Anyone who is interested I will be buying 1 and 3 of the fast and furious on hd-dvd on tuesday (along with grand prix, land of the dead and T3) anyways if anyone wants to check it out give me a pm. I will be watching movies most of the day till 8pm when I'm going to a no limit cash game. $11 buy in and anyone is welcome to come along.

 

I saw like 20 copies of this vid for sale on saturday
at my local video rental

 

on HD-DVD? or just dvd? bc I searched high and low for early releases but couldn't find it in austin. I poop on dvd (dvd sucks compared to hd-dvd)

 

Im not sure lol

 

No need to brag. Woe is us with the inferior technology.

 

lol I'm a tech *****, this wasn't about bragging I just wanted to share

 

I wanna watch it in HD-DVD. You working friday?

 

yeah, I have off tuesday and sunday this week.

 

dang those days i work. that sucks b@lls. ill just close my eyes and imagine what it looks like. haha.

 

A little OT... can you play an HD DVD on a regular DVD player or in a game system (Xbox 360, PS2)? I might pick it up... not sure yet.

 

yeah what about the new dvd player that xbox is releasing. at 170 bucks thats a killer deal.

 

ok this particular release is a combo meaning if you buy the hd-dvd version (red case) it has a dvd side and an hd-dvd side. normal hd-dvds will not work on a non hd dvd player. the add on for the 360 wil be a great value but not for me, I need the excellent analog outs of the hd-a1 for the lossless audio tracks (hdmi won't do lossless audio in 5.1). this movie on hd-dvd looks and sounds exactly like it did in theatres. even the lfe is perfect (bass).

 

Thanks for the info.

 

your a home theater queen. im content with my kenwood 5.1 and 30" hdtv. well until i get the 42" WOOPI! cant wait for christmas time. I still gotta bettr computer and car. LOL. yes I know im making worthless conversation but I really want to see the movie in HD. The pucture in the theaters suck due to the huge a$$ screen and the audio is turned way to low.

 

So, what machine should I buy to play this HD-DVD and how much might it cost, oh, you tech ***** you.

 

well if you have an xbox360 there will be an add on to allow hd-dvd playback for around 179 coming out this november. if not that I would recommend the hd-a1 as long as you are tech savy enough to do a firmware update.

 

ok so the dvd with the xbox supports HDMI right. what about fiberoptic for my audio? or is it strictly HDMI audio?

 

I know it will support toslink (fiber optic lol) but I don't know about hdmi or not as well as if analog 5.1 is supported that's why if you have a serious ht setup I recommend the hd-a1.

 

Shid, at the movie theatre I saw it at I almost went deaf because they were playing it so loud.

 

I think I watched it at a crappy theater so the speakers where blah. I prefer to wathch movies at the IMAX. I saw the matrix movies and was blown away