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Amazon Offers $50 To HD DVD Refugees

Not to be outdone by Best Buy (and perhaps in order to make Circuit City seem cheap), Amazon will be offering $50 in credit to you poor, poor bastards who bought an HDDVD player before Feb. 23, 2008.

Dear Amazon.com Customer,
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8:42 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Meg Marco
2,857 views, 35 comments

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Best Buy Offers $50 Gift Cards To Those Who Purchased HD-DVD Players

Best Buy is offering $50 gift cards to people who bought HD-DVD players before Feb 23. say CNN.
The retailer said it will identify customers through its Reward Zone program, performance service plans and through online purchases and will mail out the gift cards to those individuals by May 1.
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2:52 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Meg Marco
2,486 views, 40 comments

Step 1) Convert HD DVD to Blu-Ray. Step 2) Give the finger to the man, baby. Step 3)Prof-... Realize that it was pretty expensive to actually do this.[Wired Wiki via Lifehacker]

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HD DVD Loyalists Start Petition To Save Their Format Of Choice

James, an HD DVD loyalist, calls to our attention a petition with 24,000-ish signatures asking Warner Bros. to continue to support HD DVD:
You had an article shortly after the WB exclusivity announcement on the 4th of this month, right? Well, I think this could make for a great follow-up that gives your readers the opportunity to voice their opinion, and hopefully sway the minds of the studio executives who've acted prematurely and stuffed words in the mouths of consumers everywhere.
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12:16 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Meg Marco
3,268 views, 77 comments

Latest by axiomatic: As an owner of both formats. HD-DVD is better because the "spec" is solid. Blu-Ray is a fractured profile, and is in the process of screwing over it's early blu-ray adopters. In other words.... Sony is still being Sony. more »

mysteries

A Plague Of Cracked Blu-Ray Discs From Netflix?

Grant is having a problem renting blu-ray discs from Netflix. More »
punishing the ones who dont steal

Blu-Ray DRM Rendering Some Discs Unplayable

Remember when DVD-type players didn't require "firmware updates?" Ahh, those halcyon days of um, last year... More »

12:55 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Meg Marco
5,044 views, 41 comments

ask the consumerists

Why Don't You Weigh In On The Video Format War?

Reader James writes:

I know that you guys have already covered the "format war" to some extent in the past. As I recall your site stated that the "format war" is indeed anti-consumer, which I agree with wholeheartedly. However, I do think that it would be incredibly helpful if you guys would revisit the story, and determine for yourselves which format is the most "consumer friendly." More »

2:35 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Meg Marco
3,476 views, 51 comments

format wars

Now Is A Good Time To Stay Out Of The HD DVD/Blu-ray War

Those of you with PS3s notwithstanding, there has never been a better time to stay out of the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray. More »

12:29 PM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Meg Marco
8,702 views, 83 comments

remember the betamax

No, Really: Consumers Want A Third Potentially Obsolete HD DVD Format To Choose From

Just when you thought the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war was starting to work itself out, here comes something called "HD VMD." Yeah, it sounds like something you might get prescribed an ointment to treat, but it's actually just another HD format. More »

6:29 PM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Meg Marco
3,626 views, 30 comments

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Format War: "Top 10" Selling Blu-Ray Disc Sells 880 Copies

Format wars are bad for consumers, but it looks like they're not too fun for the industry either. According to recent sales figures from Nielsen VideoScan, the number 10 best selling high-def disc "Babel" sold a whopping 880 copies. That's fewer people than attended our high school. More »

12:33 PM on Mon Apr 9 2007
By Meg Marco
2,053 views, 24 comments

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Format War Hurts Sales

Few things irritate us more than stupid format wars. We thought they'd learned their lesson when they avoided a war with DVD, but, alas, no. This time, though, the electronics manufacturers may be paying the price. From the Denver Post:
"The fight between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, reminiscent of the 1980s battle between Betamax and VHS tape formats [is] shaping up as a business disaster for movie studios, electronics companies and retailers that had counted on a robust holiday selling season for the fancy new players - which cost $500 to $1,000 - and movies to play in them. More »

2:46 PM on Mon Nov 27 2006
By Meg Marco
107 views, 38 comments

Latest by Mr. Gunn: I think Sony's garnered enough ill-will to kill off blu-ray, studio backing or not. As far as HD-DVD, well, some people will get it through their xboxes, but most people won't, and by the time everyone has HDTVs, everyone more »