Posting here, because there is no joint hardware forum...

How much did you spend total going purple? I spent $500 on my HDA1, and $250 on my Samsung BDP1400, for a total of $750.

I'm curious to see if anyone did better than that going red-purple, and how well people did who went blu-purple.

Edit for clarity: mostly, I'm interested in how much you spent on hardware (both hd-dvd and blu-ray).

$200 on the 360 add-on, and 3 movies after..

So $260 down the drain.

$500 on the 60gig PS3.

I've been purple from almost day one on both sides though I've preferred Blu.

130 HD-DVD movies....approximately $2750.00
5 HD-DVD players.....approximately $1750.00

Enjoying (mostly--except for the stability issues I had) HD-DVD while it lasted...priceless! :D

I've spent much more on BD...250+ movies and 3 BD players. I was hedging my bets...

$250 on my HD-A2 player with 5 free movies
$350 on my 60GB PS3 with 5 free movies
Total investment: $600 for players

A boat load on movies. I own 34 HD DVD's and almost 90 BD movies.
Total investment: approx $2500-2800 on movies

I would say I have about $4000 + invested in HDM at this point. I also upgraded to an HDMI receiver for lossless audio ($400+) a new subwoofer (+350) and a Bluetooth remote (+23)

December 2006 - $500 for PS3 60GB

November 2007 - $95 for A2

$300.00 for RCA and own 46 HD DVD's (will not buy anymore Beta's, I mean HD DVD's)

PS3 and have 65 BD's with 9 on order (WB's 5 HP's to help support the change)

PS3 60 GB --> $649 CAD
HD-D3 --> $99 CAD

Blu Rays --> ~60 discs
HD DVDs --> 10 discs

PS3 = $300
HD-D2 = $250
Total = $550

First DVD Player = $525 (circa 1998)

So, I spent less (in real dollars) going format neutral than I did on my first DVD player in 1998 and I have both formats. Sure I spent money on movies, but last I checked they still play in my player :) Plus I can watch the Bourne series anytime I want in HD 1080p :p

Blu-Ray player $430
HD-DVD player $330
movies: $5,983.16 (yes I keep track)
average per movie $18.99 (315 total)

enjoying all HDM has to offer: priceless!!!

HD-D2 =$249
Phillips BDP-9000 = $225 (bought used off of the forum.)

My signature pretty much says it all.

HD-A1 (refurb) for $147 shipped
PS3 40GB - $299 after $100 Sony Style card credit.

Total $447! Not too shabby. So even if HD-DVD goes buh-bye I'm only out the $147 and I still have 12-15 HD-DVD's I can watch on it including Transformers which alone pretty much makes it worth while.

In total apprx £5000 (uk), Started with Toshiba XA1, then Sony Vaio AR21s notebook, Panasonic DMP-BD10, Playstation 3 (60GB US), Xbox HD DVD drive, and around 70 discs (apprx 50/50 split between HD DVD & BD) :D

PS3, 60GB- $499 (Aug. '07)
Tosh. A2- $160 (Oct. '07)

Total invested on hardware= $659

Originally three 360ao's
now only two so $400
LG Combo drive $300
Venturer HD DVD player $200

~100+ HD DVD @ ~$30 so $3000
~15 BD @ ~$30 so $450

Plus PDVD $120
Plus AnyDVD HD $80

A lot of HDD's and server cost and five HTPC's upgrades ??????

$499 for the 60Gb PS3 and a bunch of titles (5 free, many on BOGO, others just purchased). This was always going to be my primary (possibly only) HD player platform so I don't consider this an investment per se.

But then $178 for the A3. $80 for 5 additional titles (Amazon BOGO). Since the A3 can play DVD's and upscale them pretty well I don't feel put out. I have the PS3 which can also upscale but it can't play PAL DVD whereas I think the A3 can (so long as they are region free).

360 Add-ON= 200$
174 HD-DVD's X 20$ average= $3480

$3680

Panasonic BD10 = $800
136 BLU-RAY X 20$ Average = $2720

$3520


Total= 7200$

This is since November of 2006 which is when I got my 360 Add-on. I got my BLU-RAy player in FEB of 07.

$500 for a slow and glitchy HD-A1.
$599 for a 60gb PS3.

I was red, then purple, then red, and I'll have to go purple again. :rolleyes:

HD-A1
$500

HD-A2
$100

About 50 HD DVDs, mostly BOGOs (sold 10 in '07)
$600

PS3
$600 (sold it in '07 for $400)

About 6 BDs (sold 3 in '07)
$80

360 Add-on
$150 (sold it for $70 before the Warner bombshell)

Total: $1500

I was already planning to trade a few old games/movies in at Gamestop before all this. I did and I got $200 in credit. That'll take the edge off a new PS3.

I've been purple from almost day one on both sides though I've preferred Blu.

130 HD-DVD movies....approximately $2750.00
5 HD-DVD players.....approximately $1750.00

Enjoying (mostly--except for the stability issues I had) HD-DVD while it lasted...priceless! :D

I've spent much more on BD...250+ movies and 3 BD players. I was hedging my bets...

Wow - a man who is truly purple!!!

$99 for A2 and 5 free movies + about 10 movies I got screamin' deals on (worked out to about $15 per movie) = total of $250. Also have Italian Job and 12 Monkeys HD-DVDs unopened I'm gonna return.. got them for $14 a piece at Walmart on Pre-black Friday. I rented before opening, and the transfers aren't so great so they're going back most likely. Also got T2 (import) and Lethal Weapon from family members for X-mas. :)

So didn't spend much.. Definitely keeping all my stuff because it would cost way more to rebuy in Boo-Ray.

EDIT: Oops.. I read the title wrong. :P I'm not purple yet!

$256 with expedited shipping! I bought the GGC-H20LI HD-DVD/Blu-ray drive from Best Buy online during their $225 sale after Christmas. It comes with PowerDVD and I already had the anyDVDHD so I didn’t have to buy that.

Oh yea there is always the cost of the computer. However, that was given to me as a present. My total cost to go from Red to Purple was $256. My total cost for going to red initially was only $106 since I got the Toshiba A3 from Best Buy for Business during their 5 minute $89 sale. $362 for 2 HD-DVD players and a Blu-Ray player is not a bad deal. There is also the fact that the PC drive can back-up HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs.

60 GB PS3 for $650 when they were new.

I almost pulled the trigger on an HD-DVD add-on for my PS3 or a Toshiba player about a month ago. Glad I decided to hold off.

I was Blu with a $499 PS3 until I went purple with a $99 A2 player. In addition to the 5 free HD-DVD's (which I have yet to receive, and I wonder now whether they will ever see the light of day), I bought two HD-DVD's on the Amazon BOGO sale. I'll keep what I have, but those will be the last HD DVD's I ever buy.

A1 $499
A2 $99
A35 $400
PS3 20GB $499
PS3 40GB $399
Panny BD30 $440

~70 HD $1750
~50 BD $1250

So about $5336 total, and that doesn't count the Onkyo 885 nor the Denon 3808 I needed to decode the lossless audio and give me HDMI switching in my 2 systems. 2007 was an expensive year to be sure!

I think I have determined a pretty accurate assessment of what I've anted up at this point...

HD-DVD investments:
Xbox 360 -- $400
Xbox 360 HD-DVD Add-on drive -- $200
25 HD-DVD discs -- approx. $500

Total 'Red' investment (less multi-purpose console hardware) -- $700

Blu-ray investments:
Playstation 3 -- $500
40 Blu-ray discs (note: 1/2 BOGO and 'free' offers) -- approx. $425

Total 'Blue' investment (less 1/2 multi-purpose console cost): $675

So, I'd say I hedged my bets pretty evenly up to this point--and my major hardware purchases all have other uses "no matter what". What color was my parachute? Purple...w/ media center and game controller logo appliques.

$499 60GB PS3
$0 360 Add-on (on loan)

Abou 20 BD movies and 1 HD-DVD

Canadian funds:

XA2- $999;A1-$492;Xbox 360 $179;Venturer $199; PS3 (Jan. 07 - $599 (60 gb)

HD DVDs approx. 80
Blu Rays approx 60

Won't bother to add up the cost of the latter.

All brought great enjoyment. But it's time to have 1 format and and I'm quite happy Blu Ray is that format.

HD-DVD specific:
$180 for the XBox drive in December 2006

Blu-ray specific:
$300 for the LG dual-format drive in November 2007 (comes with OEM version of PowerDVD)

Common:
$100 for PowerDVD
beyond reckoning for various upgrades, but that comes from the computer budget

If I were to do it again today, the LG drive could take care of all.

360 AO $160
A35 $330
Philips BR $180

75 HD $900
22 BD $250

I don't feel too bad since during the same time I spent over $1800 on my wifes Cricut die-cut machines and cartridges. We just seem to like toys.

360 AO - 188 after tax
5 free movies
Heroes season 1, Ultimate Matrix, Serenity, Batman Begins free with player
Blood Diamond, FMJ Black Box-30 total walmart sale

A3-199+tax present for Dad
Enter the dragon (given as gift), Transformers, V for Vendetta Free with player
Planet Earth (gift)~60
Christmas Vacation (gift) ~20
Eagles concert (gift) ~15

Total on HD-DVD ~513 for both me and my parents

BD:
PS3 60GB+1 game - 370 used
Blade Runner - 35
Kung Fu Hustle, Bridge to Terabithia, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, Closer, Apocalypto, The 5th Element (Remastered) - 63.85 through Amazon BOGO
BD Total: 468.85

Total Spent: 981.85
Total Spent on my setup: 686.85
Spent on Hardware for Me: 558

I'm bummed that HD took such a big hit this week. Mostly because I just bought my dad an A3. I was hoping he'd get a few good years of Netflix rentals (he hardly buys). Hopefully he still will.

Personally.

$699 + $499 on two HD-A1s (in canada and US) for home use.
50 HD DVDs (gave away some to my lab) @30 average (including taxes [local] and shipping[amazon]) = 1500. (After June, I bought very few red movies, only matrix + exclusive blockbusters all on release day, and none on Bogo)

So, the damage for me : 2700.

The players still work.

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If it had gone the other way, my BD damage would be more substantial. But more than half of the BD movies are bought in Bogos, which lessens the cost.

2xPS3 + BDP1000 + 340+ BD movies. = (not a small number)

1000 Toshiba XA1 Japan
0800 Toshiba XA1 US
0500 Toshiba A1
0800 Samsung BDP1000
0300 Samsung BDP1000
0900 Sony BDP-S1

4,300

too scared to add up the movies!:D

Xbox 360 Hd addon 159.99
Ps3 60gig 599
Panasonic DMP-BD30k 424.99
Total 1184.97

Hd DVD's 25 x 19.26 average cost=500.81
Blu ray's 147 x 17.88 average cost=2628.36
Total 3129.17
Grand total $4314.14

$199 for the xbox 360 add-on and about 75 movies. All warner movies were HD. I knew the risks but was in denial. It's all ok though. It all still works.

$500 for HD-A1 summer 2006
$500 for 60 GB PS3 spring 2007

1st A2 @ CDN$ 450
2nd A2 @ CDN$ 300
Total Hardware CDN$ 750

53 movies at $30 average = CDN$ 1590
Plannet Earth = CDN$ 90
BSG-1 = CDN$ 90
Harry Potter CDN$ 90
Total Software CDN$ 1860

HD DVD format total CDN$ 2610

PS3 CDN$ 500
8 disc X $30 = CDN$ 240

Blu-ray format total CDN$ 740

GRAND TOTAL CDN$ 3350

Well here is mine with a twist to it..I have technically been purple but currently only red...
I bought a 60gb ps3 at launch for $640 after tax. sold the same evening on ebay $1300. +660.00 Didnt get into HDM until the $99 sale...
A2 $101.98 shipped during sale-sold 2 weeks ago on ebay $97 after fees and shipping(kept the 5 free mail in movies-havent arrived yet)
A3 $168 shipped amazon-sold locally last week $150(kept 5 free movies from amazon, 2 that were in box, 5 mail in-havent arrived yet)
A35 $249 shipped-purchased two weeks ago but returned it after warner news!
XA1 $75 shipped off ebay this week
purchased 13 hd dvds-10 BOGO,3 regular price. $190
so my total is:
I got paid $378 for an XA1 and 30 HD DVDS! Not bad...LOL

I will keep adding to my hd dvd collection but I will be buying blu at some point and time.....

$750 Toshiba HD-XA1
$180 XBox 360 Add-on Drive (I don't even have a XBox 360)
$600 Sony PS3 60GB

~280 HD DVD titles = ~$5,000
~190 Blu-ray titles = ~$3,500

So altogether, little over $10,000 in 18 months.

Sony BDP-S301 8-2007 $450
Price drop refund $170
Subtotal $280


Toshiba HD A3 last week $200
Gift Certificate $100
Subtotal $100


Total on hardware: $380

12 Blu ray movies, not counting the 5 free ones ~$250
2 HD DVD movies (the free ones in the box.)

I hope my 5 free HD DVD coupon is honored.

Toshiba XA1 $700
Panasonic BDP10A $600

Also have a Toshiba laptop computer with HD DVD drive, but not quite sure that counts since most of its value is for the computing feature.

$180 for that Amazon Toshiba HD-A3/10 Free HD DVD offer
$400 for the 40GB PS3, $20 for the Blu-ray remote FOR the PS3.
Between those it was about $600.

$375 HD-A2
$599 PS3
$180 360 HD DVD add on (sold)
$274 LG combo drive for PC

About 12 HD DVD titles and 4 Blu-ray ones

$82 HD-A2
$90 X360 HD-DVD Drive
$350 PS3

HD DVD : 22 movies - $500, Sold 8 movies for $14 each post WB shameful announcement - $378, Player - $300 , TOTAL : $688

Blu-ray : 48 movies - $1000, Player - $550, TOTAL : $1550

Components
$800 - Toshiba HD-XA2
$560 - PS3 60 + remotes and cable
$400 - Onkyo 674 AVR (for HDMI audio)

Media
$250 - HD DV discs
$1200 - Blu-ray moveies

Posting here, because there is no joint hardware forum...

How much did you spend total going purple? I spent $500 on my HDA1, and $250 on my Samsung BDP1400, for a total of $750.

I'm curious to see if anyone did better than that going red-purple, and how well people did who went blu-purple.

Edit for clarity: mostly, I'm interested in how much you spent on hardware (both hd-dvd and blu-ray).


$219 for the LG combo drive........BLISSSSSSSSSS........

Sammy 1400 $269
a 2 $169
media $125
free media *-120

Total $ 443

$20 less than I spent on my first dvd player in the 90s

HD-A1-500
HD-A2-299
HD-A35-360
PS3-599

120-HD-DVD'S
69-BR
I don't quite know how much that is but it is a boatload of cash.

First off, the money I spent on HD-DVD was not wasted, not by my count anyway (and since it's my money, my opinion is the only one that counts.)

I spent 200 bucks on the XBOX360 HD-DVD add-on. Maybe 100 bucks on movies.

Ouch why did you make me add it up...


2x A35 $850
2x BD1200 $1000
1x PS3 $500
1x 95F $800
= $3150


Plus 150 BDs and 45 HD DVDs. I must be crazy?

$420 for the Panny BD-30
$199 for the Toshiba A3

179.99 hd-dvd addon for the 360 ( this was during an amazon deal where it came with three free movies in addition to King Kong and the mail in offer for five free movies)

Free Playstation 3 80 GB unit ( I had over $500 in store credit at FYE through trading in various video games and dvd boxsets and such. And of course that had the five free blu-ray mail in offer)

Haven't got the mail in movies from either side yet but the hd ones were supposed to ship on the 20th of this month.

I wouldn't know what I spent on the movies. Most were bought in sales or bought used. There were very few that I paid full price for.

$350 - HD-A1
$700 - PS3 (Bought it in a bundle on release week :o )

Roughly 100 or so discs - guesstimate average maybe $15-$16 a disc. About 65% HD DVD, 35% BD. I'll really miss HD DVD if they fade away completely - those early BD releases were sooo crappy. :(

Hardware
Toshiba A3 = $99
PS3 (60 gig) = $599

Software
13 HD-DVD = $16.95
100 BD = ~$1600



I'm into HD-DVD for under $117... total.
Including what I paid for the A3, that's less than $9 per title. I got the A3 for $99 with 11 free movies and I've bought two used movies off ebay for another $16.95 including shipping. So no, I don't regret my late entry into HD-DVD a couple months ago. I'll pick up some other cheap HD-DVD movies off ebay in the future as they become worthless.

Overall I'm glad I bought into HD-DVD and when I did. Although, I wouldn't have done it at a higher price point as I've always felt it the format was going to go belly up. Getting the player and all those movies for $99 gave me access to a few HD-DVD titles I wanted and also let me stick it to Toshiba at the same time... I consider that a win/win situation! :D

Europe here, so prices are given in Euro:

HD DVD SAL Toshiba HD-E1 for 350 Euros, bought June 2007

Blu-ray BD-ROM drive for existing htpc, complete with PowerDVD licence 140 Euros + ~ 40 Euros for special "helper software" = 180 Euros for the htpc upgrade

A2 for $99 from CC
Sony 301 $194 open Box from Sam's, but everything was sealed inside box :D

Bought everything in a 2 week period around Thanksgiving.

HD-A2 $99
PS3 40G $399

Around 500 for my hardware investment.

Panny BD-10 $1200
XA2 $579

$450 for A2 back in Dec. of 2006. (5 free movies by mail-in).
$360 for Sharp BD-HP20 in Dec. of 2007. (5 free in-store movies, 5 free movies by mail-in).

PS3 $599
360 $399 + add-on $150 (thank you CC coupon)
61 Blu-ray, 12 HDDVD discs

Had more Blu-ray than I thought I did (stopped counting when the sigs were finished here and hadn't been keeping exact track.

Light damage for me.
$99(HD-A3 with Bourne Identity and 300) + transformers, hot fuzz, king kong(BB deal)
-Bourne Supremacy($20)
-Bourne Ultimatum($25)
-Pride and Prejudice($20)
-Matrix trilogy($70 but it was a gift)

so a total really of only $165 + taxes.
Not too bad :)

As for bluray i don't even want to know
PS3($500 w/taladega nights)
-40+ blu-ray probably in the neighbourhood of $600.( I always get 2 for 1 deals)

HD-A1 at launch $500
HD-A2 at launch $449
PS-3 shortly after launch $600
75 HD DVD's
47 Blu-ray

About $4500 total. No regrets.

Panasonic BD30+10 free movies with it - $379.99

Toshiba A3+7 free movies with it. $99

Currently own 25 HD DVD's and 13 Blu.

Total invested in both formats right now about $600 give or take.

Bought both basically the same time.

Blu-ray
----------------------------------
PS3 (40GB) $400
20 discs (6 freebies/4 gifts) ~= $120
Total ~= $520

HD DVD
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HD-A3 $200
10 discs (all freebies) = $0.
Total = $200

$499 A1
Sold on Ebay for $400
$299 for A2
$99 A2
$500 PS3

HD-DVD=$0 - Returned all of my players after they proved defective.

BluRay=$280 - BDP-S300 still up and running.

One XA1, Three XA2s, One Panny BD10, One A2 for a gift, 126 HD DVD movies, 59 Blu Ray movies

$3300

Pales in comparison to my other HD source three Tivo Series 3 with eSata addons and lifetime service

$4150

XA2: $499
bd30: $499

$400 PS3 20gb in Jan 07
$125 360 addon in Oct 07
$200 A30 in Dec 07

$200 HP HD DVD drive
$500 Samsung BD-1200
$500 XA2
$35 DVE (HD DVD)
Total: More than my wife would like :)

In Cdn $:

HDA2 - 450

BD30 - 540

Very heartbroken over HDDVD since it was first HiDef disc format on the market...and you know what they say about your 'first love'...

Used (mint) HD-XA1 purchased in early 2007 for ~$300.

Used (mint) BDP-S1 purchased in mid 2007 for ~$650.

32 HD movies (19 red, 12 blu) purchased for ~$550.

$1500 total - not too bad, all things considered.

I've spent $1000 on players and about another $1000 on software between the two formats, but I won't admit it in mixed company.

HD XA2- $1000 (One of the best things I've ever purchased)
HD A2- $500
HD A1- $500

$2000 spent on Hardware before tax

250+ HD DVD's (to lazy to count them all) and I lost count on how much I've spend on them lol.

BD-P1000- $1000
BD-P1200- $500
DMP-BD10a- $500
BDP-95FD- $1000 (One of the best things I've ever purchased)

$3000 spent on Hardware before tax

About 200 Blu-Ray movies but lost count on money spent on those too.

I technically didn't spend a dime.

My fiancee spent $400 for my HD-A2 (February of 2007), and $600 for my 60 GB PS3 (May of 2007).

It was worth it to her, especially since now she has been able to watch all three PotC movies in HD.

Don't get me wrong. She's watched a number of HD-DVD titles as well with me, and enjoyed them as well.

Mr Zoid

Pioneer Elite - $1250, Dec 06
XA2 - $575, Mar 07
BD30 - $440 Nov 07

~150 BDs
~50 HD-DVDs

How about a vote for keeping the BD/HD-DVD comments constructive. I am just amazed at how someone can accumulate hundreds of basically useless and illogical posts in less than a month on this forum. Of course that isn't the sole providence of our newer members!

A2 - $98
Panasonic BD10A - $179
4 HDDVD's
1 BD

$450 for a 1st gen HD-A1

$1350 for the Pioneer Elite

Total = $1800.00

Such is life as an early adopter.

about $100 on an a3 about 10 days ago

- $32 - 2 movies at best buy
- $26 - Bladerunner set on Amazon

Total around $160

Hmm I might get that 40GB PS3 version for minor gaming and Blu-Ray support.

$319 Toshiba A35 Amazon in November and $499 (plus 5 free in store discs) for Panny DB30 end of December.

$95 HD-DVD A2 Walmart NOV07
$343 40GB PS3 Best Buy JAN08

$438 Total

$299 - HD-A2 - May 2007

$279 - BD-P1400 - October 2007

150 or so HD DVD & Blu-rays

+ A1 & PS3 players

= around $1500..... The story on how is far too long but Yes, I'm very good with my spendings... no five fingers either :)

Purchased into the Blu camp first with a PS3, followed it up by going purple with an A2.

Panasonic BD10-$599 +10 Free movies
Acer 7720 Laptop with Blu Ray-$999 +3 Free movies
Toshiba XA2-$499 +7 Free movies
Toshiba A2-$98 +5 Free movies
Toshiba A35-$265 +9 Free movies
50 Blu Ray movies Average total $650
51 HD DVD movies Average total $650

Then add the 2 50in Plasmas in the last year
Panasonic TH50PX600U $2100 Bedroom
Panasonic TH50PX75U $1299 Living-room
Total $6160
Good thing the wife doesn't see this total even tho she thought I was crazy for putting the 50 in the bedroom she loves it now.

Next is the new receiver probably the Onkyo 705.

400 for my HD-A1 - Sold it for 275
600 on my XA2 - + 8 free movies

750 for my Sammy DB-P1000 - Sold for 400
800 for my Pio Elite 94HD (worth it for me because it can also play AVC HD DVDs made from my Sony SR7 HD camcorder and it can stream those home movies over the network). + 6 free movies

Total out of pocket after sales - 1875

Total for movies - too much to list :)

XA2 - $608
PS3 60GB - $420 (used on eBay)

HD-A2: $220 (July 07)
PS3 60GB: $350 via Sony card $150 off deal (September 07)

I really prefer to watch movies on my A2.

A2- $238 May 2007 (Amazon)
40GB PS3 - $299 October 2007 (Sony Style)
36 HD DVDs, 24 Blu-Ray most of these discs were either free, BOGOs, on sale, or bought with store credit from DVD Planet trade-ins. I can count the number of discs I paid full price out-of-pocket cash for on one hand.

Wouldn't change anything. I get to enjoy all available content and don't bother with winner/loser debates.

$99 for my HD A3 which included 10 freebies.
$499 for my PS3 with one blu-ray.

I've only purchased a few HD DVD's and a large amount of blu-rays due to blu-rays being more affordable on average plust better quality overall as well. I will only buy must have Universal and Paramount titles on HD DVD until they go blu.

$98 A3 + 9 HD-DVDs
$299 40GB PS3 + 6 BRs

Toshiba A30 - $220 + 10 Free HD-DVD
LG Combo PC Drive - $250
Harry Potter BOGO Blu-Ray $40 for HP1-4
Planet Earch HD-DVD - $60
Matrix Trilogy HD-DVD - $60

got the panasonic bd10ak from CC with 10 free for 49.99
got the toshiba hda2 from CC for 88.00 (price match 110% from walmart) with 5 free movies

total of 54 HD-DVD's and Blue ray averaging 28 a peice. Some $1500 or so.

$380 - XA2 - open box
$420 - BD30

Love 'em both

David

Xbox 360 Add-on $199
HD-A1 $70
40gb PS3 $399

360 AO - $179 w/ King Kong + 5 Free Movies
HD-A3 - $199 w/ 10 Free Movies
Sharp BD-HP20U - $324 w/ 5 Free Movies

A1 - $400
Addon - $199 with King Kong
I just bought a A30 for $199 with 7 free movies


100+ HD DVD - say $2000



PS3 (Motorstorm 80Gig bundle) - Free with Aeroplan Miles
5 free blu-rays

$350 on my Toshiba HD-A2
$179.99 on my XBox 360 Add-On
$399 on my 40GB PlayStation 3

got the panasonic bd10ak from CC with 10 free for 49.99
How'd you get a blu-ray player and 10 disks for $49.99 ?

HD-A3 = $150 plus 12 free movies (awesome amazon deal could not resist!)
PS3 80GB = $260 out of pocket cost for me (I had a $200 gift card from BB and I got the $100 sony style credit)

HD-A1 (since sold) - $383 from Amazon, plus 3 free HD DVDs from first promotion
HD-A2 #1 - $305 from CC, plus 5 free HD DVDs from second promotion
HD-A2 #2 - $106 from Wal-Mart, plus 5 free HD DVDs from current promotion
60GB PS3 (since sold) - $500 from eBay
DMP-BD10A - $428 from CC, plus 5 included BDs and 5 free BDs from current promotion

Total gross hardware cost - $1,724

I got $575 from the sale of the PS3 and HD-A1, so my net hardware outlay is $1,149.

Movies - 59 Blu-rays, 42 HD DVDs

Don't know the total I've spent for all of them, but I just went back and added up all of the movies I've bought from Amazon (47 total), they come to $668. 23 movies were free with players; that leaves 31 unaccounted for. I'd guess another $600 - $650 for those, since I bought them in local stores. Should make my software total about $1,268 - $1,318 for all 101 movies. Plus, two of those are actually 3-disc sets (Spider-man trilogy on BD, Mission Impossible Trilogy on HD DVD).

Toshiba HD-A3 for $150 back in November (for HD-DVD) +10 free movies.
Sharp 46d64u for $1199 just before Christmas (for HDTV).
Sharp bd-hp20u for $0 in January per Sharp promotion (for blu-ray) +5 free movies.
About 15 additional HD-DVD movies, averaging about $10 each.

We'll slowly be replacing our favorite VHS tapes with hd/blu-ray discs, as available and price willing - otherwise continue with sd dvds if the price delta is large - really can't argue with the upconversion quality. Then eliminate the VHS player once and for all.

I kind of made it on a shoe string into the realm of HD...

In 2006:

+200 € sold old Panasonic S97 DVD player
-275 € bought an xbox 360 premium
+/-0 € received an HD DVD addon for the xbox as a christmas present

In 2007:

+400 € sold the xbox with addon
-300 € bought a Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD player
-350 € bought a 60 GB PS3 blu-ray player
-20 € bought the remote for the PS3
+500 € sold the PS3
-380 € bought a 40 GB PS3 blu-ray player

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-225 € Total

So I have spend 225 Euro to become format neutral.

In this time I watched about 40 HD DVDs and 40 blu-rays. However I kept less than 10 blu-rays, while I kept more than 20 HD DVDs. The rest I sold. Looking at the current release plans I will probably sell my PS3 again and wait another year for a real 2.0 standalone blu-ray player - or even better a nice dual format player from Marantz.

RCA HDV5000 $499
Toshiba HD-A2 $99
XBox HD-DVD add-on (for HTPC) $179
PS3 80GB w/Motorstorm $499

$1276 for 3 HD-DVD players and 1 Blu-Ray player.

Players alone cost me $1350. Discs to date cost about the same $1350 with 50 HD DVD's and 5 Blu-ray (having only been purple 20 hours now). Total $2700 since May 2006 and 3 players (2 still in service).

HD-A2 = $350 w/5 free
40gb PS3 = $300 w/5 free

39 HD DVD's = ~$650
127 Blu-ray discs = ~$1300

Thanks to the BOGO's and Amazons very generous price guarantee my Blu-ray software was considerably cheaper than my HD software thus making me lean Blu.

A1 on launch day $540
20g PS3 shortly after launch $540
A3 $215 with 10 free movie deal
A2 $87 but later returned
Approx. $400 on movies (some have been sold)

So roughly $1800 total

$500 for A1
$350 for PS3

Bought 5 movies total. HD-DVD. $150.

edit: forgot $30/month for Netflix

If they were available on Bluray, I would have bought them instead, assuming PQ/AQ were equal.

I will buy more when the uncertainty of the format war is over.

Total = $300

$100 HD-A2
$200 BDP1000

$300 for the Lite-on SATA Drive
$100 for a ATI HD2600XT
$40(?) for AnyDVD HD

$30/mo rental fee for Blockbuster and Netflix combined.

HD A2 $350 w/ 5 free

PS3 80gig $499 w/ 15 free

Edit for clarity: mostly, I'm interested in how much you spent on hardware (both hd-dvd and blu-ray).

Have ya got a cow, cow, cow, calculator I could borrow. I have a flock, err herd of each....thousands. I'm stille very curious purple.

HD DVD: Toshiba HDA1: $499 (approx. August 2006)
Blu-Ray: Panasonic BD30: $499 (January 2008)

Recently I have spent enough to get beaten by my better half. Damn those deals and damn America.

I bought an A2 for $150 and a used PS3 for $250. That's less than most stripped down blu-ray players. I may buy a 2nd 20GB PS3 when I find another one for under $250, and I plan on scooping up every HD DVD I can that is priced under $12.

I did also buy a XA2, but sold it just before the new year...which I regretted for about 10 days and then Warner made a certain announcement.

Tosh A35 - $250 - Amazon
PS3 40Gb - $400 - Amazon
PS3 remote - $23 - Amazon
Oppo 3-1 HDMI - $ 100 - Amazon
Various leads - $103 - Amazon

Next -> Onkyo SR805 - $700 - Amazon

Seggers

Hardware:

Feb. 2007 - Toshiba HD-E1 eq. to $530 USD
Dec. 2007 Toshiba HD-EP30 eq. to $430 USD
Jan. 2008 - Sony PS3 60GB bough unopened "used" from a friend for eq. to $540 USD (these retail for around $1.100 USD around here!)

Only ONE reason i waited so long before going neutral...region coding is the devils work for us here in europe! :mad:

Xbox 360 add on: $199 Game Stop
Toshiba HD A2: $99 Walmart
Sony PS3: $399 Walmart
Toshiba HD A3: $100 Circuit City
Toshiba HD A30: $140 Wal-mart

I have sold my add on and my HD A2 was returned for $198.00 refund. I own 50 Hd dvds and 11 Blu rays. So $640 total for the players and guesstimating here on the movies some were BOGO and gifts so I would say $400-$600. So around $1200. Damn I need to be shot lol.

Cheers

launch day 60 GB PS3 - $599
xbox add-on - $179 (with 9 movies)
Toshiba A2 - $99 (w/ 5 free movies) - Walmart
40 GB PS3 - $399 (w/ 10 movies and remote) Fry's Black Friday sale
Toshiba A3 - $65 (w/ 7 free movies) - open box at Best Buy.

about about 80 BD movies and 35 (5 more coming via mail in rebate) HD DVD movies.

forgot that I just ordered a Pioneer BD drive for my PC for $150...should be here THU.

I paid $363 for my A1, $499 for my PS3...

The MSRP of my HD DVD collection is $1531.24...

The MSRP of my Blu-Ray collection is $1378.12...

No Idea of what I actually paid because a lot of that is used/BOGO/Free/huge sale almost everything purchased from Amazon, So I'd guess about half that...

Toshiba HD-A2: $129
Sony S300: Used an old Target gift certificate that I got from a car dealer a couple years ago and wasn't using, plus $32.

I own two HD/DVD combos.

So the investment has been small.

XBox 360 HD DVD drive: $168
HD-A1: $210
HD-A20: $320
HD-D2: $267 (Costco/gift for family member)
XBox 360 HD DVD drive #2: $171
HD-A3: $217
HD-A2: $105 (Walmart/gift for family member)
BDP-1400: $277
HD-A35: $299

HW total: $2034

HD DVDs: 60 + 3 box sets (including about 25 free discs) (+10 more free on the way) ~ $850
BDs: 20 (including about 10 free discs) (+5 more free on the way) ~ $230

S/W Total: $1080

+ Onkyo TX-SR604 = $305
+ Onkyo TX-SR805= $720

I'm in for almost $4200. Yikes! Can you say obsession? Thank God my wife doesn't read the forum.

HD DVD

Toshiba HD-XF2 (A2) ==> $300
HD DVD titles count - 27 ==> $600

Blu-ray

Sony PS3 (60 GB) ==> $550
Blu-ray titles count - 49 + On Pre-order - 7 titles = 55 ==> $1210

Grand Total : $2,660 (OMG too much for my income). Thank God my wife doesn't read the forum.

I was thinking about figuring this out and you have helped me to decide to do some quick math.

Sony BDP-S1 $1000
Tosh HD-XA2 $799

29 HD Discs (five free-some bought from Amazon and some Best Buy) 24 x $25 average =$600

Blu 84 discs (Amazon/Best Buy) $25 average=$2100

Total=$4499 (not including HDMI cables and I think I am a little low on the discs). Two more on the way from Amazon.

Don't regret it. Will continue to pick some additional HD discs to round things out.

-Rick