No AACS, no bit-rot either - ripped them all easily.

My HDDVD The Hitcher 2007 wouldnt write to save it
Someone have a save of this?
Thanks for reply

Tonight’s movie. Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane and Bob Hoskins in Allen Coulter’s Hollywoodland.

Have not seen this in years and really fancied watching this tonight. Spinning the VC-1 encoded HD-DVD with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 sound.

Looks very good. A very nicely shot movie too.

Just connected my HD-A3 to my new Marantz AVR. I’ve not had the A3 in use for quite a while. I noted a couple things that I don’t recall happening the last time (about 2 AVRs ago…) I had it connected, so perhaps the hive mind can refresh my memory.

Bought the A3 new, always stored in my AV rack (no garage, attic or barn), and firmware updates applied, through 4.0.

HDMI: Video is great, but for some reason no audio via HDMI. Tried different cables, and different inputs on the Marantz. Tries all the options for audio out from the A3, and In on the Marantz, and still nothing. Solved with a TOSLINK cable and appropriate settings, but still wondering why the HDMI audio isn’t getting to the Marantz.

HDMI-CEC: Guessing that the A3 does not support this, as the owner manual makes no mention of it. Apple TV works great with CEC, and my LG 4k player too, but nada with the A3. Not a big deal, just wondering if I’m missing something.

Lamenting that it is only 1080i! Probably because at the time I bought it I didn’t yet own a 1080 TV!

Anyway, it works great. Watch Davin Lynch’s Dune the other night, all the way through with no issues. Maybe when winter comes, I’ll binge my Harry Potter box set (pictured) of the first 5 films.

And tonight’s main feature presentation. Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige. Awesome movie and great performances from Jackman, Bale and Caine. Love this film. 👏

First time watch on HD-DVD as I went with the Disney USA Blu during the format wars.

And this looks absolutely amazing. 🤩

Today’s arrivals. The final titles from my recent haul.

I’ve checked them all and they all play and able to skip around the chapters.

Looking forward to watching The Prestige tonight. Such a great movie. I’ve not owned the HD-DVD release before as I purchased the Disney USA Blu-Ray during the format wars. I was lucky to have both formats.

Tonight’s movie. (Better late than never). The amazing Black Rain from Sir Ridley Scott starring Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia and Ken Takakura. Music by Hans Zimmer.

Spinning the HD-DVD I recently got from Japan. VC-1 encode with a Dolby Digital Plus EX track (1.5 Mbps)

Hi everyone, first post in the group. I'm a long time HD DVD owner, with 3 different model players and 124 movies in my collection. While I don't play these movies as much as I used to, I just noticed something today that somehow escaped me all these years. The sleeve on my HD-DVD combo copy of I Am Legend says Blu Ray on it, both on the spine and the back cover. Does anyone else have a copy like this?

I used to use my XBOX HD DVD drive(s) connected to a PC to rip the occasional disc, but I found this LG SUPER Multi Blue GGW-H20L on Facebook Marketplace a few years ago for $10. I bought a USB 3.0 external case for it as my PC case doesn't have space for the drive. It seems to work well, and being able to play and burn Blu-ray is a nice bonus.

I use MakeMKV (as I'm guessing most people doing this and running Windows are) to rip the discs and Handbrake to reduce the size of the files

My copy of TROY [theatrical cut] works.

This can now go safely alongside my copies of Constantine, Terminator 3, Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Polar Express, The Matrix, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and (if we don't count the end credits) The Phantom of the Opera.

I haven't checked the bonus features, though.

So I got a copy of "The Phantom of the Opera" today. I did my usual testing when I get a new disc, and it played... until the very middle of the end credits. The spot was small enough that fast forwarding could bypass it, but that just playing it still made the disc stop. Since it happened during the credits, it's good enough for me (especially since this HD DVD has lossless audio but the Blu-ray does not), but I will remain wary, since it likely will get worse from here.

Also, of note: this HD DVD didn't have its original shrink wrap when I got it, but the security sticker at the top was still sealed.

All of these except Heroes, WB titles are good, no disc rot. Looking for $40 shipped PP G&S

Tonight’s movie. A Spike Lee joint Inside Man starring Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, William DaFoe and the always excellent Denzel Washington.

I absolutely love this movie. Great story and play out of the movie.

Playing the HD-DVD from Japan. Excellent VC-1 encode. Such a pity the Dolby TrueHD track got lost on the international versions. This did happen a lot due to Universal trying to make as many language options available in the highest possible option. Dolby Digital Plus.

Think tomorrow night’s movie, it’s going to be the excellent Black Rain. Going to have to check out the Japan exclusive 2nd disc.

Pm me

From my recent haul from Japan which included over 60 pieces of Physical media on various formats, these are the beautiful HD-DVD releases that I got. Will be sorting these into the collection soon.

I’ve you’re interested in seeing the haul in full, you can see here.
https://youtu.be/A5H4450jzVs

Today’s afternoon movie is Mikael Håfström’s Derailed starring Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston and Vincent Cassel.

Watching the unrated cut on HD-DVD.

First movie tonight. Watching Twilight Zone The Movie on HD-DVD. And yes it plays (as advertised). Really enjoying this and looks very nice. 👌

Obviously they were in different colors with different branding, but the size, shape, and dimensions are all identical. Obviously the reason they didn’t come in DVD cases was to differentiate from the prior format, but it’s strange that they differentiated in the same way, right?

Many remember the old Universal “The Look And Sound Of Perfect” on HD-DVD. But before that was “The Best In Picture, Sound And Interactivity”.

Plus we got lovely metallic foil inlay with metallic spine plus red Elite Cases with little feet 😎

Hi guys! I have a bunch of empty HD DVD cases if anyone would like to have them for free. I moved all of my discs into binders and I’d prefer to give these away instead of trashing them. Thanks!