Best Buy has made an announcement that it truly does feel bad for all of those that bit the bullet and made a decision in the high-def video format war, before it was over. People wanting high-definition video last year and early this year had a tough time making a decision between Toshiba’s HD DVD and the Blu-ray formats, and some chose the wrong one.

Now that Toshiba has stopped making the HD DVD formats and studios have stopped creating HD DVD formatted movies, the players are almost useless and Best Buy is recognizing this by offering a $50 store credit to all that purchased an HD DVD player from Best Buy before February 23, 2008. Some will automatically receive the checks from Best Buy, but if you don’t get it by May you can call them and request it at 1-888-BEST-BUY.

Along with the $50 credit, if you decide you just aren’t going to use the player you can head on over to Best Buy Trade-in and see what you can get for your player and movies on trade-in, after March 21. If Best Buy isn’t where you bought your HD DVD player or discs don’t fret. Other places including Circuit City are offering similar deals so you might want to check them out before the player hits a garage sale this summer.

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