LOL @ HD-DVD

**Razor Ramon** · 15 Mar 2007, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Wildkat

Or Internets.

That's how I roll, chief. Just making an observation. I was going to buy season one of the Sopranos but it was $80. That price can eat me.

**B-Ri** · 15 Mar 2007, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Cheebs

You know, he's probably right.

*looks at his huge pile of DVDs and the rows of DVDs lining store shelves*

I hope Blu-ray enjoys it's gigantic sucess of managing to sell 1000 titles nation-wide while HD-DVD only manages to sell 300. Horray for being the least-ignored out of the two widely-ignored formats!

Now if you two formats don't mind, we need that shelf space for the $5.00 bargain DVDs. People gotta' buy "8 Legged Freaks", ya know?

i remember back when DVD was just starting out. The most i EVER saw for months was at a costco, a meager 4 foot shelf with DVD movies. Blu-Ray has beraly launched along side the PS3, and you ALREADY expect it to be taking mass amounts of DVD space? DVD didnt do it that fast with VHS.

If there is an HD version of the movie i want to buy, im gonna get it. thats how ive been going with movie purchases right now.

**ElCapichan** · 15 Mar 2007, 06:16 PM

I've about had it with HD DVD. I used to be in favor of HD DVD because it had the exact same quality as BluRay but tended to be on the more expensive side ($35 for the Transporter movies???) However, Universal has decided to release most, if not all, of their major releases as combo discs this year. I refuse to pay $35-$40 for a combo disc when it could be $10 cheaper if it was just HD DVD. As of right now, BD has my vote in the format war if this does not change.

I also don't see how these formats are being forced on people. As far as I know, movies are still being released on DVD and I haven't heard about them not releasing any movies on DVD.

**Revoltor** · 15 Mar 2007, 06:18 PM

SD DVD forever.

**Wildkat** · 15 Mar 2007, 06:27 PM

It doesnt have a snowball's chance in hell, but..

http://www.nmeinc.com/

40 GB red laser DVD. Dirt cheap compared to either blue laser disc. Players could be as cheap as $200 TOMMOROW, and it cost about 9 cents a disc to produce.

But...no studio backing=failure. Maybe it will catch on in poorer areas like VCD did and we can get tons of pirate VMDs from there.