You’re not going to have to use separate HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players anymore.
Samsung is releasing a Combination HD-DVD Blu-Ray Player
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You’re not going to have to use separate HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players anymore.
Samsung is releasing a Combination HD-DVD Blu-Ray Player
Comments are closed.
Yeah, but for an arm and a leg.
I am with the HD-DVD camp now. It’s a shame that we, as consumers, are being put through this silly format war.
This is a pretty good reminder of the Beta/VHS wars back in the day.
I’m actually surprised the player is out at any price. At one point I heard that there was something in one of the contracts that said that you could license the format for a player as long as you didn’t support the other format at the same time. I’m not sure what happened there, but if Samsung is out with a player, I’m sure other companies will follow suit.
Bottom line though: I agree with you. Format wars don’t do anything but really tick off consumers.
I should clarify something: I own an HD-DVD player now. That’s what I meant by being in that camp.
I got it when the price was dropped a few weeks ago, and my DVD jukebox was acting up. I’m happy with it. Very happy.
I think with the lower priced units that are out there, HD-DVD will take off more readily than Blu-Ray…I’m predicting HD-DVD will win. 🙂
What made you decide to go HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray? More titles? Better tech?
In my case, it was price and a nice offer of 8 movies with the player. The player was $199 (low enough price point for me), and with 8 free movies…couldn’t beat that with a stick. Practically made the player free.
I’ve been watching the war from the sidelines, but had been leaning towards HD-DVD for some time. I think the fact that it’s been a more widely available format, and that it has some of (what I consider to be) the more important studio backing such that the back catalog of available movies is huuuuuge….I was happy to finall enter the foray.
Eight movies and a price of $199 is hard to beat! Sounds like you got great deal.
Well, yeah, except Best Buy did 9 free movies the next day. And wouldn’t honor the difference when I complained. I almost returned it, but I had it all hooked up, etc. and would have had to return it all.