For me, I wanted it to be V for Vendetta, but I was unable to wait. At the time it was released on DVD, there wasn't a confirmed release date for HD-DVD.

Well, now comes MI-3 which was released HD-DVD at the same time as DVD, so this is the first movie for me where the first time I am seeing it (and owning it) is on HD-DVD.

Just wanted to know if others have been able to show better self-control. :D

Chris.

1st HD dvd I bought was Swordfish!

The first movie I got on HD DVD that I never owned on any previous format was The Last Samurai. I imagine this is the same for many of the early adopters. ;)

First one I bought that I didn't have on SD was Serenity. This comes from having bought WAY to many SD discs over teh years.

Serenity on launch day

I bought a few HD-DVD that I haven't owned on SD.
The last samurai, Perfect Strom, Serenity, apollo 13 were all movies I have in HD that I never picked up in SD.
Toyko Drift F&F 3, and MI 3 will be the 1st movies I will be buying for HD-DVD that I haven't seen in the theater or on SD-DVD.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is the only one so far. If freaking BestPrices ever gets around to shipping the pre-ordered box set, my second HD-DVD-only title will be Mission: Impossible III.

Serenity
a week before my HD-XA1 arrived in early May. I already had TLS and POTO on SD DVD. Did also double dip and get a HD DVD POTO though.

Batman Begins.

Missed it in theaters, then saw it on HBO-HD, then bought the HDDVD as my #4.

Serenity, though I bought Riddick first, but I had that on DVD.

Phantom of the Opera and Serenity.

My first which I never owned in SD was Cinderella Man, I purchased it at Best Buy the day it came out.

Word!! Though to be honest I actually purchased BOTH Swordfish and Blazing Saddles as my first 2 HD DVDs. However, most HD DVDs I've been purchasing I don't own on DVD. So far, the only HD DVDs I purchased that I did own on DVD were: Willy Wonka and Sleepy Hollow.

1st HD dvd I bought was Swordfish!

I have the 360 HD DVD player on preorder so i guess my first is King Kong, But so far i have bought Happy Gilmore and plan to buy MI3 and whatever else i find cheap on ebay.

btw is there any places online to buy them cheap? besides ebay.

Evilfud

For me:

Aeon Flux, then Serenity, Space Cowboys, T3, Batman begins.

I stopped buying DVDs over a year ago, so the only movie I own twice is U571.

Adam

Jarhead was the first movie owned ONLY on HD DVD.

I picked it up along with Training when I picked up my Toshiba HD-A1

I bought 10 titles outright but I viewed 16 blocks first!

Serenity
The Thing
Troy

Had seen them all but never had the DVD

ive never owned a dvd but first title ive bought on hd-dvd was atl i can probably renember wich movies i bought and where i bought them and in what order and what i paid for each

The first three HD DVDs I bought are the also first three I don't have on DVD:

Corpse Bride <--- It was very hard to hold off buying the DVD.
Unforgiven
Pitch Black

#4 will be King Kong (with the HD DVD drive), and #5 will be The Thing.

I'm not keen on purchasing most of my DVDs on HD DVD again. OTOH, I wish combo discs were cheaper, because I'd preferentially buy those (if all the usual extras were still there). I like the fact I can rip DVDs to my iPod. So far we can't do this with HD DVD.

All of these I have seen in theaters, but just never picked up the SD DVD's.

Corpse Bride
Mission Impossible III
The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Constantine
Troy
Serenity

When I bought my player I also picked up:

Serenity
Chronicles of Riddick

I previously didn't own either of these. Since than my HD-DVD collection has expanded (not alot, I only have 16 or so movies)and I don't have any movies that I previously owned on DVD.

I believe the first was Van Helsing, followed by The Fast and The Furious, Sahara, The Break-Up and M:I:III.

I bought the first four releases and had never seen any of them:
Serenity
The Last Samurai
Phantom of the Opera
Million Dollar Baby

Actually, at least half of my discs have been "blind buys", and I have had some pleasant surprises.

My first was Unforgiven. The next ones were The Searchers, Corpse Bride, and then Good Night and Good Luck.

Serenity on launch day

Same here.

The Last Samurai

Training Day, it was one of those movies I wanted to get but never occured to me when I was shopping for DVDs. BB, CatCF, DoH, Slither, 12 Monkeys, all the MI's, EtD Sahara, Ray, and a few more hat don't come to mind are all first time buys for me.

Cheap post count. Serenity and The Searchers. Others I have the SD DVD also.

Serenity,Riddick & Swordfish

16 Blocks, MI:3, Grand Prix, Slither, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Searchers are the only HD-DVD's that I own that do not have an SD equivalent.

Serenity.
I held off buying the regular DVD because i knew it was coming on HD DVD.

Space Cowboys and Corpse Bride

Serenity was my first exclusively HD-DVD title as well. All of my others up to that point had been repurchases of SD DVDs already in my collection.

Serenity was my first HD-DVD.

the first three was last samurai,serenity and phantom of the opera.

Serenity

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Batman Begins.

Serenity. I held off buying the DVD because I knew it was coming out on HD DVD.

The Searchers and Serenity. I bought them at the same time. :D

Does Phantom of the Opera count because I only have a copy on DVD? :D :D

Also MI:3.

Plunging in today. I, of course, already own Serenity.

M:i-III

I did not get my A-1 until August, 2006. My first 2 titles that I purchased were:
1.) "KISS KISS, BANG BANG" (Great Movie)

2.) "FOUR BROTHERS" (Something about this movie that I just liked)

Believe it or not . . . I have just celebrated my 60th HD-DVD this week.

Chronicles of Riddick, followed shortly thereafter by Serenity.

I own four movies on HD DVD.

Two of them I own on DVD ("Batman Begins" and "Serenity"). Two of them I own solely on HD DVD Combos ("The Break-Up" and "Slither").

I also have "V For Vendetta" and the Mission Impossible set on pre-order (that should hopefully ship this week). "V For Vendetta" is a title I held off on purchasing due to wanting to wait until I could get it in Hi-Def (at the time, I was expecting Blu-Ray.... my how things change).

I own MI:2 on DVD (saw it in the theater as well), but the first and third movies are new purchases.

Value Electronics is shipping "Sahara" and "Aeon Flux" with my HD-A2, both of which I do not own on DVD.

I also intend to order "Forbidden Planet", "You, Me, And Dupree", "Superman II: The Donner Cut", "Superman Returns", and "Smallville: Season Five" at the end of the month... all of which I do not own on DVD (though I own the theatrical version of Superman II).

"Poseidon" will also be a purchase in December, and "The Pulse" in January. If I can find "Pitch Black" at my local Target, I'll probably pick it up...

~Alan

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Seabiscuit, saw it at the local Cinemark and always had in the back of my mind to pick up the DVD but never got around to it.

One of my first HD-DVDs and one of my favorites

THE LAST SAMURAI and SERENITY.

Serenity.

The Searchers

Serenity - I'd never seen it, knew of it, or watched the tv show. I've now watched it 5 times, bought the tv show, and tivo the HD reruns on UHD.

Apollo 13

Seabiscuit.

58 movies so far, all new. I only had HP, SW, ST, and a few more like Willow and Dark Crystal in my collection before. Now I can't stop! LOL

P.S. Serenity was the first one watched.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

The Chronicles Of Riddick was mine.

Serenity - I'd never seen it, knew of it, or watched the tv show. I've now watched it 5 times, bought the tv show, and tivo the HD reruns on UHD.
This was true for me as well, at least with the DVD version. I've been watching the TV series on UHD for the first time too, man it is one great TV show. It's ashame that it didn't last that long. Did I miss it or, did UHD not air a episode this week?

Apollo 13

how is Apollo 13 on HD DVD??is it worth the $25

Phantom of the Opera and The Last Samurai on the first day of launch when Best Buy opened. :)

The cashiers at Best Buy had no idea what they were.

Serenity and Phantom of the Opera on launch day.

Pitch Black, bought it last Tuesday.

The Last Samurai, Phantom of the Opera and Serenity all very close to Launch. I had my player 4 days prior to Launch but they wouldn't sell me movies at BB.

Phantom of the Opera

Sorry same as Neverman bought all three at launch

First titles I have in HD DVD which I dont have on SD are Doom, Chronicles of Riddick and TRaining Day. Fortunately, of the 19 titles that I own, only 4 of them are also in SD copy...

Serenity :)

It's also my most watched!

My first only on HD was Training Day. The next ones were Kiss Kiss, The Searchers,

Serenity for me too. I had never owned it before, and it also happens to be my first HD DVD purchase period.

I purchased my first four HD-DVDs with Corpse Bride being the only new movie added to my collection. :cool:

For obvious reasons, King Kong. Although I did go out and buy MI3 in HD-DVD soon after which I haven't even watched in any format yet (SD, HD, theater)...just going off my opinions of the first two that I will enjoy #3 just as much.

Serenity......First of many......

First HD-DVD was "Phantom of the Opera" (followed by "Million Dollar Baby")...it really got me into the HD-DVD bandwagon. :)

V For Vendetta, The Thiing 12 Monkeys All Bought At The Same Time

Never owned these on dvd before buying the HD-DVD versions:

V for Vendetta
Cinderella Man
Backdraft
MI-3
12 Monkeys
Sahara
We Were Soldiers

and soon....SUPERMAN RETURNS :)

So far I haven't replaced any SD discs, but I will when the prices are right!

The first movie purchased on HD-DVD that I didn't already own (or saw before either) was Slither. Before buying Slither, I watched KKBB for the first time on HD-DVD via Netflix, but didn't order it.

Since buying Slither, I've added/ordered V4V and MI:3 boxset. I'm looking forward to growing this list (Waterworld, Superman Returns, Superman II, Clerks II, etc.). New titles are where I really want to spend my money. Of course, the Matrix and LOTR sets would be real nice too. ;)

first movie I aquired on HD that I never owned on sd: Million Dollar Baby (it was a freebie with the player)
first movie I purchased that I hadn't owned on sd: Serenity (I consciously avoided picking up the sd to wait for the HD )
first blind buy on HD: Aeon Flux- although I first watched Van Helsing from netflix and bought it immediately afterwards.
first HD DVD I replaced an existing sd version of: Swordfish
First HD DVD I regreted buying: Swordfish

Poto

Serenity. I didn't know anything about the movie, but it was highly recommended here.

The Last Samurai was my first HD only disc. I had never seen it before (a blind buy) but I thought I would like (I didnt!) :o I'm much more careful about what I buy now.

Phantom of the Opera on launch day. The wife said that if I wanted to buy the player I had to buy Phantom. I didn't put up much of a fight considering that there were only 3 titles at launch.

My first HD-DVD only title was Syriana. Not the reference disc of choice, but I really liked the movie and wanted to have it. So why not get it on HD if it's available right? :D

For me it's Goodfellas. I bought it before I even had my HD DVD player.

M:i:iii

For me, the first HD-DVD I bought, that I did not own previously on SD-DVD, was Superman Returns... although you could say I bought the SD-DVD at the same time, since it is a combo disc. Not to mention I bought the Superman Ultimate Collection on SD-DVD that same day, which means I bought Superman Returns three times in a single purchase.... Wow, that kinda sucks now that I think about it.

The runner up is Unforgiven, which had a HUGE discount, since Tower Records was a week from closing for good, and I got the last copy!

King Kong which came with the XBox 360 HD DVD player

King Kong which came with the XBox 360 HD DVD player

Does this count as buying it?

King Kong which came with the XBox 360 HD DVD player

Hmm, not sure if this counts as buying it, but it sure is a great upgrade from the SD-DVD for those who had it already! Too bad it didn't include the extended cut with it though, since that also was released on the same date.

King Kong with 360 add on, Batman Begins is the first one I bought by itself.

Well i bought like 7 movies when i got my player so... I have to say training Day

I actually like that movie Denzel if funny. :D

M y very first HD-DVD i bought to go along with my player was Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang word of mouth made me buy the film. I have sadly only seen it in SD over at a friends house but i liked and can't wait to see it again in HD glory

Thanks to Microsoft tainting me, it was King Kong. First title I bought by choice was Serenity... and a great choice that was (Firefly ftw!!!)

When I bought the 360 add-on I also bought Superman II: Donner Cut and watched that first.

Technically it should be a tie between Superman II Donner Cut and SUperman Returns, but since I had the SD DVD box set and sold it the next week to finance the HD versions, the first true movie I've never owned at all until HD-DVD was Miami Vice. All the others I have except for day and date stuff I've replaced the SD.

First HD-DVD owned by was Training Day. I started buying movies like 4 months defore the 360 Addon came to market. I was planning on buying a standalone player, well I did. I got the RCA @ Walmart on clearance. Sold it, because of the slow startup and bugs with VanHelsing. Glad I did. The 360 is becoming a Entertainment maddog. I haven't played a game in forever. Straight HD-DVD use. I'm sure this will change when HALO 3 is released.

Training Day

The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift

World Trade Center was my first, I picked up Batman Begins 'first' but I already had that on dvd.

The first title I bought on HD DVD also happened to be the first one that I didn't own on DVD.......Goodfellas. I wanted to pick it up on DVD for the longest time, so I'm glad I waited. Out of the 13 titles that I currently own on HD DVD, I already own King Kong, The Hulk, Troy, Batman Begins, and Enter The Dragon on DVD. King Kong I got for free with the 360 add on.

My first HD-DVD was serenity and charlie and the choclate factory.

I watched serinty first and have been hooked ever sence.

I'm watching firefly right now, went to th casino drank 10 botles of coke black I'm a little sleepy and wired at the same time. Figure a movie on the ipod should help me sleap. Although I've got to drive a hour home. Then I shall really sleep yep...

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Serenity, Last Samurai, Swordfish and PotO all on launch dayish. I had to wait for media as I got my player 2 days early.

KK came with my 360 Addon, still haven't watched all of it actually, but my first purchase was Unleashed.

Enter The Dragon , 12 Monkeys and Forbidden Planet in my first order...
Waiting on Lucky number Slevin !!
Own Suprman 2 , Corpse Bride , Serenity , MI3 , Riddick and King Kong ...
Am pleased with every one of them ...
Have rented also and the picture on all are very good , some depend on source material.
But all are much better than SD . Saw Animal House , Aeon Flux , V , ...

Have fun watching !!

Bob

Nacho Libre

The Phantom of The Opera

After 20 titles, it is still HANDS DOWN my favorite title for Film Content (my first priority) and Picture Quality.

My only complaint is about the muted sound track (also present in the SD version, but to a lesser degree).

John

Batman Begins, not counting King Kong that came with the drive.

only movie I've got on HD-DVD that I haven't watched before is batman begins.
and I still haven't watched that HD-DVD yet.
But I've been enjoying the titles I do have so far.

I just got HD-DVD, and sofar I've only bought movies I've seen at the cinema
Serenity
Batman Begins
Aeon Flux
Constantine
Mission Impossible III
V For Vendetta

MI3
Superman Returns
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
King Kong

Day one: Serenity, TLS and POTO. The only double dips have been: Dazed & Confused, Fear & Loathing (both Criterions), Lethal Weapon & Mission Impossible 1 and 2 and Willy Wonka. If I don't watch it on a semi-regular basis, there is no need to buy another copy.

King Kong thanks to MS.

Goodfellas and Unforgiven

First HD-DVD was Training Day and Unforgiven. I now own :p

Serenity
Chronicle of Riddick
Pitch Black
POTO
Batman Begins
Superman Returns
The Corpse Bride
The Hulk
King Kong
American Werewolf in London
Aeon flux
Equilibrium
Harry Potter Goblet of Fire
V for Vendetta
Saharra
MI I,II, & III
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Fast and the Furious
Ray
Van Helsing
Dune is in transit from the Google deal, plan picking up Total Recall soon

Technically it was King Kong since it came with my add on. Superman Returns and V for Vendetta are both films I never purchased on dvd and felt it was time with the HD DVD versions.

Slither, because I wanted to see the movie but didn't want to blow $20 on the regular DVD knowing that my mind was already made to go HD-DVD.

Bought seven more HD-DVD's (Batman Begins, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Lady in the Water, Fearless, Good Night, and Good Luck and Superman Returns) and an HD-DVD add-on for my XBox 360 (w/ King Kong packed-in) but haven't hooked them up because I haven't bought an HDTV yet. Ironically, despite my antipathy toward them because of cost, the HD-DVD combos have allowed me to enjoy my purchases by letting me watch the SD version of these movies while I get closer to pulling the trigger on what will be my first ever HDTV. :D

All of mine have been double dips. My first will probably be The Departed since it is coming out the same time as DVD.

Aside from King Kong (free with the X360 add-on) my first titles were Chronicles of Riddick and Batman Begins. Double dips here as well, already had these two on DVD (over 600).

I picked up Unleashed, Polar Express, and Batman Begins. Those wer my first HD-DVDs. :D

Serenity
Chronicles of Riddick

I previously didn't own either of these and bought them with the player.

I picked up Troy and Riddick a month and a half before I got my HD DVD player.

King Kong... came with my xbox360 hddvd player

last samurai on launch day

1st movies owned were King Kong freebies, two copies with the two 360 Addons (now have three). 1st purchased was Chronicles of Riddick.

EDIT: most every HD DVD I owned I have already own on SD DVD.

The exception is Grand Prix which I only have for HD DVD that I didn't have for DVD. But its not 1st time seen for me since I am old enuf to have seen it at the Theater when it was originally release and have seen it a few time on late TV (real bad pan and scan) thru the years.

I only own 3 HD DVDs. Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift is the only one I have exclusively in HD.

Smallville Season Five. All the movies that I have in HD, I also own in SD. Looking forward to Pulse and Lucky # Slevin, both films I am going to get only in HD.

Serenity on 4/15/06 :) thanks to BB for putting it out early

First Title was Superman Returns.

Ditto on Serenity. It was one of the two titles I chose when I ordered my HD-A2 from VE. The other one was Batman Begins, but I already had it on DVD.

BTW, my first Blu-Ray was Black Hawk Down.

The Adventures of Robin Hood. I love how new movies look on HD, but the classics are great as well! We need more! Captain Blood, anyone?

first time viewing & no SD DVD owned:

Polar Express

My first unique forays were Blazing Saddles and Corpse Bride when I got my 360 add-on. Subsequently added Happy Gilmore, Apollo 13, Lethal Weapon, Superman Returns, and Heavenly Music From Space as my "originals". I'm almost embarrassed to say how many double-dips I've done... but there was no way that I was going to miss Batman Begins or Serenity in HD.

Rundown
Last Samurai

Everything was at least a 'double dip' from launch until a few weeks ago :o, then I "discovered" the '$20 off $50' deal via Google checkout :D. My 'first wave' of only on HD DVD purchases:

-Dirty Dozen
-U571
-Chicago and EWF Live
-Out of Sight
-Fearless
-The Thing
-MI-3
-Pitch Black


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Full Metal Jacket, King Kong, The Last Samurai, and Good Fellas

Batman Begins

Riddick was the 1st HD-DVD I watched, and it still has the most impressive picture I have seen on HD-DVD.

King Kong - as it came with the add-on.

But I bought Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, Sahara, Apollo 13 and U571 at the same time as well.

Cheers!

King Kong (add-on), then Fearless.

KK is still my show-off disc, although I'd rather pop in Goodfellas, Casino, or Casablanca when I'm not trying to enlighten J6P.

King Kong due to the Add-on but first actual purchase was
Batman Begins
then Serenity and Dune. I just bought an additional 5 this weekend. Oh No! I'm on another DVD buying binge! D@mn it!

Serenity was my first purchase. 1st HD-DVD only movie was MI:3.

Serenity was my first HD DVD only purchase (Apollo 13 the first).

Most of my purchases I already have on DVD. It's hard for this not to be the case since I own about 1,000 of them.

In fact 85% of my HD DVDs purchases were already owned on DVD.