Is it worth it?

**PFC5** · 07-07-2009, 03:26 PM

For the same price, I would get an HD DVD player myself, and then you could always choose to buy new HD DVD movies that are true HD for less than the SD DVD version would cost new.

checkitout · 08-13-2009, 01:04 AM

its better to have you decision..so that at the end,..you won't regret it!!!

Chris Gerhard · 08-13-2009, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by couchpotato99

It is DEFINITELY worth it. Even if new HD-DVD titles won't happen, you can still find hundreds of older titles online at Amazon.com or Frys.com.

Best of all, HD-DVD players are GREAT upscalers of standard dvd's.

So if you can get a good deal on the HD-DVD player, buy it!

If you're just looking for a paperweight, ask Sony if they have any SACD players left.

There have been about 6,000 SACD releases compared to under 1,000 HD DVD releases and more SACD titles have been released every month during 2009. There has been well over 25,000,000 SACD players sold worldwide from many different manufacturers and more are being manufactured every month compared to about 1,500,000 HD DVD players from very few manufacturers, none make players now.

If somebody wants high resolution surround and stereo audio playback, there is good reason to purchase SACD. I still hope that Blu-ray which is already huge compared to SACD in terms of total market, market awareness and market potential, replaces SACD and SACD joins HD DVD as a historical footnote. I think this hobby will be well served if all companies still releasing SACD software cease and release Blu-ray instead. If you want to make comparative statements between SACD and HD DVD, you may as well understand the facts. Neither amounted to much, but SACD was gigantic compared to HD DVD. SACD disc prices never plummetted like HD DVD prices have but I wish that would happen. I don't think it can because for the most part SACD wasn't manufactured in crazy quantities compared to demand.

Just like I refused to purchase new release HD DVD's during the format war, the only way I knew to cast my vote in favor of Blu-ray, I now do the same and refuse to purchase any 2009 SACD releases. That isn't a difficult thing since so few titles of interest to me have been released on SACD in 2009. I won't purchase new release DVD-A titles either now for the same reason. If whatever small market exists for better than CD quality can all be moved to Blu-ray, there might be a market big enough to matter and interest all music companies. If we see a dribble of titles on three different formats, there will never be a market of significance for high resolution lossless audio.

Chris

maoaminde · 09-10-2009, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by HankG

I am setting up my first home theater system and since I don't want to buy Blu Ray right now, would it be worth the money to get a HD dvd player? I already have the Xbox 360, so buying the HD DVD player will only cost me about $50. Will there be a very noticeable difference between standard and HD DVDs? Should I just stick with the standard definition until blu ray drops in price some more?

Yes . I agree with you.

dvdbestonline · 11-06-2009, 03:28 AM

Sure, worty.

Robtek70 · 11-08-2009, 05:22 AM

I think its worth buying one especialy as the discs are so cheap.

I have a XBox 360 with 2 hd dvd drives (one as a spare), a Toshiba A30 player plus over 70 HD DVD's and still buying discs. One big advantage of HD DVD is that they are not region encoded (as far as I know) so you can buy them from anywhere with out worring if they will play.

I also have a PS3 for Blu Ray with about 25 discs for movies I can't get on HD DVD.

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08-13-2009, 01:04 AM	#17
checkitout My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6	its better to have you decision..so that at the end,..you won't regret it!!!

11-06-2009, 03:28 AM	#20
dvdbestonline What is HD? Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4	Sure, worty.

11-08-2009, 05:22 AM	#21
Robtek70 My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5	I think its worth buying one especialy as the discs are so cheap. I have a XBox 360 with 2 hd dvd drives (one as a spare), a Toshiba A30 player plus over 70 HD DVD's and still buying discs. One big advantage of HD DVD is that they are not region encoded (as far as I know) so you can buy them from anywhere with out worring if they will play. I also have a PS3 for Blu Ray with about 25 discs for movies I can't get on HD DVD.