I bought a brand new LG 47' HDTV LCD Flat Panel TV (Mostly for gaming XBox 360 + GoW 2 Oh yeah!)BUT I also would like to watch movies on it but idk if I should start a HD DVD collection (Cheaper but not sure if it is worth investing money in) Blu-Ray looks good but cost so much damn money. So someone come make up my mind for me! (lol)
Need Help! Blu-Ray or HD Dvd?
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[quote name='GizmoGC']Its region free with a little hacking 
Took me about 2 minutes to do, but at the moment I do not have any titles that require it so I switched it back. Its a software hack...just need to press a few buttons on the remote.
I was skeptical of it at first...but wound up buying two of them I was so impressed. Beaitiful design, everything plays perfect, and the little 'ping' noise it makes when touching the buttons...mmmm. Firmware updates are done either by ethernet or USB stick. Profile 1.1 (with 2.0 coming eventually). Its seriously one of the best BD players available (besides the PS3)[/QUOTE]
Broke down and got it
Took me about 2 minutes to do, but at the moment I do not have any titles that require it so I switched it back. Its a software hack...just need to press a few buttons on the remote.
I was skeptical of it at first...but wound up buying two of them I was so impressed. Beaitiful design, everything plays perfect, and the little 'ping' noise it makes when touching the buttons...mmmm. Firmware updates are done either by ethernet or USB stick. Profile 1.1 (with 2.0 coming eventually). Its seriously one of the best BD players available (besides the PS3)[/QUOTE]
Broke down and got it
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[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']HD-DVD is still a great option for high-def movies. Judging by your first post, I am guessing you already have a 360, so you can pick up the add-on for less than $50. Hell, you even get a standalone for less than $100. And there are tons of great movies for less than $10, something you simply can't find on Blu-ray right now.[/QUOTE]
Unless you go to pawn shops. Thanks to their awesomeness, I haven't paid more than 12 bucks for a Bluray and I have many many new releases.
Unless you go to pawn shops. Thanks to their awesomeness, I haven't paid more than 12 bucks for a Bluray and I have many many new releases.
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[quote name='Sporadic']Hooray, BOGO off MSRP 
I meant no more BOGOs worth a damn. Remember when there were BOGOs with 100+ titles at $19.95 each?[/quote]
Indeed! I made BOGO purchases in November, December, and January from Amazon, and they were all great deals. They just kept coming.
I meant no more BOGOs worth a damn. Remember when there were BOGOs with 100+ titles at $19.95 each?[/quote]Indeed! I made BOGO purchases in November, December, and January from Amazon, and they were all great deals. They just kept coming.
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Yeah, they all took place during 4th quarter of last year... the amazon BOGOs. There've been more bogos this year than last; its just Amazon hasn't done any which makes them more attractive when they're combined with up to 50% off as well.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, you're very, very wrong. Fry's had BOGOs almost twice a week, making many titles $9.99 - $12.50 on almost a daily basis. Other stores joined in as well. What your see now at stores is BOGO's, but not to the degree of what happened last year.
Having a BOGO on the same 15-20 titles over and over is not really a deal. Being able to pick up a brand new catalog title that came out three days before for $10 is. You can do a search on the forum...you'd be amazed.
Yeah, they all took place during 4th quarter of last year... the amazon BOGOs. There've been more bogos this year than last; its just Amazon hasn't done any which makes them more attractive when they're combined with up to 50% off as well.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, you're very, very wrong. Fry's had BOGOs almost twice a week, making many titles $9.99 - $12.50 on almost a daily basis. Other stores joined in as well. What your see now at stores is BOGO's, but not to the degree of what happened last year.
Having a BOGO on the same 15-20 titles over and over is not really a deal. Being able to pick up a brand new catalog title that came out three days before for $10 is. You can do a search on the forum...you'd be amazed.
[quote name='GizmoGC']Sorry, you're very, very wrong. Fry's had BOGOs almost twice a week, making many titles $9.99 - $12.50 on almost a daily basis.
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There were not BOGOs every other week throughout 2007, certainly not by Fry's.
Grif32 posted a list on HDD of all the 2007 bogo deals and again, what is striking is that:
1- Amazon's BOGOs were primarily in Oct-Dec
2- From Jan-Sept there were only 3 BOGOs
3- Most of the "bogos for titles at $19.95 or better" were amazon deals
Link here:
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/838008-post34.html
Scouring old Fry's ad posts from April to mid september, there were no deals of significance in April, May had a b2g1 deals for 2 weeks, June had a 2 for $25 sale, July had a 2 for $25 sale, August had nothing until the 31st- there was a 2 for $27 deal through 9/4, and September had that same 2 for $27 deal, a different set of titles in another 2 for $27 deal, and I can't find any fry's ads from Sept 20 through the end of Sept or Jan-March.
But most of the bogos we've seen in 2008 were identical to the 2007 bogos. 4th quarter is when those massive bogos affecting lots of titles kicked in. Looking at the fry's ads, the BOGOs/2 for $XX deals were usually just a handful of titles. Older ones, mostly and not a whole lot of variety there.
I've searched and what I'm finding is they were Amazon deals during the Oct-Dec timeframe.
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There were not BOGOs every other week throughout 2007, certainly not by Fry's.
Grif32 posted a list on HDD of all the 2007 bogo deals and again, what is striking is that:
1- Amazon's BOGOs were primarily in Oct-Dec
2- From Jan-Sept there were only 3 BOGOs
3- Most of the "bogos for titles at $19.95 or better" were amazon deals
Link here:
http://forums.highdefdigest.com/838008-post34.html
Scouring old Fry's ad posts from April to mid september, there were no deals of significance in April, May had a b2g1 deals for 2 weeks, June had a 2 for $25 sale, July had a 2 for $25 sale, August had nothing until the 31st- there was a 2 for $27 deal through 9/4, and September had that same 2 for $27 deal, a different set of titles in another 2 for $27 deal, and I can't find any fry's ads from Sept 20 through the end of Sept or Jan-March.
But most of the bogos we've seen in 2008 were identical to the 2007 bogos. 4th quarter is when those massive bogos affecting lots of titles kicked in. Looking at the fry's ads, the BOGOs/2 for $XX deals were usually just a handful of titles. Older ones, mostly and not a whole lot of variety there.
I've searched and what I'm finding is they were Amazon deals during the Oct-Dec timeframe.
His list are far from complete. I too tried putting together a list at one point but it was just too much to do to prove someone wrong :lol:
Most BOGOs now are Buy 2 get 1 Free where they raised the "normal" price up to MSRP levels making the deal not even worth it. As soon as the sale ends, Amazon lowers the prices.
Most BOGOs now are Buy 2 get 1 Free where they raised the "normal" price up to MSRP levels making the deal not even worth it. As soon as the sale ends, Amazon lowers the prices.
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[quote name='h0mi']The software used to play the movies is not free. I can read the discs but cant do anything with them.[/quote]
Just wanted to throw this out there: The lack of BD/HD-DVD software is frustrating to say the LEAST. The only player I've seen is the Cyberlink PowerDVD8, which sucks and I hate (I usually prefer Media Player Classic, since it's so simple and not very resource intensive). I have heard, however, that one can rip BD/HD-DVD's (maybe it was just HD-DVD's?) to ones hard drive and with the right codecs and such, play these movies using MPC, without menus and stuff. I've seen this at AVSForum, so it might help you. It's not as great as being able to just play them but it beats $80-$100 for software which I think is worse than Windows Media Player (and I really dislike that piece of crap). Hopefully we see something take advantage of the new formats and do it well, and be free to boot. I think we can count on it, just not sure when.
Just wanted to throw this out there: The lack of BD/HD-DVD software is frustrating to say the LEAST. The only player I've seen is the Cyberlink PowerDVD8, which sucks and I hate (I usually prefer Media Player Classic, since it's so simple and not very resource intensive). I have heard, however, that one can rip BD/HD-DVD's (maybe it was just HD-DVD's?) to ones hard drive and with the right codecs and such, play these movies using MPC, without menus and stuff. I've seen this at AVSForum, so it might help you. It's not as great as being able to just play them but it beats $80-$100 for software which I think is worse than Windows Media Player (and I really dislike that piece of crap). Hopefully we see something take advantage of the new formats and do it well, and be free to boot. I think we can count on it, just not sure when.
[quote name='GrilledWitOnions']Just wanted to throw this out there: The lack of BD/HD-DVD software is frustrating to say the LEAST. The only player I've seen is the Cyberlink PowerDVD8, which sucks and I hate (I usually prefer Media Player Classic, since it's so simple and not very resource intensive). I have heard, however, that one can rip BD/HD-DVD's (maybe it was just HD-DVD's?) to ones hard drive and with the right codecs and such, play these movies using MPC, without menus and stuff. I've seen this at AVSForum, so it might help you. It's not as great as being able to just play them but it beats $80-$100 for software which I think is worse than Windows Media Player (and I really dislike that piece of crap). Hopefully we see something take advantage of the new formats and do it well, and be free to boot. I think we can count on it, just not sure when.[/QUOTE]
There's three out right now that can play Blu-Rays (they all cost money though)
PowerDVD (sucks)
WinDVD9 (pretty good)
ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre (best)
There's three out right now that can play Blu-Rays (they all cost money though)
PowerDVD (sucks)
WinDVD9 (pretty good)
ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre (best)
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[quote name='Sporadic']There's three out right now that can play Blu-Rays (they all cost money though)
PowerDVD (sucks)
WinDVD9 (pretty good)
ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre (best)[/quote]Ah, I had heard of winDVD9 but thought it was only in Japanese that it played HD? Not sure where I got that impression. Hadn't really heard of ArcSoft, will look into that; I hate PowerDVD.
PowerDVD (sucks)
WinDVD9 (pretty good)
ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre (best)[/quote]Ah, I had heard of winDVD9 but thought it was only in Japanese that it played HD? Not sure where I got that impression. Hadn't really heard of ArcSoft, will look into that; I hate PowerDVD.
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