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How to Convert Your HD-DVD Discs to Blu-Ray

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-what-about-how-to-do-it-on-linux dept.

eldavojohn writes "Are you one of the few who boarded the HD-DVD Titanic ship headed to the bottom of ocean to join BetaMax? Fret no longer, friend, simply convert those and pretend like you never invested in the wrong technology! All you need is a Windows machine with a fast processor, an HD-DVD drive, a Blu-Ray burner, 30GB of free disk space, at least, though 40GB or more is recommended and an internet connection to download the software! Or you can sit and be the crazy guy who continues to argue that HD-DVD is the superior technology whether it's true or not."

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  1. Get a pen by CRCulver · · Score: 5, Funny

    This green marker I just bought at an audiophile shop for only a couple of hundred dollars (it was on sale!) is said to not only convert HD-DVD to Blu-Ray, but straighten the bits out so that my Dolby Surround sounds truly true-to-life. Now it's time to try it out.

    1. Re:Get a pen by llZENll · · Score: 5, Funny

      I can suggest another awesome upgrade, this $1700 power cable http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PSPREPC&variation=2.0, upgrade that normal power cable which powers your player and experience true video and audio nirvana, it really does work! Never mind the 500ft of unshielded romex inside your wall, its truley the last 6ft of power cord that does make the difference you will see and hear!

      Seriously if I ever see one of these in real life that someone has bought I will bitchslap them.

    2. Re:Get a pen by NC-17 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Brilliant pebbles. http://machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm

      Also, codename turquoise. http://machinadynamica.com/machina34.htm

      Yeah... Get out your bitchslapping hand.

    3. Re:Get a pen by RedK · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bah, 1,793$ power cords are for chumps. This 12', 7,250$ speaker cable pair is what you really need :

      http://www.pearcable.com/sub_products_anjou_sc.htm

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    4. Re:Get a pen by JensenDied · · Score: 3, Funny

      Can you prove that is both real, and a problem?

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    5. Re:Get a pen by kingturkey · · Score: 3, Funny
      That reminds me of an alt text from xkcd:

      Fun game: try to post a YouTube comment so stupid that people realize you must be joking. (Hint: this is impossible)
  2. This... news... why? by wattrlz · · Score: 3, Funny

    I seem to recall it was possible to dub your beta tapes to vhs back in the day too.

  3. Re:Oh is that all by allawalla · · Score: 5, Funny

    From newegg.com: HD-DVD drive: US$149.99 Blu-ray DVD burner: US$259.99 Blu-ray DVD: 1xUS$13.99 To a grand total of US$423.97 Being glad that you waited until the format war was over: Priceless
  4. Sony's got you covered! by Sabz5150 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Convert your HD-DVDs to Blu-Ray for 24.99 each. They'll even throw in a sleek blue case and an insert sheet!

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  5. I don't understand why you would even need to by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why would you need to do this when you presumably already on a HD-DVD player. It's not like your HD-DVD player is going to just turn into a pumpkin at midnight tonight and stop playing your HD-DVD's. And, even if it did ever break, it would be MUCH cheaper and easier to just buy a used HD-DVD player (you can get the Xbox 360 add-on for $130 new) than to go to the huge hassle and expense of converting them to blu-ray.

    Who exactly is this article meant for? Some fictional person with a buttload of HD-DVD's but no HD-DVD player or goddamn sense?!?

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    1. Re:I don't understand why you would even need to by Dogtanian · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's not like your HD-DVD player is going to just turn into a pumpkin at midnight tonight and stop playing your HD-DVD's. I think that's because the HD-DVD players lack network connections.

      I have it on good authority that Sony are going to send the "convert to pumpkin" firmware upgrade to all networked PS3s this coming Monday.
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  6. Re:Or by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or you could just keep your HD DVD player.

    That's so crazy it just might work!

  7. Investing in wrong technology by Riquez · · Score: 2, Funny

    All you need is a Windows machine with a fast processor, an HD-DVD drive, a Blu-Ray burner, 30GB of free disk space
    hmm, you invested in HD-DVD and Windows?
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  8. Re:Money by DrgnDancer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Me too. Of course I spent a year in Iraq meeting thousands of Iraq Veterans.

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  9. Re:Money by Trogre · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh dear. I think you might be right. I'd best listen out for the whooshing sound next time one like that flies over my head :)

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