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$99 HD-DVD Player Coming Soon?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the first-one's-free dept.

Frank writes "Rumors of the high definition holy grail persist. The latest is that Toshiba will be offering their basic HD-A2 player at $99 for one week only, beginning July 22. An added bonus is three free HD-DVD's."

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  1. Thats nothing.... by streetphantom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blue Ray is being given away with Cornflakes soon.

    1. Re:Thats nothing.... by Traxton1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are you new here?

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  2. Free as in no one will pay to haul these away? by magarity · · Score: 5, Funny

    An added bonus is three free HD-DVD's
     
    Pink Flamingos, Alone in the Dark, and The Star Wars Holiday Special.

  3. $50 by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 3, Funny

    If only we could get $50 HDI cables to go with it!

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  4. great deal... by mustafap · · Score: 4, Funny

    > HD-A2 player at $99 for one week only, beginning July 22.

    What, and then we give it back after the weekend?

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  5. Re:$99 Betamax Player? by Reapman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmmm I just googled to confirm what you said about Serenity... here's something that I thought was rather funny:
    http://www.amazon.com/Is-Serenity-on-Blu-Ray/forum /Fx2OBJXPD8AAL2V/Tx3HBJ73B4L8NHR/1?_encoding=UTF8& asin=B00005JO0J

    "No, Universal is still in the HD DVD-only camp. Annoyingly, Fox is in the Blu-ray camp so if Firefly ever comes out in high-def, it will be a different format from Serenity." :D

  6. Re:Optic storage is losing the format war by noidentity · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Optic storage is losing the format war"

    Where will I store my eyeglasses and magnifiers in the future?!?

  7. Universal movies are on HD DVD, not BD by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is this "Blue Ray" related to Ray Charles? No. Ray (2004) is published by Universal, one of the two major film studios that are boycotting Blu-ray Disc. (The other is Weinstein Company.)