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So.... How Many HD-DVDs In Your Collection Now?

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Old 06-20-08 | 09:51 AM
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So.... How Many HD-DVDs In Your Collection Now?

With the clearance sales from international retailers such as ezyDVD.au and DVD.uk dating from February, the Hollywood Video PVD clearance in March, the recent blow-out $5.99 sale from iNetVideo, and this month's 20% off sales at DD and DVDPlanet.... just how large is your HD-DVD collection now?

PS - Count each physical HD-DVD disc as 1. For example, the Harry Potter Box Set has 5 HD-DVDs in it, so it would count for 5.

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Old 06-20-08 | 09:54 AM
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For myself, I have 109 unique titles, some of which are box sets. The box sets contribute an additional 35 extra discs, so I have a total of 144 physical HD-DVD discs in my collection.

(According to DVD Profiler, back when I made my first clearance sale purchase from ezyDVD.au, I had only 42 unique titles, plus 11 extra box set discs, for a total of 53 physical HD-DVD discs. That means my collection has grown nearly 3.5x - from 42 to 144.)
Old 06-20-08 | 10:06 AM
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95 releases, 120 discs (not counting the SD DVDs in the Blade Runner set). Before clearance sales, only 20.
Old 06-20-08 | 10:07 AM
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I've got 80 or so... I plan on keeping them until the player dies. I used a separate player for region-free DVDs, so I see no reason to be bothered by using a separate HD player; plus I love the upconversion on my XA1.
Old 06-20-08 | 10:09 AM
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Currently at 77 according to DVDSpot (counting the Matrix titles separately but the four Jack Ryan movies in one set). So technically 80.

I expect that number to decrease somewhat as Blu-Ray editions are released of the Jack Ryan movies, Transformers, Mummy films, but some I expect to be there for a while as I can't imagine Universal would re-release them anytime soon on Blu or there won't be a compelling reason to upgrade. Also, on stuff like Training Day, the HD DVD is superior so I'll be keeping that one.

I was originally as high as 150-something, but I used the BOGO sales during the holidays to replace many of my WB HD DVD's with Blu-Ray. I also purged a lot of non-essential Uni stuff and have any dual-release Paramount titles as Blu now.

I did pick up a few from the recent DDD sale, but I am going to hold off on any more as I am happy with what I have, and Uni seems to be announcing re-releases fairly frequently.
Old 06-20-08 | 10:16 AM
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10 free

Bought: Transformers (w/ Border's credit) and Blade Runner
Bought for $10 used at Hollywood video: Black Snake Moan
Bought from inetvideo for ~$7-$8 each: 18 (won't list all the titles)

Bought my player from Walmart for $100, and won another one from a Toshiba sweepstakes in Home Theater magazine.

So all in all I am happy with my investment in HD-DVD (and will enjoy the players as upconverters if nothing else). I've got a nice mix of favorites, haven't seen/don't own on DVD, and otherwise decent flicks. Might buy some more if I can get them for

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Old 06-20-08 | 10:24 AM
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Still have over 300 HD DVDs but I haven't bought anything new since the Toshiba announcement. My blu-ray collection has just surpassed my HD DVD collection since all of the 20% sales.
Old 06-20-08 | 10:47 AM
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Around 36.. Spent around $293 not counting Hardware costs.

Free:
Sky Captain, Casablanca, We Were Soldiers, Blazing Saddles, 300, The Big Lebowski, Shaun of the Dead, 1 other that I can't remember

$15:
Galapagos, The Shining, Last Samurai, Batman Begins

B2G1 (~ $60):
Pan's Labyrinth, The Kingdom, Blade Runner (I think has 2 HDDVDs in the set? Or was it 3?)

$19.99:
Elizabeth

$29.99:
Hot Fuzz, Transformers, The Bourne Ultimatum

Used:
The Bourne Identity ($5.99), King Kong (2005) ($5.99), Shrek 3 ($9.99)

$25 (4 discs)
Planet Earth

$61 for the following 9 combined
The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dawn of the Dead, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Happy Gilmore, Lost in Translation, Serenity, The Good Shepherd

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Old 06-20-08 | 11:06 AM
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I still have about 30 or so. I replaced several titles during the BOGO deals, but since then I can't bring myself to do it until they're $10 or less. Maybe if I get to within 2 or 3 of finishing them off, I'll just get it over with, but until then I'll insist on a bargain bin price. I figure it will be at least a couple of years before I can retire the HD DVD player.
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo
Currently at 77 according to DVDSpot (counting the Matrix titles separately but the four Jack Ryan movies in one set). So technically 80.

I expect that number to decrease somewhat as Blu-Ray editions are released of the Jack Ryan movies, Transformers, Mummy films, but some I expect to be there for a while as I can't imagine Universal would re-release them anytime soon on Blu or there won't be a compelling reason to upgrade. Also, on stuff like Training Day, the HD DVD is superior so I'll be keeping that one.

I was originally as high as 150-something, but I used the BOGO sales during the holidays to replace many of my WB HD DVD's with Blu-Ray. I also purged a lot of non-essential Uni stuff and have any dual-release Paramount titles as Blu now.

I did pick up a few from the recent DDD sale, but I am going to hold off on any more as I am happy with what I have, and Uni seems to be announcing re-releases fairly frequently.
I have right around the same amount and half of them came from the inetvideo sale.
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By next week when all my packages arrive maybe 230?
Old 06-20-08 | 11:19 AM
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That inetvideo sale padded a lot of collections.
Old 06-20-08 | 11:24 AM
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Well FWIW I got most of mine day and date - no regrets.
Old 06-20-08 | 12:45 PM
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I have the 5 free, plus 6 that I bought for less than $14 a piece.

But last week I got a Blu-Ray Player and I already have 10 of those... so I doubt I'll be getting any more HD-DVD unless its a really good deal.
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I've got just over 200. That's probably it though. In fact, my Blu-ray collection just caught up with my HD-DVD collection.
Old 06-20-08 | 01:30 PM
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I own 76 different HD-DVD titles. I've watched 19 of them, and have 57 left to watch as of this moment.

How much did it cost me investment wise? I'd guess around $600. If I had to do the math it might be a little less or a little more... but that should be a pretty fair estimate. The majority of my titles are ones I got for $5 or $7.50 a piece at Hollywood Video (raised to around $6 or $9 with buying replacement cases), and I got a lot of titles for $5.99 or $7.99 from inetvideo (with their free shipping promotion). A couple of titles I paid more for: some of my Warner titles like Superman: The Movie, Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut, and Enter the Dragon cost me around $12.50 each. Plus the Star Trek: Season 1 set cost me $50 from Amazon.ca.

My player was basically free. I returned an up-converter I had just purchased a while back in order to get the HD-A2 for $100 at Best Buy. It cost me $30 cover the difference but I got The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, and Hot Fuzz HD-DVD's for free with the promotion and got my $50 Gift Card from Best Buy in the mail (making the actual investment to High Definition be in my favor).

I don't have any regrets regarding my HD-DVD collection. There are still a few more titles I want and after that I will move on to collecting Blu-Ray titles. My HD-DVD collection is pretty large though and I got everything at awesome prices. It's been a good investment.
Old 06-20-08 | 01:32 PM
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I have 10 FREE. Then I also have:
- Transformers (obtained in a trade here)
- Fast & The Furious (BUY.com $10 Google)
- Batman Begins (BUY.com $10 Google)
- Clerks 2 (BUY.com $10 Google)
Old 06-20-08 | 02:13 PM
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About 100 more or less- don't even have an HDTV yet but figure I better get all the cheap new/sealed HD-DVDs while I can. I've been trying to get every combo title put out since they're kind of an oddity and I think that was the biggest advantage HD had over Blu-Ray- I've got every Universal combo title either on the shelf or coming in the mail, except for Atonement which was their last one.
Old 06-20-08 | 02:54 PM
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I must be one of the few who is going in the opposite direction. I had over 235 hd-dvds. I am down to about 140 and about 7-8 of those are dups. I still have a A2 and A35. I thought about picking up more titles with all these sales but decided not to. I may in the future or just may try and get rid of the rest of them.

My blu-ray collection went from basically 4-5 titles to over 130 titles in the last 3-5 months. I am averaging about $12.60 per blu-ray title.
Old 06-20-08 | 03:04 PM
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I haven't gotten rid of any of my HD DVDs, but I haven't bought any since I grabbed Eastern Promises more than five months ago. I'm not opposed to getting more, but I've been so inundated with Blu-ray discs lately that I haven't had the motivation.
Old 06-20-08 | 03:18 PM
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82 including Heroes. I probably bought maybe 30 during clearance sales.
Old 06-20-08 | 03:50 PM
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66, all purchased/received after Toshiba quit the game.
Old 06-20-08 | 03:53 PM
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Only kept 4. The Thing, Zodiac, Children of Men and The Big Lebowski. Sold the rest to a friend who isn't planning on going Blu for awhile.
Old 06-20-08 | 04:29 PM
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I still have 77 titles. I have a combo player now along with my A3 so I doubt that number will drop. I have little reason to replace anymore with Blu-rays at current BD prices.
Old 06-20-08 | 04:34 PM
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