Why I went HD instead of Blu Ray

[True Enemy]

It's all about money.

During the start of the summer, I broke 2 bones in my foot. Fast forward to Late July, Early August, I received a note in my mail box from the hospital and my insurance company that my crap insurance was NOT covering my injuries (which i later appealed, waiting to hear from them now...). KNowing that I would have to pay off over $7000 in Hospital bills, I made the choice to jump HD DVD right there and then only because the 360 player was dirt cheap and it was probably all I could afford at the moment -- and I don't regret doing it. I love my HD DVD player and I'm glad I made the choice when I did!

[james]

Makes sense. Congratulations.

Sorry to hear about your foot.

[Ivasawa_Jin]

good choice

[TK6411]

It made the most sense to me...same PQ and AQ with a significantly lower entry cost for the A2 player. As a former blue-ray Smurf on paper I just could not see the advantage spending $300 or more just to get started and see no real world difference. I see blue-ray having that as a major issue for many if not most HD adopters who've already spent a fortune on the HDTV's like myself and just can't justify the additional $$$ for blue-ray when I can get HD-DVD and a ton a HD-DVD movies for the same cost.

[priapism]

Originally Posted by TK6411

It made the most sense to me...same PQ and AQ with a significantly lower entry cost for the A2 player. As a former blue-ray Smurf on paper I just could not see the advantage spending $300 or more just to get started and see no real world difference. I see blue-ray having that as a major issue for many if not most HD adopters who've already spent a fortune on the HDTV's like myself and just can't justify the additional $$$ for blue-ray when I can get HD-DVD and a ton a HD-DVD movies for the same cost.

$40 for the transformers hd-dvd..... Not too cheap.

[limelight_df]

where are you buying transformers for $40?

Walmart has it for 27.95

Print it out from their site and take it to BestBuy for pricematch

[Rking4441]

Gratz and welcome to the Red side.

[carljmi]

I liked the titles that were released in HD DVD and player pricing. And I paid $15 for my copy of Transformers. Also the fact that I this format isn't region coded. Found the Fantastic Four movies off of Amazon.de

cool

[jrstinkfish]

Price was the deciding factor for me too. A quality, brand-name HD player for under $200? I wrestled with the idea of buying it for a few days before I finally caved in. "What's the point of having an HD TV without an HD DVD player?!?"

Seeing "SW: Episode 3" on HBO in HD the other day pretty much sealed the deal that I HAVE TO SEE MOVIES IN HD from now on.

Surprisingly, the girlfriend, who usually rolls her eyes at my purchases, is excited about seeing the movies I bought at CC the other day, probably cause I was all giddy like a kid when I showed her the boxes. My A2 is supposed to be here tomorrow, but we all know that "estimated delivery date" is 50/50.

[llbdtiberio]

I went with HD DVD because the 360 player can be plugged into my pc, meaning I don't have to update my dvd drive and can still enjoy the faster burning speeds which the blu ray drives don't offer yet.
One thing that I don't understand is why on earth there has to be region coding on the bluray, the signals are all digital anyway, what's the point?
I can also put it back in the box when i'm not using it, saving space.
Coupled with my 24" 1080P capable monitor and X-fi soundcard I couldn't be happier.
Bought Chronicles of Riddick with it as the reviews told me the video quality was amazing....they weren't kidding.
So far, I should have Dawn of the Dead, Transformers and Pitch Black arriving tomorrow, and then buying the matrix trilogy when I have the money, trying to focus on the best quality encodings to convince my friends.

[HadeZ]

I based my choice on the movies for the format. There's just more films of my interest on HD DVD.
Also I've allways found companies like Sony and Disney to be pretty 'control freak' kinda companies. I mean I put on a Disney DVD and I watch half an hour of adverts for other films, disneyland and other disney products. I watch a Sony film and I see a Sony Vaio or Sony Erricson mobile. I prefer to stick with HD DVD because it also feels a lot more independent.

[rhenzhen]

Yup. me too. Movies availability that i really like were in HD-DVD format. Region FREE too! =)

[beesonosu]

Although I've yet to get a foreign release (but will soon), region free HD was a big deciding factor for me. Like the above posters, I also chose HD because, so far, I like their selection of movies better.

[rmoody]

Agreed, the selection of movies that I want are more in the HD camp than BD for me. The lack of bullshit region coding. The price of the player.

[Atrocity]

I simply went HD DVD becuase I didn't want to buy a high dollar player. Having a 360 with the add on HD DVD player was the cheapest way for me to enter the hi def scene. I can honestly say there are some titles on BD I would like to have. But having to buy a high dollar player just to watch them was something I didn't want to do. They say BD is winning the format war in sales. I don't know whose buying the players at the prices they have. Everyone I know into hi def has Toshiba players or the 360 add on.