I'm pretty much done buying the titles I want in my "dead" HD DVD format. I've limited purchases to ones that I didn't have SD version of. I'm going to start buying in blu-ray now in anticipation of getting a player sometime this year, but as I was browsing titles I started to wonder which titles I would re-buy, just to have an HD version.

I was wondering what the "must have" HD versions of films would be for folks. Here's my "starter" list:

Indiana Jones series (one and three)
Star Wars series (most likely all, but episode IV and V for sure)
Lord of the Rings series (all)
Jurassic Park (maybe all three, but the original for sure)
ET
Forbidden Planet (available now in HD DVD, but some reviews I've read don't make it sound like the HD version adds that much)
Jaws (original only)

2001: A Space Odyssey

And other Kubrick movies like Barry Lyndon

With their original mono soundtrack.

None,I started buying DVD's again because:
1.They're cheaper.
2.They look great on my Toshiba HD-XA2.
3.Blu Ray's future is uncertain and I'm not getting burned again.

any movie that I like that's on HD/Blu

None, I have three XA2s so there is not one reason for me to rebuy in blu. I will begin buying blu again when I can get a finished blu player for a reasonable price. It has to be as good or better than the XA2.

I'm pretty much done buying the titles I want in my "dead" HD DVD format. I've limited purchases to ones that I didn't have SD version of. I'm going to start buying in blu-ray now in anticipation of getting a player sometime this year, but as I was browsing titles I started to wonder which titles I would re-buy, just to have an HD version.

I was wondering what the "must have" HD versions of films would be for folks. Here's my "starter" list:

Indiana Jones series (one and three)
Star Wars series (most likely all, but episode IV and V for sure)
Lord of the Rings series (all)
Jurassic Park (maybe all three, but the original for sure)
ET
Forbidden Planet (available now in HD DVD, but some reviews I've read don't make it sound like the HD version adds that much)
Jaws (original only)

"Forbidden Planet" looks great, you'll never see it any better. WB did a great job on it. to tell you the truth, i bought the HD A1 when it first came out because of "FP," my favorite movie!!!

lord of the rings
star wars
rocky movies

None. Blue Ray is a dead end to me as well. I'm enjoying HD broadcast's, upconverted SDDVD's and a large library of HD-DVD's i havent seen yet. My HD itch has been scratched and im tired of watching bad High Def movies just because there in Hi Def.

Star Wars Saga
All 6 star wars. I imagine it will be 2, 3 movie sets at first then they will be seprate(like the DVD). But this may be a long way off as id imagine they will wait for a bigger base. Although LDs base was low but their were many LDs of the star wars films.

jack ryan collection
I could get this on either format but id suspect the blu-ray version will out due the very Limited OOP HD-DVD. If they fix the HD-DVD version and finally get that back out I may get it.

Rocky, rambo sagas
I know you can get all 3 rambos on HD-DVD and 2 of the rocky films. But I'd love a box set of both all 4 rambos and all six rockys hopefully they can redo rocky 1.

Other then that the remaining kevin smith fims.

Maybe the classic StarWars trilogy, Godfather and some Disney cartoons.

I would have to say, Star Wars and Back to the Future! Those two sets would make me comfortable buying on Blu-ray especially with the PS3 bundle!

None,I started buying DVD's again because:
1.They're cheaper.
2.They look great on my Toshiba HD-XA2.
3.Blu Ray's future is uncertain and I'm not getting burned again.

+1. Fool me once.....

if you're not willing to buy, rebuy and then rebuy again at the next format's introduction then you're not really an early adopter. Just someone who bought too soon.

I won't rebuy anything I have on HD DVD on BR.

If/when I do decide to get a BR player, I would buy the newer releases and stuff like Lord of the Rings, Jaws, Raiders, etc.

But at the moment, BR is too expensive (hardware and media wise) and my upconverted DVD's look great from my A-35.

I'll buy regular DVD for a new release I really want for now. I'm in a wait and see mode with BR.

I won't rebuy anything I have on HD DVD on BR.

If/when I do decide to get a BR player, I would buy the newer releases and stuff like Lord of the Rings, Jaws, Raiders, etc.

But at the moment, BR is too expensive (hardware and media wise) and my upconverted DVD's look great from my A-35.

I'll buy regular DVD for a new release I really want for now. I'm in a wait and see mode with BR.
+1

I won't rebuy the ones I have on HD-DVD (why would you?), but I will rebuy some DVD versions like Starwars, LOTR, etc.

John

Rebuy from HD DVD:
Riddick Movies
Harry Potter series
Transformers

Rebuy from DVD:
Starship Troopers
The Punisher
LotR Trilogy
Star Wars series

Indiana Jones Trilogy for sure (like another here I really want 1 and 3 but I will buy a box set of all three if it's available), I really hope Universal releases "Army of Darkness" on Blu-Ray. Just port the HD-DVD version over. I am sure it is awesome.

Other than that, probably the Godfather trilogy if offered as a set, 1 and 2 only if not. The "Alien" movies, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, Blade Trilogy. There is a lot I would re-buy actually. However, in all cases this is when the price is a little less than it is know. Say around $20 when the movie is released. I think $35 is still the norm.

I'm buying everything I want. Simple as that.

None from HD DVD. It's not like they're going to remaster/re-encode them.

From DVD, Lawrence of Arabia. I'm not rebuying anything animated. Animated (South Park Movie, Shrek, etc.) upconverts just fine.

I assume you mean movies I have on SD DVD that I intend to buy on BD if and when they ever appear on BD. For me it's the following..

12 Monkeys
2010
The Abyss
Alien (boxset preferably)
All The Presidents Men
Apollo 13
Armageddon
The Arrival
Batman
Black Rain
Blade Runner
Cliffhanger
Close Encounters
Contact
Con Air
Crimson Tide
Dances With wolves
Dead Poets Society
Die Hard (boxset)
Eiger Sanction
Enemy of The State
Enter The Dragon
Event Horizon
The Exorcist
First Blood
Forrest Gump
The Game
The Generals Daughter
The Godfather (boxset)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Heat
The Hunt For Red October
Independence Day
Indiana Jones (boxset)
Judge Dredd
Jurassic Park (boxset)
King Kong
The Matrix (boxset)
No Way Out
Outbreak
Outland
Philadelphia
Poltergeist
Predator
The Relic
The River Wild
Scent Of A Woman
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption
Silence Of The Lambs
Speed
Terminator (boxset)
The Thing
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
A Time To Kill
Total Recall
Twister
The Untouchables
Wall Street
WarGames
The Warriors
White Squall

some maybes depending on how much better the PQ is.

Back To The Future (boxset)
Blade
The Crow
Dark City
Deep Blue Sea
The Fugitive
Gattaca
Get Shorty
Gladiator
Jaws
L.A Confidential
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Rock

"Forbidden Planet" looks great, you'll never see it any better. WB did a great job on it. to tell you the truth, i bought the HD A1 when it first came out because of "FP," my favorite movie!!!

Yes, that's the type of logic I am using in purchases. There are just certain movies that have either a special meaning or I just really, really like and I want to have the absolute best presentation possible. So, if FP has been "cleaned up", that will go on the list.

Thing is, the "I'll buy an HD version if/when available" wouldn't necessarily be blockbusters.

Movies like Somewhere in Time, 1776 or The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming are in that quirky list, but the chances of them being properly re-mastered or even released in an HD version any time soon is probably not likely.

I assume you mean movies I have on SD DVD that I intend to buy on BD if and when they ever appear on BD. For me it's the following..

12 Monkeys
2010
The Abyss
Alien (boxset preferably)
All The Presidents Men
Apollo 13
Armageddon
The Arrival
Batman
Black Rain
Blade Runner
Cliffhanger
Close Encounters
Contact
Con Air
Crimson Tide
Dances With wolves
Dead Poets Society
Die Hard (boxset)
Eiger Sanction
Enemy of The State
Enter The Dragon
Event Horizon
The Exorcist
First Blood
Forrest Gump
The Game
The Generals Daughter
The Godfather (boxset)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Heat
The Hunt For Red October
Independence Day
Indiana Jones (boxset)
Judge Dredd
Jurassic Park (boxset)
King Kong
The Matrix (boxset)
No Way Out
Outbreak
Outland
Philadelphia
Poltergeist
Predator
The Relic
The River Wild
Scent Of A Woman
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption
Silence Of The Lambs
Speed
Terminator (boxset)
The Thing
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
A Time To Kill
Total Recall
Twister
The Untouchables
Wall Street
WarGames
The Warriors
White Squall

some maybes depending on how much better the PQ is.

Back To The Future (boxset)
Blade
The Crow
Dark City
Deep Blue Sea
The Fugitive
Gattaca
Get Shorty
Gladiator
Jaws
L.A Confidential
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Rock

Yes, exactly.

If I were a producer of blu-ray discs, I'd really want to get my hands on lists like that to know if there really is a market for the product.

None,I started buying DVD's again because:
1.They're cheaper.
2.They look great on my Toshiba HD-XA2.
3.Blu Ray's future is uncertain and I'm not getting burned again.


None. For exactly the same reasons.

To Moviegeek,Hockeytown Fan,Michael9009, who only buy DVD now.

If you're not interested anymore in HDTV Software Media, what are you doing in this area ?

You made the wrong choice by early adopting and chosing HD DVD. Now that HDM future is assured you seem glad to deprive yourself of HDM. Must be kind of masochists, huh ?

If you're not interested anymore in HDTV Software Media, what are you doing in this area ?

^^^

I'm in the process of deciding exactly what movies I want.

Definetly will be no chick flicks, or bad movies I didn't like watching the first time and no amount of eye candy will fix.

As of right now it'll be

Starwars 1-6
LoTR 1-3
Shrek 1-3
Spiderman 1-3
PoTC 1-3
Matrix 1-3
Bourne 1-3
Indiana Jones 1-3 (4)
Harry Potter 1-7 (6,7)
MI 1-3
Rocky 1-5
Terminator 1-3 (4)
Gladiator
Braveheart
Kingdom of Heaven
Saving Private Ryan
Transformers
Lawrence of Arabia
King Arthur
Robin Hood: prince of thieves
Chronicles of Narnia
The 13th Warrior
The Patriot
Troy
Forest Gump
The mummy (returns)
The Great Raid
Tristan and Isolde
First Knight
Count of Monte Cristo
King Kong
Princess Mononoke
About 10 - 20 more can't think of..
Every Disney Movie I can get my hands on, but I own very few right now. (Kids are in the near future)

To Moviegeek,Hockeytown Fan,Michael9009, who only buy DVD now.

If you're not interested anymore in HDTV Software Media, what are you doing in this area ?

You made the wrong choice by early adopting and chosing HD DVD. Now that HDM future is assured you seem glad to deprive yourself of HDM. Must be kind of masochists, huh ?

Who said that? They just mentionend that they won't do a rebuy. And I'm in the exactly same position as I really doubt I would rebuy that much (upscan conversion should look good enough but I haven't tested it on a 120" screen).

As mentionend before: I would only rebuy the "Big Hits" like StarWars, Godfather and maybe Lord Of The Rings + some Walt Disney cartoons.

I assume you mean movies I have on SD DVD that I intend to buy on BD if and when they ever appear on BD. For me it's the following..

12 Monkeys
2010
The Abyss
Alien (boxset preferably)
All The Presidents Men
Apollo 13
Armageddon
The Arrival
Batman
Black Rain
Blade Runner
Cliffhanger
Close Encounters
Contact
Con Air
Crimson Tide
Dances With wolves
Dead Poets Society
Die Hard (boxset)
Eiger Sanction
Enemy of The State
Enter The Dragon
Event Horizon
The Exorcist
First Blood
Forrest Gump
The Game
The Generals Daughter
The Godfather (boxset)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Heat
The Hunt For Red October
Independence Day
Indiana Jones (boxset)
Judge Dredd
Jurassic Park (boxset)
King Kong
The Matrix (boxset)
No Way Out
Outbreak
Outland
Philadelphia
Poltergeist
Predator
The Relic
The River Wild
Scent Of A Woman
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption
Silence Of The Lambs
Speed
Terminator (boxset)
The Thing
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
A Time To Kill
Total Recall
Twister
The Untouchables
Wall Street
WarGames
The Warriors
White Squall

some maybes depending on how much better the PQ is.

Back To The Future (boxset)
Blade
The Crow
Dark City
Deep Blue Sea
The Fugitive
Gattaca
Get Shorty
Gladiator
Jaws
L.A Confidential
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Rock

We have remarkably similr tastes.

I will selective rebuy some stuff now, but wait for media procies to come down. I will buy new movies as Blu only. But I am easgerly awiaitng:

Lord of The Rings
Gladiator
The Exorcist
The Alien movies
and then many of the ones on the quoted post.

Sold off all of my HD DVD's & players right when Warner switched to Blu-ray, so I'm in the process of rebuying all of them in Blu-ray.

As for SD-DVD, I'm purchasing whatever is released in BD that I already have in SD and will buy both SD and BD for all future titles. The SD's get ripped to a server for whole house distribution. The BD's will be viewed in the theater only. Once we have a way to rip Blu-ray movies perfectly (Like SD-DVD), I'll stop buying SD-DVD then.

For reference, I have over 700 SD titles.

Ironically BD has me rewatching many movies with a new appreciation for them with the better visual image of BD and when they take advantage of the HD audio formats as well.

To Moviegeek,Hockeytown Fan,Michael9009, who only buy DVD now.

If you're not interested anymore in HDTV Software Media, what are you doing in this area ?

You made the wrong choice by early adopting and chosing HD DVD. Now that HDM future is assured you seem glad to deprive yourself of HDM. Must be kind of masochists, huh ?

The OP asked if I was rebuying films on Blu Ray and I said no,there is no point if they are both 1920x1080.
I didn't say I would never buy a BD player,I'm going to wait a couple of years to see what happens with Blu Ray.
I also have DVDs that look good that I will not be rebuying on Blu Ray.
Sorry if I posted without your permission.:rolleyes:

It's not that they aren't going to rebuy from DVD to Blu-ray it's just the fact that they feel the need to troll every thread created to say Blu-ray sucks, going to die, I'm slighted because Toshiba called it quits and hate Sony, DVD's good enough, to expensive, we lost the "people's choice", etc.

Sold off all of my HD DVD's & players right when Warner switched to Blu-ray, so I'm in the process of rebuying all of them in Blu-ray.

As for SD-DVD, I'm purchasing whatever is released in BD that I already have in SD and will buy both SD and BD for all future titles. The SD's get ripped to a server for whole house distribution. The BD's will be viewed in the theater only. Once we have a way to rip Blu-ray movies perfectly (Like SD-DVD), I'll stop buying SD-DVD then.

For reference, I have over 700 SD titles.

Kind fof ditto, I only had a few HD-DVD titles and sold my player (I paid $300) and the 7 movies I had for $175 just before BB offered the A35 for $149.

Indiana Jones Trilogy for sure (like another here I really want 1 and 3 but I will buy a box set of all three if it's available), I really hope Universal releases "Army of Darkness" on Blu-Ray. Just port the HD-DVD version over. I am sure it is awesome.

Other than that, probably the Godfather trilogy if offered as a set, 1 and 2 only if not. The "Alien" movies, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, Blade Trilogy. There is a lot I would re-buy actually. However, in all cases this is when the price is a little less than it is know. Say around $20 when the movie is released. I think $35 is still the norm.

No, don't port just the HDDVD version of Army of Darkness as it was just the Theatrical port of the movie, they need to release the Boomstick veriosn with both endings as the special features.

Who said that? They just mentionend that they won't do a rebuy.

Um, no they didn't.

None,I started buying DVD's again...

Then the others all replied they're doing the same.

Um, no they didn't.



Then the others all replied they're doing the same.

Ok. And that gives you what? They didn't say "Blu-Ray sucks", "Sony is a fool" or anything of the things that ehaser mentionend. So just let it be. The HD Software forum is exactly that and not the Blu-Ray Software forum.

Ok. And that gives you what? They didn't say "Blu-Ray sucks", "Sony is a fool" or anything of the things that ehaser mentionend. So just let it be. The HD Software forum is exactly that and not the Blu-Ray Software forum.

Actually, in this thread he said "DVD good enough." +1 means they copy his statement.

DVD's are not HD.

Star Wars

Actually, in this thread he said "DVD good enough." +1 means they copy his statement.

DVD's are not HD.

So, if you want to say "No" to HD rebuys you're not allowed to post here? :eek:

I'm only re-buying SD discs that I have that are non-anamorphic. (I.e. Top Gun, Titanic, etc). All others, SD are good enough...at least until the BD hits the $5 bin :) All new purchase are HD or not at all if not available in HD. (I.e. I don't buy SD anymore)

Rebuying stuff on DVD? Plenty. I don't watch SD-DVDs any more. They are yuckypoo.

Rebuying stuff on HD-DVD? Why on earth would I want to do an idiotic thing like that? I have 3 HD-DVD players. Last I knew the discs didn't have an expiration date.

New releases going forward? Blu-Ray, obviously.

So, if you want to say "No" to HD rebuys you're not allowed to post here? :eek:

Not only "no HD rebuys" but "no HD buys anymore".

Here is the moviegeek post the other guys where plussing

None,I started buying DVD's again because:
1.They're cheaper.
2.They look great on my Toshiba HD-XA2.
3.Blu Ray's future is uncertain and I'm not getting burned again.

As the guy explains his disinterest in HDM media neither the post nor the poster are relevant to the topic nor to the "HDTV Software Media Discussion" area.

Personally i'm sick of reading HD DVD whining posts.

I will be buying Patton and the Longest Day to replace my SD-DVD of them.

To Moviegeek,Hockeytown Fan,Michael9009, who only buy DVD now.

If you're not interested anymore in HDTV Software Media, what are you doing in this area ?

You made the wrong choice by early adopting and chosing HD DVD. Now that HDM future is assured you seem glad to deprive yourself of HDM. Must be kind of masochists, huh ?


Ummm, so because some of us won't rebuy movies, we're not interested in HDM anymore? Wow, Hollywood has some of you buy the grapefruits big time.

I'm not rebuying anything either! In fact I haven't bought much recently. I picked up Beowolf yesterday, but that's been about it.

Ummm, so because some of us won't rebuy movies, we're not interested in HDM anymore?



Never said such.

Personally i won't rebuy movie unless the DVD transfer is especially bad like blade runner (i own the original japanese edition from 1996)

There are so much nice movies i prefer to buy new movies than to buy the same movies again.

My post was addressed to Moviegeek was stating he was going back to buying DVD and therefore not buying HDM anymore, expressing his disinterest of HDM. And to the people who were apparently agreeing with him.

Just read the thread.

If you don't like the topic or want to hear the real answer to the question, either don't ask it or don't read it!

You mean the real answer to "What titles will you re-buy?" is "I started buying DVD's again" ?

Not only "no HD rebuys" but "no HD buys anymore".

Here is the moviegeek post the other guys where plussing



As the guy explains his disinterest in HDM media neither the post nor the poster are relevant to the topic nor to the "HDTV Software Media Discussion" area.

Personally i'm sick of reading HD DVD whining posts.

If your sick of reading posts then you're free to go whine about it in other forums as well.
This forum is about HDTV Software not just Blu Ray.

Yes, exactly.

If I were a producer of blu-ray discs, I'd really want to get my hands on lists like that to know if there really is a market for the product.

Hi Peter,

Absolutely, and if all Blu-ray players had mandatory Internet connectivity like HD DVD players, the studios could use a Web-enabled survey and ask their consumer base for their preferences.

Larry

I assume you mean movies I have on SD DVD that I intend to buy on BD if and when they ever appear on BD. For me it's the following..

12 Monkeys
2010
The Abyss
Alien (boxset preferably)
All The Presidents Men
Apollo 13
Armageddon
The Arrival
Batman
Black Rain
Blade Runner
Cliffhanger
Close Encounters
Contact
Con Air
Crimson Tide
Dances With wolves
Dead Poets Society
Die Hard (boxset)
Eiger Sanction
Enemy of The State
Enter The Dragon
Event Horizon
The Exorcist
First Blood
Forrest Gump
The Game
The Generals Daughter
The Godfather (boxset)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Heat
The Hunt For Red October
Independence Day
Indiana Jones (boxset)
Judge Dredd
Jurassic Park (boxset)
King Kong
The Matrix (boxset)
No Way Out
Outbreak
Outland
Philadelphia
Poltergeist
Predator
The Relic
The River Wild
Scent Of A Woman
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption
Silence Of The Lambs
Speed
Terminator (boxset)
The Thing
Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
A Time To Kill
Total Recall
Twister
The Untouchables
Wall Street
WarGames
The Warriors
White Squall

some maybes depending on how much better the PQ is.

Back To The Future (boxset)
Blade
The Crow
Dark City
Deep Blue Sea
The Fugitive
Gattaca
Get Shorty
Gladiator
Jaws
L.A Confidential
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Rock

Updated your list with what's already available in HDM. Yes, there are a lot of HD DVD titles on there, so just use that as a guide as to what's been restored and transfered to digital. Once Blu gets production capacity, it shouldn't be too long before you see those in Blu.

PQ/AQ are one criteria for me. If I really like the movie, I'll let those slide a bit. That said, if there is a title that has outstanding PQ/AQ, I may just give it a rent (or buy at the right price).

This forum is about HDTV Software not just Blu Ray.

Says the guy who "started buying DVD's again" :rolleyes:

Hi Peter,

I don't plan to follow your lead in buying Blu-ray titles in advance of buying a Blu-ray player. I'm hoping that disc prices may fall a little by the time I find a suitable Blu-ray player.

When I do get the player I'll probably start re-buying many of the standard DVDs that I have that are on The American Film Institute's List of the 100 Greatest Movies (http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/Movies_ballot_06.pdf?docID=141).

I know you didn't ask this, but I don't see the need to re-buy HD DVD titles. How quickly I actively start buying Blu-ray titles will of course depend on the pricing of Blu-ray discs, and the quality of the title. Needless to say I've become a bit spoiled with the pricing of HD DVDs, especially with inventory reduction sales of new HD DVDs being priced at below $10 with free shipping.

Larry

if you re-buy HD DVD movies on blu-ray that just means you have money to waste.

I didn't think I would replace any thing. Then I watched a couple of BDs and tried a couple of unconverted DVDs and now I am replacing every thing. DVDs up converted or not just don't cut it any more. The bar has been raised.

if you re-buy HD DVD movies on blu-ray that just means you have money to waste.

Yes, that's my take on it.

Larry

Hi Peter,

I don't plan to follow your lead in buying Blu-ray titles in advance of buying a Blu-ray player. I'm hoping that disc prices may fall a little by the time I find a suitable Blu-ray player.

When I do get the player I'll probably start re-buying many of the standard DVDs that I have that are on The American Film Institute's List of the 100 Greatest Movies (http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/Movies_ballot_06.pdf?docID=141).

I know you didn't ask this, but I don't see the need to re-buy HD DVD titles. How quickly I actively start buying Blu-ray titles will of course depend on the pricing of Blu-ray discs, and the quality of the title. Needless to say I've become a bit spoiled with the pricing of HD DVDs, especially with inventory reduction sales of new HD DVDs being priced at below $10 with free shipping.

Larry


I'm with you on that. I already have the player and the discs and both work fine. Should something catastrophic happen to them, that would be another question, but I see no compelling reason to replace HD DVD titles with a blu-ray version.

What several years of watching HD via OTA, cable and satellite has taught me is that I really like it. Even if blu-ray tanks for some reason after I've invested in the discs and player, that will still get me access to content I want---which is why I continue buying certain HD DVD titles while supplies last and sales are happening.

Heck, I still have over 800 LPs and 2 turntables, cassettes, VHS tapes, SACDs and DVD-A that I listen to/watch!

I have enjoyed reading the lists of titles that others are considering re-buying, just for the sake of having an HD version. Other titles are coming to mind that some have mentioned that would indeed get a re-buy from me, some available now, some not, and some, well, maybe not for a really long time:

Casablanca
Gone With the Wind
1776
Somewhere in Time
Moulin Rouge
Ben Hur
Day the Earth Stood Still
The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming
2010
Independence Day
I Am Legend
The Prestige
The Illusionist
War of the Worlds (original)
Singin' in the Rain
Wizard of Oz
Probably the whole X-Men series
The Incredibles
Toy Story
To Kill a Mockingbird


....and so forth.

I think the more I see the lists you all are making, the more I am considering increasing the budget. :D

As much as people may not really want to admit, in my opinion having both formats was actually a good thing because it drove down both media and hardware prices. I used to be a frequent purchaser of both BR and HDDVD, but since HDDVD has thrown in the towel, it really is depressing having to pay as much as studios are asking for media. Before anyone say if you can't afford it don't by it, well I can afford it but that does not mean through away money either.

Reading this thread, I think this is what is now happening with BR:

1. Price will keep people from adopting
2. Price will keep BR in a niche market (UMD)
3. If prices do not drop, BR will fall to downloads.
4. SD-DVD will continue to destroy BR until downloads really catch on.

In response to the original posters question, why in the hell would anyone want to repurchase movies they already own in HDDVD on BR just because HDDVD is a dead format? Wouldn't is make more sense to simply play the HDDVD movies either until you cannot find an HDDVD player, etc? If people that are repurchasing a BR version is just that willing to throw money down the drain, I can give ya'll a bank account number to send it to me and I can help you make good use of the funds.:cool:

In response to the original posters question, why in the hell would anyone want to repurchase movies they already own in HDDVD on BR just because HDDVD is a dead format?

Hi,

In fairness to Peter, that's not what he asked in his original posting. As I interpret the posting he was merely asking which standard DVDs do you own that you will replace with Blu-ray discs when they become available.

Larry

If you're not interested anymore in HDTV Software Media, what are you doing in this area ?

You made the wrong choice by early adopting and chosing HD DVD. Now that HDM future is assured you seem glad to deprive yourself of HDM. Must be kind of masochists, huh ?

+1

I've bought 7 blu titles without the player yet , all but one were rebuys from sd.eying a lot more .
, but it does sting as hd-dvd died an early death ...sorry but some of us might not want to jump in early again. untill an established cutomer base exists ,
let blu establish and see how it goes ....regular consumers are needed to get this thing off the ground . And are we seeing that happen?? with blu on its own. no competition??

I got about 2 g's in my hd-dvd stuff and will keep them ...
I will still buy hd-dvd movies and not replace them with blu-ray .interested in movies that hd does justice too...3d pop !!and rewatchable titles
...looking for a deal on open box or refurb profile 1.0 , 1.1 to buy time till the pan bd50 comes out.
good luck....
bob

I'll buy on Blu-Ray anything I want to watch again that is available on Blu-Ray. And all new releases will be on Blu-Ray.

And this was a top 10 list I posted elsewhere (assuming we won't see Star Wars etc. any time soon):


Gladiator, Universal (2000)
Silence of the Lambs, MGM (1991)
Saving Private Ryan, Paramount (1998)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Sony (2000)
LA Confidential, Warner (1997)
Amadeus, Warner (1984)
Aliens, Fox (1986)
Pulp Fiction, Miramax (1994)
Se7en, New Line (1995)
The Shawshank Redemption, Warner (1994)

if you re-buy HD DVD movies on blu-ray that just means you have money to waste.

I rebought a few on blu-ray during one of the Amazon bogos. I got the bogo blu-ray disks cheaper than I sold the HD DVD versions for. It was just a few titles though. Bullitt is one.

I was glad to see some blu-ray titles for around $13.00 .
am still getting 10% off at amzn ....
got the spider man set , total recall , terminator two , fifth element(redone one)
am looking forward to a nice stand alone player . Analog outs , internal audio decoders..
looks interesting as new 2.0 players are becoming available...
want the pirates otc set next ....
software prices for blu are pretty decent actually...no overpriced combo's..

oh , yeah Austin Powers is high on the rebuy list , hear that studio's ??lol

Already rebought:

2001 (LD CAV, LD CLV, DVD, BD)
Enter the Dragon (LD, DVD, DVD Special Editions, BD)
Blade Runner (LD, DVD Director's Cut, BD Five Disc Edition)
Transporter (DVD, BD)
Under Siege (DVD, BD)

Probably will re-buy Close Encounters at some point.

Hi,

In fairness to Peter, that's not what he asked in his original posting. As I interpret the posting he was merely asking which standard DVDs do you own that you will replace with Blu-ray discs when they become available.

Larry

Correct.

The Tosh A3 I have does a really good job upconverting, and that will actually be good enough for some titles.

Yet, however good an upconvert is, it is never the "real thing". I've been trying to narrow down which of the SD titles I have will be re-bought in a good HD version on blu-ray. I pretty much have already bought the ones I want in the HD DVD current catalog.

I'm thinking other people may be going through a similar evaluation....and now I find I keep adding to the list of things I want....had forgotten about Amadeus, but that would most definitely be on the list.

all the major trilogies plus my personal favorites:

blade runner
carrie
dark city
disney's alice in wonderland
goonies
fight club
halloween
may
scream
they live
wargames
willow

Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones
Jaws
Fight Club
Any John Woo classics
Gladiator
Snatch
Boondock Saints
Star Trek Movies (the good ones)
GhostBusters
Alien Set


All I can think up now. Not sure about LoTR, Star Wars or Godfather. Knowing Fox and Paramount they will want a kings ransom for the sets, and SW already upscales really well, and the HD treatment might give away even more of the special effects.
LotR already took a chunk out of my pockets between theater tickets and the ultimate editions. They upscale very well too. New Line does make some very sexy discs though. It will be hard to stay away from.

Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones
Jaws
Fight Club
Any John Woo classics
Gladiator
Snatch
Boondock Saints
Star Trek Movies (the good ones)
GhostBusters
Alien Set


All I can think up now. Not sure about LoTR, Star Wars or Godfather. Knowing Fox and Paramount they will want a kings ransom for the sets, and SW already upscales really well, and the HD treatment might give away even more of the special effects.
LotR already took a chunk out of my pockets between theater tickets and the ultimate editions. They upscale very well too. New Line does make some very sexy discs though. It will be hard to stay away from.

I had forgotten about Star Trek! Of them all, I'd probably just get Wrath of Khan and Voyage Home

Jaws, because you simply can't stop at VHS, VHS WS, LD, LD SE, DVD, DVD DTS, DVD anniversary edition!

None, I have three XA2s so there is not one reason for me to rebuy in blu. I will begin buying blu again when I can get a finished blu player for a reasonable price. It has to be as good or better than the XA2.

Yes when you get a taste of XA2 (at under $450) it hard to go back to lesser player :D

...Angelo

None why re-buy when there is nothing wrong with my HD DVDS

None why re-buy when there is nothing wrong with my HD DVDS

Although I originally asked which SD titles would be replaced with HD (HD DVD or blu-ray), I suppose some people will sell off their existing HD DVD collection and replace them with blu-ray.

The only reasons I can think of would be to ensure that there would always be current players available (though I thought Toshiba said they'd keep enough inventory of parts to support existing players for 8 years).

Another consideration might be space....people who don't have a universal player and only have room for one, rather than two dedicated format units.

Personally, I'm keeping whatever HD DVDs I have since they are perfectly fine. However, I've gone through the HD DVD catalog and already have the titles I want in that format. I'm just trying to figure out which of my SD titles I really want to re-buy in blu-ray.

The basics:

Indiana Jones series
Star Wars series
LotR series

The rest:

Pretty much every classic Disney and Pixar release, and probably every new Pixar release and most Disney releases that are kid focused.

Lets see here:

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Dark City
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Lord of the Rings
5. The Shawshank Redemption
6. The Abyss
7. The Profesional
8. The Shawshank Redemption
9. The Illusionist
10. Probably... The Shawshank Redemption

I'll buy/rebuy any movie that I enjoy that I think will get a definite benefit from an HD transfer.

- Anything CGI

- Classic Disney animation (who are these people who think 2D animation doesn't benefit from HD?!), or really anything animated that's good (The Iron Giant, for instance)

- Great action films or science fiction (anything from Independence Day to Metropolis)

- Movies with great cinematography or just great filming in general (anything from The Dark Crystal to Schindler's List)

Naturally, they have to be movies that I'll still want to watch. I doubt I'll pick up anything from the horror genre since it's not really my cup of tea, and I find most comedies to be relatively stale after a single viewing, so those are unlikely buys - but I never really bought those on DVD either.

On my HD DVD titles, I will re-buy no more. I had to on Full Metal Jacket, because I messed up and bought the wrong one on HD DVD. I actually have bought this movie 4 times. Twice on SD DVD (original mono and then the Kubrick Collection), once on HD and then the remastered BR...A quad dip!

The other was 2001. I had to see it in BR. But no more HD double dips. I'm done.

No more HD DVDs, either. Blu-Ray, all the way for me from here on out.

There are many titles I will double dip from SD.

LOTR - all three
Star Wars - all six
The Godfather - hopefully they will be sold individually, so I can only double dip one and two. :)

I'm sure there will be lots more.

As it stands now, nearly half of my currently meager Blu collection are SD double dips.

At this time, my wife and I are compiling a list of titles that are 'good enough' played through my HD-XA2. Unfortunately, the titles I mentioned above should be on this list. But, I love those flicks so much, I gotta have them in HD! :D

This is such a sickness. from DVD number one (Pulp Fiction) to present day, I just cannot get enough. It is a lot easier now that there was a victor in the war, unfortunately, I picked the wrong side. I will still enjoy the titles until the players stop working.

My .02...Will

SD DVD's that I have already duplicated on Blu-ray (some were free):


Harry Potter 1-5
Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2
2001
A Clockwork Orange
Road Warrior
Terminator


SD DVD's that I plan to rebuy on Blu-ray if/when they become available:

Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended versions ONLY)
Star Wars 1-6 (original theatrical cuts of 3-6 ONLY)
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (available- when I get around to it)


For my other SD DVD's that I pull off the shelf maybe 1-2 times per year or films where the story is much more important than the cinematography, they're "good enough" for now on my HD-XA2 unless they become available on a good sale.

Edit: Hmm... given my board-name, I guess that I'd better add the "Alien" movies to the list, eh? ;)

1.All the Star Trek movies sans Star Trek TOS which i already (VERY HAPPILY)own on HD-DVD.

2.Indiana Jones(when part 4 comes out on BR with the others in a set only)

3.Highlander(original)whenever it should be remastered in HiDef and appears on BR.Only part 1.

4.Several Disney movies(mostly older animated titles that appear in HD for the first time).Only certain Pixar flicks included.

5.Lord of the Rings trilogy(again,when boxed together in HD/BR)

I will not be buying any Star Wars in HD/BR.I already own two versions of the original Trilogy in DVD/SD and they look just fine upscaled in my HDA35.Besides Indy(which is a mostly a Speilberg show anyway)I won't give GL another dime of my cash until he decides to release a final/definitive version of the SW flicks which will never likely happen.