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Old 12-31-08 | 01:39 AM
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First High Definition film watched?

The thread title says it all. What was the very first film you watched in High Definition?

For me, I started with The Invasion on HD-DVD. The movie kind of sucked as it was downright horrible in pacing but it was a fun thrill ride just the same and the transfer was absolutely gorgeous.
Old 12-31-08 | 02:29 AM
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First Blood on D-VHS.
Old 12-31-08 | 05:34 AM
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Serenity on hd dvd
Old 12-31-08 | 06:04 AM
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King Kong on HD-DVD.
Old 12-31-08 | 07:26 AM
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X2 - X-Men United on one of the HD channels (HBO-HD? Cinemax-HD?). (9/25/04)

Other random ones...

First movie DVRed in HD: It's Alive! (10/23/04)
First Blu-ray disc watched: Casino Royale (7/14/07)
First Blu-ray disc reviewed: Immortal Beloved (7/28/07)
First HD DVD watched: Serenity (4/22/06)
First HD DVD reviewed: Doom (5/7/06)
Old 12-31-08 | 07:40 AM
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First HD DVD watched was King Kong that came packed in with my HD DVD Drive for my 360...Because I was uneducated at the time...I was very displeased with the black bars and kind of backed off from any HD content beyond what was on TV.. But I learned
Old 12-31-08 | 07:48 AM
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The Descent on BD - May 2007. Immeditely prompted me to get my cable box upgraded to an HD one.
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HD-DVD - The Bourne Identity
Blu-ray - The Fifth Element

I'm not positive since I went purple on the same day, but I think Fifth Element was first.
Old 12-31-08 | 08:48 AM
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Pretty sure it was Batman Begins HDDVD.
Old 12-31-08 | 08:51 AM
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Crank in Blu-ray on my PS3.
Old 12-31-08 | 08:51 AM
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Probably something in HD-Net several years ago, don't really remember
Old 12-31-08 | 09:17 AM
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - It came with the first run of PS3's

Then I sold it on e bay for $20
Old 12-31-08 | 09:34 AM
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Doom on HD DVD
There wasn't a whole lot to choose from at launch.
Old 12-31-08 | 09:38 AM
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Old 12-31-08 | 09:39 AM
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Blu-ray of Batman Begins was #1 and iron Man was # 2.

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Spiderman 3 on blu jan 08
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
HD-DVD - The Bourne Identity
Blu-ray - The Fifth Element
Exact same two for me, although the Blu-ray was about 6 months later.
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Serenity

Don't remember what I watched on my DVR.
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BD - watched some scenes of different movies but Blade Runner was the first one I watched all the way through.
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Corpse Bride on HD-DVD
Old 12-31-08 | 11:01 AM
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The Fifth Element (BD)
Old 12-31-08 | 11:07 AM
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Hollywoodland on HD-DVD
Old 12-31-08 | 11:09 PM
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Also Serenity on HD-DVD. In my case I had the disc and the player waiting when we brought home the TV, and ended up watching --stunned by the great PQ -- with the TV still sitting on the floor, the player connected via component (didn't have HDMI cables yet), and using the TV speakers. We were just "testing" the TV, you see.
Old 12-31-08 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mzupeman2
King Kong on HD-DVD.
This
Old 01-01-09 | 01:10 AM
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PotC (2nd movie) - PS3 - Colors really pop out and more depth of field.


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