haha, I was kind of thinking the same thing. I'm a Blu-ray fan, but HD DVD for $100 (and maybe cheaper in a few weeks from Friday)? Blu-ray for way more than that? Screw the Blu (sorry, haha). I'm thinking about buying this just to buy it, it's that cheap, unless of course the Blu drops this Thanksgiving!
Wow! Now that is cheap. Well nice try Toshiba but we won’t be the “fools that rush in”! Cost isn’t always the determining factor. After all there was a time when BetaMax had sub-cost sales too...
Worst case scenario you'll have an upconverting DVD player for $100 and that ain't bad. I'm already making my plans for getting this tomorrow morning, as I'm going to need something for the next LCD I pick up on Black Friday.
I have a PS3 and this format war is stupid, not to mention that even if every A2 Toshiba had made (read: This is a clearance sale) sold-out it still wouldn't put a dent in the total number of PS3 sales, which is always left out of the hardware equation and for whatever reason HD-DVD movies are the same price as BD's though we were all told that production costs would be cheaper.
Careful, if you read a review of the HD-A2 you will find out it doesn't support 1080p output.....the best it does is 1080i. I guess that is good if you don't have a 1080p tv, but for us that do it is a waste of $100.
"Talk about timing, as I was writing this review Toshiba announced a new player at their pre-CES press conference in Las Vegas. The HD-A20 adds 1080p output to the HD-A2’s feature-set and carries a suggested retail price of $599.99. I’ll leave the merits of 1080p versus 1080i out of the equation for the time being but suffice to say the capabilities of your display obviously come into play here. i.e. If your display doesn’t accept 1080p, how long will it be before you consider upgrading it? And of course the de-interlacing capabilities in your existing/future display."
FYI: I got my HD-DVD player this morning, the movies on sale were crappy but $15, and for those who Do Blu check out that link, Kmart retracted that statement.
Update: These things are selling fast lol. The WalMart I normally go to said they sold out their stock this morning. So I had to go 30 miles to the next closest Walmart to get one.
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Damn, I get paid Friday too! Well time to take the HD plunge, screw BluRay!!
haha, I was kind of thinking the same thing. I'm a Blu-ray fan, but HD DVD for $100 (and maybe cheaper in a few weeks from Friday)? Blu-ray for way more than that? Screw the Blu (sorry, haha). I'm thinking about buying this just to buy it, it's that cheap, unless of course the Blu drops this Thanksgiving!
Desperate times call for desperate measures!!
Toshiba knows if they don't sell big this Christmas it's pretty much over for HD-DVD.
I bet Bluray backers are already working on a cheapo Bluray player. Guaranteed.
Wow! Now that is cheap. Well nice try Toshiba but we won’t be the “fools that rush in”! Cost isn’t always the determining factor. After all there was a time when BetaMax had sub-cost sales too...
They are trying to clear out this model before black friday. That's why it's so cheap.
Worst case scenario you'll have an upconverting DVD player for $100 and that ain't bad. I'm already making my plans for getting this tomorrow morning, as I'm going to need something for the next LCD I pick up on Black Friday.
I have a PS3 and this format war is stupid, not to mention that even if every A2 Toshiba had made (read: This is a clearance sale) sold-out it still wouldn't put a dent in the total number of PS3 sales, which is always left out of the hardware equation and for whatever reason HD-DVD movies are the same price as BD's though we were all told that production costs would be cheaper.
Netflix for the win!
Careful, if you read a review of the HD-A2 you will find out it doesn't support 1080p output.....the best it does is 1080i. I guess that is good if you don't have a 1080p tv, but for us that do it is a waste of $100.
http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2007/01/toshiba_hda2_re.html
"Talk about timing, as I was writing this review Toshiba announced a new player at their pre-CES press conference in Las Vegas. The HD-A20 adds 1080p output to the HD-A2’s feature-set and carries a suggested retail price of $599.99. I’ll leave the merits of 1080p versus 1080i out of the equation for the time being but suffice to say the capabilities of your display obviously come into play here. i.e. If your display doesn’t accept 1080p, how long will it be before you consider upgrading it? And of course the de-interlacing capabilities in your existing/future display."
FYI: I got my HD-DVD player this morning, the movies on sale were crappy but $15, and for those who Do Blu check out that link, Kmart retracted that statement.
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Kmart/Kmart:_Were_Purple/1137
Still NetFlix FTW!!
Just grabbed mine this morning! Walmart was a madhouse and they were all gone in minutes.
There's a one per customer limit also.
The only people who this message can be good for is probably those who are in other time zones where it's not 8 a.m. yet, like Cali! =)
Just got mine too. I got the last one...
The line was not that long when I got there and they had ~20 HD-DVDs, a crap-ton of laptops and 4 plasmas.
Update: These things are selling fast lol. The WalMart I normally go to said they sold out their stock this morning. So I had to go 30 miles to the next closest Walmart to get one.
grrr, BITE YOUR TUNGUE!