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Dealzmodo: Refurbished Toshiba HD DVD Player For $179
This may be the first-generation HD DVD player and it may be refurbished, but hot damn if this Toshiba HD-A1 isn't cheap. $179 is all you need now to get into the HD game, which is probably the cheapest place you can get an HD DVD player other than the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360. [Newegg - Thanks Phil!]
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Dealzmodo: Toshiba HD DVD Players With $100 to $200 Rebate
If you're looking to get into the HD DVD game, Toshiba's got a set of rebates coming up that'll sweeten the pot. Starting May 20, if you buy a Toshiba HD-A2 (lowest price, $295 on Froogle) you'll immediately get a $100 rebate in store. Whether that means online store is qualified, we're not sure yet. More »
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Sizemodo: LG BH100 Super Multi Blue Actually Smaller Than Standalones
How is this possible? How does LG's Blu-ray/HD DVD player end up being smaller than the cheapest HD DVD and Blu-ray player? Apparently by skimping on the HD features, though we don't imagine that'd add any noticible size to the device. More »
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Toshiba HD-A2: Loses Weight, Runs Faster
Toshiba's first HD DVD player was a big letdown. It was slow, chunky, and did nothing to wow HD fans. Last week, Toshiba started shipping its second generation player, the HD-A2, which was supposed to be slimmer and load twice as fast as its predecessor. So, how did it fare? More »
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Dealzmodo: $100 off Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD Player Plus 3 Free HD DVDs
Amazon is offering up this HD DVD player for $400 shipped. The player was originally announced with a $500 price tag, Amazon has since knocked off $100 directly. No rebates, no BS. Also, buy 3 HD DVD movies with the purchase of the HD-A1 player and receive them for free, after mail-in-rebate. More »
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High-Def Haiku: Win a Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD Player
We're giving away a biggie—the Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD Player valued at $499. To win this it is pretty simple, write up a haiku about high-definition video. A haiku is a style of poetry. It is a three-lined poem—the first line containing five syllables, the second line containing seven syllable and the third line containing five syllables. Another shorter style can do three syllables, five syllables, three syllables for the three lines of poetry.
HD Toshiba
Your DVD is so hot
Like a Dell laptop
To enter, e-mail your entry to contests@gizmodo.com with High-Def Haiku in the subject line. The deadline is next Friday, September 29. The standard Gawker Contest Rules apply and only one entry per person, please. More »
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Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD Player Reviewed (Verdict: "A Disgrace")
Reviewers at Consumer Electronics Net weren't impressed with the $500 Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD player, calling it "a disgrace." Fan noise, crashing, a clumsy remote and slow performance doomed the first-to-market player, and the reviewer wasn't too impressed with its standard-definition DVD up-rezzing capability, either. There were even choice words for electronics retailer Best Buy, where a duplicitous blueshirt tried to sell the reviewer an unnecessary $100 HDMI cable, denying that there was already one included in the box. Said the reviewer of the Toshiba player:"Please, do yourself a favor and don't go through the trouble of buying it, setting it up and being frustrated by it. Wait until this format is more mature, because now, it reminds me of the early days of MS-DOS computing. The only reason I give it more than one star is because of the high quality of its video. Not recommended under any circumstances. 2 out of 10 stars."Overall, it's a disappointing performance for the HD DVD player for which we had such high hopes. It can only get better. More »
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Toshiba Preps HD-DVD Assault for March
Despite the almost total lack of support, Toshiba hasn't given up on HD-DVD yet. Blu-ray be damned, they are introducing two HD-DVD players onto the market this year: The HD-XA1 and HD-A1. They are promised for March of 2006. More »
