This ticks me off. I use Netflix to rent HD DVD disks.
The wait times for HD DVD movies had been getting longer and many times the disks weren’t available from the local center, so I assumed they were purchasing fewer copies on HD DVD. Dropping the format is a kick in the teeth.
It takes at least twice as long to get a Blu-ray from net-flix than a regular dvd.
They also come from and go back to all parts of the country as opposed to the regular DVD’s that mostly come from a town 10 miles away.
Glad I didn’t buy that cheap HD-DVD player at Walmart that day a few moths back!
Now you can feel the pain of all the folks who bought Betamax about 35 years ago. Or laserdisc players, or quadrophonic stereos. There are always casualties in format wars.
At least the good news is that you'll be able to stock up on HD-DVDs at fire-sale prices, and they'll continue to play until the machine wears out. And it'll continue to function as a DVD player, if a vastly overpriced one.