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post #481 of 641
4/24/08 at 11:30am
Owned: 56 titles (2 duplicates)
Pre-Ordered: 0 titles
Total: 56 titles

Star Trek from amazon.ca arrived.

Picked up 4 used titles at MovieStop using b3G1 free sale. Paid $7.28 each after GameStop Edge discount. Traded one dupe for Doom from local Craigslist poster.
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post #482 of 641
4/27/08 at 10:47am
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Originally Posted by brettwf View Post

Owned: 42 titles
Pre-Ordered: 6 titles
Total: 48 titles


Pre-Orders include the 5 free from Toshiba and BBC Planet Earth from PBS (fingers crossed for all 6).

Brett

I just got my 5 free HD-DVD and it was a 2/5 score.
If Babel and Charlie and the chocolate factory was in your pick you should get them, infortunately there's not many HD-DVD left and they are sending whatever they have.
Syriana, The thing & Firewall were missing, I had Training day, Under siege & Dune instead.
Luckily I had none of those wrong titles.
Anyone knows where I can buy a brand new "The thing" HD-DVD? I'm in Canada and there's only used one at amazon.ca. (I like to "buy it new at" and pair it with another movie to save the shipping)
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post #483 of 641
4/27/08 at 3:46pm
Total in Collection - 361
On Order - 17

Still have left to get - about 175

http://www.ormondconsulting.com/hd for a list
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post #484 of 641
4/29/08 at 8:41am
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Originally Posted by tormond View Post

Total in Collection - 361
On Order - 17

Still have left to get - about 175

Why?
You need all the avalaible titles?
You can't like all the movies out on hd-dvd.
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post #485 of 641
4/29/08 at 9:05am
He might. Some people just enjoy movies in general.
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post #486 of 641
4/29/08 at 11:28am
I think he'd better stock up on players if he's gonna aqquire all these discs!
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post #487 of 641
4/30/08 at 7:58am
Indeed.
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post #488 of 641
4/30/08 at 10:10am
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Originally Posted by tiger_qc View Post

Why?
You need all the avalaible titles?
You can't like all the movies out on hd-dvd.

There's over 700 unique HD DVD releases worldwide, and that's just the 'English friendly' ones. Tormand buys a lot of imports.
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post #489 of 641
4/30/08 at 3:02pm
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Originally Posted by bruceames View Post

There's over 700 unique HD DVD releases worldwide, and that's just the 'English friendly' ones. Tormand buys a lot of imports.

Yeah I have a "few" imports I have started buying the non english friendly ones now (just had a friend send me about 8 Japanese language/Sub only discs) and I ordered 3 German only discs last week..

For the comment about why so many, Yes I just like to watch movies. I do 2 things as a hobby..Watch movies and Play with computers. My PC is pretty maxxed out right now so I have all my PC money diverted to movie money at this point. I have watched probably 90% of my collection and enjoyed every one of them (with the exception of the Wicker Man..) Some I liked better than others, Some were blind buys that I loved (Das Parfum is WONDERFUL, Taking Lives was very good, King of California was great, etc) and some are movies that have loved for years and wanted them the best way I could get them. I have over 600 laserdiscs still but my SD DVD is dwindling FAST (I have dropped almost 1500 discs in about 8 months). I don't watch 'TV" (but LOVED Heroes on HD DVD--another blind buy to thank HD DVD for) so if I am watching something it is spinning off a disc. I also don't sleep much and have this weird complulsion that if I want to watch something I want to see it 'now" so it is a lot easier if I can just walk in the media room and get what I want and watch it
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post #490 of 641
4/30/08 at 3:03pm
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Originally Posted by Rachael Bellomy View Post

I think he'd better stock up on players if he's gonna aqquire all these discs!

I have 5 players (and looking for another XA2 for a decent price) so I think I am set I am selling off 1 of my BD players though
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post #491 of 641
5/7/08 at 7:12am
12 Monkeys
300
Aeon Flux
Amateurs, The
American Gangster
Apollo 13
Babel
Batman Begins
Beowulf
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blood Diamond
Brave One, The
Bruce Almighty
Casablanca
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chronicles of Riddick
Clerks 2
Constantine
Dawn of the Dead
Doom
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Evan Almighty
Face off
Fast and the Furious
Fugitive, The
Harry Potter 1 - 5
Hot Fuzz
King Kong
Kingdom, The
Knocked Up
Lady in the Water
Last Samurai
Last Starfighter
License to Wed
The Complete Matrix Trilogy
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 3
Mr. Bean's Holiday
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Next
Ocean's 13
Omega Man, The
Phantom of the Opera
Pitch Black
Serenity
Shrek 3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Smallville Season 6
South Park: Fun with Weapons
Stardust
Superman 2
Superman Returns
Swordfish
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 3
Transformers
Tremors
The Untouchables
V for Vendetta
We Were Soldiers
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
World Trade Center
You, Me, & Dupree

Total: 76 HD DVDs.

Updated list to include the ones I ordered off of Amazon last night.
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post #492 of 641
5/7/08 at 7:57am
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Originally Posted by tormond View Post

I have 5 players (and looking for another XA2 for a decent price) so I think I am set I am selling off 1 of my BD players though

Ubid has 5 refurbs posted now. $299 + $35 shipping (to me, anyway).

If you have problems w/it, Toshiba CS has been pretty good about taking them back and replacing them with another refurb, or recently, several people have gotten brand new ones to replace the refurbs since they're no longer servicing this model.
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post #493 of 641
5/7/08 at 8:24am
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Originally Posted by eitakura View Post

Ubid has 5 refurbs posted now. $299 + $35 shipping (to me, anyway).

If you have problems w/it, Toshiba CS has been pretty good about taking them back and replacing them with another refurb, or recently, several people have gotten brand new ones to replace the refurbs since they're no longer servicing this model.


Has this been confirmed? The model is a year old, I would hope that they'd service it if the lens were to die a few years from now, even if out of warranty.
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post #494 of 641
5/7/08 at 8:35am
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Originally Posted by Brian81 View Post

Has this been confirmed? The model is a year old, I would hope that they'd service it if the lens were to die a few years from now, even if out of warranty.

Well, that's what CS has been telling people, including me when I called in. And it may only be for XA2 model, which is what I've been following. This may be because they have replacement stock right now and it makes more financial sense to use up this stock before paying a service center to service warranty claims.

Eventually, I'd bet they would turn on their service centers again, especially if it's for out of warranty work that customers would be paying for anyway.
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post #495 of 641
5/8/08 at 3:47pm
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HD DVD's Owned: 82
HD DVD's Pre-Ordered: 06

Total HD DVD's: 88

Owned
82.Bonnie and Clyde
81.I Am Legend
80.The Thing
79.Babel 
78.Black Rain
77.Atonement 
76.The Amateurs
75.Justice League: The New Frontier
74.Michael Clayton
73.Fletch
72.Stalingrad (French Import)
71.3 Days of the Condor (German Import) 
70.La Haine (UK Import)
69.Running Scared (Dutch Import)
68.Into the Wild
67.School for Scoundrels
66.Clerks II
65.Lucky # Slevin
64.The Matador
63.Mallrats
62.The Chronicles of Riddick
61.The Pianist
60.The Bourne Supremacy
59.The Contract
58.The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
57.Beowulf
56.Leaving Las Vegas (French Import)
55.The Untouchables
54.Top Gun
53.The Warriors
52.Payback - Straight Up - The Director's Cut
51.Mission: Impossible
50.Mission: Impossible 2
49.American Gangster
48.Pan's Labyrinth
47.Forbidden Planet
46.The Aviator
45.March of the Penguins
44.Goodfellas
43.Dog Day Afternoon
42.Spy Game 
41.Carlito's Way 
40.Pride & Prejudice 
39.Elizabeth 
38.Out of Sight 
37.The Fast and the Furious 
36.Lost in Translation 
35.The Chronicles of Riddick - Pitch Black
34.V For Vendetta
33.The Mummy Returns
32.The Mummy
31.The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
30.The Fountain
29.South Park - Good Times with Weapons (LE Best Buy Exclusive) 
28.The Departed 
27.The Searchers
26.Superman: The Movie 
25.Superman Returns 
24.Nine Inch Nails Live - Beside You In Time 
23.The 40-Year-Old Virgin 
22.Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 
21.The Big Lebowski 
20.Shaun of the Dead
19.King Kong
18.Transformers
17.Blade Runner - 5-disc Complete Collector's Edition
16.Batman Begins
15.Casablanca
14.Corpse Bride
13.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12.300
11.The Bourne Identity
10.2001: A Space Odyssey
09.Face/Off
08.Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
07.Children of Men
06.Knocked Up
05.Jet Li's Fearless
04.Hot Fuzz
03.Blades of Glory
02.Old School
01.Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Pre-Ordered
06.Twister
05.Aeon Flux
04.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
03.Hulk
02.Troy: Director's Cut
01.The Frighteners
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post #496 of 641
5/8/08 at 5:09pm
379 now with 23 more incoming now..Sure wish that my taxes would show up so I could triple the # of iincoming.
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post #497 of 641
5/9/08 at 8:11am
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Originally Posted by Rachael Bellomy View Post

I think he'd better stock up on players if he's gonna aqquire all these discs!

Excuse my newb ignorance, and for going off topic, but why do you say that? Will the players die off after so many hours of play? I've never had this problem with SD-DVD players.
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post #498 of 641
5/9/08 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by esquire468 View Post

Excuse my newb ignorance, and for going off topic, but why do you say that? Will the players die off after so many hours of play? I've never had this problem with SD-DVD players.

You've never had a SD-DVD player break? I bought a Sony DVD player i 1999 (DVP-S715, I think it was), and that broke in 2004. I also bought a Sony DVD jukebox in 2001. This broke just a couple of weeks ago. Consumer electronics doesn't last forever.

The reason why it's "necessary" to buy a spare HD DVD player if you have a huge HD DVD collection, is that no stores will be selling HD DVD players in the future. If his player breaks for any reason, getting a replacement could be hard. Sure, ebay will still be around, and he'll probably find one there. But odds are that these players will be used (who knows how much time they have left) and overpriced.

Besides - if you have a $5000 movie collection, spending $100 for a spare player is really a pretty cheap insurance against obsoleting the library.
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post #499 of 641
5/10/08 at 10:45am
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Originally Posted by trondmm View Post

if you have a $5000 movie collection, spending $100 for a spare player is really a pretty cheap insurance against obsoleting the library.

Good point I just ordered one at ebay.ca for 130$ shipped (HD-A3) and I'll still use my HD-A30...
Maybe I'll even buy another back-up and use it in my bedroom. (even if I don't watch movie there)
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post #500 of 641
5/10/08 at 10:50am
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Originally Posted by tiger_qc View Post

Good point I just ordered one at ebay.ca for 130$ shipped (HD-A3) and I'll still use my HD-A30...
Maybe I'll even buy another back-up and use it in my bedroom. (even if I don't watch movie there)

If you are looking for a backup HD-DVD player, Tigerdirect has the HD-A3 in box, refurbished with 4 movies - 300, Bourne Identity, Apollo 13 and Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift, for $79.99

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...CMP=AFC-PRONTO
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post #501 of 641
5/10/08 at 10:50am
42 in collection (Actually 46, The Harry Potter boxset count for 5)
13 in order (got a little crazy this morning)

Now I'm done... (I won't be buying HD-DVD just to have them...)
I got all the one I needed.

The next ones will be blue.
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post #502 of 641
5/10/08 at 10:54am
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Originally Posted by esquire468 View Post

If you are looking for a backup HD-DVD player, Tigerdirect has the HD-A3 in box, refurbished with 4 movies - 300, Bourne Identity, Apollo 13 and Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift, for $79.99

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...CMP=AFC-PRONTO

Thanks for the link but I'm in Canada and they would charge me 145$ for shipping, I'll pass one this one!
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post #503 of 641
5/12/08 at 10:46pm
12 Monkeys
300
Aeon Flux
Amateurs, The
American Gangster
Apollo 13
Babel
Batman Begins
Beowulf
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Blood Diamond
Brave One, The
Bruce Almighty
Casablanca
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chronicles of Riddick
Clerks 2
Constantine
Dawn of the Dead
Doom
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Evan Almighty
Face off
Fast and the Furious
Fugitive, The
Harry Potter 1 - 5
Hot Fuzz
King Kong
Kingdom, The
Knocked Up
Lady in the Water
Last Samurai
Last Starfighter
License to Wed
The Complete Matrix Trilogy
Michael Clayton
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 3
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mummy, The
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Next
Ocean's 13
Omega Man, The
Phantom of the Opera
Pitch Black
Serenity
Shrek 3
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Smallville Season 6
South Park: Fun with Weapons
Stardust
Superman 2
Superman Returns
Swordfish
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 3
Transformers
Tremors
The Untouchables
V for Vendetta
We Were Soldiers
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
World Trade Center
You, Me, & Dupree

Total: 78 HD DVDs.

Updated list
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post #504 of 641
5/14/08 at 9:36pm
HD DVD's owned = 51
HD DVD's pre-ordered = 1
Total = 52


2 Fast 2 Furious
300
Aeon Flux
American Gangster
Balls of Fury
Beerfest
Beowulf
Blades of Glory
Blood Diamond
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Breakfast Club
Bruce Almighty
Clerks II
Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
Coming To America
Disturbia
Evan Almighty
Fantastic Four (German Import)
Fantastic Four:Rise of the Silver Surfer (German Import)
Fast and The Furious
Fast and The Furious:Tokyo Drift
Firewall
Four Brothers
Ghost Rider (French Import)
Goodfellas
Happy Feet
Hulk
I Am Legend
Liar Liar
Lucky # Slevin
King Kong
Knocked Up
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible III
Nutty Professor
Nutty Professor 2
Rambo:First Blood Part I (UK Import)
Rambo:First Blood Part II (UK Import)
Ray
Shrek The Third
Swordfish
Talk To Me
Top Gun
Transformers
Troy-Directors Cut
Island Fever 4
Da Vinci Load 1 & 2

Twister (pre-order)
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post #505 of 641
5/14/08 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by esquire468 View Post

If you are looking for a backup HD-DVD player, Tigerdirect has the HD-A3 in box, refurbished with 4 movies - 300, Bourne Identity, Apollo 13 and Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift, for $79.99

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...CMP=AFC-PRONTO

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post #506 of 641
5/15/08 at 8:52am
Tormond is a very similar type of person to me. I pretty much have 2 hobbies: Computers, & Movies. I've got 2 computers that are maxxed out pretty much (one being my HTPC), so I really don't have to worry about having to upgrade them. That means all my PC money is getting diverted into my Movie habit, been that way for nearly 9 months now.

I love watching movies, and love going to see them at the theater.. however more & more I end up having bad experiences in local theaters due to either Poor Focus, improper sound system calibration, or audience interference / noise. This is what primarily started getting me interested in the HiDef DVD scene last year. Now I make a lot of blind buys, more than 85% of them I end up loving, the rest I at least like. I've got about 260 total movies in my collection (counting a meager amound of SD-DVD's) and I am still buying both Blu-ray AND HD-DVD media. I plan to keep exploiting HD-DVD close out sales and inventory clearance sales as long as I can afford to. (Or as long as there are still HD-DVD movies I'm interested in.) Only have 1 import at present, the 2nd Tomb Raider movie that I imported from Germany.

URL Link to my Movie Collection is in my SIGNATURE, I keep it up to date religiously.
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post #507 of 641
5/15/08 at 4:52pm
Well I am up to 408 now with about 40 more I have already ordered and are incoming....I really need to stop
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post #508 of 641
5/15/08 at 5:25pm
300
American Gangster
Blood Diamond
Casino
The Chronicles Of Riddick
The Italian Job
King Kong
Transformers
Troy Director's Cut
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post #509 of 641
5/15/08 at 6:32pm
King King?
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post #510 of 641
5/16/08 at 3:27am
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King King?

fixed
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