ok 2 VERY important question ,i am willing to pay 40$ a crazy price only If i can back them up, will my computer burn hd-dvd's? and what is blueray? will i have to replace my burner when this advances?

NO your PC will not burn HD-DVDs ,there is NO software to backup HD/Blue-Ray DVDs at this time .and YES you will need a new HD/Blue-Ray burner if and when they release them on the market.note the blank media is going to be 20 to 30 dollars EACH ,a HD/Blue-Ray DVD player is around 1000.00 dollars and i imagine the burners will be 400 to 500 dollars when they come out so i hope your very rich its going to be a very expensive hobby lol

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HD-DVD/DVD Hybrid = $40
HD-DVD = $30
DVD of Rumor has it = $10 a week after release cuz it sux.
I think i would rather buy the dvd then wait until i actually own HD-DVD player to buy that one.. plus what if that one disc scratches?? flippers like that are horrible about scratching.. good idea, bad follow through.. and rumor has it?? poor choice

presumably the Warner's idea includes getting that washed up tired old fart, Kevin Costner, to sit at home with you and comment on the movie while you watch it, don't see how else they are going to sell it for $ 40.
or maybe he loans you his wife for the night while he jets off to that scotish health spa again to beg for a hand job from another massuese.

It might cost $20 before the year ends.

Interesting...

The hybrid disc is a great idea. It could make HD-DVD the "winner" over Blu-ray, if they stop making regualar DVDs, and if they keep the price down!

And the price... In the short term, Warner Home Video can charge almost any price they want. If somebody's already paid thousands of dollars for an HDTV and an DH-DVD player, they WILL pay $40 for an HD-DVD... Those customers are NOT going to buy the "regular" DVD if they can get HD at twice the price. (But, they aren't going to pay $10 to get the regular DVD on the back side either!)

Then, there's always the chance that neither of these technologies will succeed. The (low quality) MP3 format took-off while higher-quality formats like S-VHS, DAT, SACD, and Audio-DVD have lagged!

Preposterous prices, i would never stand for 40$ for a movie like dances with the wolves. 4 hours of non linear torture.

20-25 $ Not bad prices, but above that, its a pass.

my thing is that "hey so what with the new technology" yeah it would be great to see movies in HD but will it last??? Everyone seems to be forgeting that when dvds or cds first came out they were considered expensive for there time. and i dont see them getting rid of regular dvds just yet, i mean you can still by vhs and thats ancient as it is. As long as sony comes through with the ps3 and the blu ray i see that becoming the number one selling HD dvd player, just cause its so versitile and will be a lot less than normal blu ray players. so just relax and wait, normal dvds are still fine, and i think everyone is jumping the gun on all of this HD DVD/ Blu Ray/ PS3/Xbox360 thing.

Great idea having both formats in a distrabution but I'd never pay $40 for it no matter what movie it is period! My limit is $20 and I typically only pay $10-$15.

aabbccdd,

Your statement isn't totally true, "NO your PC will not burn HD-DVDs ,there is NO software to backup HD/Blue-Ray DVDs at this time", Nero can do the Blu-ray format even though we don't have burners available for the PC yet, at least that I'm aware of.

I'll wait a couple of years till the dust settles and see what format survives.

No I wont pay $40 or the british equivalent.I buy cheap i.e LESS than £10, prefferably less than £5 or not at all ;)

Like the saying goes.......there is a SUCKER born every minute. Too much money, and not enough brains..
Let the "high rollers" have at it. LOL.

looks like ill be doing the same as before ..not buying a damb thing ..these people must think we shit money out of our asses to buy there stuff .the blue crap and the HD-DVD crap i am not going to spend 40 bucks on a dvd ill go to morpheus and download before i buy another dvd

that's how U get rich fast!

To much for my Blood

HD DVD Is going to be the next big thing, but will the price become aforadable for the average person, so far HD TV has been a big flop in Australia so far, and hardly anyone has equipment that is HD compatable. TOO SOON & TOO MUCH. The only people who will see any HD DVD's in the near future are the people with money to burn.

In the world there is 6 billion people. Of this population appr. 0.01% is filthy rich. It makes 60 000 people. They dont care about 40$. So the income might be 24 million dollar:-))). (Dont quote the statistics:-). )

Miata: you said it all & in just a few words - I second it!

I can afford it. They can still blow it out their...

I remember the first title that was turned into a DVD... it was "Strictly Ballroom." I thought that was kind of weird at the time, but DVDs did well.

Maybe they try the shitty movies first so that production cost could be lowered. I'd imagine that bigger movie would cost more to be converted to HD because they need to track down the original reel or something.

We`re all suckers,just for different things.

I finally got done replacing my VHS movie collection to DVD last year. If the companies offer something like, if you trade in your DVD for the HD DVD version of the same title with a charge no more than $10, I might consider doing that. Unless something like that happens, I'm taking a stand and not supporting either of the new formats. My newer Sony DVD player with the HDMI output to my LCD TV looks incredable as is.

Also, I heard complaints of the current DVD's not having enough storage. Why don't they put just the movie on one disk and all the advertisment, previews, and extra features on another disk. I would gladly pay the extra ten cents that would cost them to do.

because some of us are dumb .they put stuff out and people run to buy it .if everyone stop buying there crap for one year the price would drop like and old man slipping into a hot bath...lol

Or maybe like those oldies but goodies the LaserDisc they will just go away.

40 ?no way

or maybe drop like roy jones jr. in the forth round....lol

Some with HDTV *might* pay $40 for an HD disk, but I just brought home a 40" LCD HD set and I wouldn't pay $30 for an HD disk... Maybe $20 if it's a good movie and one I really want, but probably not. No DVD whether HD or not is worth more than $20 to me. I will spend the extra for a DVR and the extra to build my own computers set up to play the DVDs on the HD set though.