posted: Jul. 5, 2008 @ 10:56a
Archonius said:CaptainCoptic said:quickNdirty said:Unfortunately, if you wanted cheap HD discs you supported the wrong format by purchasing your PS3. Now you get to watch for deals on blu-ray for (hopefully) less than $19.99 a disc. Whoopie!
I thought HD-DVD technology was going away. I wasn't keeping up with it, but from casual conversation around the office, I thought Blu-Ray won the race by default since the owner of HD-DVD technology dropped out of the race...? Is HD-DVD still a big thing or is that why they are selling for cheap?
hd-dvd SHOULD be going away... but lots of delusional fools throughout america keep buying them. heopefully once the current stock dwindles to zero we will stop hearing about this aberration other than in jokes along with laserdisc
Or you can do what I did....
Supported Blu-Ray as a fairly early adopter.
Paid ~$28 shipped for my HDDVD Player
Sold the 5 Free HDDVDs for around $40
(now the nest on the HDDVD player is -$12)
Purchased 18 disks for an average of $11
Enjoyed my Blu-Ray player, my HDDVD movies and a great upconverting DVD player while a lot of people were watching Transformers/Zodiac/Knocked Up on SD DVD.
Seems worth it to me. But some people just love to hate or they're too stupid to realize the player doesn't stop working because the format war is over.