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draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

just found this in my mail-box, if they do cancel all HD-DVD's I will be canceling my service Mad

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

Dave,

See this thread:
Netflix says chooses Blu-ray format over HD DVD

I already suspended my Netflix account for 90 days. I'm going to see whether I miss it before I decide whether to turn it back on or dump it altogether.

SC

PS - For the record, your thread title is much better than the other.

HaydnG90 · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 1356

This is just crazy and is bound to alienate a lot of Netflix customers. There are still several major labels that are still HD-DVD exclusive, but perhaps Netflix knows something we don't. There has been much talk in the last year of the demise of HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray and this will be one more nail in the coffin. If more studios jump ship then HD-DVD will go the way of Betamax. If it helps to improve Netflix's HD media service then I'm for it. More than 3/4 of my 'long wait' or 'very long wait' HD disks are BR and I've been waiting for some of these for over 3 months!!! Evil or Very Mad

Maybe time to sell my XA2 while they might be worth something Laughing

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

Your XA2 is probably already worth so little, you may as well keep it as a DVD player (if nothing else).

I had an A1 to sell, and even last fall it was already worth so little, it wasn't worth selling. I don't think it's worth $75 now.

SC

HaydnG90 · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 1356

Phil Smith · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 7717

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

My freebie HD-DVDs have 2 hrs to go on ebay. I sold 4 of them, and I hope to clear $40 on 'em. That will mean I'll have about $60 invested in the HD-A2, and a couple of disks. Bummer, but it won't kill me. Though I *WAS* intending to sign up with Netflix to rent. How long until Blockbuster Online dumps HD-DVD? *sigh*

JustGreg · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 3098 Location: Kenosha, WI

Hmmmm. That doesn't bode well for Xbox 360 owners either. I 'early adopted' the HD drive for my 360 and it's looking like it'll be relegated to playing movies from the cutout bin at the carwash.

I hope Microsux offers rebates for replacement BD external drives for owners with proof of purchase. Confused

That'll be an awkward negotiation process now won't it. Laughing

If I were Microsoft I'd have been quietly gearing up to release BD players for the 360 just in case HDDVD didn't make it.

Greg

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject:

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

it's not the cost of the player, my player was a gift from the local CRT club. It's the fact that Netflix has the stones to tell me I have to buy a f*cking Sony product if I want to watch hi-def movies. f*ck them, the minute they do this I will be done with them.
"HD DVDs in your Saved Queue will automatically be changed to standard definition DVDs. Then toward the end of this year, all HD DVDs in your Queue will be changed to standard definition DVDs."
As much as I hate the thought, I will going back to Nutbuster Video and the minute they pull the same crap they can go screw themselves too.

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

You go, Draganm!

Seriously, I agree. WTF do they think they need to 'switch' right now? I can think of no legitimate business reason for this. This was purely a political move. It was a case of, "Well, we might as well switch and do our part to get this thing over with." In other words, they picked sides.

I can't wait to see when/if Universal and Paramount finally make the switch and HD DVD is gone, whether Sony will start to turn the screws to make more money on the format. I mean, BD mastering and replication was ALREADY more expensive than the same for HD DVD, and that was when Sony was in "come on in, the water is great" mode. Imagine what it will be like once they're in "Where you gonna go now, suckers?" mode?

SC

CRT_Ben · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 1684 Location: Northern Virginia

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject:

Ooops! Sorry, guys. I know that. I'm just so used to Dave's anti-Sony/anti-BD position, I naturally attributed the comment in my mind to Dave instead of Draganm - whose name I still don't know, I don't think.

SC

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

Daves not home, but that Neflix letter was addressed to the real me Wink

JustGreg · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 3098 Location: Kenosha, WI

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

lyd · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 390 Location: Lake Mills, Wi

JustGreg · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 3098 Location: Kenosha, WI

Why not a check?...Warner got $500 million to convert. Twisted Evil

I'm sure NetDix whored themselves for alot less.

Sony's all in on this one to whatever lengths are necessary to force the mass 'adoption' of their flawed and unfinished format. They're prepared to wire money anywhere in the world at a moments notice. Rolling Eyes

As an aside to this off topic aside, think of all the PC's and laptops out there with HD-DVD drives in them. Certainly Toshiba's, but also HP, ACER, Samsung, and a slew of lesser known 'Pick your configuration' type builders. That's a mess waiting to happen too.

Life will go on if BD becomes King but goddamn I hate Sony.

Greg

Phil Smith · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 7717

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

Blu-Ray won. Get with the program already.

And the sooner HD-DVD is completely extinct, the happier I'll be. Because I saw Blu-Ray as the better choice from the start,
and when it came time to buy a player, I never even considered HD-DVD.

CJ