Video Asylum

Posted by jeffreybehr (A) on January 07, 2008 at 15:09:40

In Reply to: RE: how will HD DVD owners manage their HD DVD "investment". posted by oscar on January 05, 2008 at 08:01:07

...while the more-rational (IMO of course) among us are a little calmer and less black-and-white.

I've had 2 top-of-the-line HD DVD players, a Toshiba X1 and currently an X2, but about a week ago I decided to buy a Samsung dual-format player. I 'found' and bought one locally, but as usual Circuit Shitty let me down again, so I'm on the top of one store's waiting list.

I own about 80 HD DVDs, enjoy them immensely, and have maybe 10 more ordered. I had picked 4 titles--the 1st-2 'Terminators', 'Apocalypto', and 'Rescue Dawn'--as the 1st BDs I'd buy, and I've already ordered them and received a couple plus 'Courage Under Fire'. I'll still buy HD DVDs for those dual releases, but I won't hate buying BDs.

I own a conrad-johnson MET1 all-analog preamp, use the DACs in my players, and use the 6-channel-analog outputs. The MET1 has 'only' 2 6-channel inputs and one is dedicated to my SACD/DVD-A/DVD player, currently a Denon 2900, so I can't use a dedicated BD player in my system...so dual-format here we come.

The reason I didn't adopt BD early is that I think Sony is the consumer-electronics bully to nearly the same extent Micro$oft is the PC bully. Ever since THREE copies of a VERY-expensive Sony 23" computer monitor died, the latter just out of warranty, I've been avoiding Sony's products. Oh well...

So I'm keeping and continuing to watch and enjoy my HD DVDs, and I'll buy more, maybe on the receiving end of some of those 'fire sales'. I wonder just how expensive BDs will be on Amazon next January, compared with the usually-$20 price of HD DVDs and BDs currently.


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