Have you pre-ordered your HD DVD?
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We have a separate poll about HD DVD/Blu-ray purchasing plans.
This one is specifically about HD DVD pre-orders. For those who are not going to buy HD DVD at all, please select item five "I am not buying it yet (or at all) "
This one is specifically about HD DVD pre-orders. For those who are not going to buy HD DVD at all, please select item five "I am not buying it yet (or at all) "
As for me, I have pre-ordered HD-A1 from ValueElectronics. Even though I am still skeptical about HD DVD success in the long run, it was hard to resist the temptation of getting an HD DVD player now and at half the price.
I figured for the price of a first-generation Blu-ray player I could buy both formats: HD DVD now and a Blu-ray player, say, a year later. Getting a $499 HD DVD player will hopefully help me defer the purchase of a Blu-ray player till the second generation of it when the technology matures and the price comes down.
PS3 sounds like a possible choice down the road, though I have my suspicions about its quality as a movie player. We'll see.
I figured for the price of a first-generation Blu-ray player I could buy both formats: HD DVD now and a Blu-ray player, say, a year later. Getting a $499 HD DVD player will hopefully help me defer the purchase of a Blu-ray player till the second generation of it when the technology matures and the price comes down.
PS3 sounds like a possible choice down the road, though I have my suspicions about its quality as a movie player. We'll see.
VE here. I just hope everything gets released by end of April. I am not in that much of a hurry but enough is enough.
$499 is half of what price? No one beyond a few HD zealots is going to pay $1000 bucks for the HD-A1. Good things come to those that wait. Let me know when a consumer non laptop computer drive is available. Once it is it will truely be worth building a media center PC.
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I'll wait a few years to see how things shake out. Who knows, by then we'll be on to another astounding discovery in Audio/Video technology.
animalhouse said:I'll wait a few years to see how things shake out. Who knows, by then we'll be on to another astounding discovery in Audio/Video technology.
Same here. This format war smacks of the same stupidity that has dogged multi-channel audio. I'm in no hurry to replace my DVD collection.
NightRyder
You won't have to replace your old DVD collection. You'll just stop putting money into old technology.NightRyder said:
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Yeah, but for me that's only 2 or 3 DVDs a year.
When VCRs first came out I was excited - Went and bought one of the very first ones. Top loading Beta unit for $525.
When CDs first came out I was really excited - Jumped on a second generation Sony player $375.
When DVD first came out I was excited but waited for a while - Bought a third generation Toshiba $250.
Right now, for whatever reason, I just can't get excited about HD-DVD (either format). Maybe someday......But not now.
NightRyder
Toshiba HD-A1 on the way..........
yes, I bit the bullet yesterday with Value Electronics. Robert was great to deal with. $499.99 includes free shipping, no
tax, 2 free movies, $25.00 rebate, 90 day same as cash, and a 5 HD movie bundle for $59.95 (after $25.00 rebate) My choice of titles.
HD-A1 to ship around (4/17/06) to be delivered to me on or about wednesday (4/19/06)
Ben Music
yes, I bit the bullet yesterday with Value Electronics. Robert was great to deal with. $499.99 includes free shipping, no
tax, 2 free movies, $25.00 rebate, 90 day same as cash, and a 5 HD movie bundle for $59.95 (after $25.00 rebate) My choice of titles.
HD-A1 to ship around (4/17/06) to be delivered to me on or about wednesday (4/19/06)
Ben Music
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I will buy one as soon as my indy video store offers a nice selection of HD DVDs or Blu Rays to choose from. Could be next week or next year, whenever that happens.
