HDDVD fanboys resisting. HDDVD is standing on its last leg, why do so many HDDVD fan boys insist that HDDVD is still going strong?
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Blu-ray is a niche market too. I have had HD DVD player for year now and even after showing it to friends who have a HDTV they still are happy with regular DVDs. Even with HD players going for under a $100 they are waiting for any HD format players and media to hit DVD prices $30 for a player $5 for a DVD. At the prices BR is charging even 2 years later they missed 99% of the home market. That makes HD & BR both niche products. As a HD fanboy I'm not resisting anything. I'm just enjoying movies on my HD system. Tonight is the re-mastered "Poltergeist" off of SD DVD. Any new re-mastered DVDs look great on my set-up so it is all good at my house even as a "loser" in the format wars. My DVD collection is 99.8% SD DVD and .2% HD. Good thing my HD player plays all the disc I already own and makes them shine.
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It's not over yet and there is still hope. I have both formats and have been enjoying better deals on players and discs because of this format war. So I kinda hope it'll go on longer to provide consumers with better quality at lower prices. I know it's easy to freak out right now, sell off your stuff and go Blu, but remember, Blu isn't guaranteed any victory either. Even if HD DVD goes away, most people aren't buying Hi Def now and it will take a long time for Hi Def to catch up with standard dvd. Blu could still fail by lack of consumer interest. And company partnerships and deals are very fragile. It doesn't take much to sway a companies opinion. HD DVD players may continue to sell very well and make some Blu supporters reconsider. Sony may tick off some companies or studios may continue to struggle too much with the difficulties of developing for Blu. There's a number of things that can happen. Just don't let any "press releases" or avid fans sway you with their words and enthusiasm (there are ALOT of rumor mongers out there). That's as much propaganda as anything. I'll believe the end of HD DVD when Toshiba officially bows out, Paramout and Universal go Blu, and there are no more HD DVD's on the shelf with no more to come. Then it may be over. By the way, your HD DVD player isn't region coded so you can buy european HD DVD's from Fox, Disney, Sony, and now probably Warners future catalog. Weird huh? Plus there's bound to be some crazy disc sales (Amazon) to take advantage of to pad your HD DVD library. Also remember that your HD DVD player also plays standard dvd's and upscales them nicely, so it's not like it's good for nothing. But if you only want one machine, then consider a dual format player. I hope more of them come along at lower prices and because it's a nice solution to play both. No need to sell anything till it's really over and there are no more options. Stay calm.
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That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
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Thanks for the feedback. I bought this model. Love it so far. Beautiful picture on HD cable and no TOC problems...yet. Will follow up if I have any.
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Rose, excellent point. Your the first one I've seen to point that out. That's a pretty big deal. We very well could be here same time next year, still talking about this as those are enough to keep the HD DVD ship sailing. Besides, Paramount is locked in by contract throughout the year. Toshiba is increasing advertising and lowering prices. And most of all, movie studios aren't loyal to formats. They'll go where the money is and if HD DVD shows enough potential, any one of the Blu studios could go Red at anytime.
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I can't speak for my experience with hard drives on Amazon, but I've dealt with other items I wanted to order that were under review and they were only unavailable for a few days. Also, a certain hardware website named after an item a chicken produces has these drives for the same price right now, if you're dead set on this drive. A lot of us have had bad experiences with them, so I am not comfortable advising people to take the risk, but it seems more people have had success than failure. And of course, Amazon has a decent return policy so you can put the drive through its paces and return it if they have problems, if you're willing to do so. Good luck!
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Hi Vijay, if you have got yourself this portable HD then congrats as you need not need to bother about the warrAnty course you will never need it. My HD is in 100% condition, never failed me once since day one with me. It follows every where I go and still works as good as new. Hope my answer helps. Cheers
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for everyone this data will be of interest: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/best-hard-drive/these are big samples, 2014 data, and the models of HGST 4TB drives are outperforming others in terms of reliability as well as price/perf
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John - you have been incredibly helpful and i appreciate your knowledge. My receiver does support all of the lossless sound formats regarding DTS HD masterauduio and tolby True HD. I am thinking that the PS3 does as well. In your opinion, what are the best looking Blu rays that you have personally seen or own regarding visuals and effects? Thanks Again!
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nope but supposedly (have not had for long enough to tell for sure) better quality than most standard dvd-rs. Sorry if you thought you found a bargain, I agree the prices on archival grade are ridiculous.
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One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV.
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I bought a Seagate 1tB about two years ago. I've had to have it replaces twice already and I'm looking for a third replacement. I still have a 150Gb WD drive that I bought nearly a decade ago. In my experience, I would go with the WD... I'm about to buy this one.
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Did they just forget these features when they made Blue ray players? I doubt it, they just left room for improvement so we would have a reason to buy newer models. The proof in this is to ask yourself how many DVD players you have boughtt over the years, and how many of them were bought because the old one stopped working, versus you just wanted some of the cool upgraded features they offered?
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Mine still solid and running as perfect as when I open the box. We have despised to give away the other DVD player and use this one only and we are very happy with the quality. Good luck to you
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Western Digital is one of the best hard drives. I can tell you that I always buy western digital hd I have about 6 hard drives and only one failed but the great news is the kind of warranty about 1 to 3 years for replacement and that hd that failed I sent it to the warranty and they gave me a new one...
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I just had a Western Digital 2TB My Book fail miserably (miserably!!! Dead!) after two months. I've never had any other drive fail (and I've used much smaller capacity WD external drives w/out issue in the past). But i'm now a Seagate (1TB Freeagent) user because I won't trust the larger WD's any longer. Once bitten! ;) Since the failure, many of my colleagues have admitted the same type of failure from their WD's and are using Seagates with good results. If you search online, you'll see very mixed reviews with similar negative views of the Seagates, but I can only speak from my own very frustrating experience with my WD. I just had a Western Digital 2TB My Book fail miserably (miserably!!! Dead!) after two months. I've never had any other drive fail (and I've used much smaller capacity WD external drives w/out issue in the past). But i'm now a Seagate (1TB Freeagent) user because I won't trust the larger WD's any longer. Once bitten! ;) Since the failure, many of my colleagues have admitted the same type of failure from their WD's and are using Seagates with good results. If you search online, you'll see very mixed reviews with similar negative views of the Seagates, but I can only speak from my own very... » Read More I just had a Western Digital 2TB My Book fail miserably (miserably!!! Dead!) after two months. I've never had any other drive fail (and I've used much smaller capacity WD external drives w/out issue in the past). But i'm now a Seagate (1TB Freeagent) user because I won't trust the larger WD's any longer. Once bitten! ;) Since the failure, many of my colleagues have admitted the same type of failure from their WD's and are using Seagates with good results. If you search online, you'll see very mixed reviews with similar negative views of the Seagates, but I can only speak from my own very frustrating experience with my WD. « Show Less
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I have used several: DVD FAB, Nero 11 and several iso burners. The only thing I tried that failed completely was the Windows burner. It is an absolute bust at Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray burning is a real resource hog I am using win7, quad core running at 3.2Ghz and 8 Gig of RAM and when burning I still can't do anything else.