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Netflix has announced its intention to go Blu-ray only. The company decided to make the move because it believes “it is likely that the Sony format will prevail.”

"From the Netflix perspective, focusing on one format will enable us to create the best experience for subscribers," the company said, adding that not many customers order high-def DVDs.
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HD-DVD is gone, each one of these articles are just adding an additional nail in the coffin. Sadly, I enjoyed both formats as it brought hardware down drastically in price.
 
This was over when Sony bought the support of the last couple of studios, this barely rates as news anymore. Clearance sales of HD-DVD movies is the only news that interests me at this point. It's not like the player doesn't work anymore, and not much reason for Blu-Ray to drop in price anymore, so might as well fill up the movie library on the cheap! ;)
 
guess, I'll quit Netflix. The only reason I was a member was b/c it rented HD-DVD's. :(
 
AARGH! said:
This was over when Sony bought the support of the last couple of studios, this barely rates as news anymore. Clearance sales of HD-DVD movies is the only news that interests me at this point. It's not like the player doesn't work anymore, and not much reason for Blu-Ray to drop in price anymore, so might as well fill up the movie library on the cheap! ;)
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+20ty billion
 
Well my HD-A2 makes a good upscaling DVD player. I might cancel Netflix anyway since I mainly did HD-DVD rentals
 
bah, I've gotten so many damaged disks from them, I gave them up long ago. I'd rather search the bargain bin for HD DVD's and take advantage of owning them due to the BOGO sales and whatnot. Now that I have a combo drive, it doesn't much matter.
 
Finally I can pick up HD player! Any recommendations for a computer blue ray drive?
 
Kind of a bummer... I got a good black friday deal on a HDA3 and have been enjoying HD-DVD's from Netflix on it ever since. I just watched two HDDVDs from netflix just this weekend: Stardust and Ocean's 13...

Hopefully, they just mean they aren't going to stock any new HD-DVD movies... but will at least rent out the ones they already have. I hope to try to limp by on this player for most of the rest of this year until all of the BD Profile 2.0 junk settles out and I can get a clear look at the field of players (right now it looks like the PS3 is the way to go, but maybe that won't be the case by next christmas). We'll see though, I'll probably cave sooner than I want to because HD movies are just way too damn good...

Friedmud
 
Like heck customers don't request HD-DVDs. Netflix has a big problem with High Def content in general. I have 28 items in my Netflix Queue, and 27 of them are either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Not a single one of them is marked "available now" They are all, long wait, short wait, very long wait,
 
Stereodude said:
Like heck customers don't request HD-DVDs. Netflix has a big problem with High Def content in general. I have 28 items in my Netflix Queue, and 27 of them are either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Not a single one of them is marked "available now" They are all, long wait, short wait, very long wait,
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I'm tired of getting discs that won't play, after going through 3 of the HD-DVD Bourne Ultimatum, I finally flipped the thing over and just watched the DVD side. Pain in the ass and the wait times are getting worse, I'm getting discs that are listed in the teens instead of any top ten titles.
 
Screw Netflix. The day they stop renting out HD-DVDs is the day I cancel my service and go back to renting DVDs at Red Box and the New Release for $1. :mad:
 
Oh, and I'm not buying a damn Blu-Ray player until I can get one with the 2.0 spec for under $100. They'll probably have 1080p movie rentals online by then, so maybe I can just skip Expensive-Ray altogether.
 
Who cares...

The only reason to go NetFlix at this point of time is for their unlimited movies download service anyway.
 
ND40oz said:
I'm tired of getting discs that won't play, after going through 3 of the HD-DVD Bourne Ultimatum, I finally flipped the thing over and just watched the DVD side. Pain in the ass and the wait times are getting worse, I'm getting discs that are listed in the teens instead of any top ten titles.
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I haven't really had any problems with discs that won't play from them, but then again, I don't get too many discs from them... ;)
 
thejulex said:
Who cares...

The only reason to go NetFlix at this point of time is for their unlimited movies download service anyway.
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Yeah, that really is one of their most attractive services atm.
I dont really rent movies, i mostly buy so this doesnt have much meaning to me other than just another big company helping every1 figure out which format is the on to go. Less confusion for the consumer is definitely better this early on.
 
Is Blockbuster online rental any good? If Netflix drops HD-DVD, I may switch to Blockbuster instead.
 
Steve said:
"From the Netflix perspective, focusing on one format will enable us to create the best experience for subscribers," the company said, adding that not many customers order high-def DVDs.
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Then why is every single HD DVD I have in my queue "Very Long Wait"? :p

I'm cancelling my Netflix subscription after this billing period. Turnaround time is definitely not what is advertised ("one day" LOL) and it's been taking about a week for them to receive after I drop it off at the post office.
 
pxc said:
Then why is every single HD DVD I have in my queue "Very Long Wait"? :p

I'm cancelling my Netflix subscription after this billing period. Turnaround time is definitely not what is advertised ("one day" LOL) and it's been taking about a week for them to receive after I drop it off at the post office.
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Sounds like they throttled you, they did the same to me, so I dumped them.
 
Stereodude said:
Like heck customers don't request HD-DVDs. Netflix has a big problem with High Def content in general. I have 28 items in my Netflix Queue, and 27 of them are either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Not a single one of them is marked "available now" They are all, long wait, short wait, very long wait,
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+1, I called and talked to quite a few people at Netflix at all levels and there answer is all the same, since the holiday boom for Blu-ray and HD-DVD they have not been able to keep up with the demand. Netflix uses a movie to person ratio formula that they use when they determine how many of certain moive they purchase and they either did not prepare or simply were caught off guard, and from the latest answers that I have been getting from people within Netflix, they are not going to get caught up any time soon.
 
Alright, I got some info from some people I talk to from Netflix on how this Blu-ray transition is supposedly going down, you HD-DVD people are going to love this.

What is happening right now is that Netflix is in the process of stopping purchases for more/new HD-DVDs. When are they going to stop purchasing all together, they would not give me a hard date so as for upcoming releases such as American Gangster or Beowulf or Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same, it is a wait and see situation whether or not they will be available. What I can definitly tell you is that HD-DVD movies will be pulled from Netflix inventory in 6 months.
 
thejulex said:
Who cares...

The only reason to go NetFlix at this point of time is for their unlimited movies download service anyway.
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Um... are you nuts? Have you ever used the download service. The selection is terrible. It's all old movies and movies you've never heard of. The only worth while stuff on there is Heroes and Lost.
 
Another nail in the coffin.

I really wanted HD-DVD to win, was just as good as BD but cheaper. /shrug
 
Ockie said:
Sounds like they throttled you, they did the same to me, so I dumped them.
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The funny thing is i'm only a little over 2 weeks into my first billing cycle. I did have a netflix account years ago that I cancelled due to throttling. I never received more than 17 DVDs in a month on a 3 at a time account under that older account, and it dropped while throttled down to 10/month.

I resisted signing up for Netflix again because when I tried to sign up it still recognized my old account information and I didn't want to be throttled again. Finally when it seemed to drop off my old account I signed up for a new one, but that obviously didn't work. I guess that once you're throttled, you're throttled for life. Yay Netflix. :rolleyes:
 
bummer, I really hope microsoft puts out a bluray player for the x360.

now in regards to the netflix comments in the thread - i love the service and I keep finding more and more awesome movies to watch and re-watch. I haven't bothered going with an hd camp yet, and like others have said, I plan on waiting until the whole mess with the bluray specs get straightened out. The cost of the entire theatre I would put together greatly outweights the benefits I would receive from it and the longer I wait, the better the setup I'll be able to put together.

Netflix plays into this, as I can rent up to 25-30 movies a month from them and not get throttled. Since I rarely hit that limit in a month, I can comfortably return movies in one day and have just one day to wait to receive my next film. I don't think I'd ever get the exposure to so many films I never knew about without nf.

Netflix may regret the path they're taking - dumping one camp over another atm is a foolhardy move and if people do cancel their memberships, they'll have to answer to the stockholders.
 
I haven't had any issues with renting HD-DVD's from Netflix other then Bladerunner had a long wait but I have watched over 30 HD movies and they have arrived in 1 day. The only reason I signed up for their service was to watch HD-DVD's looks like I'll be ditching my service with them :mad:
 
Maichena said:
Is Blockbuster online rental any good? If Netflix drops HD-DVD, I may switch to Blockbuster instead.
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It's who I use, they are pretty good, I've only had one unplayable disc so far, and I would say I'm a heavy user. Just pick the best plan, as they have increased their rates not too long ago.
 
chrisf6969 said:
guess, I'll quit Netflix. The only reason I was a member was b/c it rented HD-DVD's. :(
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Same here and I quit today and went over to Blockbuster. From everything I've read Netflix has a large HD DVD rental customer base. Now I wonder if they count me as a Blu-ray guy because I have both. Last time I checked I can get all movies on both so I shouldn't be counted as one or the other but for both. Netflix just gave me a big FU today so I said FU back.:rolleyes:
 
BB online selection of HD is VASTLY superior to their stores (even before the announcement). Actually online is better for all formats online, as I wanted to rent the Torchwood Season 1, and I know thats something I would never see at my local store.
 
Guess the LG player is the best solution for the PC.... bet hedging, and easy firmware upgrade for BD 2.0.

My local Blockbuster two weeks ago had one long shelf section, half HD half BD, this week its all BD and the hddvd stuff is all gone.

Are there any movies that were HDDVD only that will be "lost" in a BD only world?

Guess LOTR and Starwars issue is solved, they will be BD, cough.

Now if I could just figure out why PowerDVD Advisor says my 8800GT and 169.21 driver are NOT HD or BD compatible, and why neither my Westy24 or Westy42" are also listed as not compatible. I'll assume that the "Advisor" is simply outofdate/fucked for now.

Funny thing is, the Advisor doesn't list the LG drive on the compatible list, even though it is BUNDLED with PowerDVD Ultimate!!! :eek::rolleyes::p
 
just another reason why i waited on buying a player to play any of the formats. i cant wait till these companies that people are downloading from for movies start actually selling downloadable movies you can keep, saves space and time going to the store to find the DVD you want.
 
ICOM said:
Yep. Can't beat them? Buy them.

Pretty sad.
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Uh the HDdvd camp did the same thing with with Paramount/Dreamworks and the HDdvd camp were also bidding for the Warner Bros. contract aswell, but were more or less out bid by the Bluray camp.

So both were buying their exclusive's, but the Blu camp just has deeper pockets and that's all their is to it.
 
Creepingdeath1977 said:
Uh the HDdvd camp did the same thing with with Paramount/Dreamworks and the HDdvd camp were also bidding for the Warner Bros. contract aswell, but were more or less out bid by the Bluray camp.
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Actually from everything I have read, only the HDDVD camp is actually confirmed to have done this, and the Warner thing was a completely unsubstantiated rumor. So this is the wrong thing for the HDDVD fanboys to whine about. It would be like the the Pot calling the Sun black.

Other than that, these threads are amusing lately. Everytime the inevitable happens the HDDVD fanboys come out and complain that they won't do buisness with X because they dropped HDDVD.

Geez guys, face reailty, everyone is dropping HDDVD. It is accellerating toward Oblivion. You may as well get mad at blockbuster for not supporting Beta.

HDDVD is dead. Stores clearance tagging the players, support is dropping everyhwere. Nothing is going to float this boat.

The only story worth even mentioning at this point are the final nails in the coffin, when the last studios abandon HDDVD and Toshiba finally capitulates.
 
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