Vipper II

The Monkees

I will buy HD-DVD until they completely dicontinue them. I have a Blu-Ray player as well, but I like HD-DVD much better. Even though Warner is stopping HD-DVD, and that is a damn shame, HD-DVD still has a better title selection and few of their titles ever miss special features from their SD versions, unlike Blu-Ray (i.e. Live Free or Die Hard, Spider-Man 1 & 2, etc.).

I still have strong faith in HD-DVD, Universal and Paramount are still HD-DVD exclusive, there's still a small chance of hope.

theflyingdutch

Ya, right. Like no way in hell.

Mr. Cinema

I think it's quite different. IMO, 2 studios and 1 player manufacturer can't carry a format long term. At least before, you had WB's support. 3 studio catalogs was alot, but now take away WB's gigantic catalog, and that really hurts. BD now has 70% of the market share. HD DVD shelf space is going to shrink even more now, so there will be lots of Blu for new buyers to notice when they start browsing around in Best Buy. The question of "why are there so many more Blu-ray movies?" will start getting asked.

theflyingdutch

I envision greater and greater functionality on BD as the manufacturers concentrate on enhancing quality. As someone once said, HD-DVD was simply DVD on steroids, while BD is completely different and forward looking.

Cosmic Bus

I will still buy Zodiac on Tuesday, since I passed on the DVD release because of the then-upcoming HD-DVD. After that, I'm done with high def.

buckee1

I'm still buying HD discs regardless. There's not a whole lot on the menu for new releases but there are a couple of titles I'll be getting. Namely, Elizabeth: The Golden Age & Zodiac DC. As other titles are made available on HD, I'll get them as well.

nevermind

Like the MiniDisc!

nevermind

As for the question of the post- yes I will, and why not?

I have both formats, but could care less which one I own a movie on. They are both excellent quality. As others have stated, bring on the fire sale!

Doughboy

Why wouldn't I? It's not like the discs will stop playing once the format war is over. I've got several Universal and Paramount titles preordered and I don't see any reason to cancel them.

What worries me about WB's announcement yesterday is that Paramount/Dreamworks will feel inclined to just wait out the remaining 12 months of their exclusive deal and not release anything except for major day-and-date titles.

lizard

Yes, I will buy any titles that I want, if I can get them at bargain prices, same as before. And I will continue this until they stop making them. I don't give a rat's ass whether my cases are red or blue; both provide excellent PQ and AQ and special features, if the studios can be bothered to include them.

I really don't get this OCD stuff about having to have all one's discs in the same format. I think it will be kind of fun to have the first five HP movies in red and the last two in blue.

dsa_shea

I am getting Zodiac this week and allow him to put my HD-Dvd buying to rest.

PopcornTreeCt

I agree. It's quite alarming how many people are ditching their HD-DVDs. You should be ditching your DVDs if anything.

edstein

I'm buying Red until the bleeding end. By then I be able to get a Blue player for less than $400.

Sdallnct

This would be me as well.

I haz both. But I still haven't found a stand alond BR player that I like AND is reasonable priced.

I'm actually thinking of jumping on the B3G2 free sale still at BB. Seems just a few $$ less then Amazon overall. At those prices, they are in some cases LESS then SD!

Right now I have a PS3 and A3 in my theater room, but only A3 in the living room. The A3's were right around $125 each and since they make excellent up converting SD players, I see no reason to get rid of them. When they have a BR player for under $150, then I'll pick one up for the living room.

asianxcore

Yup

Then again we'll see how many titles I'm interested in that HD-DVD pumps out.

GreenMonkey

I'm going to scoop them up from the suckers dropping them for cheap on ebay. I've got the player already, I'll have a dual format player in the next year or two. Until there's a good, cheap BD player, especially. I really don't like using the PS3's proprietary, unlit remote in the dark (how I watch all movies on my projector).

RockyMtnBri

Zodiac will be my last HD DVD.

ChrisHicks

I'll still buy even though Amazon took away my 10%.

GenPion

Why should people ditch DVD's? A lot of stuff isn't available in either format and won't be for quite some time - if ever. Especially older TV series, even the "newer" ones dating back to the early 90's.

Chad

Damn skippy. I don't have any allegiances to either side. To me, picking a side and criticizing others for not choosing the same is almost as ridiculous as being a console fanboy and doing the same. If truth be told, I honestly couldn't give 3 shits about the outcome of this "war". All I know is if HD doesn't survive - I have a great player I received at a great price that upconverts all my SD DVDs...and plays HD DVDs...which I still plan on purchasing no matter the outcome.

advdfreak

I will be picking up Zodiac on HD DVD this Tuesday and whatever HD DVD exclusive titles are released such as American Gangster. If a title is available on both formats, then I will pick up the Blu-ray version. It may slow my HD DVD purchases, but it will not stop me completely, especially if there is a major sale.

MichaelMeyers

I'll continue to buy HD-DVD and will just switch to Blu-Ray from Warners from here on out....

The Bus

No, I'm still going to buy them.

Did everyone's players stop working? Should I not update my Toshiba firmware?

maingon

I still LOVE HD-DVD and still perfer it. I just bought Eastern Promises, great movie and the best looking live action HD I have ever seen. Its so razor sharp. Going to buy Zodiac Tuesday