The war ended in February 2008. I got the HD DVD add on for Xbox 360 and then a Toshiba HD DVD player a few years before, they both worked great. The Toshiba player takes some time to boot up, but other than that it has no issues. I still have it plugged in, actually.

I need to revisit my HD DVD movie collection and my HD DVD player. A lot of my HD DVDs 📀 have never been opened.

I have the exact same player with literally the exact same movies. This player is also one of the best for upscaling DVDs. Another neat Hd-DVD player is the Xbox 360 add-on one. Great video.

Great HD-DVD collection! Still have many HD-DVDs myself along with the XBox 360 HD-DVD drive! I still have my LG SUPERBlue Blu-ray/HD-DVD/DVD combo unit. Probably the BEST multi format disc player out there. I really enjoy being able to watch 3 different video formats in one unit.

I bought one in 2019. It is pretty cool. The only sad thing is that most Warner discs have disc rot. My Prisoner of Azkaban conked out on me.

@jasonfroehlich3058

4 жыл бұрын

same thing for me all but 3 warner brothers hd dvds didn't work

@Kameron-The-Crafter

3 жыл бұрын

I hear disc rot happens because of manufacturing defects which they dont want to admit.

@jk-474

2 жыл бұрын

There’s another guy who bought 4 copies of that movie on here, and ALL of them have problems like yours. That’s crazy 🤯

@Astfgl

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I backed up my HD DVD collection a few years ago and nearly all of my Warner discs had various degrees of rot. Some of them could be salvaged, but the majority sadly are completely unreadable now.

@markpugh6808

2 жыл бұрын

Yep Warner Brothers discs ended up with disc rot due to being poorly manufactured

I think it is kind of ironic that my local movie retail store does not sell VHS nor Laserdisc but they sell HD DVDs in 2019.

@qasimmir7117

7 ай бұрын

They must sell Betamax also?

I like the red case over the blue. That’s about it though

I came from an HD-DVD household. My family had a large collection HD-DVD movies; a lot of which I still have. Every Saturday, my family would pick a movie to watch. And 9/10, it would be on HD-DVD. My father also was an avid LaserDisc collector, so we had a sizable collection of them as well. We had a similar Toshiba model to that one. We also had a projection TV in the den, i felt like we were at the cutting edge of technology. And then my uncle went and spent his life savings on a fancy new plasma flatscreen, just to show us up. Oh, the memories.... :) Thanks for waking up so many previously dormant memories with these seemingly random video.

@michaelaizen1137

4 жыл бұрын

Goodtimes right?

@qasimmir7117

7 ай бұрын

You were at the cutting edge of technology. You lived on the forefront of the history of home video. When I was younger we didn’t even have an HD television until 2015.

A lot of HD DVDs have disc rot. I collect DVD, HD DVD, blu ray, and CD and I have experienced disc rot in several HD dvds.

CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu Ray is still good in 2020

@DennisTamayo

4 жыл бұрын

DVD is still good this year.

@bargain1105

3 жыл бұрын

@@DennisTamayo LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

@E4or16

2 жыл бұрын

@@DennisTamayo that's debatable

2020 Anyone HD DVD's are still good to run

@bryanp4827

4 жыл бұрын

I have 2 of them, and they are still great machines, and look stunning on my 1080p projector

@michaelaizen1137

4 жыл бұрын

I still use mine every week. My HD-A2 upscales like crazy and my Xbox 360 add-on is great too.

@stevesibaja3123

4 жыл бұрын

1080p in HD Clear

@robetclo2516

3 жыл бұрын

I own more than 315 HDDVD, However some of them suffed from rotting and had to buy them back on Blu-ray. The Matrix triology was of them.

@mlkmnde

3 жыл бұрын

Some Of My HD DVD Movies Won't Play Anymore

HD-DVDs are crazy cheap in the UK and not only that - many of 1€ HD-DVD movies go for like 30-40€ on blu-ray as they are really rare to find. HD-DVD players for x360 go for 5-6€ and can be used with PC. I'm interested in HD-DVD as there seams to be a lot of French movies on the format that either never came out on blu-ray or only came out in French or are crazy expensive on blu-ray. Poland seams to have a lot of exclusive HD-DVDs unreleased in other countries for some reason O.o.

From what I've read, the HD DVDs by Warner tend to have been poorly made and prone to disc rot. So watch out for that before buying.

The players like that HD-A2 have solid DVD upscaling ability but many of the actual HD DVD discs are unfortunately suffering from layer delamination now so they're not worth paying much for.

@manyfeathers

5 жыл бұрын

I did compare the DVD upscaling to my PS4 slim and it looked about identical. I didn't know about the issues with the HD DVD discs so thanks very much!

@noudialp

3 жыл бұрын

They were being marketed as to last up to 100 years at the time.

@bubba842

3 жыл бұрын

@@noudialp it was only Warner Bros releases that suffer from the disc rot problem. Shitty Warner Bros quality control was the issue. Avoid them like the plague.

@barebarekun161

Жыл бұрын

Really? I heard it was mostly Warner Bros. discs that suffered disc rot my Paramount discs are still working great to this day.

I have a huge collection of HD DVD's and every HD DVD player made still in original boxes including Samsung and LG blu-ray/HD DVD combo players, and both Onkyo and Integra players too. Now the player you have is a 1080i player, and is not a 1080p unit. The players that have 1080p/24fps are the Toshiba HD-A20, HD-A30, HD-XA2 (awesome player with HQV) and HD-A35. Unfortunately some of my Warner collection has started to go bad and they are erroring out on Toshiba units, but can still play on my LG BH200 combo player and Samsung BD-UP5000 combo unit as well. Also have some discs that were exclusively blu-ray in North America, but in Europe they released on both formats and since HD DVD movies were region free, they work here like Resident Evil, Underworld just too name few.

@SamBueno

5 жыл бұрын

How is the Hd-a35? Out of the a3,a30 and a35 what would you recommend?

@stevenmclaughlin4542

5 жыл бұрын

@@SamBueno I would go with HD-A35 for the High Bit Rate Audio. The A30 is also good too since it outputs 1080p.

@SamBueno

5 жыл бұрын

Steven McLaughlin Thank you! Appreciate it! I’m just now starting my HD DVD collection.

@mrcrazyjonpresents4312

4 жыл бұрын

How much do blu-ray/HD DVD combo players go for in the uk these days

I'm from Brazil. I've never seen a movie on HD DVD. It was not popular here.

We need to see some photos of your movie shelves!

Hello fellow insane movie person who bought an HD DVD player I am one of you you are my new best friend. 😃🙂

@bryanp4827

4 жыл бұрын

I own two of them, and very proud to do so...👍

@michaelaizen1137

4 жыл бұрын

We are rebels of society!

I’m about to buy a Toshiba Xa2 in 2024. As their last high end player, I think the value will only go up over time.

Got my EP30 at launch and I'm still using it. Not found a way to multiregion it though.

The war ended in February 2008. By then Warner Bros. had dropped HD DVD and when that happened, it didn't matter that Paramount had decided to go with HD DVD only a short while before. I bought my HD DVD player in 2007, after buying the Xbox 360 add on. It's a nice format, I liked it and it was region free which Blu-ray wasn't at the time. And the red cases are lovely.

I have a total of 6 players (4 of them being blu ray/hd dvd combo players LG BH100, LG BH200, & Samsung BD-UP5000 players) with about 30+ movies. Like Sehnzeleid said alot of discs are suffering from disc rot (mostly Warner Bros. discs) which slowly make them unwatchable or just completely dead (wont even be detected in the players). Not trying to discourage anyone but just something to keep in mind when buying movies from resale shops or ebay.

Beautiful player

Haven’t seen one of those in years!

Great Collection

In my PC I have a Dual Layer Blu Ray Player Sata and I am running Windows 10 Enterprise 64 Bit

Awesome video, I found a movie on HD DVD and it's called The Bourne Identity. I found it at the flea market and ask the person how much is it and they only wanted a dollar for it, so I got it, I was so happy to get it. :)

The disc flipping is dvd one side and hd dvd the other they did this to offer both to people you can get version which doesn't have that disc it's bit like you see now with triple pack digital/dvd/blu-ray. That player is not that big they used to be large even today if you buy a proper quality player they are that sort of size. Quality wise some of the hd dvd was much better then the blu-rays but as of today most have been re issued on blu-ray and had lot of work done on them so they will be better it was also the case with audio as well. Most of those movies you have they was giving away with the players towards the end they even did it if you purchased a player you could claim in the post an extra 6 films just had to send the packaging with paid postage which was only few $

2021 The top of the range player Is the HD-EP35 from Toshiba, It has the then Brand New HDMI Socket way before Blu-Ray players had them. This Is the player I Have. Also the 480 Pal UK releases, And because the Format Is Region Free. I also have American and European as well (Still Make and Sell them there) Look for a copy of Unleashed (Jet Li) as It comes with a huge 5.1 sound that DVD and Blu-Ray doesn't. Played back on the right kit. The Vision and sound will outdo a Blu-Ray any day.

Toshiba works in Supported by HD DVD player

The Thing is also on HD-DVD

You have the exact same Toshiba HD DVD player that I have!

I have E1 and e30 models which do freeze and blur in play mode I wonder if A2 model has issues? I have updated my HD DVD player with the disc and same problem with some movies

Nice video.. i also start to collect HD-DVDs, and have two, xbox 360 hd-dvd addons, and will get my first player :).. Also i get blu ray burner and hd-dvd rom drive for pc, of LG

I recently just picked up Xbox 360 HD DVD player for $10 the player is almost unused but outside box suffered some dust and water damage everything inside is completely intact and almost brand new. I probably wouldn't pick it up if I didn't won it for so cheap. Just too cool to pass it up. Try to score some titles for dirt cheap on HD DVD so I don't have to pay more on Blu-ray.

@qasimmir7117

7 ай бұрын

Good idea.

I wish I could find a HD DVD player, I am in Canada too. What province are you in?

Have you tested any of your Warner Bros films? Im looking into collecting HD DVDs, i have two already (Transformers and The Dukes of Hazzard), and I was wondering if ANY WB releases still work? Ive seen so many mixed reports, people saying all their WB releases have rotted or that they all still play just fine. I mean im in this just for the collecting sake, as most of these have other means of watching in HD. But a few releases, and even some WB ones, were never released on bluray. And I actually own one, The Dukes of Hazzard which is still factory sealed. So it would be nice to be able to watch that and the others in HD some day, but im just not sure of the odds of it or any WB release working at this point.

@TheV8intercepter

5 жыл бұрын

ClickingFenix Ent half of my warner brothers have rotted.

Cool video .

The original PlayStation 3. That's cute.

Hello quick question will the player still work if you do not have the remote?

@bryanp4827

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, if it has enough buttons...but i have found the remotes for my two players work for both players, so maybe try to find one on ebay...

I have never heard of HD DVD

I saw The Perfect Storm (2000) in theatres.

@TempoLOOKING

Жыл бұрын

School

Now an dvd with an good dvd player is albastru the same as an hd dvd but it still has less data

I bought at least half and the Quality is to in many case better at point in time than BluRay. One thing to remember about HD and BluRay was this was brand new and both processes were not perfected and the Blade Runner Box Set on HD had errors on the Discs and would be freeze and picture would just stop. On the BluRay side the players were rushed out and the firmware was not updated and Remember internet access was impossible for some to get the fix. The processors could not handle the Information well sometimes it would not play the Disc.The spinning wheel of death.The competition was a real one.HD did give BluRay a race that was a close one and HD lost its backing by the Studios and BluRay Production problems plagued HD as well to

So if I give a recommendation to someone by HD-DVD VS Bluray VS 4k Ultra HD VS 8K i think 4k Wins all of them

@Nickwilde2295

2 жыл бұрын

Who cars about 4k dude playstation is bluray so bluray wins buddy

@TempoLOOKING

Жыл бұрын

Techmoan

@qasimmir7117

7 ай бұрын

8k home video isn’t a thing in reality and 4k Ultra HD is a niche format that only has a few films published. Blu-ray is the best compromise of them all because it has many films, in HD, and is the most durable of those. The most cost effective.

How do we update the firmware?!lol

@stevenmclaughlin4542

5 жыл бұрын

You can still update via LAN output that ALL HD DVD players have. The link for Toshiba players is still active I believe. I have update discs for every player Toshiba has made either way and 4.0 was latest firmware. The LG BH200 combo player update is still active as well as Samsung BD-UP5000 combo player. Blu-ray did not have web connectivity back in 2006 or 2007. And HD DVD was the first to have Web Enabled features in early releases that were not even possible with blu ray.

Really good idea the quality is amazing it's so much better than Blu-ray and it upgrades regular DVDs to almost perfect quality not as good as Hd but really good quality or that and the sound quality is amazing I just don't understand why it didn't win out against Blu-ray since 's almost as good as 4K quality

@Fingerling2012

2 жыл бұрын

All the studios were backing up bluray during the hi def wars and they probably thought bluray sounded cooler or whatever, even paramount and wb jumped ship to bluray so it just died out, I honestly liked hd dvd better and yes it did upscale reg dvds a lot better too, I remember having the 360 add on and I watched the matrix revolutions I was blown away with how clear the picture looked

@Nickwilde2295

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares about 4k Bluray is playstation

@qasimmir7117

7 ай бұрын

Technical aspects were that the Blu-ray Disc structure was more future proof in that it had more space for multiple data layers. Blu-ray was always capable of storing more data than HD-DVD. The actual reason they won was that Sony made smarter decisions in prioritising distribution. The PS3 was a Blu-ray player so everyone who bought could also watch HD on Blu-ray. Sony had their own film studio so they persuaded more studios to publish on their formats thus more films available on Blu-ray. Back then there was any major difference between the two formats. But look over the history of Blu-ray, I think overall, the right format won.

I bought a HD DVD player a few years ago just to play The Thing, Apollo 13 and Terminator 2 because they were actually better than the Blu ray version. Sure they have had remasters on Blu ray since but if you compare them from the same time period, HD DVD was better.

Does HD-DVD disks are playable on simple DVD players?

@jari2018

3 жыл бұрын

No , You might find one when someone sell them in second hand shops -or if you have xbox 360 with the addon cd/dvd/hd player -then you have the hustle to install outdated drivers if you find one dvd/hd for PC + I think VLC can play hd , maybe

@bubba842

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of them were combo discs, HD DVD on one side and standard DVD on the other. But you need an HD DVD player to play the HD DVD side.

Is there any way to get these movies to a hard drive?

@superbrighteye

3 жыл бұрын

If you have a toshiba hddvd player from those years e1 ep10 ep30 and maybe some more from that time you can get the optical dvdrom out (its a ide pc dvdrom) Toshiba SD-H802A (they were also in xbox in those years i believe but i'm not sure if they also work the same way maybe they did something extra to it ) buy an ide to usb adapter the 3 dollar black ones with also a sata input on the side kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYWW266Le6y2nbw.html mine had silver wire but this type comes with black or silver wire connect the ide adapter etc and connect a power molex from your pc to the tos dvdrom molex input for power and instal program make mkv on your pc Goes slow because those drives only is 2x speed.

@Astfgl

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's possible. MakeMKV supports ripping HD DVD movies, I've used that to back up my own collection a few years ago. You will need an HD DVD drive of some sort to connect to a PC however, and that might be the trickiest part. The Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on will work, that's probably your best bet. I myself used an LG Super Multi-Blue combo drive that can read both Blu-ray discs and HD DVD discs.

Founded in 2006 Discontinued: 2008

Just bought 360 hddvd with 60 movies

I dont get why today are still being made dvd and not hd dvds if it coud store more gbs

@qasimmir7117

7 ай бұрын

Because why would they publish on HD-DVD when they can do it on Blu-ray?

If you're going to collect hd-dvds DO NOT buy Warner Brothers discs. Tempting when you see them on Ebay for a few bucks but don't waste your money. Have about 40 of them and 30 of them are worthless due to disc rot. Universal and Paramount didn't have that issue. Something with an organic material Warner used 06-08 causes this. 477 HD-DVDs made and believe 180 were Warner. Google HD-DVD list to see what studio made disk before purchasing movie. Have a Toshiba A35 and still check ebay for cheap titles and they still look amazing on my 4k tv. Also, if you plan to collect HD-DVDs don't waste your time on 360 player. Playback only 60p on player and discs are 24p. You get judder that honestly gives you a headache. Look for a Toshiba player from 08 that supports 24p and audio passthrough for TrueHD and DTS-HD.

@bubba842

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with my 360 add on. You must have a faulty unit.

@TheBudgie29

3 жыл бұрын

I have 480, 477 was movies and the rest were Test Disc's and Shop Samplers and promotions. Well worth looking out for.

@johnpajestka5022

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBudgie29 Meh. Blu-rays r' so cheap now on ebay not worth messing with HD-DVD anymore. Thinking of throwing my Toshiba A35 on Ebay with all my working HD-DVDs. Hopefully I can find a collecter somewhere who'd be interested in it.

HD DVD Does Not Supported on XBOX 360 HD VIDEO ANYMORE

@TempoLOOKING

Жыл бұрын

Yes it does. It's leggy as fuck.

I found a Toshiba HD DVD player 2 days ago paid 20 pounds for it sadly the thing started to play up with the common fault of not playing discs and freezing up the second day i had it and ended up being smashed up Hopefully i will one day find another player again as even though i love Blue Ray and have a ultra HD player seeing HD DVD i kind of find it rather eye opening when it comes to picture and sound

Check your audio levels, I can barely hear your video, works fine on all other KZread videos (don't tell me to turn up my volume)

What is it with Americans and having such a hard time with “an” and “a”.

@nutt_8364

3 жыл бұрын

I'm American I have no problems with it

@Core2lee91

3 жыл бұрын

@@nutt_8364 It must be a difference between the two languages as for me its: "an apple", "a banana", "an elephant", "a HD DVD player" Meh.. I realise now this is pissing me off way more than it should :P

@Alaskanassass1n

3 жыл бұрын

Use “A” before a word that starts with a consonant SOUND and use “AN” before a word with a vowel SOUND, “AN” HD DVD player would be correct... here anyways, how were you taught?

I'm looking for a hd dvd player

@stevenmclaughlin4542

5 жыл бұрын

I have a few Toshiba HD-A30 units in original boxes with all accessories. I would sell you one of these if you are interested.

@ventiilator2422

5 жыл бұрын

The Xbox 360 add on is pretty cheap

Мой HD-DVD E1KR2 НЕ играет(no play) диски worner.bros, a universal studio играет (play)??????

I bootleg almost every bluray I buy into a HD-DVD complaint disc. Its on a dual layer dvd but it still looks better than dvd. Just for fun

great video except that the audio sucks.

Hd dvd died out in 2008.

I hope you have thrown Shrek the Turd away since. Such a disappointment. Having purchased that on a format that went obsolete would be a blessing in disguise. I hate it SOOO much.

The unfortunate thing about HD-DVD is that most of my disc no longer even play. Most of them Warner Bros discs.

@johnmurphy7674

4 жыл бұрын

What happened?

@nrg16108

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmurphy7674 Disc rot- same thing on laserdisc..

@JunkerDC

3 жыл бұрын

@@nrg16108 yea I was always afraid to play a movie back in the day and renting ones from Movie gallery was always a risk because the would stop and freeze almost all the time at some point it was horrible I had a fist gen RCA with thoshiba firmware and a Toshiba A2 I think I also had a second gen Samsung blu ray player and some time it would take 5 mins to start but it did play moves all the way threw

@Yeomannn

3 жыл бұрын

That doesnt happen to blu ray does it?

@evo7836

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yeomannn It's not common for it to happen on Blu Ray, but technically any kind of optical disc media it could happen to.

Born identity.....suck. I got 7 copies. No one will take them.

i chose HD DVD. It was actually the better format, but Sony not wanting to lose another format war (Beta Max was the better format for tape, but Sony charged too much to use Beta) decided to forgo royalty charges to the movie studios to produce movies on Blu-Ray, and Toshiba did not. I have 2 of the 3 Blu-Ray\HD DVD players and 2 stand alone HD DVD players an early 1080i and a later 1080p Toshiba. HD DVD should have won but such as life.

@qasimmir7117

7 ай бұрын

HD-DVD was not better than Blu-ray. Overall Blu-ray was the more future proof format in storage space and improvement. Also Betamax was not superior to VHS, there wasn’t much difference in video quality, it was always behind in recording time and had an unnecessarily complex tape threading system in the players. None of these technical aspects actually contributed to their format wars.

Halp

I think hd-dvd titles better than bluray titles hd-dvd have more clear, more colorful picture than bluray so I like hd-dvd

@OptimusV

4 жыл бұрын

Not at all.

@atrio1136

4 жыл бұрын

@@OptimusV I bought a HD DVD player a few years ago, because at the time the HD DVD version was better on some films such as The Thing, Apollo 13 and Terminator 2. When compared to the Blu ray released at the same time, the HD DVD was better.

@OptimusV

4 жыл бұрын

@@atrio1136 but that isn't what your original comment implied at all and not only that but you spoke in present tense... HD-DVD was at a disadvantage due to smaller storage on their discs as such Blu-ray had more room for a higher bitrate as well as much better audio.

@atrio1136

4 жыл бұрын

@@OptimusV My original comment?

@OptimusV

4 жыл бұрын

@@atrio1136 oh shit my bad, I thought you were the guy that made the original comment 1 year ago, sorry dude...

You need to at least watch transformers revenge of the fallen or transformers dark of the Moon they're awesome

I hate the bourne movies🚮

Dude, you know nothing about what you are talking about!!!! I bought both formats when they came out in 2006, and I experienced everything!!!! The discs with the 'no artwork" you are describing were called Combo Format, one side regular DVD, the other HD-DVD, but there were not as many of them!!!! I still have my 2 players, and all my discs, and treasure them. There was no quality difference, 1080p is 1080p!!! Anyway, you're amazement with HD-DVD is ridiculous; All it was, was the rival to Blu-Ray. I had both because I was greedy and wanted all my movies in HD, that's all. Yes, Blu-Ray was better, but only due to technical reasons. The films look exactly the same in both HD-DVD & Blu-Ray Disc formats!!!

@David25522

5 жыл бұрын

Calm down!!! It’s not that serious dude!!!

HDDVD a failure on arrival.