[SuperChris]

I'll post a full list later on, but just curious: anyone else have a collection of 700 (or more) titles?

In other words, anyone wasted just as much money as I have on these blessed red discs???

[mckee74]

I think you know the answer to that is going to be no.

My collection barely hits 150, and I know in that I have several I haven't even watched yet. Could never dream of 700, that would mean I would have to own Norbet and I just won't do that.

[mentm]

I hope you have a backup machine, would be gutted if I had 700 films I couldn't watch. Actually suprised that many were released.

[epsonfan]

wasn't there 1500 films in total released world wide? There was a lot more films available on HD than on blu ray at the time.

[scartlead]

Originally Posted by mckee74

I think you know the answer to that is going to be no.

My collection barely hits 150, and I know in that I have several I haven't even watched yet. Could never dream of 700, that would mean I would have to own Norbet and I just won't do that.

Yup I've drawn the line on norbit..No way Anyway stopped at 300 or so as I've no interest in getting any more. Sad but true. Its along time ago I bought an A1 on US release day.

[namuk]

148 including 4 boxsets, do you count the films in the boxset's to cheat the score

700 hd-dvds never new there was that many released.

[SuperChris]

Originally Posted by namuk

148 including 4 boxsets, do you count the films in the boxset's to cheat the score

700 hd-dvds never new there was that many released.

ha, not really; i do have more than one version of SOME titles though, but not really based on where the titles were released. i think i did manage to get ALMOST every boxed set there is, save for one.

[bobloblaw13]

I have 700+ if, like SuperChris, you include the titles with more than one version (I collected mainly because it had a different cover/artwork). Like Total Recall (UK, Ger, Fench, Aus etc...). The ones I am missing are mostly Japanese and Russian releases. Pretty sure I have all the box sets except the Japanese ones.

[SuperChris]

Originally Posted by bobloblaw13

I have 700+ if, like SuperChris, you include the titles with more than one version (I collected mainly because it had a different cover/artwork). Like Total Recall (UK, Ger, Fench, Aus etc...). The ones I am missing are mostly Japanese and Russian releases. Pretty sure I have all the box sets except the Japanese ones.

indeed good sir! certain country-specific releases (esp. Poland, Italy, and Japan) i fear i've long since missed out on.

[SuperChris]

Part I:

2 Fast 2 Furious
3 Days of the Condor
5 Centimeters Per Second
12 Live - Herbert Gronemeyer
12 Monkeys
16 Blocks
300
1408
2001: A Space Odessey
A Christmas Story
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange [German release]
A Container of Sand
A Guitarscape Planet: Muriel Anderson
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Mighty Heart
A Musicares Person of the Year Tribute to James Taylor
A Room With a View
A Scanner Darkly
A Stained Glass Christmas with Heavenly Carols
A View From Space With Heavenly Music
AAA 2nd Anniversary Live - 5th Attack
ABBA: The Movie
Accepted
Aeon Flux
Afro Samurai
Ai Otsuka: Love is Born - 4th Anniversary
Alexander [Revisited - The Director's Cut]
Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005
Alone in the Dark
Alpha Dog
Amazing Planet (National Geographic)
American Gangster
American Me
An American Haunting [Maleficio]
An American Werewolf in London
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Apocalypto
Apollo 13
Apples & Oranges
Appleseed Ex Machina
Aquarium Impressions
Arctic Tale
Arizona Dream
Army in the Shadows
Army of Darkness
Arthur & The Invisibles
Ashura-jo No Hitomi
Ass Addiction [XXX]
Assault on Precinct 13
Asterix and the Vikings [French]
ATL
Atonement
August Rush
Babel
Backdraft
Bali
Balls of Fury
Band of Brothers [5-disc set, complete mini-series]
Barely Legal 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition [XXX]
Barry Manilow Live!
Basic Instinct
Batman Begins
Battle of the Bulge
Battlestar Galactica [Season 1]
Becoming Jane
Beerfest
Being John Malkovich
Beowulf [Director's Cut]
Best Live Jackpot
Big Boob Orgy [XXX]
Bikini Destinations: Hawaii
Bikini Destinations: Mexico
Bikini Destinations: Triple Fantasy
Billy Madison
Black Rain
Black Snake Moan
Black Xmas
Blade Runner [5-disc collector's edition]
Blade Runner [ultimate collector's edition briefcase]
Blades of Glory
Blazing Saddles
Bleak House
Blood Diamond
Blue Planet
Bob Hope Collection: My Favorite Brunette/Son of Paleface
Bob Hope Collection: The Road to Bali/The Road to Rio
Bonnie & Clyde
Born on the Fourth of July
Brave Story
Breach
Brokeback Mountain
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brothers Grimm
Bruce Almighty
Bubble
Bug
Bugs! 3D Adventure
Bulletproof
Bullitt
Caddyshack
Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre [XXX]
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Casablanca
Casino
Cat People
Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne: Arias & Duets
Channels
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre
Children of Men
Chronos
Cinderella Man
Clerks II
Cockasian (A New Breed) [XXX]
Coming to America
Constantine
Contract Star [XXX]
Corpse Bride
Crank
Cream: Royal Albert Hall
CSI: NY, Season 2.1 Demo Disc (w/original German magazine)
Curse Eternal [XXX]
Curse of the Golden Flower [French release]
Dante's Peak
Darkman
Dawn of the Dead
Daylight
Dazed & Confused
Dead Silence
Deadlands 1 & 2 [limited edition set]
Death at a Funeral
Death Sentence
Deathproof [steelbook edition]
Debbie Does Dallas…Again! [XXX]
Deep Purple: Live at Montreux 2006
Deeper [XXX]
Deeper 2 [XXX]
Deliverance
Derailed
Deux Freres
Devon Decadence
Die Fledermaus
Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics
Digital Video Essentials: High Definition [HD DVD & DVD combo disc]
Discoveries…America Music: New England
Discoveries…America Music: Sunrise, Sunset
Discoveries…Argentina: Patagonia
Discovery Atlas: Australia Revealed
Discovery Atlas: Brazil Revealed
Discovery Atlas: China Revealed
Discovery Atlas: Italy Revealed
Discovery Channel: Sunrise Earth [4-disc set]
Dispatch Zimbabwe: Live at Madison Square Garden
District B13
Disturbia
Dog Day Afternoon
Doom
Downfall (El Hundimiento)
Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dragonheart
Dragon's Lair
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirlz [XXX]
Dreaming Arizona
Dreaming Nevada
DTS Demo Disc [red waves cover]
DTS HD Master Audio demo disc [2006 edition, 3 tracks]
Dune
East is East
Eastern Promises
Elephant's Dream
Elizabeth
Elizabeth - The Golden Age
End of Days
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Enter the Dragon
Equilibrium [aka Rebellion]
Erin Brockovich
Esteban et Zia (7 Cities of Gold)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Evan Almighty
Evening
Excalibur
Eyes Wide Shut [unrated version]
Eyes Wide Shut [unrated version]
Face/Off
Failure to Launch
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fearless
Feast
Field of Dreams
Finding Neverland
Fireplace Impressions
Firewall
First Blood [Rambo I]
First Decent
Flags of Our Fathers
Fletch
Flyboys
For a Few Dollars More
For Love of the Game
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet [Collector's Edition]
Four Brothers
Fragile
Freedom 1
Freedom 2
Freedom 3
Freedom 4
Freedom 6
Freedom Writers
Friday Night Lights
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket [Deluxe Edition]
Galapagos
Galaxina
Ghost Rider
Girls Gone Wild: Baby Bash Live & Uncensored
Girls Gone Wild: Sex Race
Girls Gone Wild: Sexiest Moments Ever, Vol. 2
Girlvana 3: Blondes vs. Brunettes [XXX]
Goal! Step 1
Gods & Generals
Godsend
Good Night and Good Luck
Goodfellas
Gothika
Graf Montenegro
Grand Prix
Gustav Mahler: Symphony #2 - Resurrection
Half Baked
Hannibal Rising
Happy Feet
Happy Gilmore
Harlem Globetrotters: A Gift For the Troops
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter Box Set [1-4]
Harry Potter Box Set [1-5]
Harry Potter Limited Edition Gift Set [Wizard's Chest, 5-disc set]
Harsh Times
HD DVD Action Giftset (Canadian release) [300, Superman, Constantine]
HD HQV Benchmark Silicon Optix Test Disc
HD Scape Fireplace: Visions of Tranquility
HD Scape Sampler
HD Scape Serenity: Southern Seas
HD Scape: Antarctica Dreaming
HD Scape: Exotic Saltwater Aquarium
HD Scape: HD Window - Hawaii
HD Scape: HD Window - The Great Southwest
HD Scape: Visions of the Sea - Explorations
HDCandy
Heart: Alive in Seattle
Hero
Heroes [Season 1]
Hollywoodland
Home of the Brave
Hoodwinked
Hooligans
Hot Fuzz
Hot Rod
Hotel Babylon [Series 1]
House of Wax
Hush [XXX]
Hustle & Flow
I Am Legend
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
In Good Company
In the Land of Women
In the Shadow of the Moon
In the Valley of Elah
Inside Man
Interactive Sex with Bree Olson [XXX]
Into the Wild
Intoxicated [XXX]
Is The (So) (Re) Seibee
Island Fever 3 [XXX]
Island Fever 4 [XXX]
Jack's Big Ass Show [XXX]
Jack's My First Porn [XXX]
Jack's Playground #27 [XXX]
Jack's Playground #28 [XXX]
Jack's POV [XXX]
Jack's POV [XXX] (malfunctioning)
Jack's POV 2 [XXX]
Jack's Teen America Mission #3 [XXX]
Jack's Teen America Mission #5 [XXX]
Jailhouse Rock
Japanese Horse Racing Collection 2007 (GI)
Jarhead
Jazz Standards: Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality
Jersey Girl
Jesse in Pink [XXX]
Jesse Jane Image [XXX]
Jesse's Juice [XXX]
Justice League
Kamata March
Kanye West: Late Orchestration
Katyn
Keali'I Reichel: Kukahi - Live in Concert
Keith Jarrett: Tokyo Solo 2002 (The 150th Concert in Japan)
Killing Me Softly
King Kong [1976]
King Kong [2006]
King of California
Kirikou et les Betes Sauvages
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Knocked Up
Kyashan (La Rinascita)
La Boheme
La Grande Vadrouille
La Haine
La Môme
La Sconoscuita
Lady in the Water
Lady Scarface [XXX]
Land of the Dead
Lara Croft Tomb Raider
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life
Lascivious Liasons [XXX]
Le Couer des Hommes
Leaving Las Vegas
Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same
Les Bronzés - L'intégrale [3-disc box set]
Les Chevaliers du Ciel
Les Choristes
Les Gendarmes de Saint-Tropez [4-disc box set]
Les Triplettes de Belleville
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2
Letters From Iwo Jima
Liar Liar
License to Wed
Living Landscapes Collection [9-disc sampler set]
Living Landscapes: Bali
Living Landscapes: California Redwoods
Living Landscapes: Costa Rica
Living Landscapes: Fall in New England
Living Landscapes: Hawaii
Living Landscapes: Olympic Rainforest
Living Landscapes: Pacific Coast
Living Landscapes: Rocky Mountains
Living Landscapes: Sacred Canyons of the America Southwest
Living Landscapes: The World's Most Beautiful Places
Lord of War
Lost in Translation
Love is Born - 4th Anniversary 2007 (at Hibiya-Yagai Ongaku 9/4/2007)
Lucky Number Slevin

[SuperChris]

Part II:

Mallrats
March of the Penguins
Meet Joe Black
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Mercury Rising
Method Man: Live From Sunset Strip
Miami Vice
Michael Clayton
Midnight Run
Million Dollar Baby
Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible 2
Mission Impossible 3
Mission Impossible Collection [I, II, & III]
Mobsters
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Motorhead: Stage Fright
Mozart - Die Zauberflote
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mrs. Behavin' [XXX]
Mulholland Drive
Music & Lyrics
Mutiny on the Bounty [1962]
My Name is Nobody
Mysterious Aqua - The Way to Paradise: Music Exp. In 3-Dim. Sound Reality
Mystery Men
Mystic Forests
Nacho Libre
National Geographic: Relentless Enemies
National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Nature's Colors
Nature's Journey
Neues vom Wixxer
Next
Nine Inch Nails - Live: Beside You in Time
Nine Inch Nails - Live: Beside You in Time [sampler]
Nip/Tuck [complete 4th season]
No Reservations
Norbit
Notting Hill
Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps
Ocean's 11
Ocean's 12
Ocean's 13
Oceans Trilogy [Ocean's 11, 12, & 13 gift set]
Old School
Oliver Twist
On Stage at the World Café - Live
One Last Thing
One Minute of the Warrior
One Missed Call
One Six Right
Operation Desert Stormy [XXX]
Out For Justice
Out of Sight
Out of Time
Overtime: Lee Ritenhour
P.S. I Love You
P2
Pacchigi
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinthe - Edition Ultime THX [5 disc set]
Pat Methany Group: The Way Up - Live
Patch Adams
Patlabor
Patlabor 2
Payback
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Peter and the Wolf
Phantom of the Opera
Picture This!
Pin-Up Perversions [XXX]
Pirates [XXX]
Planet Earth [4-disc Discovery Channel release]
Planet Earth [5-disc BBC release]
Porcelain [XXX]
Poseidon
Premonition
Prête-Moi Ta Main
Pride & Prejudice
Pulse
Purple Rain
Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid
R. Kelly: Live - The Light It Up Tour
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3: Acoustic Reality Experience
Rain in the Mountains
Rambo 3
Rambo Trilogy [3-disc box set]
Rambo: First Blood II
Ran
Ransom [XXX]
Raumschiff Enterprise [German promo disc for Star Trek TOS release]
Ray
Red Dragon
Reds
Reign of Fire
Renaissance [French release]
Renaissance [German release]
Rescue Dawn
Reservoir Dogs
Resident Evil
Resident Evil (Biohazard) [Japanese release]
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Return to House on Haunted Hill
Rio Bravo
Robbie Williams: Live at The Albert Hall
Robin Hood [Series 1]
Roy Orbison: Black & White Night
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise [2-disc set]
Rumor Has It
Running Scared
Sahara
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux 2004
Saw
Saw 3
Scary Movie 4
Scent of a Woman
School For Scoundrels
Scooby Doo
Scream [XXX]
Sea of Love
Seabiscuit
Seed of Chucky
Serenity
Serpico
Sexual Freaks [XXX]
Sexy Beast
Shaun of the Dead
Shinobi
Shooter
Shrek the Third
Shuttle Discovery's Historic Mission
Silent Hill
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sleepy Hollow
Slither
Smallville, Season 5
Smallville, Season 6
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokin' Aces
Sneakers
Sophia Santi's Juice [XXX]
South Park: Good Times With Weapons
Space Cowboys [German]
Space or Dream of Life: Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality
Spartacus
Spatial Dynamics: Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality
Spy Game
Stalingrad
Star Trek (The Original Series), Season 1 Remastered
Stardust
Stood Up [XXX]
Streets of Fire
Strip Mind [steelbook]
Sublime
Superman [1978]
Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut
Superman Returns
Swordfish
Syriana
Take That! The Ultimate Tour
Taking Lives
Talk to Me
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
Teagan: Sexual Freak 2 [XXX]
Teagan's Juice [XXX]
Terabithia (Le Secret de)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day [2-disc French release]
Terminator 2: Judgement Day [German steelbook]
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Testosteron
That's Entertainment [3-disc set]
The 400 Blows
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Amateurs
The Ant Bully
The Architect
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
The Aviator
The Best of Get Out! Volume 1
The Best of Get Out! Volume 2
The Best of HD DVD, Action
The Best of HD DVD, Family
The Best of HD DVD, Vol. 1
The Best of HD DVD, Vol. 2
The Best of HD DVD, Vol. 3
The Best of HDNet World Report, Vol. 1
The Best of HDNet World Report, Vol. 2
The Big Lebowski
The Bone Collector
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Brave One
The Breakfast Club
The Break-Up
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black
The Contract
The Cowboys
The Crown Witness [Polish]
The Da Vinci Load 2 [XXX]
The Deer Hunter
The Departed
The Dirty Dozen
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Eagles: Farewell I Tour - Live from Melbourne
The Elephant Man
The Fast and The Furious
The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Fast and The Furious Collection [3-disc box set]
The Fog
The Fountain
The Frighteners
The Fugitive
The Game
The Getaway [1972]
The Getaway [1994]
The Ghost of Mae Nak [Der Geist Von Mae Nak]
The Gift
The Good Shepherd
The Graduate
The Heartbreak Kid
The Hidden Blade
The Hitcher
The Holiday
The Host
The Hulk
The Hurricane
The Interpreter
The Invasion
The Island
The Italian Job
The Jack Ryan Collection [Clear & Present Danger]
The Jack Ryan Collection [Patriot Games]
The Jack Ryan Collection [The Hunt for Red October]
The Jack Ryan Collection [The Sum of All Fears]
The Jackal [1997]
The Jerk
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey 1967
The Kingdom
The Lake House
The Last Legion
The Last Samurai
The Last Starfighter
The Lost City
The Machinist
The Magic Flute [Japanese release]
The Manchurian Candidate [Japanese release]
The Manchurian Candidate [US release]
The Matador
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Moody Blues: Lovely to See You (Live)
The Motorcycle Diaries [2004]
The Mummy
The Mummy Collection [3-disc set]
The Mummy Returns
The New Orleans Concert
The Nutty Professor [1996]
The Omega Man
The Perfect Storm
The Pianist
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
The Polar Express
The Prestige
The Reaping
The River
The Road Warrior [Mad Max 2]
The Rundown
The Scorpion King
The Searchers
The Shining
The Skeleton Key
The Sopranos, Season 6 [sets 1 & 2]
The Sound of High Definition [Dolby demo disc, guitar cover]
The Stanley Kubrick Collection [5 movies]
The Sting
The Sunny Experiment [XXX]
The Ten
The Texas Vibrator Massacre [XXX]
The Thing [1982]
The Tiger and the Snow
The Ultimate Bourne Collection [Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum]
The Ultimate Matrix Collection
The Untouchables
The War
The War Within
The Warriors [Director's Cut]
The Watcher
The Way to Paradise: Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality
The Wedding Date
The Wicker Man
The Wild Bunch [Original Director's Cut]
The World's Fastest Indian
Things We Lost in the Fire
Tideland
Till Bronner: A Night in Berlin
Timecop
TMNT
Top Gun
Torchwood [Series 1]
Total Recall
Toto: 25th Anniversary - Live in Amsterdam
Touching the Void
Trading Places
Traffic
Training Day
Transformers
Tremors
Tristan & Isolde
Troy
True Blue
Trust the Man
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
Twilight Zone - The Movie
Twister
U2: Rattle and Hum
U-571
UFO: Showtime
Ultimate Force
Uncommon Bach: Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality
Uncommon Mozart: Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality
Under Siege
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Underworld
Underworld: Evolution
Unforgiven
Unleashed
V For Vendetta
Van Helsing
Verde: Il Trovatore
Vexille
Village Mountain Life etc. [NHK]
Virtual Trip: Fascinating Nature
Virtual Trip: Hokkaido
Virtual Trip: Islands with Gontiti
Virtual Trip: Nostalgia
Virtual Trip: The View w/Jazztronik
Viva Las Vegas
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Concertos for Double Orchestra
Volcano High
Volcanoscapes: Kilauea in High Definition
Waist Deep
Waterworld
We Are Marshall
We Were Soldiers
What Dreams May Come
White Noise
White Noise 2
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Wish You Were Here
Wolf Creek
Woman of the Year
World Trade Center
Wyatt Earp
XXX
Yellow Handkerchief of Happiness
Yes: Live at Montreux 2003
You, Me and Dupree
Yozakura: Cherry Blossoms at Night, Kyoto
Zidane
Zodiac

[namuk]

that's a list and half mate

[Getgaff]

Isn't Band of Brothers a 5-disc set, or have you found something really special?

[SuperChris]

Originally Posted by Getgaff

Isn't Band of Brothers a 5-disc set, or have you found something really special?

typo on my part...it is the regular 5-disc Japan release set.

[moviefankw1973]

Any tips or suggestions on finding really rare hd dvds

[mckee74]

Originally Posted by moviefankw1973

Any tips or suggestions on finding really rare hd dvds

As much as it pains me to say, eBay. Seen some things on eBay - South Park, Bloodrayne etc - that I really have seen no where else.

[SuperChris]

+1 for eBay, for "rare" titles; for "semi-rare" titles, i prefer Amazon (US, UK, GER, & FRA, plus JP if u can stomach shipping costs)

[Stupot43]

I really can't see the point in buying HD-DVD's just for the sake of them being HD-DVD's, whether they are German, French, US, Jap, Eng, etc etc. OK, they may have different covers or extras or slightly different endings etc but what is the point if you don't like the sort of film that you are purchasing?

I am still increasing my HD-DVD collection, but I am being choosy, If I don't like that sort of film forget it.

Am I missing something?

[epsonfan]

Awww stu, some people just have a passion for something that they get enjoyment out of, its just like someone who collects star wars memorabilia, i mean, what is the point of that, but they do it, cause they get something out of it. Also people who have hd-dvd players just want some content to watch. If people had this passion when the format war was on then maybe it might have continued to survive.

[SuperChris]

well, it just started out as running across a good deal for a player + 12 titles; after that, finding how affordable most titles were, i just went in that direction, as an easy and (semi-) cheap way to build up a library. initially i was choosy about what i bought, but once i ran through all the "desirable" titles, i decided to continue...yadda yadda yadda, here we are today. plus, i enjoy defending the format, because there's NOTHING wrong it, other than the fact that u won't get new titles...but so what? there are hundreds of titles in the format that i've never seen before, so that's effectively the same as buying new stuff.

if it's any consolation, i held out as long as i could b4 buying Norbit...it was $2.

[SuperChris]

for the record, i concentrate on titles, not diff versions...i don't re-buy the same title unless there's a genuine difference from one to another (T2 for example: German steelbook release and the "regular" French release; also the Matrix boxset & the "Ultimate" Matrix boxset, even though the difference between the two is one disc).

[epsonfan]

I only got into hd-dvd because i saw the xbox hd-dvd add-on in hmv for £30 new in april 2008, even tho i knew the format was over, £30 was a bargain compared to over £200 for blu ray.
It was a quick and cheap way to actually see the benefit of HD on my full HD TV. I had no problems with the drive and picture quality what so ever and it connected straight away to the internet to access the interactive content.
Since then i havn't looked back, i even acquired a stand alone XE1 which i am thoroughly impressed with, I still havn't gone blu yet either, any new movies i fancy i will buy them on DVD as my XE1 does an excellent job on upscalling them.
I also wrote to toshiba asking for an update to activate the usb ports and maybe include a function so we could access computers on our networks to view HD content, unfortunately they told me that they stopped supporting the the product some time ago and developing firmware would be expensive, which i understood, but it was nice to recieve a reply directly from the head of toshiba.

[SuperChris]

that's pretty cool that they did reply like that, and in detail, instead of feeding u a company line...

[woody44]

This is a bug which has got me hooked, too.
I have been collecting these for about 15 months, now, & my collection stands at around 420.
It started when I was looking at getting a blu-ray burner for my pc, & I found a LG burner which could also play HD Dvds. When I saw the HD Dvd titles for sale on e-bay & in CEX for a couple of quid, I was hooked!
Only trouble is that I am getting into the rare ones now, which are normally more than a couple of quid, sadly!!
What I will say is that the quality on a decent HD tv is fabulous, & better in many instances than blu-ray.

[epsonfan]

You've done well to get 420 in 15months, i have been collecting since 2008 and only have 200+ but they are ones that i would watch, its just that it was so much cheaper than buying the dvd equivalent

[epsonfan]

The only thing that will sway me to go blu would be 3D, and for that use only. Am going to see star wars today in 3D to help me decide if it is worth upgrading my projector to an epson 3D one as i have not experienced a new 3D movie yet.

[epsonfan]

No no no no no. Truly dissapointed with star wars, noticed it kept switching between 2d and 3d, and fuzzy in some parts. I will wait till another 3D movie filmed for 3D comes out, as they must also think about the depth of a scene before they film it. But am truly dissapointed with what i saw today. I may just spend my money on getting a really good 2D projector with good contrast and blacks

[woody44]

Originally Posted by epsonfan

You've done well to get 420 in 15months, i have been collecting since 2008 and only have 200+ but they are ones that i would watch, its just that it was so much cheaper than buying the dvd equivalent

Like I said though, it's getting to the point where I am looking at the rare ones, & boy, some are very expensive!! I can't ever see me reaching the 700 region, unless I win the lottery!

Since starting to collecting the discs, I got my lad a HD Dvd plug-in player for his X-Box, a Toshiba HD E-1 for me, & I now have a Toshiba HD EP-30 on the way from flea-bay, as a standby! This is as well as the original player in the pc.
I've got to start getting out more!!

[toddy28]

Originally Posted by epsonfan

The only thing that will sway me to go blu would be 3D, and for that use only. Am going to see star wars today in 3D to help me decide if it is worth upgrading my projector to an epson 3D one as i have not experienced a new 3D movie yet.

Watch a real 3d movie before you decide to go 3d , all conversions are bad but real 3d is a joy to watch