What will Netflix do with HD-DVD if Blu-Ray wins?

CKMorpheus · 01-09-08, 04:34 PM

Pretty much what the subject asks... I have a small number of HD-DVDs, and rent most of my HD-DVDs from there. It just seems much more cost-efficient for me.

If Blu-Ray wins, will Netflix keep their stock of HD-DVDs? Sell them? If NetFlix gets rid of their HD-DVD stock, or reduces it, that'll probably be the final nail the HD-DVD coffin for me.

EDIT: No poll. Nothing to see here! Just a real discussion!

redbill · 01-09-08, 04:37 PM

i smell a poll...

DVD Josh · 01-09-08, 04:38 PM

They will probably sell them in some fashion.

RoboDad · 01-09-08, 04:43 PM

I think it all depends on the HD DVD customers themselves. If most die-hard HD DVD supporters follow through with their plans to buy up all of the titles they would want to watch during the coming "fire sales", then there won't be much of a market for the discs on Netflix.

Oh, and where's the poll?

fitprod · 01-09-08, 05:27 PM

Skeet...

fitprod

DivxGuy · 01-09-08, 08:42 PM

I think there will be a sizable market for HD-DVD rentals for some time to come, considering the installed player base and future PC and X-box sales.

speedyray · 01-10-08, 05:53 AM

They will keep renting them. I mean how much shelf space does it really take to keep them. As they come back broken or scratched they will just phase them out and not replace them. If the demand for them completely dries up they may sell them, but considering the wait they have had to get them, they have already paid for themselves. In fact the surge of new Netflix accounts and new HD DVD owners from Christmas has just about every HD DVD in my queue on some length of wait (not like that before Christmas).

Chad · 01-11-08, 06:03 PM

Around the 1:54 mark:

kefrank · 01-11-08, 06:32 PM

for those who don't want to sit through the video, he basically said Netflix will continue to offer both formats as long as the consumer wants them.

kvrdave · 01-11-08, 06:35 PM

For those that don't watch it, Netflix is "agnostic" on the issue of format and will continue to provide anything consumers ask for, which is currently both.

whotony · 01-11-08, 07:04 PM

in case you can't see the video netflix said yada yada yada, agnostic, yada yada,
all blu ray and hd dvds are and will be available, yada.

Mr. Music · 01-11-08, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NetFlix

all blu ray and hd dvds are and will be available.

Lies!

They are not ALL available....

CKMorpheus · 01-11-08, 08:46 PM

Thank you frank, dave, and whotony.

rdclark · 01-11-08, 10:09 PM

I'll tell you one thing. With the rotten condition so many of my Netflix HD-DVD rentals are in, I'll *never* buy used from them!

01-09-08, 04:34 PM	#1
CKMorpheus DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: New York, NY Posts: 7,932	What will Netflix do with HD-DVD if Blu-Ray wins? Pretty much what the subject asks... I have a small number of HD-DVDs, and rent most of my HD-DVDs from there. It just seems much more cost-efficient for me. If Blu-Ray wins, will Netflix keep their stock of HD-DVDs? Sell them? If NetFlix gets rid of their HD-DVD stock, or reduces it, that'll probably be the final nail the HD-DVD coffin for me. EDIT: No poll. Nothing to see here! Just a real discussion! __________________ And death shall have no dominion... My Countdown Counting down to: Wedding Bells Adrienne: "I do!" Andrew: "I do!" Last edited by CKMorpheus; 01-09-08 at 05:15 PM.

01-09-08, 04:38 PM	#3
DVD Josh DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: In My Own Little World Posts: 19,355	They will probably sell them in some fashion. __________________ *DVDTALK GOLD TRADER* http://www.invelos.com/dvdcollection.aspx/cwrujosh

01-09-08, 04:43 PM	#4
RoboDad DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: A far green country Posts: 4,983	I think it all depends on the HD DVD customers themselves. If most die-hard HD DVD supporters follow through with their plans to buy up all of the titles they would want to watch during the coming "fire sales", then there won't be much of a market for the discs on Netflix. Oh, and where's the poll? __________________ .Robo .Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. .Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. .My DVDs

01-09-08, 08:42 PM	#6
DivxGuy DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 3,988	I think there will be a sizable market for HD-DVD rentals for some time to come, considering the installed player base and future PC and X-box sales. __________________ Blu-Ray: 32 HD-DVD: 17 DVD: 600+ and lost count

01-10-08, 05:53 AM	#7
speedyray DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: May 2000 Location: Kingston, TN Posts: 2,308	They will keep renting them. I mean how much shelf space does it really take to keep them. As they come back broken or scratched they will just phase them out and not replace them. If the demand for them completely dries up they may sell them, but considering the wait they have had to get them, they have already paid for themselves. In fact the surge of new Netflix accounts and new HD DVD owners from Christmas has just about every HD DVD in my queue on some length of wait (not like that before Christmas). __________________ My DVD Aficionado - My LaserDisc HD supporter: Toshiba A1, XA2 & Sony PS3

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redbill DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Shirley, MA Posts: 1,143	i smell a poll...

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fitprod Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 781	Skeet... fitprod

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Chad DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Somewhere Hot Scoville Units: 9,999,999 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn Posts: 8,739	Around the 1:54 mark: __________________ \| The Collection → Profiler \| My Criterion \| OHMC8 Results Thread \| Horror Challenge 2013 Planning Thread \| Current Challenge List(s) → \| Drive-in/Exploitation/B-Movie \| Make-Your-Own \|

01-11-08, 06:32 PM	#9
kefrank DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 3,794	for those who don't want to sit through the video, he basically said Netflix will continue to offer both formats as long as the consumer wants them. __________________ --Kevin--

01-11-08, 06:35 PM	#10
kvrdave DVD Talk God Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 79,113	For those that don't watch it, Netflix is "agnostic" on the issue of format and will continue to provide anything consumers ask for, which is currently both. __________________ Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. - C.S. Lewis

01-11-08, 07:04 PM	#11
whotony DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: ^ Kristen Bell Posts: 13,940	in case you can't see the video netflix said yada yada yada, agnostic, yada yada, all blu ray and hd dvds are and will be available, yada.

01-11-08, 08:46 PM	#13
CKMorpheus DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: New York, NY Posts: 7,932	Thank you frank, dave, and whotony. __________________ And death shall have no dominion... My Countdown Counting down to: Wedding Bells Adrienne: "I do!" Andrew: "I do!"

01-11-08, 10:09 PM	#14
rdclark Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 610	I'll tell you one thing. With the rotten condition so many of my Netflix HD-DVD rentals are in, I'll never buy used from them!