Good deal on HDDVD player

[carltalon]

I found a good deal on a HDDVD player and thought Id pass it along. Its on circuitcity.com. $197 after a $100 instant discount. For a Toshiba HD-A2 The HD-A2 is one of the lower line models it outputs at 1080i and upconverts standard DVD's to 1080i. Some of the other models output at 1080p but for the price i couldnt pass it up.


Heres a link. http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshi...oductDetail.do

I used the 24 min instore pickup and everything went great.

[mdost03]

I personally would get a Blu-Ray player over an HD-DVD one.

[AJ]

What's the line on Blue Ray vs HD now? I am starting to see more Blue Ray taking up more space on shelves these days at a few places, but I'm hoping the HDs stick around as then I'd just add the xBox player.

[mdost03]

I still think Blu-Ray has about 2/3 of the market or something so far. Target has more than double the space for Blu-Ray compared to HD-DVD.

I've read that if it came down to it, Microsoft would make (get someone to make) an external Blu-Ray player for the X360 if HD-DVD died out.

[carltalon]

Theyr'e suposed to be pretty close. But after I saw a HDDVD at walmart I figured they would win the battle. Plus the fact that I can still play my old dvd upconverted and HDDVDs come with standard definiton on the reverse side made me deside on HDDVD.

I just finished watching The Invisible upconverted and it was awsome. I'm very happy with the player so far.

[mdost03]

Originally Posted by carltalon

Theyr'e suposed to be pretty close. But after I saw a HDDVD at walmart I figured they would win the battle. Plus the fact that I can still play my old dvd upconverted and HDDVDs come with standard definiton on the reverse side made me deside on HDDVD.

I just finished watching Invisable upconverted and it was awsome. I'm very happy ith the player so far.

Blu-Ray can upconvert older DVD's as well. I did it with Hostel Part 2 the other day and it looked pretty nice.

[Goat Blower]

Does it freeze for no reason once or twice per movie? I've got a pretty new regular Toshiba DVD player and it pauses here and there, even on brand new DVD's.

[carltalon]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Does it freeze for no reason once or twice per movie? I've got a pretty new regular Toshiba DVD player and it pauses here and there, even on brand new DVD's.

I've only watched the onee movie so far but it was flawless. I'll keep you updated after I watch a few more.

[Kracka]

I bet Sony loses this battle just like they did in VHS vs. Beta.

[mdost03]

Originally Posted by S2kracka

I bet Sony loses this battle just like they did in VHS vs. Beta.

My guess is that it will be a longer, drawn out battle than the VHS and Beta one. Most consumers are ok with regular DVD's so far because they don't have High-Def sets to really see a difference.

I am rooting for Blu-Ray because of all the potential it has and will have in the future (200 gb on 1 disc, damn!).

[JET]

Yes, Blu-Ray is the better data format. HD-DVD has some good backing though. I think the deciding factor is the PS3's already have a Blu-Ray built in, so there are tons of them out there compared to HD-DVD players. Sony was pretty smart in that aspect. I hate these stupid wars, some agency should decide which one is going to be the standard and go with it. Then people don't get stuck with obsolete equipment.

[Kracka]

I agree, these battles do nothing but hurt consumers. Unless of course one maker gets really desperate to win and offers some huge price cuts

[mdost03]

Originally Posted by S2kracka

I agree, these battles do nothing but hurt consumers. Unless of course one maker gets really desperate to win and offers some huge price cuts

Like HD-DVD