Getting the most from your cheap X360 HD-DVD drive purchase

[lorax1284]

here is the list of titles available from the mail in "5 free HD-DVDs" offer, in five categories:

Category A:
Aeon Flux
Babel
Freedom Writers

Category B:
The Hulk
Pitch Black
The Thing

Category c:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
TMNT
Full Metal Jacket

Category D:
Firewall
The Frighteners
U2: Rattle & Hum

Category E:
Black Rain
Darkman
Syriana

If you're like me, you would prefer to be able to pick your movies regardless of category.

I wonder if all of us who have recently purchased the X360 drive might pool our resources and see if we could order and trade discs from various categories.

So I'm suggesting that we post our 5 favourite titles REGARDLESS of category and maybe we could work out a deal where if one person wants two titles form cat B and another wants 2 titles from cat C then they cooperate and order the other titles for trade.

Anyone wanting THREE titles from a given category, well, that makes it a bit more complicated, but to start things off

My 5:

The Hulk (Underrated: Ang Lee's take was affected by studio meddling)
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (lurve Tim Burton! True to the book)
The Frighteners (the effects don't age well, but hey, it's Peter Jackson!)
Darkman (Sam Raimi's first 'mainstream success')

So, I'm undecided on the last two:

Aeon Flux (supposedly bad, but probably has some redeeming qualities)
U2: Rattle & Hum (The Joshua Tree tour: I somehow managed to get tickets to the Toronto stop on that tour, so it has sentimental value)

So, I either (coincidentally) want one from each category, or I want none from Cat A and two from Cat D. So, I want to trade with someone who wants NONE from cat D and two from cat A. See how it works? Fun!

Also, I'd be willing to consider trades... so if any owners of HD-DVDs (or Blu-Ray... I have a dual format player) want to trade for any of the titles in the free offer, that could be arranged.

Mailing an HD-DVD via regular surface mail is only in the $2 range, so I think it could be done country-wide, but we could also set it up for local exchange, too.

Mods: if this is in the wrong forum, please move it and let me know, but with all the HD-DVD chatter in the "Hot Deals" forum, I thought it smart to address the "critical mass" of HD-DVD X360 purchasers.

[KenA]

wrong forum

[Laserheart]

Interesting concept...

This needs to be moved to a different forum, though.

[robbienorth]

I don't understand why someone would spend money on a betamax player and movies when it's being phased out?
In a few years the HD would be basically useless, no?

Am I missing something?

[haibara]

I don't understand why someone would spend money on a betamax player and movies when it's being phased out?
In a few years the HD would be basically useless, no?

Am I missing something?

You're for sure right.
But ppl who have xbox and get that hd dvd addon for 50bucks with less than half price of 150 high definition movies sound not so bad for some ppl.

I guess...

[Laserheart]

Let's see, $50 for a high definition player with 6 free HD movies...

Even the quality of regular DVD's is much improved with this system, so it's a complete no-brainer.

Sounds like a great deal to me...

People are so negative sometimes...

[M-e-X-x]

I don't understand why someone would spend money on a betamax player and movies when it's being phased out?
In a few years the HD would be basically useless, no?

Am I missing something?

well, some movies are only on HD DVD right now and can be had for cheap... the codec they use to encode HD DVD and Blu-ray is essentially the same, so u save money by getting the HD DVD version for the same quality as Blu-ray

[lorax1284]

You're for sure right.
But ppl who have xbox and get that hd dvd addon for 50bucks with less than half price of 150 high definition movies sound not so bad for some ppl.

I guess...

Well, you're wrong, and robbienorth is wrong, and two wrongs don't make a right, so you're both still wrong.

I just can't resist responding to the BDFB trolls who post in HD-DVD topics.

and Mexx, that was the right answer. Perhaps all they needed is a bit of an explanation of why HD-DVD is still a good format, despite that there will not be further HD-DVD releases in the future: the discs that are available now offer a lot of variety and, in the upcoming weeks, expect that you will be able to get a lot of high definition movies at very reasonable prices, and that they will play just fine for years to come, and furthermore, will have superior interactivity until BD2.0 profile discs are in wide production.

[baxbunny]

Even as an external dvd drive, it would be useful, save your laser on your laptop burner or what not.

I'm looking at the list and it looks like i want 2 from CAT C and none from CAT D or E. So i guess im a bit more flexible, but shipping hd dvds i woudl rather not do... more local pick up. I'm in Edmonton Alberta

[StoneColdWhat]

I just realized you have to pay $10 S&H for this promo, didn't have to pay any for the blu ray one.

[CFRTim]

I just realized you have to pay $10 S&H for this promo, didn't have to pay any for the blu ray one.

Don't have to pay in the US; and they also get a better movie selection (Troy, The Italian Job, Swordfish).
I got the 360 add-on hoping to score a good price on Planet Earth HD-DVD. If I can get that set at around $50, I'll be happy. That brings my total to $100 for over 15 hrs. of HD goodness.

[blainehamilton]

Even if you don't use the drive at all, $60 plus taxes for 6 HD movies and an xbox media remote is a good deal.

[Laserheart]

It's an external DVD drive that can be connected to any computer, which comes with a USB cable, a remote, and 6 movies... let me think... $40... what no-brainer!

[Laserheart]

Sorry, I should have said $52 including GST and the processing fee for the movies...


P.S. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO PURCHASE IT BEFORE THE EXPIRY DATE FOR THE FREE MOVIES OFFER...

[Bastich]

Darn it, I want one from A, everything from B, and nothing from the rest.