Now that HD dvd is almost dead what can i do with my existing HD DVD player?

Question

Now that HD dvd is almost dead what can i do with my existing HD DVD player?

Answer 1

....and the HD DVD is almost dead...why, because of Blu-Ray? LMAO....sure send it here!

Answer 2

give it to me

Answer 3

Use it to play your existing HD DVD disks.

Use it as an ordinary DVD player. It probably has a better up converter than cheap "up converting" DVD players.

That's it.

Answer 4

Put it right next to your atari, and beta Max player.

Answer 5

Get it to mate with your old Xbox and hope they produce an offspring that isn't obsolete.  Other than that, you could give it to charity or use it as a horizontal pencil holder.

Answer 6

Uh ... play regular DVDs on it as well as playing any HD-DVDs you may own.

I got a Toshiba HD-A3 at Christmas and it makes for a very nice upscaling DVD player connected to my HD plasma TV.  And at not much more than a price of a higher end upscaling DVD player that had no HD-DVD capability.

I figured I could spend $399 on a Blu-ray player at Christmas or I could spend $189 on the HD-DVD player and wait until Blu-ray came down to about $200.  This way if the "war"  went on for a long time, I'd still spend only $400 overall or if HD-DVD should lose out, I'd get the use of it for awhile and still not spend more than $400 for a set of players. (Much cheaper than $600 - $1000 for the combo HD-DVD / Blu-ray players that are on the market right now).

The demise happened sooner than I expected, but I still have Season 1 of Star Trek on HD-DVD, Harry Potter 1-5, Batman Begins, and the 10 HD-DVDs that I got with the purchase (turning the price to about $100 for the player and $10 per HD-DVD if you want to look at it that way).  And my 100 or so existing DVDs look darn fine with it compared to my 10 year old $800 DVD player (that's what the top of the line cost back then).

So, given some perspective, a $200 HD-DVD player was not a terrible gamble.

Answer 7

I agree.  Although it's not dead (yet), you should switch to Blu-Ray, which everyone seems to think is better.  I myself have not tested HD DVDs but I have seen Blu-Ray and it looks fantastic.

I'd just try and sell my HD DVD player before it's too late.