I got a Toshiba A2 HD-DVD player for $59 (plus tax) at WalMart in Oxford, OH 45056. There were 2 on clearance stack, I took 1. Anyone interested in nearby area can take a look. I was only looking for a dvd player for its upconverting ability and i'm not intersted in its HD feature. It would be great to watch my old dvds now...
TheKevMaster said: The Kev Master is wondering how the OP found a HD-A2 as opposed to the newer HD-A3? I saw the A2 here at WalMart on Colerain Avenue as well thats all they had.Gone now. Never saw the A3's. I just remembered WalMart was selling the A2 as a Friday special for 100.00 back in November last year, I believe. These are probably leftovers.
jdim05
Member
posted: Jun. 22, 2008 @ 8:13p
none of my 3 local walmarts have had any of these for a long time.....i was lucky enough to score the hd addon for the 360 for $12 a few weeks ago at Kmart. i wish my walmarts had this tho, ive been looking for a back up player.
desynced said: Why do you think they're on clearance? Alot of stores are clearing out HD-DVD lately since BluRay is now the standard.
Lets not use words like "the standard". It beat out HD-DVD no doubt but Blu-ray sales are still absolute crap compared to DVDs. In fact, some leaked Wal-Mart memos have shown that they're actually floating around the idea of dropping Blu-ray because it just isn't worth the shelf space for them when compared to just selling DVDs.
VictorGuttmann said: desynced said: Why do you think they're on clearance? Alot of stores are clearing out HD-DVD lately since BluRay is now the standard.
Lets not use words like "the standard". It beat out HD-DVD no doubt but Blu-ray sales are still absolute crap compared to DVDs. In fact, some leaked Wal-Mart memos have shown that they're actually floating around the idea of dropping Blu-ray because it just isn't worth the shelf space for them when compared to just selling DVDs.
Yeah, but WalMart is a bizarre place to sell what is still "early adopter" media. If true (lots of untrue rumors and fake memos float in the Internet) I don't think that says anything about Blu-Ray's future. I remember back in 1987 when I bought my first DVD player. It was a 1st gen Sony that set me back $1000. Back then DVDs were $20-25, and the only place to rent them was Blockbuster which only had a smattering. It was slow going for awhile. The only reliable place to even buy the latest releases was online as BestBuy was always a few weeks behind. There are a lot of parallels between DVD then and Blu-Ray now. Blu-Ray will eventually outpace DVD just as DVD crushed VHS. Its not going to happen overnight. Look at how many people still don't even have one HDTV yet.
desynced said: Why do you think they're on clearance? Alot of stores are clearing out HD-DVD lately since BluRay is now the standard.
Captain Obvious strikes!
Rack
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Jun. 23, 2008 @ 9:08a
Chupa said:
Yeah, but WalMart is a bizarre place to sell what is still "early adopter" media. If true (lots of untrue rumors and fake memos float in the Internet) I don't think that says anything about Blu-Ray's future. I remember back in 1987 when I bought my first DVD player. It was a 1st gen Sony that set me back $1000. Back then DVDs were $20-25, and the only place to rent them was Blockbuster which only had a smattering. It was slow going for awhile. The only reliable place to even buy the latest releases was online as BestBuy was always a few weeks behind. There are a lot of parallels between DVD then and Blu-Ray now. Blu-Ray will eventually outpace DVD just as DVD crushed VHS. Its not going to happen overnight. Look at how many people still don't even have one HDTV yet.
I doubt it, by the time there is 100% adoption of HDTV technologies, people will not be marching off to WalMart etc to buy plastic discs.
Blueray is a stopgap, and not as big of a technological leap that dvd was from VHS. I think that WalMart memo makes sense because honestly most people I know don't really care.
OT: I think the whole market is going in the wrong direction. What the problem is not the size of the medium, but the compression algorithm. If they used better compression to make higher quality using same medium, I think that's the next big thing. I think more people want to d/l (paying $1-$5) < 1gb movie that's high quality. I used to work for a now defunct company, that was developing that based on wavelet algorithm. I wish the industry would move more towards standardizing a better algorithm.
Chupa said: I remember back in 1987 when I bought my first DVD player. It was a 1st gen Sony that set me back $1000.
Wow, so you were a sucker for Sonys garbage products back then too? Did they send you a "#1 Gullible Customer" sticker after you purchased your Bluray player?
quickNdirty said: Chupa said: I remember back in 1987 when I bought my first DVD player. It was a 1st gen Sony that set me back $1000.
Wow, so you were a sucker for Sonys garbage products back then too? Did they send you a "#1 Gullible Customer" sticker after you purchased your Bluray player?
well, if he purchased his bluray player it will be getting a lot more use than your hd-dvd one, obviously. or what about us "suckers" who waited it out and got in on the MGS4 PS3 bundle? seems like a pretty awesome deal to me.
oh, and op, i'd appreciate you not sending me a pm calling me a f***head just because you wasted $60+
dealdash
New Member
posted: Jun. 23, 2008 @ 6:31p
Good deal. Hard to believe people still don't see the value in this. I haven't bought either format yet, but would consider picking up one of these at these low prices, and get Blu-ray later, when the right bargain comes along.
I could watch Transformers ( and other HDDVD movies that won't be on Blu for months), plus find cheaper HD movies as more people go Blu-ray. I've seen some used HD-DVDs for $5-8.
Then if I later make the shift to Bluray, of course it can still be used to upconvert standard DVDs.
IDGBZ
Member
posted: Jun. 23, 2008 @ 6:48p
Good price you would spend that or more for an upconverting DVD player and it comes with HDMI cable.
qtboyzz
Member
posted: Jun. 23, 2008 @ 7:00p
YankeeRedneck said: Thought hd was dead................... NO HD has come back to life. "hd is dead" not was you moron HD died, HD is dead
IDGBZ said: Good price you would spend that or more for an upconverting DVD player and it comes with HDMI cable.
I agree. For the price, just call it an excellent upconverting DVD player. The rest of the HD debate is all rehash/old news that would be better off left in the bleary envelopes of yesterday.
whatsupwitdis said: SafetyDance said: travfar said: jdim05 said: Taco said: When will we get combined HD & Blu-Ray players? they've been out for awhile now
They? I thought the only one was from Samsung.
As stated 2 posts above yours, LG also has one. Not any more LG killed it last month link
jdim05 said: whatsupwitdis said: SafetyDance said: travfar said: jdim05 said: Taco said: When will we get combined HD & Blu-Ray players? they've been out for awhile now
wow, so that kinda sucks......but i bet the deals on the clearance combo drive will happen soon
quickNdirty said: Chupa said: I remember back in 1987 when I bought my first DVD player. It was a 1st gen Sony that set me back $1000.
Wow, so you were a sucker for Sonys garbage products back then too? Did they send you a "#1 Gullible Customer" sticker after you purchased your Bluray player?
Heh, yeah, especially because if you bought a DVD player in 1987, you'd have to wait 10 years until the discs were on the market, seeing as the first commercially available DVDs arrived in 1997.
qtboyzz
Member
posted: Jun. 24, 2008 @ 7:55p
qtboyzz said: YankeeRedneck said: Thought hd was dead................... NO HD has come back to life. "hd is dead" not was you moron HD died, HD is dead WHO THE F gave me RED. I was giving a grammar lesson. NM you guys are all morons
ramashiva
Happy Member
posted: Jun. 24, 2008 @ 8:15p
mrredskin said: quickNdirty said: Chupa said: I remember back in 1987 when I bought my first DVD player. It was a 1st gen Sony that set me back $1000.
Wow, so you were a sucker for Sonys garbage products back then too? Did they send you a "#1 Gullible Customer" sticker after you purchased your Bluray player?
well, if he purchased his bluray player it will be getting a lot more use than your hd-dvd one, obviously.
It is not at all obvious. Please explain.
Apparently you are unaware of the fact that there are about 400 movies currently available on HD DVD, and that Amazon and Fry's are selling them at bargain prices. Great time to build a large HD DVD library.
ramashiva
Happy Member
posted: Jun. 24, 2008 @ 8:18p
qtboyzz said: qtboyzz said: YankeeRedneck said: Thought hd was dead................... NO HD has come back to life. "hd is dead" not was you moron HD died, HD is dead WHO THE F gave me RED. I was giving a grammar lesson. NM you guys are all morons
I will wager any amount up to $100,000 that I would trounce you in an IQ test if we took the same IQ test at the same time.
Put up or shut up.
Archonius
Frivolous Member
posted: Jun. 24, 2008 @ 8:49p
it is always hilarious to see the fools that bought into hd-dvd defend their stupid decision. the best thing they come up with is they spent $100+ on an upscaler LMAO
Archonius said: it is always hilarious to see the fools that bought into hd-dvd defend their stupid decision. the best thing they come up with is they spent $100+ on an upscaler LMAO
Are people still badmouthing HD-DVD after all of this time? *wonders if people are insane*
As for justifying my purchase, I ended up making a profit of $20 on mine, after selling 5 of the free movies (I kept 4 of them for myself), price-matching and getting a $50 gift certificate for free from Best Buy. It makes a great upconverting player (which I needed), and it's the 1080p model too.
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