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Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:18PM (Unverified) said

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This is an amazing deal considering you'd spend $200+ on the HD-DVDs alone. I think I'm going to buy this up.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:30PM (Unverified) said

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Damn Im actually considering this!!!
8 movies? That there is prob $140-150 alone.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:33PM Garageink said

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sucks I am broke. damn rent why must you haunt me so.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:38PM (Unverified) said

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It's been widely noted that you can combine this with Amazon's buy 2/get 1 deal on select HD-DVDs to actually make it 9 free movies.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:39PM refinedsugar said

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The format's death moan or a great deal - you be the judge, lol.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:41PM jkdoug said

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What's the status on the black HD-DVD drive? I don't want the accessories to clash with my new Elite now, do I?

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:42PM (Unverified) said

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Death moan? you're a douche. Wait till you see the numbers posted next month on HD-DVD sales. You're gonna cry on your PS3

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:48PM (Unverified) said

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y'know Canadians haven't had any good deals on this HD-DVD player at all. I think they best I've seen so far is a free copy of 300 at Best Buy. This is a joke, c'mon MS. We have HDTVs in Canada, y'know.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:50PM (Unverified) said

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this looks like a great deal but do you guys think its worth picking this up even if my tv cant do 1080p? my tv can do 720p and 1080i so still hidef

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:51PM (Unverified) said

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That is the best deal I've ever seen

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:54PM (Unverified) said

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Sold! I've been hesitant on committing to a format but this deal is too good to pass up. 300 in complete HD glory FTW!!

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:54PM Xyzzy said

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@9: Yes, it's definitely worth it. If your TV takes a 1080i signal, your picture will look the same as if it took 1080p. There's really no difference. Without getting into too much detail, 1080i will send two frames to the TV, which will put them together to give you a 1080p picture.

I only have a 720p projector, and the picture is STUNNING -- I can only imagine how good it'd look at 1080i :(

As was noted, you can get an extra free movie if you want as well. Or, for around $211, you can get a standalone player if you don't want the add-on. Check out this link:
http://slickdeals.net/?permadeal=10149#direct_deal_10149

HD DVD isn't going anywhere and they're gaining a lot of steam. Rumors are swirling that Warner will soon become HD DVD exclusive and that Lionsgate will become neutral (ie: Blu-Ray and HD DVD). Worst case scenario, both formats live for a very long time.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:04PM ZEBRA NINER said

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Oh man... that sucks! I mean, it's cool... but I spent full price and only got King Kong. Oh well, I'm supporting HD DVDS! Oh, btw... Dawn of the Dead just released on HDDVD! w00t!

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 12:55PM Hak Foo said

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Amazon does charge tax for certain states.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:12PM (Unverified) said

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I tried this with no success. I added the player, 300, and the last samurai to my cart. There was no discount applied. Any ideas?

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:13PM (Unverified) said

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Why HD-DVD no love for Europe? Oh yeah that's right, none of the technology makers these days give a monkeys about us spiffing chaps.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:20PM (Unverified) said

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This format war is going to last atleast another couple of years.
People just recently started adopting DVD's and HD cable. You'd be amazed to see how many people still use VCR's.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 3:01PM Xyzzy said

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@15: Good question. I just tried it and got one of the movies for free, but not both...

I'd order it, then send an email to Amazon and they'll correct the price for you. Or call them, that'd work too. There's some weird things going on with the sale not working in some instances (ie: if a title is out of stock, Amazon has to manually intervene). You can always cancel if they don't change the price for you (but they will).

Posted: Aug 30th 2007 9:48AM (Unverified) said

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... I was thinking of getting PS3 for some games and Blue-ray (yes, I already have a 360 AND I LOVE IT), and I wasn't going to buy HD-DVD coz it just seemed lame and dying. But with this offer I don't really care if it will die tonight. :D That's a hell of a movies for movie collection. PS3 and MGS4 can wait. :p 360 ftw!

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:33PM (Unverified) said

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@15 you need to get to the last screen before the discount is applied. Total should be 179.99 plus tax

regarding the 9th movie it will work, but it has to be from the HD DVD list linked to the 360. Those are the only movies that are part of the buy 2 get 1 free deal

i haven't purchased yet, because I have no money, but maybe it will still be going on when I have the funds

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:41PM (Unverified) said

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If you've already bought a HD-DVD player, amazon is also offering a buy 2, get one free HD-DVD special.

here's the direct link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_5401162_1/002-9390563-0092836?ie=UTF8&docId=1000124611&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=special-offers-1&pf_rd_r=1D0VQQHKPRAKXXWRXKVW&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=306627201&pf_rd_i=B000HEVZ8K

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:52PM h0mi said

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To see the discounts you have to check out and go all the way to the confirmation page.

The buy 2 get 1 free works but its a bit YMMV... combos dont work as well as non combos (but paying an extra $10 to get combo titles instead... its hard to complain too much about that).

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 1:53PM h0mi said

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And this is ends up being a better deal than my $160 (after $40 off $200 coupon) with 2 free $60 worth of titles deal back in July at CC.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 2:00PM Dale P said

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Still not enough to get me to commit to the format.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 2:20PM (Unverified) said

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ok idk if i'm just dumb or what but i can't get amazon to give me 2 free movies. i put the hddvd player in my shopping cart along with we were soldiers and the perfect sotrm and go to check out and it says the only thing i save is $7 on shipping (free). but it still makes me pay for both movies. anyone help....?

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 2:23PM neeko18 said

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NO CASH right now. About to buy a Sammy 46' DLP. so ill have to wait for the next great HD DVD deal..

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 2:29PM The 7th Number said

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Will the HD-DVD drive work well with my xbox 360 since i use the VGA hookups? I have a 40 inch Samsung HDTV.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 5:42PM (Unverified) said

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Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Does the HD-DVD player for the 360 also upscale regular old DVDs?

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 3:00PM urbantek said

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yes, the VGA hookups will work. If you have an HDMI or VGA connection your HDDVD player will upscale your regular DVD's to 1080i.

1080p and 1080i dont really make much of a difference if your TV/Monitor is not bigger then 46 inches (and even then the difference is slight).

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 3:02PM (Unverified) said

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Ok so I just bought the deal. 179.99 tax and shipping out the door. Yes the 2 two movies are free but I'm confirming that the 2 for 1 special is valid on this sale make sure that you add the third movie as it wil be all discounted when you get to checkout. I've been on the fence about BD and HD DVD, this deal I couldn't pass up, 9 movies for free. thats like $200 worth of free movies. Lets see what HD DVD sales are like next month.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 3:58PM (Unverified) said

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Any way to get this to work from Canada?

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 4:34PM (Unverified) said

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Hmm I put the order thru (and followed the directions) and the discount didn't get applied. Looks like I need to call customer service... %@$%@^$@$^

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 6:33PM iceykola said

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This sux. I did it, and even the free 3rd DVD worked, but I picked the free shipping and it said my estimated delivery date was Sept 20-28. So I changed it to the normal shipping, and it took away my 1 extra free HD-DVD; it's charging me for it again. BLOWS.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 7:11PM (Unverified) said

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You can also apply this deal to the ps3.I got the three movies plus the 8 movies offer and the ps3 for $470.66 with no tax and free shipping.As a massive 360 fan I'm shocked I did it,but at this price it was time.Plus warhawk is the first game sony has put out i've wanted.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 7:06PM (Unverified) said

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Well...I was able to get the nine movies

1) Added the XBox Drive w/ King Kong(1)
2) Go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/102-3494158-8919354ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000122571
and I added 300(2), TMNT(3), The Departed(4) and when I checked out it charged me a total of 216 or so...I went ahead and did the order and then called Amazon and after some looking the rep said yes the third would be free and made it so...
3) I will complete the Form for the 5 Free:
Apollo13(5)
Dukes of Hazard(6)
Four Brothers(7)
Blazing Saddles (8)
Perfect Storm or U571 (9)

-wC

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 9:36PM (Unverified) said

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you can get a deal like this for a ps3 and 8 bluray movies for $475 at amazon also.

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 10:12PM (Unverified) said

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If i get a hi def 22 inch LCD, will i notice the difference on that if i get the HDdvd add-on?

Posted: Aug 29th 2007 11:32PM (Unverified) said

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I figured out that the only way for a Canadian to get in on this deal is to buy the deal through the amazon.com not .ca and have a friend you trust in the us to ship it to. Then just get your friend to ship it to you. It'll cost a lil more when it comes to shipping and you'll likely have to do the same for the sending away for the 5 extra dvds but it gets the job done if you really like the deal.

Posted: Aug 30th 2007 6:45PM (Unverified) said

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whether hddvd will win or not, since i heard that 360's hddvd add on is the worst at playing hddvd's anyway, y don't you guys just buy a stand alone. seems logical since there are stand alones that cost about as much as 360's shitty add on. no? yes?

Posted: Oct 9th 2007 3:03AM (Unverified) said

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Well I tried this today and went all the way to confirmation page. The items showed being in stock but no discount appeared so I take it this offer must no longer be valid in regards to the free DVD from Amazon so you might as well just buy it from your local store.

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