Just curious where everyone is at now that the mega retailers are closing shop on HD DVD. Looks like it's online from here.

Still need several,starting to think I should pick up the 5 free picks I'm waiting on just in case they substitute or worse never send.
I have I am legend,Twister and P.S I love you on Amazon pre-order,the later 2 just because they are Warners last HD-DVD releases,and am deciding on which HD-DVD's I want to pick up not as must haves,but just to have as wouldnt mind having,especially at these crazy low close out prices.:D

Umm I bought a laserdisc last year so I don't think I am done yet :)

I was trying to find "Next" around the $9 - $12 mark but somehow the used prices have shot up above $20.

A couple of imports I might be interested in but the prices haven't been reduced yet Bug and Fragile in particular.

Have Twister on pre-order.

Want to get some concert vids- Toto-Heart and Yes. Then I'll probably call it a day!

And so my HD DVD collection ends with 40 titles, all bought since Sept 07 (my last HD purchase was The Pianist last week). I do not regret buying all the titles, but paying $250 for the A3 at release is a little painful :o especially with the a35 going for $100 less recently

Oh no, my collection isnt done yet or near done, there are still quite a few movies i need to buy...Star Trek, Charlie and the Chocalate factory, Stardust...just to name a few, and you cant forget with Appleseed and I am Legend on their way too....

Picked up six movies during my local Best Buy's 80% off clearance sale, and now I think my collection is complete. Unless they are similarly discounted and shipping is free and there is no tax, I don't see myself ordering any more online at this point.

We will see after I hit up the 50% off CC sale, and some after market impulse buys.

I think I have 192 or so titles, the collection is complete when I run out of sources for material, however I own Blu-ray as well so I'm not double dipping one way or the other. I still of course by LDs when I find stuff I don't have and get it cheap enough (and I have 574 or so LDs).

I've got about 150 titles now and plenty more to buy, but it's mostly a matter of their prices getting low enough to be worth buying.

I can think of several I still need. I need to replace my defective MI3 as well as finishing off the Mummy Trilogy, Smallville season 6 is also a possibility. Off to Circuit City to see what else I can find.

Gary

I sill have several discs to buy that I always said I'd get once the prices came down. Unfortuantely though, if Circuit City doesn't have the handful of HD DVDs I want in this 50% off clearance sale, I will be forced to end my collection here and wait for the eventual Blu-ray release.

I have about 30 and don't plan to buy any more but these firesales keep sneaking more titles into my collection. I'd really like a few of the European titles like T2.

I have 64 HD DVD films on my shelves, add 2 non-film HD DVDs makes it 66, add 1 HD DVD my little girl has (Music and Lyrics) makes 67, add 1 currently on loan to a friend makes 68, add 5 currently ordered and on their way makes 73.

But then I still need to add a further 2 still titles to be released which I'll be buying (Sexy Beast and East is East) making a nice even 75.

Steve W

I have nearly 100 titles. Many were bought because I knew the rental option would dry up. I will resell the 10 or so that I don't want and keep the rest. Half of my collection is mainstream movies. The rest is special interest stuff like TV series, sports, music and porn.

I am pretty much done... until IAL, and Twister hit shelves, or at least the e-tailers.

I'm not completely done but after my trip to Circuit City today I am alot closer to having all the movies that I wanted.

Not even close, as prices go down I'm tend to be attracted to silly movies I wouldn't have looked at them twice at full price...


Djoel

I think I have everything on HD DVD that I want.

I'm down to bargain hunting--and, if it's available in "blu" already (even though I'm not "blu" yet) then it will be bought in "blu" if the prices are equal. But of the available titles, I've got just about all I really want.

Will keep an eye open for bargains, but otherwise my HD-DVD library is complete.

I'm missing 2001: Space Oddesye and Planet Earth.

Considering what a nut I've been lately, I'm sure I'm far from done.

Before the WB announcement- 1 player & 7 discs. Rentals from HV.

After- 5 players and 50 discs.:rolleyes:

After the CC deal I'll be pretty much done, aside from any used ones that might turn up at FYE.

I'd still like to get Reds, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Eastern Promises, Seabiscuit, Atonement, Fletch and a few others. Got 13 more today, and I'll be hitting up the other CCs tomorrow and Tuesday but I've pretty much got every title they stocked. I have at least 25 that I haven't even watched....

I'm still planning to pick up another player and more movies when I find the deals I want.

I still have a few on preorder.

I'm sick of wasting time trying to save a few bucks on movies I probably would have ignored or just rented if there had been no format war.

I want to get back to just enjoying movies, occasionally buying the ones I know I want to keep and renting the rest. All this bargain-hunting is starting to obscure the real point of being a movie fan.

If a bargain walks up to me and shakes my hand I might pull the trigger on it. But no more driving around.

Have about 60 but still want to grab Star Trek TOS, Beowulf, American Werewolf in London, Animal House, Stardust, Mutiny on the Bounty, and maybe a few others if the price is right.

I'd jump on Star Trek TOS Season 2 if it ever transpires. Just got Season 1 over the weekend.

I own about 25 discs.
I'm going to try to grab "...Jesse James..." if it drops below $18.
I'll grab Planet Earth:BBC version if I can find it for under $30.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for "Twister".
But that's it.

I still have a few left to get:

Star Trek TOS
Smallville Season 5
Battlestar Galactica Season 1
Beowulf

Then, I will be basically done. I was hoping that Circuit City would have had the boxsets in their sale, but niether of the ones around here had any of them.

I'd buy more titles if I wasn't worried about my HD DVD players stopping to work one day. Unfortunately there is no sign that some one might come out with a cheap HD DVD player in the future for the installed base.

Just picked up Eyes Wide Shut to go along with my 2001. I'm trying to get all the Kubricks on HD DVD.

I'd buy more titles if I wasn't worried about my HD DVD players stopping to work one day. Unfortunately there is no sign that some one might come out with a cheap HD DVD player in the future for the installed base.

Just buy an A3 now, then. How much cheaper than 80$ do you want/expect an HD DVD player to be?

Just picked up Eyes Wide Shut to go along with my 2001. I'm trying to get all the Kubricks on HD DVD.

Too bad Barry Lyndon wasn't released before HD DVD took the gas-pipe... :(

Just buy an A3 now, then. How much cheaper than 80$ do you want/expect an HD DVD player to be?

I did buy an HD-A30 for future use. But still, Id love a company to announce DVD players with HD DVD as a bonus feature. Nothing big deal; cheap players with ordinary chips. SACD is dead in terms of commercial success but you can easily find and buy players still.

I did buy an HD-A30 for future use. But still, Id love a company to announce DVD players with HD DVD as a bonus feature. Nothing big deal; cheap players with ordinary chips. SACD is dead in terms of commercial success but you can easily find and buy players still.

The difference being there are over 4000 SACD titles and more come out all the time (in small batches and almost all in classical, but enough to warrant player support). HD DVD has fewer than 400 titles and no more are coming along. So it's quite understandable that SACD continues to have support where HD DVD does not.

The difference being there are over 4000 SACD titles and more come out all the time (in small batches and almost all in classical, but enough to warrant player support). HD DVD has fewer than 400 titles and no more are coming along. So it's quite understandable that SACD continues to have support where HD DVD does not.

True.
I still buy SACDs knowing there are players out there and also the CD layer on SACDs can always come handy if (ever) SACD completely goes out of the picture (sort of like HD DVD and DVD combos although SACD CD combo never had any issues like HD DVD combos).
What I wanted to happen is as prices start to drop for components, companies like Toshiba or even Oppo offering HD DVD capability as a bonus feature for their players. Unfortunately its not likely to happen since with Toshiba out, no other company makes HD DVD drives any more.

I have three HD DVD players, five including the xbox 360 add on and the BH 200 so I hope that I will have enoguh in case a couple crap out. I picked up the last of my major HD DVD purchases today at BB as I got what was left of their good clearnace disks. There are a couple more I would like. However they are new releases, so unless the price drops very low I will just buy them on blu when they are eventually available.
In the end, I just love movies so I am excited asbout the faxt I was able to get many HD DVD's cheaper then the DVD counterpart. I think it's funny that even the combos are on clearance prices. Eastern Promises combo for 7.99 at BB here in Canada. Unbelievable.

Yes--a totally universal Oppo would be ideal. But as my HD DVD collection is pretty well capped at about 50 titles (give or take the odd bargain I may come across) and I have two players (an A2 and an A3) AND I've never had a disc player stop working (going back 23 years for my first CD player)--I don't feel insecure. What I would like is for the Sony BDP-550 that will very likely be my first "blu" player (it decodes ALL the advanced audio codecs and has analogue MCH outputs) to also be SACD capable. I have one "universal" hi-res audio player and another that can play DVD-As. Too bad Sony didn't decide to add SACD playback to its 550. Oh well, I guess I can pick up an Oppo and move my Marantz to my upcoming 2 channel system.

Wouldn't it be great if there was ONE format that did EVERYTHING? (hi-res MCH audio, hi-def movies, standard def movies, standard res audio--oh yeah, there was one: HD DVD :(:p )

Atonement will be my last (and 90th) title, whenever I find it a decent price. I've only watched about 50 of them though, so I have lots to catch up on before I my Blu-ray collection starts getting that big.

I'm still renting them one by one through Blockbuster and deciding which ones to buy. Unfortunately I'm finding more have-nots than haves.

16 Blocks: Yes! Very surprised. On my list.

House of Wax: Elisha Cuthbert bounces around appealingly but just a standard slasher flick.

Grand Prix: Great picture quality from a 70mm print (2.20 AR), full of late 60's international stars, amazing racing footage, but would a story have been too much trouble?

Well, I thought I was pretty much finished buying HD DVDs but yesterday I wandered into a Best Buy (needed some blank storage media and they were having a sale) and I expected all the HD DVDs to be gone (as they apparently are in the US). However, I stumbled on a stack in an overflow rack and emerged with six titles: Eastern Promises (7.99$--it was 39.99$ at Future Shop last week), MI I and II, Ray, King Kong and Pride and Prejudice. Total cost--75$ (give or take a few pennies). Two weeks ago, those same titles were all at retail of 25$ or more EACH. Will keep looking for more bargains (with combos like Eastern Promises at ONE THIRD of the in-store retail for SD DVD, I'd have bought it even if I didn't own an HD DVD player).

I also, in another store, picked up American Gangsters for 19.99$. Not a rock bottom price, but still cheaper than the in-store SD DVD version. I know it doesn't have the "extended cut" in HD, but I don't mind. At the 39.99$ it was selling for a few weeks ago, I would not have bothered.

I think I have maybe 10 Disc total left and then I should be done with HD DVD. Mostly stuff that will probably not be on BD or will take years to do so.

Since I only buy movies that I know I will watch at least once a year (everything else is a rental) I belive my 44 disk collection is complete and my 12 disk BD collection will rise slowly in the coming year.

my HD DVD collection is capped at 62 there are still plenty of cheap titles here via ezydvd but im not really interested in any more titles and my 360 is only used for watching hd dvd's and i only watch a hd dvd once in a while so my player should be alright for a while.

I have a short list of titles that I want. I could buy them all for $15 a piece new off Amazon but I'm hoping to get them for $10 each. If they never get to $10, so be it - my collection is complete.

The only newer title I'd like to get is Justice League being a former comic book geek.

I have 1 more HD title to buy and it's Heroes... If it can go to 49.99$ I'll get it.

I think I have 192 or so titles, the collection is complete when I run out of sources for material, however I own Blu-ray as well so I'm not double dipping one way or the other. I still of course by LDs when I find stuff I don't have and get it cheap enough (and I have 574 or so LDs).

Ive got about 130 lds mostly rebought on dvd or hd,blu..how much do 574 ld's weigh???

still waiting on 15 free hd dvd from 2nd offer to 3 addresses ..can't really think about buying anymore because on the other thread most of the titles are being substituted..and mostly for titles I already have..loooks like I'll have 3 alexanders good grief

Can anyone recommend some 2.35:1 and higher films with superb transfers? I feel like going on an epic widescreen film on HDDVD buying spree. Of course it's a major plus if said disc retains the film grain.
Here's what I own:
The Adventures of Robin Hood
BATMAN BEGINS
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum (Blind buy but of course I highly enjoyed the two previous films.)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Frighteners
KING KONG (2005, 360 add-on freebie.)
Mission: Impossible III (I need a cover for this cause I bought it at Hollyweird Videro and it didn't have a cover with it.)
TRANSFORMERS
V for Vendetta (Blind buy.)

And what I have on order: (Special note denoted by an asterisk * for the four titles I'm receiving as a late birthday present. I wanted to pay for them but my "buyer" insisted on giving them to me as presents.;))
BLACK RAIN
The Chronicles of Riddick*
Field of Dreams
GoodFellas
Mission: Impossible*
Mission: Impossible 2* (If this is in stock instead of buying Sky Captain.)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow*
SPY GAMES
The Untouchables
THE THING*

I still have MANY titles to buy. Fortunately I've heard about XploitedCinema.com. I'll be buying Brotherhood of the Wolf a.s.a.p. Along with a few other titles if my budget can handle it.

Only Iam Legend left for me now.

Possibly a couple of UK Warner titles if they finally drop the pricing too.

Well the inetvideo sale this week pulled me off the fence on many Universal titles. I will have 107 HD DVDs when my inetvideo order arrives, but I still need Beowulf. $18.99 seems to be about the cheapest I price I can find on that one, but I'm hoping for the price to drop just a bit more. It's hard to pay $19 for an HD DVD when you purchased titles you wanted even more for less than $6.

In the end I think my collection will top off in the 110 to 120 range for HD DVDs. If my BD buying habits match my DVD buying habits (about 30 films a year) as they have so far I may NEVER have more BDs than HD DVDs. As it stands I only have about 170 DVDs (I sell or give away discs as I upgrade them to HDM) so HD DVD may end up being the bulk of my collection by the end of 2008. I just love replacing 10-year-old DVDs I paid $25 for with brand new HD DVDs I paid $10 for.

I am about done. There is maybe just a small handful of titles I still want. But that is what I chose in the poll.

I own 77 titles and I might buy hot fuzz if I can get it cheap.
But if not I am done...
I still have 45 hd-dvd sealed and 20 BD... I find time to buy them but can't have 2 straight hours to watch them!!!
I guess I need to stop.

Only Iam Legend left for me now.

Well, I could'nt wait for that one so I bought it in blue for 32$ +tax...
:(

I own 77 titles and I might buy hot fuzz if I can get it cheap.
But if not I am done...
I still have 45 hd-dvd sealed and 20 BD... I find time to buy them but can't have 2 straight hours to watch them!!!
I guess I need to stop.
I picked it up at a Best Buy (Angrignon Mall if you're anywhere near Montreal) for 7.99$. Got Shaun of the Dead for the same price at Future Shop across the street. This was about 2 weeks ago. They still had some when I checked last Thursday (though they are running low on titles that I want).

I'm in Quebec and I couln't even order it on futureshop.ca...
Got it for 22$ @ amazon.ca before I found out it was avalaible for 7.99& @ inetvideo.ca than I ordered 10 more last week and 7 today, Ineed to stop!!!

Added up the discs I am still looking for and at 113 right now (I think)..That is with 476 discs in my collection currently. Working on the harder to find stuff atm

I'm in Quebec and I couln't even order it on futureshop.ca...
Got it for 22$ @ amazon.ca before I found out it was avalaible for 7.99& @ inetvideo.ca than I ordered 10 more last week and 7 today, Ineed to stop!!!

I believe you have to in person to the stores--neither Future Shop nor Best Buy is selling HD DVD online in Canada.

Chalk me up in the "may still get a few stragglers" option... If the price is right... I am still waiting on Michael Clayton HD DVD to fall far in price...

I still have a long list of movies i need to have in my collection.

I don't own the complete HD DVD collection yet.. oh wait, was that the question?:D

Hmmmmm...almost. I have purchased an unexpected 70-80 discs in the past month...averaging $9 per. I have about 5 more titles on my short list...that I'll purchase only if they hit sub $10. But if more desirable titles come in at $5.99 incl. s&h...who knows? ;)

neither Future Shop nor Best Buy is selling HD DVD online in Canada.

I ordered the HP year 1-5 collection a month ago @ futureshop.ca for 64.99$ CD + 3.49$ SH and got it 3 days later.

I couldn't find any this past week online. I'll look again. That's a great price for that collection (I bought them for an average of 15$ CDN and thought I was getting a super deal).

I'm still waiting for 3 movies, Atonement, Into the Wild, and Things We Lost in the Fire.

I am waiting for another good fire sale at Amazon... :)

I couldn't find any this past week online. I'll look again. That's a great price for that collection (I bought them for an average of 15$ CDN and thought I was getting a super deal).

It's not avalaible anymore, I bought the last set.
It was only one left when I ordered it, btw if you got them all in the single disc edition why would you buy the 1-5 collection?
There's not much more beside the HP dvd game and one disc of SD extras. I only bought it because it was cheaper than the 5 single disc.

once i hit the 100 hd dvd mark im stopping :)

It's not avalaible anymore, I bought the last set.
It was only one left when I ordered it, btw if you got them all in the single disc edition why would you buy the 1-5 collection?
There's not much more beside the HP dvd game and one disc of SD extras. I only bought it because it was cheaper than the 5 single disc.
I just meant I'd look to see if the website had any HD DVDs left--there are a few, but none that interest me at the prices listed.

It's not avalaible anymore, I bought the last set.
It was only one left when I ordered it, btw if you got them all in the single disc edition why would you buy the 1-5 collection?
There's not much more beside the HP dvd game and one disc of SD extras. I only bought it because it was cheaper than the 5 single disc.

Hehe I have the 5 Seperate US discs, The Box set, The 1st and 5th movie from the UK. I love different editions of the same thing.....

Hehe I have the 5 Seperate US discs, The Box set, The 1st and 5th movie from the UK. I love different editions of the same thing.....

What's special about the first and fifth UK discs?

I have expanded my collection by about 90 over the past month...only because of the great deals. I have hit my threshold on the current discs offered for -$10. I have five discs left that I really want, but if they don't hit $10...oh well.

As a matter of priciple I won't spend $18 or $20 on a disc. Especially when I know I'll be able to get the SD version evetually for 1/4 of that, and upscaled...well, at that price, I'll be content with it.

We had them at Ezydvd starting at $4.95. Your picking up HP for around $7.92 ea.They were clearing them all out.picked up heaps but forgot to get shrek 3.

What's special about the first and fifth UK discs?

I don't know about the fifth one, but the first one is (properly) entitled "The Philosopher's Stone" (along with appropriate dialogue regarding that title). There may also be extras and such that are different.

Hehe I have the 5 Seperate US discs, The Box set, The 1st and 5th movie from the UK. I love different editions of the same thing.....

I don't get your point...

I don't know about the fifth one, but the first one is (properly) entitled "The Philosopher's Stone" (along with appropriate dialogue regarding that title). There may also be extras and such that are different.

It's called "The Philosopher's Stone" in Canada (Quebec) too, I think the sorcerer stone sounds better.

It's called "The Philosopher's Stone" in Canada (Quebec) too, I think the sorcerer stone sounds better.

I got the fifth one for free (part of the 5 free discs--a replacement). I decided to get the other four. I ordered 2-4 from the US (saved about 2$ per title and got free shipping to my office in the US) but I specifically chose the Canadian edition of the first one. The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary alchemist's "holy grail" myth that dates back at least to the Middle Ages and its use as the title is entirely appropriate to the story. The "Sorcerer's Stone" was substituted, ONLY in the US (among English speaking countries) because the marketing department of the publisher (the film only follows the book) was afraid American kids would not be able to figure out what the Philosopher's Stone was (a baseless assumption, IMO).

As an historian, I naturally favoured the Philosopher's Stone title.

The first book of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass in North America) had its title changed for similar fears (Northern Lights is the UK, and, again IMO, the more appropriate title).

Well, I would never knew, if I had to make a flick based on a novel I think I would follow the same words as the book.
But I'm no historian and I don't really care about the name of that stone anyway. I just feel that sorcerer sounds meaner than philosopher...
Afterall it's the same movie.

I got the fifth one for free (part of the 5 free discs--a replacement). I decided to get the other four. I ordered 2-4 from the US (saved about 2$ per title and got free shipping to my office in the US) but I specifically chose the Canadian edition of the first one. The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary alchemist's "holy grail" myth that dates back at least to the Middle Ages and its use as the title is entirely appropriate to the story. The "Sorcerer's Stone" was substituted, ONLY in the US (among English speaking countries) because the marketing department of the publisher (the film only follows the book) was afraid American kids would not be able to figure out what the Philosopher's Stone was (a baseless assumption, IMO).

As an historian, I naturally favoured the Philosopher's Stone title.

The first book of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass in North America) had its title changed for similar fears (Northern Lights is the UK, and, again IMO, the more appropriate title).

Two things.

1. With Twister I officially pretty much finished my collection at 130 movies.
2. While we can't be revisionist historians, for all we know if it wasn't for the name change it might not been as successful. Its US sales did become the driving force behind, true it is world phenomenon now, but it wasn't always that way. While I have issues with Rowlings and what she has done with the series, I don't have any issues with name change.

I'm pretty sure I'm done at this point. I am still waiting to receive Nip/Tuck Season 4 and the BBC Planet Earth from Deep Discount and just recently received Star Trek Season 1 from Amazon Canada. All said, my collection is up around 200 now. Not bad considering I started out with about 6 before the announcement. I still may look at imports to see if anything interesting pops up, but for the most part I'm done.

I got the fifth one for free (part of the 5 free discs--a replacement). I decided to get the other four.


I did the very same thing. :D

I got the fifth one for free (part of the 5 free discs--a replacement). I decided to get the other four. I ordered 2-4 from the US (saved about 2$ per title and got free shipping to my office in the US) but I specifically chose the Canadian edition of the first one. The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary alchemist's "holy grail" myth that dates back at least to the Middle Ages and its use as the title is entirely appropriate to the story. The "Sorcerer's Stone" was substituted, ONLY in the US (among English speaking countries) because the marketing department of the publisher (the film only follows the book) was afraid American kids would not be able to figure out what the Philosopher's Stone was (a baseless assumption, IMO).

As an historian, I naturally favoured the Philosopher's Stone title.

The first book of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass in North America) had its title changed for similar fears (Northern Lights is the UK, and, again IMO, the more appropriate title).

Bit silly why they do that change the titles in different countries. HP was not the only one there was also The Rundown and we call it Welcome to the jungle.I prefer welcome to the jungle as it's where it's mainly based in... the jungle.

I have to admit I may be about done these days... There is maybe 1 or 2 titles left that I have any interest in then I think my collection will be complete... I didn't think I would see the day so soon... :eek:

There really just one title that I really want. The 1st season of STOS. The only thing stopping me is that I have 6 SD DVDs (12 episodes) from the 1st season and don't want to double dip. I'm trying to sell them $5 for one or 6 for $25. When I do, I'm getting the HD DVD.

I'm still building my library as long as there are deals to be had I'll never stop!:D

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My collection is shrinking now that some are appearing on Blu Ray.

I just ebayed 8 titles last night and will probably continue down this path when I can.

Seggers

I updated the HD DVD list the last three came in today.:)

I'm still building my library as long as there are deals to be had I'll never stop!:D

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Where's the first Ice Age?

Where's the first Ice Age?

Have yet to find it cheap enough all the titles you see are sales under 12.00 or pm'd excluding the imports and boxed sets. One thing I noticed is all the family stuff rarely goes on sale. I've been spending so much money it isn't even funny I really need to take a break for a month or two.:rolleyes:

There are about 5 maybes left on my list (depending on what I can get them for) but after that, I'm done. I'm a shade over a hundred and a perusal of all HD DVD titles doesn't leave me with many others I want to own beyond my 5 maybes.

The reality is that "blu" is the winnah and I will be purchasing titles in that format from now on.

I thought I was done but I still added just a couple more over the weekend... One was a great one... August Rush! ;)

So august rush is pretty good? I don't think I have that one.

Edit: Where did you buy it from? Amazon wants $24 for it. I won't even pay that much for most BD titles. BD Titles need to be under $20, for HD DVD it needs to be under $15, and preferably only $10 or $12.

So august rush is pretty good? I don't think I have that one.

Edit: Where did you buy it from? Amazon wants $24 for it. I won't even pay that much for most BD titles. BD Titles need to be under $20, for HD DVD it needs to be under $15, and preferably only $10 or $12.

My impression of August Rush was that it was pretty sappy/corny. Subjective though. If you like those types of movies. . .

I need about 10 American titles to complete my "collection". I've actually been focusing on imports lately, purchased about a dozen from Amazon.fr, Amazon.co.uk, DVD.co.uk, eBay...

My impression of August Rush was that it was pretty sappy/corny. Subjective though. If you like those types of movies. . .

Pretty sappy and corny, right down my alley, so I will get this as another of those "I'm done, but just this one more HD-DVD..."

I now own all my "must haves" thanks to Fry's and $29.99 Planet Earth sets.:D I waited till I could get in new for less that $40.

There are still a few "maybe" movies if I see cheap enough I will buy.

thought I was done. Just got this amazing deal on an 805 off onkyo for 106.10 shipped.

So now I have an A3, 805 (XA2) and an xbox player for my PC.

I also am still getting them from Bb (I dread the day that I get the notice they are no longer available).

I have enough movie that I own (I think 60?) and rentals left in my Que to last me a good year I think.

So I am slowing dow for now.

I am just trying to snake them off ebay for under $5 at this point. I think they will eventually fall when the BD versions are released on many.

I am purple.... but I am thinking about making it a mission to collect them all..... like Pokemon!!!

Think I might sell my BD player and get an LG PC dual drive when they get close enough as a 4th backup. Great thing about HD DVD is that it is much easier to back up on the PC than BD and Nero plays them fine for me... and is still supported unlike PowerDVD.

I would be the buy who would buy Norbit.... if it was cheap enough. like $2

Plus HD DVD is a great security feature too... who would want to steal them? :D

And I figure that I can always burn the main feature to BD when the media prices drop enough in 3-4 years.

Does ANYONE have Deadliest Catch: Season 3 on HD DVD? It was only sold through Discovery Channel's online store, was clearanced off with their sales, and I never see it on eBay. I get the feeling that I'll have to buy the BD if I want it (which I do).

I got August Rush HD DVD used for much less. I won't pay that much for Blu ray titles either. I am done being one of the 9% carrying that format and paying those prices. I will only netflix and buy very few until they bring the prices down... ;)

Oh and I am still collecting a few more HD DVDs for great prices...

Maybes left for me--The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Bonnie and Clyde (only if prices drop on each of them--6$ or under for the Mummy films and 10$ or under for Bonnie and Clyde). Otherwise, I'll get them on Blu-ray later.

If any of my SD titles that have HD DVD releases dip to 6$ or under, I'll upgrade them and give away the SD to friends (I've done it with a few titles already). But I'm no rush to do so.

Otherwise, that's it. I'm done.

6 More in from Japan today..Have 6 inc from Poland, 3 or 4 from Germany a couple from Italy 4 or 5 from Spain and about 25 from Canada (from a forum member at HDD) There is no complete until it is "complete"

Maybes left for me--The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Bonnie and Clyde (only if prices drop on each of them--6$ or under for the Mummy films and 10$ or under for Bonnie and Clyde). Otherwise, I'll get them on Blu-ray later.

If any of my SD titles that have HD DVD releases dip to 6$ or under, I'll upgrade them and give away the SD to friends (I've done it with a few titles already). But I'm no rush to do so.

Otherwise, that's it. I'm done.

I had a pre-order on B&C for about $23. It's kind of a one-of-a-kind HD DVD as it's the only of the Warner 'book' releases to be on HD DVD. The BD was the same price, but I prefer using a standalone over a console (I only own a PS3 for BD).

Well, I thought about the "one of kind" issue, but I'm not a collector in that sense (I collect to watch, not to own something unusual). The same applied to Pan's Labyrinth (only New Line HD DVD).

thought I was done. Just got this amazing deal on an 805 off onkyo for 106.10 shipped.

So now I have an A3, 805 (XA2) and an xbox player for my PC.

I also am still getting them from Bb (I dread the day that I get the notice they are no longer available).

I have enough movie that I own (I think 60?) and rentals left in my Que to last me a good year I think.

So I am slowing dow for now.

I am just trying to snake them off ebay for under $5 at this point. I think they will eventually fall when the BD versions are released on many.

I am purple.... but I am thinking about making it a mission to collect them all..... like Pokemon!!!

Think I might sell my BD player and get an LG PC dual drive when they get close enough as a 4th backup. Great thing about HD DVD is that it is much easier to back up on the PC than BD and Nero plays them fine for me... and is still supported unlike PowerDVD.

I would be the buy who would buy Norbit.... if it was cheap enough. like $2

Plus HD DVD is a great security feature too... who would want to steal them? :D

And I figure that I can always burn the main feature to BD when the media prices drop enough in 3-4 years.

I can't get Nero Showtime to play HD DVDs (or Blu-Rays for that matter) it just crashes. :( Any idea what the problem might be? And talking of the LG HD DVD/Blu-Ray combo drive, I got it brand new from Amazon for £87 (and it includes PowerDVD) so can somebody tell me why not only standalone Blu-Ray players are so expensive (I bought a new custom built quad core PC and even including the £87 for the LG drive it wasn't much more than a PS3 and a lot less than the latest Sony Blu-Ray standalone player (was £699 a month or 2 ago and has now dropped to the still ridiculous price of £509 and even that's it's sale price as it's really £599) that I don't even think is profile 2.0 since it doesn't seem to have an ethernet port and of course neither that or a PS3 is region-free) but that HD DVD/Blu-Ray combo standalone players were dismissed as too complicated and expensive to make???:confused:

Been finding good deals this week the HD DVD list constantly gets updated BD list hasn't moved in weeks. I also got my order in with Tony and spent another 150.00 over there.:o R.I.P. Exploited it's been a fun ride!:(

Ahh... The Boy finally came today!:)

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At 104 titles I should be done.
I SHOULD BE...:)

I still want The Oceans Trilogy but after getting Planet Earth and The Matrix Trilogy for $25 each brand new I cant bring myself to pay more for a boxset.:mad:

At 104 titles I should be done.
I SHOULD BE...:)

I bought a Blu Ray player (that also plays HD DVD) and now I have about the same number of blue and red covered disks. HD DVD had a superb selection. I am amazed at all the foreign titles that people were able to buy! I didn't realize that one could buy a disk anywhere in the world and it would play. I have around 30 movies that I have purchased (all within the last month) :eek:

Im looking for a few titles still.

Stardust
Sky Captain
Lucky #Slevin
Elizabeth GA
The Kingdom
Pitch Black
Forbidden Planet
Star Trek TV series
Battle Star
Heroes

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I just hit 116 today I guess I'll never stop!

Still need some Kubrick films (Eyes, 2001, Clockwork).
Grabbed Planet Earth today for $12.50 (Futureshop blow-out).

Still need some Kubrick films (Eyes, 2001, Clockwork).
Grabbed Planet Earth today for $12.50 (Futureshop blow-out).

$12.50 ???
I paid $25 last week and though it was the cheapest it could ever get!

Im looking for a few titles still.

Stardust
Sky Captain
Lucky #Slevin
Elizabeth GA
The Kingdom
Pitch Black
Forbidden Planet
Star Trek TV series
Battle Star
Heroes

You still can get Battlestar Galactica for $37.95 and Heroes season 1 for $31.95 @ inetvideo.ca, I got it for $29.99 2 weeks ago.

$12.50 ???
I paid $25 last week and though it was the cheapest it could ever get!

Futureshop has 50% off all HD-DVDs, started today. Grabbed Batman Begins, Knocked Up, and Full Metal Jacket (V2) for $9 a pop.

50% off in stores only?
The prices are still ridiculous at futureshop.ca.
Well for $25 I'm still happy! Some folks paid over 100$ earlier!:)

I'm at the point (as far as domestics go) that I'm renting movies that I'm 'iffy' on to see whether I want to buy them or not. Will be picking up 'Balls of Fury' soon. Terrible reviews but it actually entertained me. Several others (Doom, Rundown, August Rush, Disturbia) didn't, for different reasons. Of those Disturbia was the best, but too much 'hip' product placement just made an otherwise interesting movie feel like I was watching a movie for someone only in their teens.

50% off in stores only?
The prices are still ridiculous at futureshop.ca.
Well for $25 I'm still happy! Some folks paid over 100$ earlier!:)

In-store only. Walmart Canada's 2/$10 is a better deal (just started).
Grabbed a lot of titles this morning. Some good deals (Unforgiven for $5 for example).

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Well i don't know how because here in Mississauga only the SD discs are 2 FOR/ 10
DId you got Blue ??..Hd..?? or SD...?

I think now I may finally be able to say I am 100% complete.... :eek:

I'm done for the american titles (129) but I might buy some imports.

At 175 titles I'm done.
I just got Death Proof Steelbook as the final release and my collection will stay at 175, it was an amazing ride and I'm glad I was part of it.

There are still a few more for me to get, but I don't know if I'll ever get that high.

I bought a lot of HD-DVDs for $1.99 and $3.99 from inetvideo so I am standing at 175 mostly because of that, I didn't really want some movies and said, well at $1.99 why not?

I didn't bought Norbit and the Nutty Professor, I wouldn't even if they were free.

If they discount further at frys or something, or the local used place gets some movies in for cheap I'll buy some more. But I think I'm bascially done at this point. The final movie it appears in my HD DVD collection: Beerfest LOL!

At 175 titles I'm done.
I just got Death Proof Steelbook as the final release and my collection will stay at 175, it was an amazing ride and I'm glad I was part of it.

Nah, you're not gonna let me catch you are ya, Tiger! :D

Actually I have 4 on order and that might just finish me off too. At 175, quite a coincidence.

Nah, you're not gonna let me catch you are ya, Tiger! :D

Actually I have 4 on order and that might just finish me off too. At 175, quite a coincidence.

I let you, was it a race?
I can't think of a titles I would like to get on red.
I'm working on Blu-Ray Steelbook now, damn this is expensive!

PS: Let me know if you buy more, I let you catch me but you ain't passing me! :D

No, not a race but interesting we're so close. I got one today in the mail and have three on the way. There are others I'd like but only if the price drops. These last ones were Traffic, Sleepy Hollow, Scent of a Woman and The Hurricane, all very cheap. Pretty hard to turn down a good movie in HD that sells for less than the SD DVD!

You got that right, I ain't buying any SD-DVDs anymore it's red or blue, mostly blue in the last months.

I had HDDVD as soon as it was available. When BD came out, I added that as well. I started going primarily BD because I have D-Box motion seating. D-Box was never able to make their system work reliably with HDDVD but were with BD. Anyway, since the end of the format war, I have actually bought more HDDVD than ever. I have gone crazy on Amazon, then I found out about the Blockbuster deal then I read about some import titles that aren't out on BD or HDDVD domestically. I have on the way The Elephant Man and the 1976 version of King Kong among others. There are going to continue to be good deals IMO so I'll keep checking here on the AVS classifieds and over at Amazon and I'll add what interests me.

Apparently I wasn't done yet. My girlfriend watched pieces of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" broadcast on ABC over the Christmas holiday, then asked if it was available on Hi-Def to watch again without all the family distractions. I picked this up and Tomb Raider through eBay, and also decided to flip for the import of Underworld:Evolution through Xploited. I think I'm done now.

:rolleyes:

Still buying the occasional HD DVD based on sales, such as the Zellers here in Canada. Not actively looking, but not about to pass up a deal. Bought The Scorpion King and Slither for their fun factor. Also buying BD ONLY when priced right. Building up my library for my HTPC and WD player.:):):)

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HD DVD - 83
BD - 4

Hey Quentin2 I thought you were finished at 175, judging by your sig you are still buying. Unless another red steelbook comes out I'm done. (I really doubt it, but I though it was over after strip mind)

I have about 10-20 more I'm going to buy, but depending on any deals I might get more.

Just when I thought I had bought my last disc (Children of Men, $4.87 @ Zellers in Canada), inetvideo.com has another pretty decent sale and I picked up Breakfast Club, American Werewolf and Fast Times at Ridgemont.

I'd like to find Bourne Supremacy (as I have Identity and Ultimatum and refuse to buy the entire trilogy on BD), Zodiac and I Am Legend at discount prices.

Hey Quentin2 I thought you were finished at 175, judging by your sig you are still buying. Unless another red steelbook comes out I'm done. (I really doubt it, but I though it was over after strip mind)

I'm trying to quit, Tiger! But then Amazon sellers had a bunch more for $2.99... This is harder than quitting smoking! :D

I'd like to find Bourne Supremacy (as I have Identity and Ultimatum and refuse to buy the entire trilogy on BD), Zodiac and I Am Legend at discount prices.

Universal and Paramount titles are pretty easy to get, but don't count on getting I Am Legend for $4.99. WB titles are hard to come by.

Just when I thought I had bought my last disc (Children of Men, $4.87 @ Zellers in Canada), inetvideo.com has another pretty decent sale and I picked up Breakfast Club, American Werewolf and Fast Times at Ridgemont.

I'd like to find Bourne Supremacy (as I have Identity and Ultimatum and refuse to buy the entire trilogy on BD), Zodiac and I Am Legend at discount prices.
http://rover.ebay.com/ar/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?mpt=787659204&adtype=1&size=1x1&type=3&campid=5336055023&toolid=10001 Zodiac (Two-Disc Director's Cut) [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZodiac-Two-Disc-Directors-Cut-DVD%2Fdp%2FB000XCZGVI%2Fref%3Dsr_1_148%3Fie%3DUTF8%26m%3DA2Q 7JFWUPSYRTJ%26s%3Dgeneric%26qid%3D1233303395%26sr%3D1-148&tag=5336055023-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325) $39.99 $5.99

i'm still trying to get my hands on the german t2 and deathproof

i cant find them for a reasonable price, the only ones Ive found have super inflated prices

http://rover.ebay.com/ar/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?mpt=787659204&adtype=1&size=1x1&type=3&campid=5336055023&toolid=10001 Zodiac (Two-Disc Director's Cut) [HD DVD] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZodiac-Two-Disc-Directors-Cut-DVD%2Fdp%2FB000XCZGVI%2Fref%3Dsr_1_148%3Fie%3DUTF8%26m%3DA2Q 7JFWUPSYRTJ%26s%3Dgeneric%26qid%3D1233303395%26sr%3D1-148&tag=5336055023-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325) $39.99 $5.99

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, they won't ship to Canada:

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Im at 130+. I need the Jack Ryan Collection and I would feel complete.

I thought I was done, but I found 9 discs in the last iNetVideo sale. I still see three or four more I would get if I got a great price- after that, I cannot see much more.

Sometimes I search over the E* and I swear I have every disc that is there with the exception of some imports that are still too expensive (equal to the BD price here).

I'm trying to quit, Tiger! But then Amazon sellers had a bunch more for $2.99... This is harder than quitting smoking! :D

Really?
I just stop buying HD-DVDs but I still smoke.:(

Well I quit smoking but just can't quit buying HD DVDs! :D

I think I'm done with buying any more HD DVDs. Except P2. And I would love to get atleast one russian HD DVD. There's a guy at HighDefDigest who claims he can get the Anti-Nonsense and Paragraph 78...

I think I'm done with buying any more HD DVDs. Except P2. And I would love to get atleast one russian HD DVD. There's a guy at HighDefDigest who claims he can get the Anti-Nonsense and Paragraph 78...

Yeah but for $90/piece...

I thought I was pretty much done with HD DVD, then I decided to get Equilibrium and Death Proof within the last two weeks. :) I still want Out of Time, but I don't think I'm ever going to find that movie on HD DVD. :( Can't think of anything else I really want on HD DVD.

I might try to get Fast Time at Ridgemont High...
I always say I'm done after Death Proof I thought I was but I might try to pick this one than I'm done.
I have 173 HD-DVDs and 3 HD-Steelbooks for 176 total.

Nearly done now but picked up Reds today for $2.98 plus shipping.

My HD dvd library

batman begins
transformers
heartbreak kid
fast and the furious
terminator 2
terminator 3
departed
hulk
blades of glory
old school
king kong

whats another must have HD dvd that i should add to my library ?

Bourne Trilogy
Blade Runner
Planet Earth
Transformers
Matrix Trilogy
V for Vendetta
Chronicles of Riddick
Harry Potter Boxset
King Kong
Heroes Season 1

I still want to pick up Ray, Syriana, and maybe Sneakers. Oh yeah, and American Gangster.

I still have some wants, but with prices cheaper than renting at Blockbuster I never want to be finished.
Still need Bourne Ultimatum, the first Matrix, Constantine, Zodiac, Batman Begins, I Am Legend, Troy, The Kingdom, V for Vendetta, and a few others.

whats a good adventure movie on HD dvd thats got some really nice landscape scenes. or nature involved like for example king kong or if jurassic park was on HD dvd that would be nice to.

mine are the following:

Dazed and Confused
King Kong
Hitcher
Transformer
Heroes S1
40 years old Virgin
Half Baked
Been John Malkovich
Troy
300
Clerks 2
Land of the Dead
Letter of Iwo Jima
Bourne Identity
Babel


Wanted:
I am legend
Bourne series
Matrix series
the Last samurai

whats a good adventure movie on HD dvd thats got some really nice landscape scenes. or nature involved like for example king kong or if jurassic park was on HD dvd that would be nice to.

The Mummy films are probably something that you might enjoy.

whats a good adventure movie on HD dvd thats got some really nice landscape scenes. or nature involved like for example king kong or if jurassic park was on HD dvd that would be nice to.

"The Rundown" with The Rock and the Amazon jungle is very good. Good plot, action, funny in spots and there is all that jungle.

"The Rundown" with The Rock and the Amazon jungle is very good. Good plot, action, funny in spots and there is all that jungle.
yah that sounds like a good wild life type movie. can you link the amazon jungle one for me. cause it keeps poping up some national geographic video.

Came right up for me

http://www.amazon.com/Rundown-DVD-Jr-Ernie-Reyes/dp/B000FGG602/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234473879&sr=1-4

Came right up for me

http://www.amazon.com/Rundown-DVD-Jr-Ernie-Reyes/dp/B000FGG602/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234473879&sr=1-4
i found it already i just miss understood the amazon jungle part but thanks for the link.

also are their any HD dvd videos where the video size is 1.78 or 1.85 and the blu ray video is at 2.40 or 2.35 ? or you know of any blu rays that they did the opposite ?

I thought I was winding down with about 80 titles, but with the madness going on now, I just splurged on:

American werewolf in London
Flags of Our Fathers
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Kingdom
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
The Italian Job
Aeon Flux
Battlestar Galactica
Casino
Meet the Fockers
Chicago&Earth Wind & Fire
Fast&Furious Tokyo Drift
Patch Adams
Backdraft
Waterworld
Stardust

for under $100.

I need help.

Tomorrow I finally get to go to Frys, so I am hoping that I can add a few dozen more titles to my collection.

whats a good adventure movie on HD dvd thats got some really nice landscape scenes. or nature involved like for example king kong or if jurassic park was on HD dvd that would be nice to.
The Mummy Series looks awesome. I would also consider Waterworld and Stardust they look great.

The Mummy Series looks awesome. I would also consider Waterworld and Stardust they look great. that waterworld movie looks intresting but the dvd is probably better to get than the HD dvd exept for the price:D but the dvd comes with both the theatrical version and the extended version. the HD dvd only has the theatrical version.

i found it already i just miss understood the amazon jungle part but thanks for the link.

also are their any HD dvd videos where the video size is 1.78 or 1.85 and the blu ray video is at 2.40 or 2.35 ? or you know of any blu rays that they did the opposite ?

Yeah, two Amazons there - the jungle itself and then "The Big River" that sells the disc! :D

Normally the HD DVD and BD titles are the same aspect ratio. I can't think of a title that's different but if you look hard enough there tends to be an exception to the rule.