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Old 01-13-07, 07:50 PM
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Why does Netflix carry more Blu-ray discs than HD DVDs?

i rent from netflix

there are more blue ray dvds then hd


will that ever change
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It will change right now, actually. I promise you Netflix has zero Blu-ray DVDs, as a Blu-ray disc is not a DVD.

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Whats a Blue-Ray?
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i hope it changes

what do you mean netflix has no blue ray?
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Never.

Blue-rayz rulez 4eva !!!111!!!!111!!!!
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wish they would release it all on hd dvd blue ray


at the same time
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But then youd need an LG hd dvd blue ray player to watch them. I dont know about you, but I'm not about to get behind yet another format.

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HD-DVD's? What's a hard drive DVD? Can my computer play that?
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i meant to say

when they release the dvds

wish they would release them
on

hd

and blue ray at the same time


and ty for all your help and info

i am new at this

i respect your comments
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i was thinkin about joining netflix to rend hd dvd's, how is their selection?
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Originally Posted by BigDogg
i was thinkin about joining netflix to rend hd dvd's, how is their selection?
I've only rented a few titles from them (T3, Charlie, Aeon Flux, Italian Job, etc). Every title worked fine minus Aeon Flux, which froze my A1.
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I also get HD-DVDs from Netflix and have not had any problems.
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I also get HD-DVDs from Netflix and have not had any problems.
Same here. No problems. I've got Syriana and Jar Head this week.
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Same here. I've been renting from them since July.
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With the exception of The Sting which is not listed and Fearless which is listed as unavailable, they've had every HD-DVD I was looking for.
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Bunkaroo, check out Fearless ASAP.
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Just picked it up with some certificates for Best Buy. Not happy about it being $40, but then again it's "free" to me from getting triple points when I bought all my BD and HD gear in November. In a perverse way, you could say buying my BDP-S1 helped pay for an HD-DVD. Blasphemy!
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My Netflix'd HD-DVDs are about 50% playable since September.

Half of them won't play all the way through.

And whats worse. When I mark it as unplayable and request a replacement they ALWAYS send me the SD version.

I finally went thru the hell of calling Netflix to ask if that is what they are meaning to do, or if it's a website problem. Mind you, the site doesn't SAY that they sent me a HD replacement and I GET a SD. It SAYS they sent me a SD.

Well Netflix CS told me she didn't know if HD discs are supposed to be replaced with HD or SD. She'd never been asked that question before and will "send it up" to her supervisors.

In the meantime she gave me 3 bonus discs. Yay. She said she'd call me when she found out the answer. 2 weeks, no follow up.
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I'm actually prob gonna join netflix as well. I just got a 360 HD-dvd player and as you know, when we get into something new and exciting. We tend to let our money fly out of our wallet. Net-flix is going to save me alot of money.
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I've received a few HDDVDs from NEtflix and haven't had a problem with playback with any of them. My only problem is that it seems every HD DVD i want to rent, is on a "long wait."
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Netflix sent me Superman Returns HD DVD. Finally!
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They do seem to be missing some things. For example they don't have Pitch Black HD-DVD at all. No idea about their blu-ray selection as I don't have one.

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