DVDstruction - 5 reasons your HD-DVDs are still good

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No need to convert to Blu-ray just yet

2) Plenty of titles - soon to be cheap
As of the end of 2007, there were around 350 HD-DVDs retailing in the US. How much you wanna bet that people are selling these by the crap load on eBay and Craigslist? Be sure to check around places that might be selling used HD-DVDs as well. We’re sure general retailers will continue to stock at full price for the rest of the year, but trust us that once no one’s buying this format, that’s when prices will lower dramatically. Amazon.com’s already slashing prices making this the perfect time to start a collection.

3) HD-DVD looks better
Meaning of course, we're talking about those early Blu-ray players. Remember when we said both formats were identical? Scratch that. The PS3 is as far as we know, the only web-enabled Blu-ray player, which allows for firmware upgrades. Most, if not all HD-DVD players have internet capability built in allowing for firmware upgrades constantly. Meaning, if you have an earlyBlu-rayplayer (Profile 1.0)- not PS3 - then your video resolution won’t look as good as any HD-DVD player. Of course, that will change in the future with the release of the Profile 2.0 players in October, but for the time being you can rest easy knowing your copyof The Order of the Phoenix looks just as good as Blu-ray's.