I am a supporter of the HD-DVD format, but I don't understand how people can say that HD-DVD movies are cheaper that Blue-ray movies. In all the cases that I have checked, Blue Ray is equally priced or less expensive than HD-DVD. Where is everyone shopping for their HD-DVD movies?
P.S.I hope they start putting some action titles on HD-DVD; for the love of g0d!
Do you not shop at Amazon? For example, World Trade Center on HD-DVD is $27.88, and it's 27.99 on BD (close enough, but still cheaper and far less than $40). Plus, if you've purchased three HD/BD titles from them in the past, you get 10% off for a year.
Lots of (HD-DVD) movies are only $19.95 (before discount), such as V for Vendetta and Batman Begins. The ones that are more expensive (like Superman Begins) are usually that way because they contain both the HD-DVD version as well as a standard DVD version. This lets you play it on any regular player if you want, without having to buy the movie a second time. People are torn on whether it's a good idea to charge $5 more for the DVD version on the disk or not. I'm torn on the issue. I personally don't need it, but I've talked to a lot of people where I work who really like the idea, so hey, to each their own.
“In all the cases that I have checked, Blue Ray is equally priced or less expensive than HD-DVD. Where is everyone shopping for their HD-DVD movies?”
The actual physical discs for either formats is probably a few dollars to make. Before the formats released, it was said that the cost of the machine line to produce those discs might differ since HDDVD is suppose to use DVD production lines (just modified) while Blu ray is suppose to require it’s own new line (higher costs). One of two things could be happening to make the two prices relatively close. Either Blu ray has massively improved the production to where they’re identical to those of HD DVD, or the studios are eating the cost (profit margin) to remain competitive with HD DVD in the software field.
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I am a supporter of the HD-DVD format, but I don't understand how people can say that HD-DVD movies are cheaper that Blue-ray movies. In all the cases that I have checked, Blue Ray is equally priced or less expensive than HD-DVD. Where is everyone shopping for their HD-DVD movies?
P.S.I hope they start putting some action titles on HD-DVD; for the love of g0d!
Do you not shop at Amazon? For example, World Trade Center on HD-DVD is $27.88, and it's 27.99 on BD (close enough, but still cheaper and far less than $40). Plus, if you've purchased three HD/BD titles from them in the past, you get 10% off for a year.
Another example is that the Mission Impossible collection is $5 cheaper on HD-DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HEZF0E/ref=nosim/tonyswebsit02-20
http://www.amazon.com/Mission-Impossible-Ultimate-Missions-Collection/dp/B000HEZF0O/sr=1-3/qid=1165898021/ref=sr_1_3/102-8973049-4971330?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
Lots of (HD-DVD) movies are only $19.95 (before discount), such as V for Vendetta and Batman Begins. The ones that are more expensive (like Superman Begins) are usually that way because they contain both the HD-DVD version as well as a standard DVD version. This lets you play it on any regular player if you want, without having to buy the movie a second time. People are torn on whether it's a good idea to charge $5 more for the DVD version on the disk or not. I'm torn on the issue. I personally don't need it, but I've talked to a lot of people where I work who really like the idea, so hey, to each their own.
“In all the cases that I have checked, Blue Ray is equally priced or less expensive than HD-DVD. Where is everyone shopping for their HD-DVD movies?”
The actual physical discs for either formats is probably a few dollars to make. Before the formats released, it was said that the cost of the machine line to produce those discs might differ since HDDVD is suppose to use DVD production lines (just modified) while Blu ray is suppose to require it’s own new line (higher costs). One of two things could be happening to make the two prices relatively close. Either Blu ray has massively improved the production to where they’re identical to those of HD DVD, or the studios are eating the cost (profit margin) to remain competitive with HD DVD in the software field.