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HD DVD “I Am Legend” price cut to $18.99

Darco — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:00:57 +0000

Amazon.com this week price cut advanced orders for the HD DVD title I Am Legend to $18.99 in a promotion to sell one of the last releases for the obsolete format.

Sales for the Warner Bros.â€™ I Am Legend HD DVD / DVD Combo disc increased 173 percent on Wed. evening to rank as the No. 19 best-selling product in the Movies & TV division. The title carries a list price of $35.99. It will be released on Apr. 8. By comparison, the Blu-ray disc version sells for $24.99.

The advantage of the HD DVD version is in both HD DVD and DVD version of the film on the same disc, so you can watch the film on standard DVD player also.

Source: News PunchJump

Amazon price cuts Blu-ray titles to $14.95

Darco — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:58:33 +0000

Amazon.com on this week price cut select Sony Blu-ray titles to $14.95 in the latest high-definition retail promotion. Titles price cut to $14.95 include Underworld, Hellboy, The Patriot, and Black Hawk Down.

Amazon was also offering up to 50 percent off select Blu-ray disc titles, but by the time of writing this post this offer is no longer active.

This week, Best Buy stores are offering a free $20 gift card with the purchase of any two Blu-ray disc titles.

Titles advertised at $29.99 include Resident Evil: Extinction, Superbad, The Assassination of Jesse James, The Brave One, and Michael Clayton.

In Apr., a new wave of Blu-ray titles will be sold for $9.95.

Source: PunchJump

Amazon price cuts HD DVD titles by 57%

Darco — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:12:44 +0000

Amazon.com on Sat. price cut HD DVD format titles to as low as $8.95 in the latest move to clear remaining inventory of the high-definition product. HD DVD titles The Matador and School for Scoundrels are now available retail for $8.95.

Additionally, a wave of titles are now priced at $9.95, including The Pianist, The Fast and The Furious, Backdraft, Shaun of the Dead, The Big Lebowski, Pride and Prejudice, The Chronicles of Riddick, and The Bourne Identity.

Toshiba last month said it will exit the HD DVD business by Mar. following announcements from Best Buy Co. Inc., Netflix Inc., and Wal-Mart stores that they would back Blu-ray over HD DVD.

Retailers have begun to offer new purchase incentives to move HD DVD product.

Source: PunchJump

HD DVD offer you can’t refuse

Darco — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:02:35 +0000

Although under heavy fire, HD DVD still manages to serve heavy punches. What do you say about it’s last offer: $80 for X-Box 360 HD DVD player and 6 HD DVD movie titles?

We wrote already about add-on for X-Box 360 game console in HD FAQ and basically it is an external unit capable of reading HD DVD media. The best thing about it and the very reason why this is the most popular X-Box accessory is in it’s interface – it uses USB port which allows you to connect it not only to X-Box, but to PC and Mac and use it as a much cheaper substitute for internal HD DVD unit.

Heavy blows done by it rival, the Blu-ray disc, caused huge decrease in the prices for this product. So, in short time interval we have witnessed ~~199~~, ~~179~~ and ~~129~~ dollar offers and now the price is just $79,99 for the unit plus 6 HD DVD movies, which is a real bargain.

Unfortunately, this offer is no longer active since they are sold out, but I believe that we will soon see many more interesting offers with “Wow” prices.

Source: EngadgetHD