Community Newsletter: Q&A: WHAT'S NEXT FOR HD DVD OWNERS?
WHAT'S NEXT FOR HD DVD OWNERS?
by mattd241 - 2/23/08 5:46 AMSo, now that the HD and Blu-Ray war is over and I stood by the losing side, will I have to fork over the cash for new equipment or is there a possibility that a device might be manufactured to allow Blu-Ray to be added onto my HD equipment? It burns my A** that I've got big bucks invested in an entertainment system that will soon become boat anchors. I'd think that it must be technologically possible to make them compatible. I don't need the Blu-Ray bells and whistles. I just want to be able to view the movies in the system I have.
Reuse your equipment
by welrdelr - 3/1/08 6:43 AM In reply to: WHAT'S NEXT FOR HD DVD OWNERS? by mattd241Don't throw it away yet. Just buy the extra discs for the hd dvd and purchase the blu ray when it is less expensive.
Software
by zerokewl - 3/1/08 4:10 PM In reply to: Reuse your equipment by welrdelrThe only solution I see in my opinion for this mess, would be to create a software that lets you convert your HD-DVD's to Blu-Ray format? for less than the price of a Blu-ray player!
It's not possible...
by John.Wilkinson
- 3/2/08 7:18 AM
In reply to: Software by zerokewl
It's not a software issue...it uses a different laser. Thus, it's like attempting to make a Ford Taurus run the Indy 500 by popping in a new CD. Not gonna happen.
John
Codecs
by welrdelr - 3/2/08 7:13 PM In reply to: It's not possible... by John.Wilkinson
Post #2:
Try a better analogy such as in the case of fuel. The laser has a different wavelength, the codecs are similar.
It is a software issue and a hardware one also.
There Should Be A Way
by Dr. Planarian - 3/8/08 4:37 AM In reply to: Software by zerokewlIt should be possible to rip an HD-DVD to the hard drive of your computer and then write the resulting contents to a Blu-Ray R/W disk. This, of course, requires both types of drive in your PC and software like AnyDVD to get around the HD-DVD's DRM, but I would imagine that HD-DVD drives are already getting pretty cheap, and Blu-Ray drives will drop rapidly in price long before your HD-DVD player is dumpster-ready.
Remember when a DVD R/W drive cost nearly $1000? Now you can get a good one for less than $30 online.
Not so bad
by cschilling7 - 3/7/08 9:17 PM In reply to: WHAT'S NEXT FOR HD DVD OWNERS? by mattd241It still makes one of the best upconverting standard DVD players available. Thats worth keeping it for.
not really
by Dimetri99 - 3/8/08 4:14 AM In reply to: Not so bad by cschilling7Other than the Toshiba HD-XA2, most SD upconversion on HD-DVD players aren't that good.
Up-converting
by Zeppo - 3/8/08 11:39 AM In reply to: not really by Dimetri99Well, my Toshiba HD-A3 does an excellent job of up-converting my regular DVD's - not HD quality but very close!
Besides, I didn't pay any more for the HD-A3 than I would of had to pay for an up-converting DVD player. Folks with large DVD collections might consider buying a Toshiba HD DVD player just for the up-conversion capabilities, since they as so cheap right now.
It's Still Good
by Commandoclone87 - 3/8/08 11:19 PM In reply to: WHAT'S NEXT FOR HD DVD OWNERS? by mattd241Just because HD DVD tanked, doesn't mean that it's worthless, I just bought the HD DVD drive for the XBox 360 and hooked it up to my laptop as a secondary disk drive.
So, how i see it, it is actually fortunate as it would normally have cost me twice as much to get a standard external DVD-rom drive. Also with so many movies released and the stores liquidating them to earn as much as possible, you're going to see an enormous amount of savings. The video store is even going so much as to create a pre-order list of customers interested in the HD-DVDs.
It still plays regular dvds
by alberto3051 - 3/9/08 2:30 PM In reply to: WHAT'S NEXT FOR HD DVD OWNERS? by mattd241Your problem is one of earlier adopters, that's why I have waited even when the Toshiba HD was down to $149.99. It still plays regular dvds and it should up-convert, perhaps not as good as my OPPO Digital dvd player, but it's not a total loss. Enjoy the movies you have bought, buy more HD movies you might like now that they should be on close-out prices. Wait a few more months for the Bluerays to go down to $200.00 and buy one then. I will wait because my Oppo Digital player does a great job of playing regular dvds.
Buy as many HD-DVD as you can and call it an investment
by victor_thai - 4/12/08 10:12 AM In reply to: It still plays regular dvds by alberto3051Buy all the titles that are out now for around $5K-10K, seal it in a temperature controlled room and pass it on to your grand son/daughter. It will go up in value just like the Vinyl to audiophile with $100K turntable players.
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