Dual format owners: Which 300 did you buy? - Page 3

No option for both. I bought 300 in both formats.

Maybe he truely is 'Format Neutral'.

I bought the Blu-ray version because It was cheaper, I don't watch extra's, I don't want to own the DVD, I hate the combo disc with a passion, and I only use my A1 for the DVD's I currently own and the 75-80 HD DVD I already own. I have no desire to support two formats, so I have chosen blu-ray as the format I am going to support.

I got the Blu ray because I prefer PCM over the Dolby True HD mix Warner uses. Also because I have had problems with combo disks in the past, and did not want to risk that again, the special features exclusive to HD DVD weren't important to me, and my money is tight, so that extra $5 savings did help.

60/40 for HD DVD indicates more people buy the features at a higher price than most would have you to believe. I wonder if J6P feels the same way? I expect NO. J6P is more price sensitive. Cheap players and cheap disks will rule.

I own both formats (D2, A20, PS3) but I'm no longer neutral. I bought the HD DVD. Until recently I was holding out from purchasing discs for either format and mostly renting. But I decided to choose a side and started purchasing HD DVD's - so far about 15 titles this month. I usually gravitate towards the underdog anyway . I paid around $23 for my HD DVD of "300" btw. Interesting that this poll shows more HD DVD purchases than Blu ray.

Hey Jeff,
Now that I've given up my neutrality...what do you say to a friendly wager? Say a case of your wine of the week to the winning format supporter? Doesn't matter if it's next year or 3 years down the road. If Bluray wins...I'll send you a case of wine of your choice. If HD DVD wins you send me a case of wine of my choice. We'll cap it out at say $100 per bottle? How about it friend?

You'ld have to define "win" before accepting that wager. According to the BDA the format war was proclaimed over in Jan. of 2007.

Have two players for each format (Toshiba A1, 360 Add-on, Bdp-1000, PS3) and I ordered the Blu-ray version.

Not a fanboy, just a realist.
Now ordering the Blu-ray versions when the choice allows it and I don't like Combos.
Currently have 106 HD DVD's and 101 Blu-ray's.
300's extras were great on Blu-ray, many are in HD.

Paul

Bought 300 on HD DVD as I support HD DVD (and I wanted the extras as well as the combo). Have a BD Player but only buy BDs when necessary and prefer to buy them used if I can

Oopsie ... -1 for Blu-Ray, as I didn't clearly read the title of the poll (I'm not a dual-format user). Sorry

NONE!

The movie wasn't that good and the prices for the HD DVD and bluray are insane!

I understand - combo disc - great. If the DVD side would have been a free bonus feature I would have bought it. But if the disc costs more then the usual $18 for an HD DVD. F*** it! The bluray is overpriced as well. Only $5 less for an inferior crippled version? Get out of here!

If you would put a gun on my head and you would say: "chose, or..." Well, easy choice: it would have been HD DVD. The only real next generation HD media with full features. And my PS3 cannot deliver the audio quality my E1 delivers over the optical out. HD DVD is simply more advanced. And I want real HD - not some bluray "HD light".

And then, I do not think bluray will make it over the next year. It certainly will stick around - just like the UMD for the PSP bluray will be the video format for the PS3. Sure. But mass adoption will clearly go towards HD DVD. We will see this beginning Q4 of this year. Sony will loose ALL the exclusive support in 2008 and then? How much PR tactics, lies and how much FUD can they summon? It will be over rather fast. LG already bailed. Samsung, core BDA member, is bringing an HD DVD player in this year to the market and even Denon said they are planning an HD DVD player. There goes bluray... bye, bye... sorry...

HD DVD has delivered for the lowest prices (except combo discs) the best picture quality movies (Hot Fuzz, Kong Kong...) so who cares about on paper advantages of bluray that do not translate into real life advantages. Nobody. Except some pimple ridden PS3 geeks.

One could say - "oh, but the scratch proof!" So far I have not scratched a single of my DVDs and I do not plan to start with my HD DVDs. Actually, talking about securing my investment: I know that I can still play my HD DVDs in 10 or 20 years. They are like DVDs! With my blurays... oh boy.. I HOPE I can play them 5 years before they crack due to temperature changes. Unfortunately I do not have a humidor or a wine cellar with temperature control that could avoid the cracking for maybe another 5 years...

So yeah, it would be HD DVD - if I would have to chose. But I chose not to buy it at all. Maybe when the HD DVD price comes down to $18 - then I might go for it.

well, it appears Krinkle is now dual format as well. Welcome to HD DVD Krinkle!!!

I own both and went with HD-DVD for the extra features even though I hate buying combo disks as I like to have just the one side with information and the other with a label (so my wife and others can put the darn movies in right - I think I'm the only one in my family that can put in the HD-DVD side of a combo disk )

Interesting that Art chose HD DVD. He is a dual format owner and probably has the finest front projection system on this forum, yet nobody has asked him why HD DVD? So I will. Art, why HD DVD for 300 - just the extras or the DVD side?

Cheers,

Grant

Extras did it for me...

I bought the Blu-Ray version for one simple reason--I just bought a PS3 yesterday, and my XBOX 360 suffered the dread "Red Ring of Death" so I can't even USE my HD-DVD addon right now.

Oh, and for movies, I don't care about extras. TV Shows are a different matter, but movies--I just want the movie itself.

Well, Art is one of the first buyers of the HD-DVD format, and after buying multiple HD DVD players, he finally got a HD-DVD player that worked consistently, and a disc that worked (but didn't apparently need boiling)!

Colour him happy for paying for HD DVD combo discs that cost more than BD.

Or ... Art, am I wrong and you want me to be in your dental-surgeon's chair?

Oooooo.... like 95% of the rest of the world. I too buy a movie for its content, not the extras.

Attn Studios: Please provide the best video and audio encode. Most of us buy a movie for the content, not the extras!

Then you should be very happy with the Fox releases, are you happy with their price tag?

A problem with this poll is that it confounds several things.

One is innate format bias, the other is the features and prices of the two disks.

We know from previous polls that dual-format owners on this forum lean toward HD DVD generally. Given that, the results are not very surprising, and don't really show a preference toward the disks per se.

Fox? WTF does that have anything to what I posted? Buy a Fox title at $, or not.

Anyways ... (as part of your rant) ... let's wait and see what happens. The recent realization that BD won't allow dorky ISO/AACS copying (like exists in DVD today, and apparently not resisted by HD-DVD) is likely prissing off the studios.

BTW, I have no problem actually paying for a movie ... you?

Ilka, He's talking about the LACK of extras on Fox's discs for what they charge.

Paul

I went HD DVD since is my format of choice. Also loved the PiP look and web features too.

Good thing it's a public poll. It's good to have a list of dual format owners on the voter list.

I picked BD. It's $4 less on amazon. With close to 150 disks now, I have to pay attention to how much the disks cost if I'm going to continue buying at this rate (or higher) in the next 10 years.

You are not very bright are you?

Wait until you more than double that. I'm slowing down some in my purchases since I'm close to 350 titles between both formats. But once that 10% discount from Amazon stops my purchases will really slow to a crawl. But the same thing happened with DVD between 1998 and 2000 for me.

I guess not ...

Yes, no need to fear underdog is here !Yes, I'm supporting HDDVD because IMO they have done the right things from day one and continue to deliver. Not too many movies a care for extras but this was one. I buy BD when it isn't on HDDVD.

Art

Well perhaps it doesn't show what the OP intended I don't know but it shows that of those responding ,who own both, on the AVS forum, more are choosing HDDVD, not any more or less.

Art

Fair enough! Enjoy.