Are you aware of Toshiba’s 5 Free HDDVDs offer? If you’re eligible and haven’t taken advantage of it yet, let me remind you. In case you didn’t even know, then let’s get you up to speed:

Buy a Toshiba HDDVD player between March 1 and July 31, and receive 5 HDDVD movies for free. The eligible players are the HD-A1, HD-XA1, HD-D1, HD-A2W, HD-XA2, HD-D2, and HD-A20. This is basically ALL of their players.

You get to pick 5 movies from 15 titles, but in a specific way. Choose one of:

• Apollo 13
• Seabiscuit
• The Chronicles of Riddick

Then, select one of these:

• Casablanca
• Constantine
• Dukes of Hazard

And one of these:

• Four Brothers
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

One of:

• The Rundown
• Blazing Saddles
• U2: Rattle and Hum

And finally, select one of these:

• U-571
• The Perfect Storm
• We Were Soldiers

Are these the most amazing movies ever made? Not all of them, but isn’t it a great way to start your HDDVD collection? You’ve probably noticed that HDDVD (and Blu-ray) movies cost more than regular DVDs. It’s probably going to take over a year before we start seeing major HDDVD movies routinely selling for $19.99 or less. At that rate, your HDDVD library might take a while to start up. Besides, FREE is even cheaper than renting, so why not take advantage of this offer?

When you combine this with the $100 instant rebate program on players, it makes for an even more compelling reason to get off that HD format fence and join the HDDVD side.