu-ray is still struggling, according to some recent sales figures. Research firm NPD Group says sales of Blu-ray players dropped 40 per cent from January to February.

The next month, sales rose 2 per cent.

Blu-ray Disc Association spokesperson Andy Parsons says the NPD numbers are misleading because they demonstrate a weakness in player availability, not in consumer interest. No manufacturer or retailer expected a quick, decisive end to the format war, so none had a deep supply of the players on hand when it became clear that Blu-ray had won.

"There was a sudden increase in demand when there was a sudden decrease in supply."

Brian Lucas, a spokesperson for Best Buy, agrees.

"When the format war ended, we didn't do as much promotion around (Blu-ray) as we would've liked," Lucas says. "We didn't want to send people into stores where there wouldn't be players."

He that player supply has been improving.

Other research doesn't make the coming months look much more promising for the young format. A recent Harris Poll found that only 9 per cent of consumers who don't own a Blu-ray player have an interest in buying one during the next year.

"I think people are price sensitive," says Joan Barten Kline, vice-president of the interactive media and entertainment division at Harris. She says she thinks the actual number of buyers will be below even that 9 per cent figure.

Get the frackin' price down people.

Dakar the Fourth · Jun 2, 2008, 09:40 AM

I'm glad you bumped this thread. I've been wondering if there's been a BR player released yet that that's better than the PS3.

cjrivera · Jun 2, 2008, 09:42 AM

Has anyone bought a BluRay with the Digital Copy (that lets you download it on your computer/iPod)?
Any problems using it?

Eug · Jun 2, 2008, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth

I'm glad you bumped this thread. I've been wondering if there's been a BR player released yet that that's better than the PS3.

There is not, AFAIK. Furthermore, the higher end BR players cost more than the PS3. A sad state of affairs.

starman · Jun 2, 2008, 09:48 AM

Can someone lock this thread, please? The war's over and we have another thread.

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...igh-def-thread

jokell82 · Jun 2, 2008, 09:49 AM

I've yet to buy a Blu-Ray movie. Dunno why, I've just been very disinterested since the format war ended. I think having both formats added a bit more of a reason to buy movies, and now I just can't seem to care enough to spend $25 on a movie when the DVD is ~$10.

Although I think my first BD purchase may be Iron Man. That one I'm going to want in HD.

Dakar the Fourth · Jun 2, 2008, 09:50 AM

Looks like I'll be on the sidelines a while longer.

paul w · Jun 2, 2008, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by jokell82

I've yet to buy a Blu-Ray movie. Dunno why, I've just been very disinterested since the format war ended. I think having both formats added a bit more of a reason to buy movies, and now I just can't seem to care enough to spend $25 on a movie when the DVD is ~$10.

Although I think my first BD purchase may be Iron Man. That one I'm going to want in HD.

You know, with all the new stuff constantly coming out, and the fact that I can rent it on netflix anytime I want I see little reason to buy movies, BR or otherwise.