Pre CES Housekeeping Stuff

It’s CES time again! This year both Dave and I will be covering all the HD DVD/Blu-ray news you can shake a stick at. If you have any requests on specific things you would like see us cover, you can email Dave or myself. I will be posting to twitter live during the HDM related [...]

Disney Blu-ray Sale: Up To 50 Percent Off Select Titles

Amazon is offering select Disney Blu-ray titles for 43-50% off of MSRP. The titles include the Pixar discs, as well as the 3 POTC movies. While this deal isn’t as good as a BOGO sale, it the best prices we have seen on Pixar’s Blu-ray discs.
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Muggles Gone Wild: Potter HD DVDs Claim Top 4 Amazon Ranking Spots

In an unprecedented way, Amazon’s latest “Buy One Get One Free” sale has propelled the first 4 Harry Potter HD DVDs into Amazon’s top 4 sales ranking spots. These rankings include all DVD/HD DVD/BD media sold buy the online retailer. We know this is partly due to this weeks DVD releases getting pushed up to [...]

Amazon HD DVD BOGOF Including Harry Potter Titles

Amazon is having another “Buy One Get One Free” deal on selected Warner and Universal HD DVD titles. The deal does include the first four Harry Potter movies. This is a limited time offer, so jump on this deal soon.
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Price Reduction Continues on High-Def Players

A report on Home Media Magazine notes that the price continues to fall for HD Disc players.
The article notes that we should see sub-$300 across the board next year, and predicts less than $100 by 2011, based on a report from the research firm Understanding & Solutions.
The same report apparently notes that software market share [...]

War Gets Nasty – Blu-ray Official Site Hacked

The format war got a little nastier today. It appears that HD DVD supporters have hacked the official BDA site so that it now shows the HD DVD PRG site instead. Personally I think that stooping to this level is pretty shameful – none the less I guess it demonstrates how strongly some folk feel [...]

The End is Here … Again!

And this time we have a winner! While these kinds of prediction articles can be a bit tiresome, this one from Hollywood Reporter comes with a few interesting statistics.
After the usual Playstation 3 dominance note, we are told that in Europe Blu-ray Discs outsell HD DVD in a ratio of 3 to 1. We also [...]

LG BH200 HD DVD/BD Combo Player Reviewed By Sound&Vision

The guys from Sound&Vision Mag have released their review of LG’s BH200 Super Blu combo player. The player supports the full HD DVD specifications, unlike its predecessor the BH100. The player’s hardware also supports Blu-ray Profile 1.1, but will need it enabled via a firmware update. It will be very interesting to compare the BH200 [...]

HD DVD: Best Buy B2G1 Coming Soon

While the current B1G1 offer from Best Buy is certainly sweet, and it’s a definite step in the right direction towards discounted software, the limited selection has got many early adopters in a bit of a bind because they already own many of the discs that are on sale. Well, fear not HD DVD owners, [...]

Bourne Trilogy Free w/ XBOX360 HD DVD Drive Purchase

Amazon is having a special deal on the XBOX360 HD DVD Drive. They are including the Amazon exclusive Boure Trilogy HD DVD collection with the purchase of the HD DVD Drive. We’re pretty sure this is a one day only deal so hurry up if you want to get in on this deal.
[Via HighDefDiscNews]
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