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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. Re:Oh is that all by esocid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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
    unless you want to burn more than one DVD. Seems a bit much.

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  2. Re:Steep Price Indeed! by rworne · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What about those of us that have HD-DVD drives in our home theater? The cost of a processor that would do this in a timely fashion, is no laughing matter. Plus an HD-DVD drive, plus a Blu-Ray burner? You're kidding right. If you had all that equipment to begin with, I'm pretty sure you already knew what to do in order to convert your discs. Sheesh! You can do it with one unit. There is a combo HD-DVD/BDR drive available for PCs.

    LG GGW-H20L

    It's only one drive, so you'd have to rip & reburn.
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  3. Burning to Blu doesn't make sense .... by steppin_razor_LA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Given the cost of blank media (not to mention the burners), it doesn't make sense to convert your HDDVDs to BluRay. Assuming you have a computer connected to your TV, I'd propose instead ripping the DVDs to a HD (or storage array). You can connect a 360 HDDVD drive to a computer and do this.

    You can get a 500GB disk for ~$100. This will hold ~25 movies and will probably provide a superior playback experience (i.e. no need to swap out disks).

    Eventually HD prices as well as BluRay optical media prices will drop ...

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