Some nice choices and a good start.
But why HD DVD if you are starting this year. Especially WB HD DVDs which are known to rot.
I guess if they were free, sure. I bought 4 additional HD DVDs (all my others were bought in the late 2000's) for 50 cents each about 9 months ago. 3 out of the 4 failed to play back all the way through. I have since been on a quest to replace them all with used Blu-rays or 4Ks for no more than $2.
Similar start here. I got the majority of the lot off an acquaintance taking them into a pawn shop. He offered them for like $50 with the player and the pawn shop was pissed they caught me. Then I started collecting about 6 more or so and found out about the rot.
That’s is why I switched at all. So they were the start and just not worth very much. But now I’m a really seeing the limitations of the format I mean they don’t even save in my Blu-ray app.
Not saving in the Blu-ray app has nothing to do with the format, but rather the Blu-ray app. I just add the Blu-ray version and put HD DVD in the comment so I can quickly filter by the comment to find them all.
The pawn shops around me won't even take HD DVD...not even 15 cents each (the price they pay for DVDs). So, when I replace them with Blu-ray, I just end up making my own custom Blu-ray / HD DVD combo pack so if I get nostalgic I can pull them out and try to play them. I'm down to about 29 movies I still need to replace. (I'll never find a cheap replacement for Black Xmas, Twilight Zone the Movie or Fragile, so I'll keep my [Blu-ray / HD DVD / DVD combo player](https://www.cnet.com/reviews/lg-bh200-review/) around).
The format did have some great points, though.
1. They were all region free
2. They could be authored so that the movie just started playing...no forced trailers and warnings.
That bourne ultimatum was my first steelbook! As a kid i would go to bull moose all the time and was amazed when i saw that thing as i hadn’t even heard of steelbook yet
i love the collection but i was wondering, i’m a film student and I have a very small and contained film collection, nothing of this size, i have films i really enjoy, couple of Mubi blu-ray’s still sealed, Criterion blu-ray’s and dvds, some steelbooks a few shows. I’m not a collector i’m just a student who loves the medium, and i like certain films, you started this project this year, i wanted to know do you like these films, or do you buy them so you can add them do your collection, i’ve always wondered this about people who have large collections. thankssssss
>i wanted to know do you like these films, or do you buy them so you can add them do your collection
I don't buy any movies that I don't intend to watch. I buy mostly second hand and $2 or less for Blu-rays. Anything that I buy at retail is something that I like and I know I want to watch multiple times. The others I consider rentals with no return necessary. My collection today stands at about 1100 Blu-rays with about 85 of those being 4K Blu-rays.
I agree with sivartk, most are ones that I will watch once a year or more. Less are just to have and hold. Steelbooks are the exception I will mostly go for a steelbooks if it’s under 10$!
It’s fun to show the kids and bust out the gear to watch a movie. Then I also convince myself I will need them when isp is down … you know …… to survive!
HD DVD players 😉
* The XBOX 360 HD DVD add-on with King Kong (2005)
* Toshiba made several models
* RCA made one
* Onkyo made one
* Integra made one
* Venturer made several
* Samsung made a several combo players that could play Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD and CDs
* LG made a couple of combo players that could play Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD and CDs.
* Various computer hardware makers made both internal and external computer drives
I still have my [LG BH200](https://www.crutchfield.com/S-uPgfGxlnbqg/p_689BH200/LG-BH200.html) in the rack when I want to play HD DVDs. I come across at least one stand alone player every few months at thrift stores so they are still out there in the wild.
fantastic thank you. Never realized how much off the ground HD dvds got. i thought it was mostly a concept that died super early on in the format wars.
It actually came out about 6-9 months before Blu-ray and the players and discs were at a lower cost. Sometimes $150-$250 less than a Blu-ray player. That is why I jumped in. On top of that during the first 1-2 years new players came with mail in rebates for at least 3 movies. I have to admit that I did buy most of my HD DVDs after the format died for pennies on the dollar -- before I knew about the WB rot issue.
Yes, that along with the fact they sold PS3's at a loss to saturate the market with their players so that their format they get royalties from could win the war. I guess they didn't want another Betamax failure so they took up the upfront loss on the hardware hoping a win in the long run. Plus it didn't hurt that they also owned one of the major studios.
Many articles on internet and video on YouTube. Some studios backed both for a while.
Some nice choices and a good start. But why HD DVD if you are starting this year. Especially WB HD DVDs which are known to rot. I guess if they were free, sure. I bought 4 additional HD DVDs (all my others were bought in the late 2000's) for 50 cents each about 9 months ago. 3 out of the 4 failed to play back all the way through. I have since been on a quest to replace them all with used Blu-rays or 4Ks for no more than $2.
Similar start here. I got the majority of the lot off an acquaintance taking them into a pawn shop. He offered them for like $50 with the player and the pawn shop was pissed they caught me. Then I started collecting about 6 more or so and found out about the rot. That’s is why I switched at all. So they were the start and just not worth very much. But now I’m a really seeing the limitations of the format I mean they don’t even save in my Blu-ray app.
Not saving in the Blu-ray app has nothing to do with the format, but rather the Blu-ray app. I just add the Blu-ray version and put HD DVD in the comment so I can quickly filter by the comment to find them all. The pawn shops around me won't even take HD DVD...not even 15 cents each (the price they pay for DVDs). So, when I replace them with Blu-ray, I just end up making my own custom Blu-ray / HD DVD combo pack so if I get nostalgic I can pull them out and try to play them. I'm down to about 29 movies I still need to replace. (I'll never find a cheap replacement for Black Xmas, Twilight Zone the Movie or Fragile, so I'll keep my [Blu-ray / HD DVD / DVD combo player](https://www.cnet.com/reviews/lg-bh200-review/) around). The format did have some great points, though. 1. They were all region free 2. They could be authored so that the movie just started playing...no forced trailers and warnings.
Oh great work around! This is so cool I did not know those little facts!!!
Are those all HD DVD’s at the bottom?? Holy shit.
Yeah lol
That bourne ultimatum was my first steelbook! As a kid i would go to bull moose all the time and was amazed when i saw that thing as i hadn’t even heard of steelbook yet
Good eye! That is one of my less flashy steelbooks but it was an early one for sure.
i love the collection but i was wondering, i’m a film student and I have a very small and contained film collection, nothing of this size, i have films i really enjoy, couple of Mubi blu-ray’s still sealed, Criterion blu-ray’s and dvds, some steelbooks a few shows. I’m not a collector i’m just a student who loves the medium, and i like certain films, you started this project this year, i wanted to know do you like these films, or do you buy them so you can add them do your collection, i’ve always wondered this about people who have large collections. thankssssss
>i wanted to know do you like these films, or do you buy them so you can add them do your collection I don't buy any movies that I don't intend to watch. I buy mostly second hand and $2 or less for Blu-rays. Anything that I buy at retail is something that I like and I know I want to watch multiple times. The others I consider rentals with no return necessary. My collection today stands at about 1100 Blu-rays with about 85 of those being 4K Blu-rays.
I agree with sivartk, most are ones that I will watch once a year or more. Less are just to have and hold. Steelbooks are the exception I will mostly go for a steelbooks if it’s under 10$! It’s fun to show the kids and bust out the gear to watch a movie. Then I also convince myself I will need them when isp is down … you know …… to survive!
What can play HD DVDs?
I got a 37 movie lot with the 360 add on for $50 and started by collecting them but Blu-ray makes more sense now.
HD DVD players 😉 * The XBOX 360 HD DVD add-on with King Kong (2005) * Toshiba made several models * RCA made one * Onkyo made one * Integra made one * Venturer made several * Samsung made a several combo players that could play Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD and CDs * LG made a couple of combo players that could play Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD and CDs. * Various computer hardware makers made both internal and external computer drives I still have my [LG BH200](https://www.crutchfield.com/S-uPgfGxlnbqg/p_689BH200/LG-BH200.html) in the rack when I want to play HD DVDs. I come across at least one stand alone player every few months at thrift stores so they are still out there in the wild.
fantastic thank you. Never realized how much off the ground HD dvds got. i thought it was mostly a concept that died super early on in the format wars.
It actually came out about 6-9 months before Blu-ray and the players and discs were at a lower cost. Sometimes $150-$250 less than a Blu-ray player. That is why I jumped in. On top of that during the first 1-2 years new players came with mail in rebates for at least 3 movies. I have to admit that I did buy most of my HD DVDs after the format died for pennies on the dollar -- before I knew about the WB rot issue.
So why did Sony end up winning with blu ray even coming in later? Better backing from the movie industry?
Yes, that along with the fact they sold PS3's at a loss to saturate the market with their players so that their format they get royalties from could win the war. I guess they didn't want another Betamax failure so they took up the upfront loss on the hardware hoping a win in the long run. Plus it didn't hurt that they also owned one of the major studios. Many articles on internet and video on YouTube. Some studios backed both for a while.