Conversion of HD DVD, HD DVD owners don't despair

[ocnier]

I think this link will help a lot of people. Enjoy guys, it was a good fight but we lost.


Convert Your HD DVDs to Blu-Ray - Wired How-To Wiki



PS (Damn you to hell Warner - a pox on your house... LOL just kidding, I know thats how business is sometimes).

 

[navychop]

Dupe. Already posted.

 

[ocnier]

Dupe. Already posted.

I know i posted the same data under the format war was over, I didn't see it anywhere else. I just felt it needed its own thread where people could get the link easier. If it was posted somewhere else by someone else, then i apologize for redundancy. No big deal really. I'm just tryin to help people. :up

 

[ONUOsFan]

From reading that, it sounds like it would be easier and cheaper to just go buy it on Blu-Ray, not to mention that burned discs aren't exactly the most enduring things ever....

 

[allargon]

Bitter would be converting Blu-Ray's to 3x DVD (HD DVD burners and blank media aren't the greatest!).

Until blank Blu-Ray discs get down to $1, it is probably better to buy/rent the Blu-Ray. I suspect, there may be issues with the lower bandwidth encodes from HD DVD like macroblocking, etc. A few people on AVS complained about the lower bit rate encodes from Warner.

 

[ocnier]

Hey Guys,
At least it gives you options, my recommendation would be to back the discs to hard drive then burn at a later date (ie when blu ray discs are less than 2 dollars). I know its not perfect in terms of solutions but hey, its better than nothing.

 

[mike123abc]

Probably cheaper to buy a few large drives and keep the movies on hard disk.

 

[navychop]

Today, considering the cost of the blanks as well as everything else, it's cheaper to buy it on Blu-ray. And IMO most if not all HD DVD movies will be available on BD.

Did 8 track tape owners stock up when that format died? Did they copy to cassette?

 

[dfergie]

HDD backup, play with Htpc... then it can be streamed wherever in the house you want...

 

[diogen]

HDD backup, play with Htpc...

Exactly! Nothing else comes close...

Diogen.

 

[navychop]

Which might explain in part why the studios ended up with Blu-ray. They want to control their content. True, to a degree that is ever more inconvenient for us, but they have a valid interest in stopping piracy.

Ahh, for a home media center to distro Dish HD throughout my house, as well as DVDs and BDs!