ummm, yeah, step right up and clear out our no longer supported merchandise... sometimes a bargain is not a bargain. Yeah, the milk is cheap, only a teensy bit lumpy and a week and a half past the expiration date!

I saw last night where a major Japanese retailer was gearing up to trade ALL the HD-DVD players they had sold for Blu Ray players! Now if something like that were to happen, I guess picking up an HD-DVD player on the cheap now might not be so bad, but not sure I'd take that chance!

Actually they'll credit your player cost towards a Blu-Ray player, its not an even swap over as they'd lose their shorts on such a deal (well, moreso than they already will with the trade-in).

As for buying an HD DVD player now, well what can I say, if one knows exactly what they're getting into it could still be a good deal. You buy an A3 for $80 and get Bourne Identity and 300 in the box. Grab a few key movies on sale or from eBay. Re-sell, keep and enjoy, whatever. When lower priced 2.0 BD players come out you move the HD DVD player somewhere else where it becomes a very nice upscaling DVD player and move full bore into Blu-Ray.

I don't see the big deal, I bought a Laserdisc player a long time ago just to watch the original Star Wars trilogy and Jaws because Lucas and Spielberg were taking their time with DVD releases. The Laserdisc player and its movies were - like HD DVD now - fully obsoleted and dead at the time, but a good dead format is still good :)

Now obviously if you've got $400-500 to spend on a player/PS3 and don't mind waiting a while for some of the exclusive Universal titles, by all means there's zero reason to look at HD DVD now.

$50.00 Rebate from Amazon!
 

Just wanted to let everyone who bought an HD DVD player from Amazon.com know about this. I got a discount code by email for $50.00 today from Amazon.com, as an apology of sorts from them.

The catch, the bad news, was that it expired the same day it arrived, today April 9th. The good news for me was that I needed a hard drive for a customers video and such and put the $50.00 toward the drive. 500 Gig Lacie USB external drive for $49.99 total with shipping.

Check your emails if you bought from Amazon and get your rebate spent. The rebate applies to Amazon Merchandise with very little restrictions and has no minimum to spend. If you can find something for $50.00, it's your for free or just shipping.

Got to do it before midnight all!

Still love my HD DVD player and my ten free movies too! Now I have less than $100.00 invested into it.

Good luck to all-----Mike

Rats ... I didn't get any email. Ordered my HD-A20 from Amazon.com last fall.

Mike, did they say it was an apology for any hd dvd player? Or did you get a different model than me?

Thanks!
 

Mike, thank you for posting this. I promptly checked my e-mail and yes the promotional code from Amazon was there. I used it towards the purchase of Belkin Tune Studio (audio mixer for ipod) ($199-$50=$149). What is so interesting is that Amazon mailed this promotion on the day it is expiring and included in their offer was this message:

"The code is valid through April 9, 2009, so you have plenty of time to use your credit."

Thanks again.

P.

Oops, Thanks, I miss read the year!

Here is their statement in part----As someone who purchased an HD DVD player from us before February 23, 2008,* you might like to hear about a special offer available from Amazon.com. New technologies don't always work out as planned. We at Amazon.com value our customer relationships more than anything and would like to support customers who purchased these players by offering a credit good for $50 off any products sold by Amazon.com.**


Mike

Thanks for the link! I almost missed this.

I have no regrets buying a second HD DVD player *after* the fall of the format...but hey, if they are going to give me back fifty bucks.. I have no problem with that.