Borders has a “Cyber Monday” deal on Dec. 1-2 of an additional 40% discount on their DVD box sets. The HD DVD sets are already significantly discounted to begin with at around $10 a piece for titles such as The Sopranos, Heroes, and Battlestar Galactica, and it will be interesting to see if you can get another 40% off on these. The sale applies to their DVD and Blu-ray selection as well.

Reader Mark left a tip about HD Scape’s clearance of their nature and landscape HD DVDs for a ridiculous price of $3.95. You may never have considered getting a fireplace or aquarium disc at the original prices, but at $4 each, they might make a great disc to play in the background while you have company over for the holidays.

Finally, on a personal and site note, I’m going on vacation for most of the month and won’t be able to post about Christmas deals so much. But you can come to the rescue of your fellow HD DVD bretheren and report deals in the comments. To prevent comment spam, and the occasional format war contribution, all comments at the site are moderated. This means I read and approve each one. I’m going to be delayed on approving these comments, but please don’t let that stop you from sending them along and sharing info about the sales you’ve found.

Have a wonderful holiday season!

• Borders 40% off on box sets (Dec. 1-2)
• $3.95 Nature and Landscape HD DVDs clearance at HD Scape
• Amazon’s $7.99 sale

Here are quick links to the usual places that have HD DVD deals:

• Amazon.com’s HD DVD store usually can’t be beat when they decide to put on a sale
• DeepDiscount.com usually has free shipping and decent prices
• iNetVideo gets creative with their deals

UPDATE: The sale has been upgraded to $7.99!

Amazon snuck in a sale on 99 Universal Studios titles on us, just in time to order for the big Thanksgiving and Christmas family get-togethers coming up in the weeks ahead.

At $8.99 a piece, most of these HD DVD discs are cheaper than their DVD equivalents, and just a few bucks more than what they might sell for as used discs.

For all the talk about not buying any more discs for a deceased format, it’s really hard to pass up some of these deals. It’s all sweetened by the fact that Amazon typically charges no sales tax for most states, and how easy it is to get free shipping by ordering more than $25 of stuff.

Here are the 99 discs currently listed for $8.99:

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