While supplies last, you can get a factory-renewed TiVo HD DVR for only $199. This includes TiVo’s regular factory warranty and a 30-day money-back guarantee. This is an exclusive web-only offer. Did you know that you can download thousands of movies from Amazon.com straight from your TiVo HD DVR? Click here to take advantage of [...]
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Best Buy has joined the fray of retailers offering HD DVD early adopters compensation after Toshiba abandoned the HD DVD format. Best Buy will send a complimentary $50 Best Buy gift card for each HD DVD player you purchased from Best Buy before February 23, 2008. The qualifying HD DVD players are Toshiba HD-A1, HD-A2, [...]
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For those of you HD DVD early adopters who feel cheated by Toshiba giving up on the format, Circuit City is offering a limited time extension to their refund policy for HD DVD players. I bought a first-generation HD DVD player. Can I get a refund? Toshiba is not currently planning to make refunds available [...]
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This isn’t groundbreaking news. This is something we all new would happen. Now that Toshiba has thrown in the towel on the HD DVD format, both the prices of HD DVD players and movies have dropped significantly. Yesterday I mentioned the $80 HD DVD player, and today I noticed that there are quite a few [...]
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I just noticed that Amazon is selling a Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD player for $79.99. Not sure how long this deal will last (till they are gone maybe?), but if you were wanting to reap the benefits of the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray war, now is the time. One thing to note is that the [...]
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Appleseed: Ex Machina comes out on Blu-ray, HD DVD, and DVD tomorrow. I haven’t yet seen this, but after having seen Vexille, I am curious to see how Appleseed: Ex Machina compares. Order from Amazon.com - Appleseed: Ex Machina [Blu-ray] Appleseed: Ex Machina (Two-Disc DVD) Appleseed: Ex Machina [HD DVD]
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Paramount Home Entertainment has become the sixth and final major motion picture studio to commit to the Blu-ray format. Universal made the same commitment a couple days following Toshiba’s official statement concerning their backing out of HD DVD support. “We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe [...]
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For those of you who bought a library of HD DVDs before Toshiba jumped ship, Wired has a nice write-up detailing what is involved in converting an HD DVD to Blu-ray format. Below is an HD DVD ROM and some Blu-ray burners and media to get you started. $26.99 – memorex 25GB 4X BD-R 30 [...]
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Today, Toshiba has officially put to rest the HD DVD format. Now all of you, who have been waiting for the format war to end, can buy Blu-ray with the assurance (or is that just “hope”) that this format won’t become obsolete shortly. For all who bought HD DVD players and titles, such is the [...]
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The last few months have been a bumpy ride for the HD DVD format, Toshiba, and its early adopters. First Warner Bros. committed to the competing Blu-ray format, followed by Best Buy, Target, Blockbuster, Netflix (#) and Wal-Mart (#). Today, Toshiba has announced that they will begin rethinking their stance on the HD DVD format, [...]
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