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Any tips as to where HD-DVD's can still be bought at rock-bottom prices?
Only got 15 sofar and I wouldnt want to put my XbOX HD-DVD Addon to waste :-)

I cannot really seem to find anything on the usual sites anymore. Lots of the orders a few months ago were cancelled aswell..

Lets not forget that "craigslist.com" is also a great place to find some HD DVD's.  I know I have been lucky and purchsed some for about 4-5 bucks a pop...... Lower then the Fry's price locally for me.

you're a bit late to the party, but still worth checking at Fry's

There are still quite a few titles on eBay for $6-9 a throw, which isn't too bad (especially for the combos).  Harder to find titles will still run you $20 to 30.  The Harry Potter box set is still pretty high, though I don't think too many of those were made; the single volumes will go cheaper.

Some people are paying crazy money for rare titles on ebay. 

There was a new release though "Death Proof" on HD-DVD.

It was released in Germany. (It was scheduled for June but by contract they had to wait until Weinstein released it domestically. And since they changed formats back then it took'em a while).

You can order it for 8.99€ on amazon.de... I would take 3. It's sure to become a collector's item. The last HD-DVD ever released. Release Date 12/15/2008.

It has DTS HD Sound in both English and German and is uncut.

There was even a recent review of that title in High Def Digest. and it's still a lot cheaper than buying the Blu Ray Version. Also it looks better as it is a solid steelbook Edition:


Here is the link

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Some people are paying crazy money for rare titles on ebay. 

things that make you go hmmm

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Don't call Toshiba Out yet.. Their new invisions of XDE  Players may give Blu ray a run for its money...

I heard about that before. I really don't see how they wanna get more out of DVD Content that a good upscaling DVD Player already can. They should rather produce one HD-DVD Player so that the hundreds of thousands of people who still own HD-DVD's can buy something if their player breaks.

Also this technology is supposed to cost about $150. You can get a good Blu Ray Player for about $250. And in the US the prices for regular DVD's and Blu Rays are already pretty darn close.

So I really see no future in that new toshiba venture

A hundred bucks is a hundred bucks, and I've got better places to spend it.  Besides, you still have to buy the BD format discs.  I also wouldn't call a $5-$10 higher price for BD titles "close" to regular DVD prices.  The lowest I've seen a BD title for at Walmart is $25, and the same titles in regular format are frequently priced as low as $15 on "release" day.  I also doubt that I will be able to find many of the great old movies from the 30's, 40's, and 50's on BD.  For example, I just picked up a box set of all six of the Thin Man movies (plus a bonus documentary disc on Nick and Nora) for just $28.  That would've cost well over $100 in BD at current rates.

I have a rather small collection of DVDs compared to some in here (only a bit over 1200) but I can't afford -- nor do I want -- to change formats.  This Toshiba thing sounds great to me.

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Toshiba made great HD DVD players but they are just acting plain silly now.

Exactly. Not to mention that every respectable BluRay-Player does upscaling nowadays. So, if they don't employ black magic, I'm absolutely not sure what additional advantages XDE could offer.

cya, Mithi