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Now when I get get a HD-TV for that much, I'll bother with the players.
yeah, but the quality is going to be questionable. I mean, any DVD player over $100 is going to be decent. Look at the HD-DVD for the 360; the quality isn't that great.
It's like the crappy surround sound system I have in my room. Just because it was cheap doesn't mean it's very good.
just to start some shit here:
will hd-dvd or blue-ray win the war?
neither. downloadable content FTW!
well, the pc will win. as always
1080i though, they seem to not be forthcoming with that. Great offer nonetheless!
I agree with Duffy
Actually the HD-DVD player for the 360 is pretty top notch stuff. It doesn't upscale regular DVDs but that functionality may come in a future update. I have one and I play it on my 7 foot HD projector and it is flawless picture. Word.
Also, wasn't this announced a few days ago, but the price point was just under $200? With the player retailing for like $198 and some odd cents or something? I think that's a typo. One of the two reports was horribly wrong, that's all I know.
Yeah, that PC World article is pretty inaccurate as far as I can tell. Every other source is reporting $198 at Wal-Mart.
Looks like Circuit City and Amazon are also in on the act now.
Videophiles like Niero will have to pony up a bit extra for the Toshiba A30 and its 1080p glory. I'll just caress my poor 27" 480i CRT in the meantime. It's OK, little Sony.
Dammit, A2 at Amazon. Once, twice, three times a fail!
Never mind. He's right. Best Buy and Wal-Mart will both be selling a handful of players at select locations tomorrow for $99. [link].
Most people who go into the store with the mindset of "I'm gonna get a super sweet HD setup at my house" are not going around looking in bargain bins. Because, right now HD is a luxury, not a necessity, therefore people aren't going to skimp and get some junky 100 dollar player. Later on down the road though when HD is the standard, people will expect a cheaper player to be almost as good as one 3x the price.
@JJ Rage
$63 1080p HDTV
@unstoppablejuggernaut
lol I have never rick roll'd anybody... but its probably about time i do
@MaxVest
Of course I'm right. I have this condition where I actually can't ever be wrong... Plus this was on AOTS so you know its not only true but old news as well.
@Action Bastard
cmon man... I mean, we could spend all day naming the Differences between a Toyota Corrola and a Ferrari Enzo but at the end of the day the Corrola is the #1 most bought car.
@brainderailment
I disagree. I think most anyone has the common sense to know that a $98 HD-DVD player won't be as good as the $1,000 HD-DVD player. Its also not aimed to the people that think "I'm gonna get a super sweet HD setup at my house", its aimed at the people who aren't too tech savvy and are probably just looking for a DVD player, but will end up being swayed by a salesman or by the price alone to go HD. They are trying to make HD an everyday necessity, if it already was a necessity then they wouldn't have to try this hard to sell them. Toshiba is looking to get these HD-DVD players into as many homes as possible. Quality is not an option now... well not if they want to beat blu-ray that is.
that last one was also sorta @topgeargorilla and @Action Bastard also.
The 1 day 100 HD DVD deal at walmart is actually a $250 player marked down for that day, so it probably shouldn't be considered cheap.