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.
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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.