HD DVD and Blu-Ray Discs: Just $13.30 Each

[Jeremy Charette]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=897932' target='_blank'>http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=897932</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/blowout_sale.gif" /><br /><br />Amazon.com is running an unadvertised promotion on HD DVD and Blu-Ray discs, buy 2 get 1 free. With titles selling for as low as $19.95 each, this works out to as little as $13.30 per movie. I took advantage of it last night, and again just now, but there's no word on how long it will last. Head on over to <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=897932">AVS Forum </a>to see which HD DVD titles qualify, or hit the jump to see it here...<br /><br /><i>Update: The deal has expired.</i>

[Felix Torres]

Amazon is definitely up ro something.
Check these two links:

Toshiba HD-A2 plus 3 movies = $210
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=898236

360 HD-DVD drive plus 3 movies = $179
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=898501

Add in the 5 promo movies from Toshiba or whoever and that's 8 movies free with a player. Throw in a few of the 3-for-2 combos and the fun just keeps on going cause, of course, you gotta save money regardless of the cost, right? :twisted:

[Jeremy Charette]

Yeah I just saved myself a ton of money. By blowing $80. 8O But now I'll have another 6 movies, most of which I've never seen before. I did pick up Casablanca and Phantom of the Opera, two movies I wouldn't normally watch. Supposedly the PQ in HD DVD is phenomenal, many people use them as "reference" discs to show friends how great HD is.

Mind you, I also just got 3 HD DVDs in the mail from Netflix. :wink:

Now, I almost wish I'd waited a couple weeks to get the 360 drive, as I could have gotten three more movies for free via. Amazon. Though I did get my drive for $159.99 so I guess it's a wash in the end.

So this'll be...let's see, I have to add them up now...13 movies I'll have on HD DVD. The switch is coming fast and furious for me.

[Jeremy Charette]

And now I'm spending ANOTHER $40. :roll:

[Chris Gohlke]

Must resist....I own all the ones I would want on regular DVD already, but upgrading Batman, Serenity, and 300 is really tempting.

[Felix Torres]

:twisted:
You don't think I passed the news on to be nice, now do ya?

[Jeremy Charette]

[Ed: edited original post to link to the Amazon promotional page for the "three free HD DVDs with purchase of Toshiba HD DVD player" deal. All of these HD DVDs qualify for buy 2 get 1 free.]

Damn you Felix. You just cost me $120.

Did you buy anything?

[Felix Torres]

Of course not.
I'm waiting for BD to be dead and buried, remember? :twisted:
&lt;duck!>
I'm outta here; those look like nasty torches and pitchforks...

[Jeremy Charette]

http://mcgonnigle.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/torch.jpg

[Macguy59]

No link to the Blu-Ray titles?

[Jeremy Charette]

I would but I don't know what Blu-Ray titles are being offered. AVS Forum mostly talks about the HD DVD promotion. Not biased, just don't know.

[Felix Torres]

No link to the Blu-Ray titles?

The original link was to the HD-DVD software forum at AVSFORUM,.
There is a similar list at the BD software forum:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=898023

I found the original link via a reference in the XBOX forums; as a rule you don't find many BD references in 360 turf. :wink:

Too bad Amazon isn't likely to report on which format outsells the other in this deal...

[Jeremy Charette]

Netflix says it's a dead heat. (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Netflix/Disc_Sales/Netflix:_Demand_for_Blu-ray_and_HD_DVD_Evenly_Split,_But_Tiny/895)

Color me not surprised.

[Jeremy Charette]

Looks like the gig is up. Of course, I only discovered this after realizing I didn't need HD copies of "Ray" and "Road Warrior", and cancelling all of my orders. :roll:

Oh well, I've got Netflix, and I'm sure prices will continue to fall.