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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. Nice loss-leader... by Bob+Gelumph · · Score: 3, Insightful

    but will there be enough units to give HD-DVD a good enough foot hold to claw back marketshare from bluray?

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  2. Re:That's it, Blu-ray is toast by toleraen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wow, a little hopeful are we? If all it took was a one week sale to kill Blu-Ray, they would have done it months ago. This sale isn't going to do jack other than get rid of the lingering inferior toshiba HDDVD player (compared to their other HD DVD Players, see an above post explaining why it sucks) so they can make room for the next revision of their hardware.

  3. Re:wow by toleraen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, and the R&D probably cost 'em $50, a couple pizzas, a case of beer, and a long weekend.

  4. Re:I wouldn't buy it by John+Betonschaar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So if you just have a 720p TV (like I do) and don't care about 'HDMI 1.3' (whatever benefit you might get from that) or gold-plated connectors (for *digital* signals??), it's actually at least a half-decent player?

  5. Re:I wouldn't buy it by timeOday · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Especialy since the cheap player does output 1080i (following the above link). Personally would not pay double to get the "p." There are hardly any 1080p movies out anyways, and I don't think the difference from 1080i would be noticeable. Paying double for a small degree of "future-proofing" is not a good value in my book.

  6. Re:I wouldn't buy it by JonXP · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I thought the granparent poster had a point until I read this. Of course! How stupid of me to forget that while I'm watching movies, I like to see single frames at a time, so I can get FULL enjoyment out of it. It took me a MONTH to finish the first Star Wars movie, but I sure as heck liked it better than the rest of you losers.

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