HD DVD, or: How do I learn to let go?
 

I've got about 100 HD DVDs. I'm going to catalog them this week.
There's maybe 3 or 4 I plan to keep as mementos.
I'm seriously considering dumping the rest.

What's the best way to go about getting rid of them now, in 2014, over six years after the format was declared dead? Ebay? DVD exchange forum? Garbage? Make a table out of them?

I'm mostly looking for input from the people who actually owned some of these discs before. All 5 of you. I don't really want to do the Ebay route, as I'd rather not deal with the inevitable "Dude, these discs don't work in my Blu-ray player. What the hell?!" emails.

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Goodwill?

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Skeet...

Just kidding, sort of... I was fortunate to get out early and gave my stuff to a friend who had an HD DVD player and was happy to get some movies he didn't have.

Check E-bay, that's about the only option.

I can't think of any other secondary market re-seller that will take them. (If they do you'll literally be getting pennies on the dollar, at best, more likely 1/4 pennies on the dollar.)

fitprod

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You might get a few bucks if you throw them all in a lot on eBay, but otherwise they are sadly worthless. I only have 2 left myself, Midnight Run and Breach, because Universal has yet to release them on Blu.

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I still have mine although I have double dipped on a few to get the Blu-rays. Half.com still has HD DVD's but unless the title hasn't been released on BR yet, it's worth <$1. If the padded envelope costs 69¢ you won't make any money by the tmie you go to the post office. What's the harm of hanging on to them until the players die?

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I still have a player but dumped all the discs a while back. Figured I'd keep the player just as a back up DVD player at the time but don't think I'll ever really use it.

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Would they even take them?

I thought about it... :)

I don't expect to get more than $1/title, if that. I also don't know anyone locally who would just take them.

:lol: I just told my wife that someone else online (you) still has Breach, and she said she almost fell asleep as I told the story (she thought it was terribly boring, so any time I mention it, she jokes about falling asleep during the conversation. I loved it.)

If selling them individually, yeah. That's why I'd be leaning towards a batch sale, if possible. I'm just not sure if there's anyone left out there who wants a huge batch of these things, since I imagine most "collectors" probably have most of the same titles.

Just trying to make room for other crap, really. I'm considering dumping a ton of DVDs, too, but at least those could go to the local library or are at least easier to sell than HD DVDs.

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Goodwill takes anything. I have seen HD DVDs with their DVDs sometimes.

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Might want to check any Warner discs to make sure they still play (and other discs made by their manufacturer, such as many Eagle Rock and Magnolia titles.)

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I'd take them to Goodwill. If anything they're a tax write off.

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I'll give you $80 and you can ship the media mail to me.

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You should check Amazon Trade-In. About a year or two ago I sent in a bunch of HD-DVDs and got around $1-$3 each. The prices have probably dropped since then. But there might be a few discs still worth a buck or two.

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Gizmo's offer sounds pretty decent actually. I had a few rare imported titles that I was able to get some worthwhile prices for on Ebay, but still much less than what I paid for them initially. Most titles aren't worth the trouble individually, and Amazon's trade-in prices for HD-DVD's have dropped off considerably. I'd recommend selling them in bulk to who ever will have them to save yourself time and hassle. I've gotten out of the HD-DVD format completely at this point - another innocent victim of the format war.

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I'm keeping all of my HD-DVD import titles. I do have quite a few regular titles that I'd part with but I may not since I don't want to re-buy the fucking thing(s) on Blu-ray. Why double-dip if I already have it? I still have a brand new HD-DVD unit sealed in a box in case my main unit stops working.

I treasure my Pan's Labyrinth French import Boxed set and La Vie En Rose on HD-DVD.

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+1 :up:

The only titles I've double dipped on were from coupons I had from U&S that I had to use up or go to waste. It was better to double dip than to basically throw out a DVD title. Or maybe it wasn't?

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You should seriously take this offer.

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A friend of mine still has the 360 add on and movies. I remember the Sunday morning it was announced that WB was pulling out of HD-DVD. I had my whole collection sold that night, and caught some shit here for it. But the prices were still good, and I bought a PS3 and a bunch of Blu's the next day.

And take Gizmo's offer.

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Amazon only lists about 20 HD DVDs, and most of those are 25 cents for trade-in if they're brand new (meaning still in shrink wrap). If they're open, but in good shape, you'll get about 2 cents each for them.

They do want $3 for THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, so if the OP has that one, he can get a few $.

Better selling them all together to an interested party.

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I only saved 12 because they've never been upgraded or the BD is from the same source. My HDA1 is in my HT and is used for my upscaling.

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Seriously, my offer is shockingly good.

I have maybe about 200 or so HD DVDs (I've upgraded some to Blu-ray, others I kept because the HD DVD looked better ((The Thing)) ), but these things are essentially worthless now. Its been six years since the format folded and many of the HD DVDs are already on Blu-ray, and typically bargain priced already (i.e. Constantine is like $5 on Blu or $15 in a 4 pack).

Trying selling on eBay and you get people who think it'll work in their "Upscaling DVD Player" (even when you tell them flat out it won't). It's a gamble. $80 to me is worth the gamble to fill out my collection and sell off/trade the extras. I'm essentially giving you $1 a pop, which is far more than you would get from Amazon. Seriously. I have no idea why I am even offering that much but I really like opening boxes and being surprised.

I also have an XA2 so they will be going to a good player (the 360 Add-on is so fucking loud. I am used to Blu-ray players not being so quite I essentially tossed the player back into the closet).

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Just another chiming in it's basically not worth your time to try and sell them separately. Take what you can get and be done with it.

I have maybe a handful of discs left that weren't worth selling when I replaced them with a Blu-ray. I was able to move my HD-XA2 for $200 clear late last year, but my HD-A1 and and HD-A20 are probably near worthless at this point like the discs. If anyone's interested in them, PM me an offer. They were barely used and I was the only owner.

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I can't even sell my extra XA2.

I won't part with my XA1 (ever) or my XA2, but I literally have stacks of A3s, A2s etc. in my garage.

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Thanks for all the input. I think there's a few avenues worth exploring, at least. I wasn't expecting any offers from members here :) but it's good to see that there's interest.

Gizmo, your offer is really good, and I would seriously jump on it... BUT, I'm in Canada, so shipping to you would probably end up costing one or both of us too much extra to make it worthwhile. Cross-border + 100 discs/cases = heavy + big + not cheap, no matter how you look at it.

I'm probably going to set aside the ones I'm keeping (like Breach!) and toss the lot on kijiji (Canada's craigslist). If someone bites, great. If not, I'll just make sure they take up as little room as possible on my shelving unit.

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Mine moved on Amazon Marketplace. I think I left it up there for a few months around $219 and cleared just under $200 IIRC. Might be worth a listing if you want to move it.

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You might want to look into what films matter to keep on that format. Sometimes they hit BD and they didn't work out as well.

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There are some media swapping websites where you can post them.

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Even with you swallowing the shipping costs, I don't think you will do better than gizmo's offer. But if you have the time and patience, you can try! Good luck! :)

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How about Skeet Surfin'? Never tried it but it sure looks like fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f_19nxNfjs


At this stage I can't see why people would toss out their HD DVDs and replace them with Blu-ray. I have about 300 HDDVDs and they still play fine, except for about 3 or 4 Warner titles.

By the time my HD DVD players break down there will probably be a 4K version I'll want more or the Blu-ray will cost a buck. Why spend $5-$15 each replacing them with the same transfer on Blu-ray?

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Shipping 100 titles from Canada would easilly leave him PAYING to unload them, even though he would "get" $80, it would cost $100 or more to ship them! Have you any idea how ridiculously expensive Canada to US shipping is? It's something like $1 per 15 grams.

Seriously, just keep them as backups, and if you're really adventurous, rip them and burn your own BD-Rs of the ones you don't own on Blu yet. It isn't worth the perhaps $0.50 per title.

I've still got around 50 titles myself. Sold many to Amazon back a couple of years ago, and actually got decent prices then, $7 to $10 each for most titles. But, I still am holding onto my XA2...

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What Snake said - the HD-DVD of 'The Thing' is still the best version available. I think there are at least a couple more.

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I'm keeping all my HD DVD, unless any go rare and I can sell them at a good price. Those Red cases look good on the shelf too. I even searched around to finish my collection with The Bonnie and Clyde HD DVD Digibook and P2 amongst others on the cheap.

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+2.

I have the The Terminator 2 on HD DVD. It was a German release steelbook, and looks fantastic on my Toshiba HD DVD player (XA2). I few other rare ones I think, and won't be giving them up anytime soon.

And I don't like re-buying titles, especially when I have around 300 of them.

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I also have that German T2 steel box, which is actually the best looking version on the market.

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Keeping all 69 of my HD-DVDs as well. HD-DVDs still has a special place in my <3.

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They really screwed the pooch on the BR release of Apollo 13 as well. DNR'd it to death. HD version is much better. It seems they are worthless to everyone but you. Throw them out or donate them.

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I still have a large number of HD-DVDs as well and even a few laserdiscs. They are worth having around to me. What is shocking to me isn't that HD-DVD has no resale value. It's the fact my regular DVDs and most of my Blu-rays are equally as worthless if I tried to sell them. Interest in physical media really fell off the map.

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Many people bailed on HD DVD right away getting premium prices for their collection. However at the time the BR were also going for a premium. I noticed the prices dropping so fast, I figured even if the HD DVD were worthless, most of the BR would be <$10 anyway. I figure it ends up being a wash. The HD DVD doesn't take any more room on the shelf than the BR version would. Of the few I double dipped on, I just got a double BR case for both of them. Other than the extra player in the entertainment center, there is no space issue. Even the wife can figure out which discs go in which player and what buttons on the universal remote to hit.

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I still have quite a few Criterion LD's, too. We'll never see some of those ported over to BD due to rights issues.

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I still have an A1 and an A35. I have 88 discs, although 3 or 4 of them I've double dipped on for Blu-ray (Adventures of Robin Hood, Zodiac, Shaun of the Dead come to mind). I see no reason to get rid of them.

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I got the subliminal message in there ;)