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Best Buy Offering Store Credit in Return for HD DVD Hardware and Movies

by Flexo on March 24, 2008. Consumer 3 comments.

If you have an HD DVD player and fear it will be collecting dust in your entertainment center, you have an option to turn the hardware into $50. Best Buy is accepting returns for any HD DVD product in return for store credit. You would receive up to $50 in store credit for ... Continue reading this article…

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HD DVD Officially Dead: Long Live Blu-ray

by Flexo on February 19, 2008. Consumer 8 comments.

When VHS finally emerged as the market leader over Sony’s Beta format, we gave our immediately-obsolete player to my grandmother. I’ve been following the high definition format wars with moderate interest, since I was a “late early adopter.” Last fall, I picked up an HD DVD player and during the holidays I received a Blu-ray ... Continue reading this article…

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Netflix to Support Blu-ray Exclusively

by Flexo on February 11, 2008. Consumer 10 comments.

Netflix has been offering movies to rent on both high definition media formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray, will now be exclusively supporting just one technology: Blu-ray. Citing the decision by four of the six major movie studios to publish high-def DVD titles only in the Sony-developed Blu-ray format, Netflix said that as of now it will ... Continue reading this article…

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Hedging Bets on Blu-Ray But Still Disappointed (and Blog Roundup)

by Flexo on January 17, 2008. Consumer 11 comments.

Last year, I decided to become a “late early adopter” by taking the jump to high-definition entertainment. I upgraded my equipment, including a Toshiba HD DVD player. While cognizant of the HD format wars, I went ahead with HD DVD because the equipment was better priced for the mass market. I thought ... Continue reading this article…

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