| nine0nine said: i dunno why people keep telling him HD DVD is dead, he knows that, hence making the post in the first place. the point is for $40 he can buy into a dead format and buy the reasonable catalogue of HD DVDs very cheaply. For the price of say 3 Bluray disks you can have 10 HD DVDs and once BD prices drop, then buy into it. The only problem i have with this is when the HD DVD drive packs up, which it inevitably will, all those disks will be useless. |
Can you show me the Web site that states the HD DVDs will implode after a certain period of them? HD DVD and Blu Ray are visually identical. They are both 1080p and the only real difference is the storage capacity. That's it.
He can buy a grip of HD DVD movies that look stunning. I actually bought HD DVD movies over Blus unless I have no choice. And even then, I'll buy them on sale.
Useless? Not really. It can still play disks, DVDs and HD DVDs, and even music CDs. The disks are functional long after the drive is gone. And the chance to get HD movies on the cheap never goes out of style.
It will be YEARS before the average techie can get HD movies and a player under $100. As the OP stated, it can play movies and upscales them as well.
A killer deal. I may buy another or two just to have around in case my drive goes out.
