Pre-order your HD DVDs or Blu Ray titles from Amazon
By Matt Burns 
posted Jan 30th 2006 10:14AM
posted Jan 30th 2006 10:14AM
It is almost time for the high definition format discs to start rolling out. Amazon has a bunch few early titles up and ready for pre-order notification. There is the normal "guy" titles like the Matrix and Terminator series but stuck in the middle of this list is Friends. Most of them do not have a cost up yet except for Chronos. The DVD sells for $9.99, but the HD DVD and Blu-Ray flavor retails for $24.99.
Would you spend $24.99 for a old movie just because it is in HD? We would on the Matrix and things of that matter, but not Friends.
[via Engadget]
Um no...with Netflix renting Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs I'll simply rent my discs for the first few years until pricing comes down to sub $20 for most movies. Netflix said they don't plant to increase monthly rates for either format. Nice.
I will definately be buying Lord of the Rings when one of the formats gets closer to victory. It would really be nice if they would just sign something and make one format... or if the drive/player makers did something similar to the DVD+/-RW thing and just make players and drives compatable with both.
I'm sure to get a few like LOTR if the price would drop slightly. But I wouldn't replace most of my DVDs, The quality isn't that much different to replace everything or even most. I will still wait at least till 2007. Why buy anything if it isn't yet proven? Early buyers might be stuck with early obsolesence.
No hurry!
DVD Empire has a few HD-DVD titles for pre-order - SRP is $59.95. Think I'll wait a bit on the format war.
Yeah, I'll be doing rentals too. I don't seem to delve into the collection that often, so I'll be waiting on the format and prices to settle as well.