It didn’t take too terribly long after Warner chose Blu-ray as its new best friend for every single wagon wheel to fall of the HD DVD carriage, and now that the funeral has been set, we’re quite curious as to what the HD DVD early adopters plan on doing. Head over to Engadget HD and let your voice be heard — even if it’s but a whimper….

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StorDigital Data Systems have released a Blu-Ray Duplicator. The StorDigital SD1BLU Single Target Blu-Ray Disc, DVD and CD Disc to Disc copier offers an out the box solution for low volume copies without requiring the use of a PC. Featuring the most advanced controller the unit will make perfect BD Blu Ray Disc copies.

Priced at just £599 plus vat the SD1BLU Blu-Ray Duplicator is perfect for anyone looking to copy Blu-Ray Discs without the use of a PC. Get more info on the StorDigital Blu-Ray Copier.

Truthfully, we reckon this moment is inevitable. With HD DVD hung out to dry by everyone and their long lost cousin, it's simply a matter of time before players are being traded for rides on the carousel. Nevertheless, reports are already circulating that Microsoft's Xbox 360 add-on drive could sink to $49.99 in the not-too-distant future, which may actually make it worth grabbing for the very respectable library of HD DVD titles already out there. Whatever you do, don't pay full price for this thing….

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Doesn't look like there's going to be any glory in death for HD DVD — we've just received confirmation that GameStop is no longer accepting HD DVD movies as trade-ins, and several GameStops have apparently already stopped taking the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive as well. We're also hearing that the 360 HD DVD drive will no longer be accepted at any GameStop as of tomorrow, and that there's a major price cut in the works — which makes sense, but we'll see what happens. For now, though, it looks like…

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