I made an HD DVD and Player mistake! Heeeeeeeelp! very technologically behind!?

[questionT1]

SO
I accidentally ordered a DVD series that was actually in HD DVD. My player at home-which is only 3 weeks old btw- is a regular non-HD non-bluray player. very standard. So it doesn't play the series, which I'm extremely bummed out about! I got a very good deal on the series and really want to watch it. What can I do??? Anything? I've read that HD DVD players aren't even being sold anymore at stores! I don't necessarily want to buy a whole new dvd player, since i just got this regular one, and especially not because of ONE series....but I'm open to think about it..or any other possibilities...what else can i do to watch this? any converter or software or..anything? are HD DVD players the only things i can watch them on? if I have to try to find one to buy...where should I look? Craigslist doesn't show any in my area (strange since i live in one of the larger US cities), and there are a few on ebay but a little pricey. Any ideas? the video series is formated in 1080p, i'm not sure what that means in terms of which players i should look at or if it makes a difference if i get one with a different number etc..i'm not very technologically advanced at all (or else i wouldn't be in this mess)

what can i do, any ideas, advice, techie substitutes? I know I can resell the item but...otherwise?

 

[Maniac]

Unfortunately the only thing that will play an HD DVD disc is an HD DVD player. So depending on what you have invested in these disc, what you can get back by selling them and what you can find a used HD DVD player for you have to decide what to do. I would have to think that the lifespan of the disc will be longer than any player so if you choose to keep the disc and buy a used player you may later find yourself still having the disc with nothing available to play them on. At that point you just add the disc to your dead format collection and it's over. If it were me I would recover what ever I could selling the disc and buy them again either on regular DVD or otherwise go ahead and upgrade the player to bluray.

mk