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PSA: Cheap HD DVDs
2009-02-03, 2:55 PM #1
For those of us who have a way to play them...here's a way to expand the HD collection for less money than DVDs from WalMart's bargain bin!

Yeah, HD is going the way of betamax, blah blah...but I think my drive will be around for a while. If not, HDs are getting cheaper by the month, so I'll just rip them. :neckbeard:

Quote:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [HD DVD]
Shooter [HD DVD]
Serenity [HD DVD]
The Fast and the Furious [HD DVD]
2 Fast 2 Furious [HD DVD]
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
The Mummy [HD DVD]
The Mummy Returns [HD DVD]
Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition) [HD DVD]
U-571 [HD DVD]


Total $54.23 shipped. :awesome:

They have BSG Season 1 and Heroes Season 1 also..and pages of anime stuff that I just skipped over.
woot!
2009-02-04, 3:32 PM #2
I just picked up Planet Earth on HD-DVD...money well spent.
2009-02-04, 3:39 PM #3
Originally posted by Murc XIII:
I just picked up Planet Earth on HD-DVD...money well spent.


I haven't watched it yet..something I should pick up?

I can get the UK edition on Bluray for about $36.

Edit: Blah, I bought it. Might as well..I've heard good things about the UK version, too.
woot!
2009-02-04, 3:41 PM #4
Wouldn't that .. not work on your player though?

mmm I've always been tempted to pick up a HD DVD for my Xbox (Well, I've only had it for a short while)

They are pretty cheap now, if can get one for like 50 bucks if you find the right deal. I might ... I might ...
2009-02-04, 3:45 PM #5
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
Wouldn't that .. not work on your player though?

mmm I've always been tempted to pick up a HD DVD for my Xbox (Well, I've only had it for a short while)

They are pretty cheap now, if can get one for like 50 bucks if you find the right deal. I might ... I might ...


I have one of these as advertised here on the way. :)
woot!
2009-02-04, 4:09 PM #6
Well I have a laptop, so unless there is some way to get that to work on my laptop with a way to output the video to my TV, bleh.
2009-02-04, 4:14 PM #7
Does your laptop have an HDMI out?
一个大西瓜
2009-02-04, 4:17 PM #8
Originally posted by Pommy:
Does your laptop have an HDMI out?


I don't think he has the bluray/hd dvd drive on the laptop, though..
woot!
2009-02-04, 4:26 PM #9
Naw, no HDMI output. I didn't know laptops came with them. And mine is from 2003/4 so it definitely doesn't have one :P

Though .. The Xbox HD DVD uses a USB cable ... If I could figure a way to get my laptop to output from the USB, that would work. I think I could actually use this (Though the slot is on the bottom of my computer, so I would have to build like a stand for it so it would always be slanted upward).
Those flat wide cables... (Don't know what they are called, but I remember from the time I had a desktop as a kid that I used them to install CD players)

Would that work?
2009-02-04, 7:45 PM #10
the xbox hd dvd drive can be found for as little as ~$25

thanks for the link... just ordered a few that aren't likely to be on bluray anytime soon
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2009-02-04, 8:39 PM #11
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
Naw, no HDMI output. I didn't know laptops came with them. And mine is from 2003/4 so it definitely doesn't have one :P

Though .. The Xbox HD DVD uses a USB cable ... If I could figure a way to get my laptop to output from the USB, that would work. I think I could actually use this (Though the slot is on the bottom of my computer, so I would have to build like a stand for it so it would always be slanted upward).
Those flat wide cables... (Don't know what they are called, but I remember from the time I had a desktop as a kid that I used them to install CD players)

Would that work?


Your laptop should have at the very least VGA out
2009-02-05, 6:47 AM #12
Originally posted by JLee:
I haven't watched it yet..something I should pick up?


Absolutely. It's a great low-key movie to watch when just relaxing. It's also nice because you can stop and start as needed without missing out on anything.
2009-02-05, 7:30 AM #13
Originally posted by Connection Problem:
Your laptop should have at the very least VGA out


Is that High Def?

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