HD-DVD player and movies for $80, would you?

[radagast]

Originally Posted by Zman2k2

I have a chance to buy a Toshiba A3 and 5 movies from a guy locally for $80. I guess he's moving on to BR. I'm thinking though, that I could buy the player and take advantage of the HD-DVD firesale going on now, and pick up some good movies for pretty cheap.

What firesale? Only a few movies can be found below $10 and I wouldn't want any of them. Any movies I would want are still too expensive for a dead format. And in case anyone wants to argue that point, consider this: regular DVDs SHOULD BE more expensive than hd-dvds. SD DVDs are playable on a very large number of players whereas hd-dvds are playable on a relatively small number of players. So, the demand should be higher for SD DVDs and the price therefore higher.

Right now the studios, or the distributors that put out hd-dvds haven't figured out that they ALL should be going for well under $10. Except special boxsets of course. They should ALL be around $20.

[Blaumann]

If you shop around, you'll find many bargains for almost all HD DVDs. Even the new ones. For example i have bought Atonement and Elizabeth the Golden Age for 6.70 British Pounds each (which in Europe is a great bargain). The sales aren't always in the same place and at the same time, but if you keep looking you'll find plenty of good deals.

First online retailers are starting to remove the HD DVD sub sites. Waiting too long for prices like $5 can backfire, because there seems to be enough demand for the sales priced the way they are. At some point the sales will just stop and most retailers will not offer the discs any more.

Not trying to convince any blu guys here, just a thought for the purples.

[Manmangler]

Originally Posted by Blaumann

If you shop around, you'll find many bargains for almost all HD DVDs.

Some Australian online shop sell HD DVDs at 3 €. Now its has raise prices.

Yep I buy some HD DVDs. I rather watch my Transformers from HD DVD than DVD.