Another week in the still relatively new year, and it’s time for another set of HD DVD sales.

Amazon’s recent 44%-57% off sale is over and has been replaced by one featuring up to 53% off on a lot of Warner titles. Most of these are older catalog movies and going for $16, and I’m pretty sure they were not included in the most recent sale. I think Amazon keeps track of which movies are involved in different offers so they can minimize the price matching confusion that might happen when sales overlap.

I’ve read at forums where people aren’t sure about ever buying another Warner movie again. It’s a lot like when the Blu boys wanted to boycott Paramount last year. Well, part of that decision has been made for you by Warner already, because in a few months you won’t have that choice. Buying movies demonstrates that there’s a market for titles on HD DVD, and if you really like a movie, don’t let format war politics get in your way, because it might be harder to track something down later on.

Best Buy has the other notable deal this week, of 9 movies with the purchase of a player. That’s 2 movies already in the box (300 and The Bourne Identity), 5 free via the eternally ongoing mail-in rebate, and two more movies to select from at the store (or online).

Their website reflects current pricing on the HD DVD players, but the printed ad does not. That’s because these ads are actually designed weeks in advance and things can change by the time those circulars come out. Consequently, the $299 price mentioned in the Best Buy print ad is two weeks old. If you go for this deal at the store, make sure they ring up the player for the current price and not what the ad says. If you do it online, then there’s less room for such issues, and you’ll get to pick from a larger set of movie titles than you normally see stocked in a store.

Amazon has a sale on their HD-A3 to around $130, but the extra couple of movies at Best Buy has you coming out a little bit ahead at for only $20 more — after all, HD DVD movies never go on sale for $10 a piece. If you visit Amazon, don’t forget to sign up for their 100 HD DVD Movie Giveaway, which also includes a player.

Finally, DeepDiscount.com still has a lot of HD DVD movies at $16 and less. If you come across any noteworthy deals, feel free to share them in the comments.