Tempted By HD-DVD Prices

**cowplain35** · 13th December, 2008, 01:04 AM

Buy an hd player,you can get the Toshiba players very cheap,the films are now very cheap,there is also a big catalogue of hd films,even though there are not any more being released.I have a Sony PS3 and a Toshiba HD player,which i paid ?70 for,blu rays for the PS3 are around ?15,which is very good,HD films can be picked up for as little ?3 if you look on line,very good value.

**Mubz** · 13th December, 2008, 02:03 AM

get out the dark ages guys....

i've done a bench test on my own setup with Batman Begins on both Bluray (PS3) and HD-DVD (Samsung DVD HD850) simultaneously on split screen using 2 identical HDMI cables (The Chord Company HDMI 1.3a Silver Plus) and the Bluray stole the show...
looks so much crispier than the HD-DVD and the blacks where that bit darker...

if HD-DVD was the better format don't you think they would have chosen it over Bluray....

**cowplain35** · 19th December, 2008, 02:12 AM

Why don't they bring out a triple combi player that plays your blu ray films,HD films and betamax tapes?

**bobt** · 19th December, 2008, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Mubz

get out the dark ages guys....

i've done a bench test on my own setup with Batman Begins on both Bluray (PS3) and HD-DVD (Samsung DVD HD850) simultaneously on split screen using 2 identical HDMI cables (The Chord Company HDMI 1.3a Silver Plus) and the Bluray stole the show...
looks so much crispier than the HD-DVD and the blacks where that bit darker...

if HD-DVD was the better format don't you think they would have chosen it over Bluray....

Did the same test with PS3 and Tosh HD DVD player and got the opposite results. The HD DVD was much better. So i suppose it depends on what machine and TV your using. Also different people have different preferences.

**oxkiller** · 21st December, 2008, 06:22 PM

i use blu ray but i think its just hd on blu ray as my set up says full hd 1080 but only have a blu ray drive so you can get up too 50gb of hd film on a blu ray disc

**tektran** · 3rd January, 2009, 03:42 PM

It's the old story of Betamax versus VHS.The best system was not the one which cornered the market and finally won.

**Staminastan** · 5th January, 2009, 10:51 AM

In my continuing quest to fill the house with expired movie formats I now have 105 of the 230 UK HDDVDs released and five of the 500-odd US ones. Betamax collecting is on hold at the mo but pretty much every day new LDs are arriving inc. last week, half a dozen mint condition pre certs still in their cellophane.

If anybody here has HDDVDs, LDs, DVHS or betamax tapes for sale, please get in touch

**shady77** · 5th January, 2009, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by Staminastan

In my continuing quest to fill the house with expired movie formats I now have 105 of the 230 UK HDDVDs released and five of the 500-odd US ones. Betamax collecting is on hold at the mo but pretty much every day new LDs are arriving inc. last week, half a dozen mint condition pre certs still in their cellophane.

If anybody here has HDDVDs, LDs, DVHS or betamax tapes for sale, please get in touch

what no rca selectavisions?

**Staminastan** · 5th January, 2009, 11:22 AM

I have half a dozen CEDs bought by my mum from a charity shop (she thought they were LDs bless) but all I've got / seen are in crappy condition, so I've held off collecting them so far. But it'd only take finding a coupla nice mintie ones for me to start!

Originally Posted by shady77

what no rca selectavisions?

**Staminastan** · 8th January, 2009, 12:02 PM

Incase anybody is in the market for US HDDVDs, inetvideo.com have stock of twenty-odd titles @$3.99 or $4.99 and at the mo international delivery is half price when you spend $50+. I've just ordered 27

They're customs friendly too.