IrishJedi.... HD Nut

[dunedain]

Awesome HD collection, Transformers is going to kick ass on HD-DVD as well with the Harry Potter movies.

 

[DarkKnight2k4]

Yeah it's going to be a good year.

I have started logging some of my collection here :

DarkKnight2k4's DVD Collection

It easy and free...

 

[ProgMatinee]

Okay, so I jumped on that HD-DVD Toshiba deal on Amazon a week or so back with many of you. I also used a Gift Card to order a PS3, so I'll soon have a Blu-Ray player as well.

So, including all of the freebie discs (16 total!) and some impulse buys I already have or have pre-ordered the following HD titles:

HEROES: Season One [HD-DVD]
BATMAN BEGINS [HD-DVD]
300 [HD-DVD]
THE FOUNTAIN [HD-DVD]
TMNT [HD-DVD]
V FOR VENDETTA [HD-DVD]
CASABLANCA [HD-DVD]
APOLLO 13 [HD-DVD]
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW [HD-DVD]
U2: RATTLE AND HUM [HD-DVD]
WE WERE SOLDIERS [HD-DVD]
POTC: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL [Blu-Ray]
POTC: DEAD MAN'S CHEST [Blu-Ray]
THE DEPARTED [Blu-Ray]
PEARL HARBOR [Blu-Ray]
CORPSE BRIDE [Blu-Ray]
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION [Blu-Ray]
BLACK RAIN [Blu-Ray]
SPECIES [Blu-Ray]

ON PRE-ORDER:

TROY (Director's Cut) [HD-DVD]
THE LAST STARFIGHTER [HD-DVD]
WYATT EARP [HD-DVD]
UNDERWORLD (Unrated) [Blu-Ray]
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA [Blu-Ray]
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE [HD-DVD]
HALLOWEEN [Blu-Ray]
MASTER AND COMMANDER [Blu-Ray]
ROBOCOP [Blu-Ray]
SPIDER-MAN TRILOGY [Blu-Ray]
TRANSFORMERS [HD-DVD]
PIXAR SHORT FILMS COLLECTION [Blu-Ray]
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: 30th ANNIVERSARY [Blu-Ray]
POTC: AT WORLD'S END [Blu-Ray]
BLADE RUNNER ULTIMATE COLLECTION [HD-DVD]


Yikes! I'm addicted already!

And I counted... that's 17 HD-DVD titles and 15 Blu-Ray. Nice balance.

Net Flix is my friend.

 

[Radagaster]

Another blow to Blu-Ray, but it looks like once again, the HD-DVD versions of Harry Potter movies when released by Warner will have the IMEs. Blu-Rays get stuck once again without them. Guess which version I'll be getting . . .

 

[El Roranous]

Another blow to Blu-Ray, but it looks like once again, the HD-DVD versions of Harry Potter movies when released by Warner will have the IMEs. Blu-Rays get stuck once again without them. Guess which version I'll be getting . . .

IMEs? What are these?

 

[Radagaster]

In-Movie Experience. They did the same thing between the BD vs HD-DVD releases of 300.

 

[DarkKnight2k4]

The war just keeps getting uglier.

I wish they could have compromised like they did with DVD !

 

[El Roranous]

In-Movie Experience. They did the same thing between the BD vs HD-DVD releases of 300.

Oh sort of like PIP but the commentary video is played while the movie is playing? I just got 300 on HD DVD and I think that feature is pretty neat.

 

[Radagaster]

Yep. Nowadays, IME or any PIP features is the thing to beat on any HD releases. I refuse to double dip (from my old DVD) unless the HD version sports features like this.

 

[DarkKnight2k4]

I really could care less...

PQ and AQ is all I care about !:chew

 

[bagelsncheesey]

I really could care less...

PQ and AQ is all I care about !:chew

Hell yes.

 

[Reinhardt]

agreed that PQ and AQ are the most important. But I love a good set of extras as well. Commentaries, documentaries, etc are like candy to me... i can't get enough!

however, the amount of extras on a disc should never affect picture and audio quality.

 

[bagelsncheesey]

agreed that PQ and AQ are the most important. But I love a good set of extras as well. Commentaries, documentaries, etc are like candy to me... i can't get enough!

however, the amount of extras on a disc should never affect picture and audio quality.

Not true... think about space on a disc.

 

[Darth Loki]

Just got my PS3. Can't wait to go home and watch a BR movie

 

[bagelsncheesey]

Just got my PS3. Can't wait to go home and watch a BR movie

 

[Boba Fett]

I have over 2,000 DVDs. No, I won't be replacing ALL of them in HD (thankfully, I'll live with backwards-compatibility and upscaling for most of them) but key ones I will. And I'm going to start buying new releases in HD, going forward.

DarkKnight2k4, since the ex-wife commandeered my 65" Hitachi (not that I'd have room for it right now anyway) I'm going with a 32" 1080p LCD with 1500:1 Contrast Ratio. Works just fine.

Holy crap!!!!!!!!! 2,000 DVD's????!! You live in a video store?

 

[Reinhardt]

Not true... think about space on a disc.

agreed, so put the extras on a separate disc if needed.

 

[bagelsncheesey]

agreed, so put the extras on a separate disc if needed.

then they'll charge more since it's an extra hd disc.

 

[ProgMatinee]

then they'll charge more since it's an extra hd disc.

Aside from the commentaries which need to be on the feature disc anyway, I don't think extras need to be in HD.

 

[Reinhardt]

wasn't part of the reason for the high definition technology to create a disc that had enough available space to not only provide the best picture and sound quality, but ALSO include a wide array of extras that would not have been possible in standard definition?