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90,000 HD DVD Players Sold Last Weekend

Reducing the price of those HD DVD players to a rock-bottom $99 must be catching on, with 90,000 of its HD DVD sold last weekend. Most of them were those Toshiba HD-A2 players (pictured here) sold by Wal-Mart and Best Buy, locking horns in a price war, and resulting in a welcome reduction in inventory of those older models. The source "close to retailers" refused to be named so this might as well be a player count of 900k. Who knows? More »

12:05 PM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By Charlie White
8,153 views, 88 comments

Latest by n/a: 1080i/60 transfer of 1080p/24 disc content is indistinguishable from 1080p/60 transfer. In the 1080i case, you transfer the 24 frames in 48/60ths or a second, in the 1080p case you do it twice as fast, in 24/60ths of a more »

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Best Buy Matching $99 Toshiba HD DVD Player at Walmart

The bloodbath has begun. Best buy is matching Walmart's $99 sale on Toshiba's low end HD-A2 HD DVD player. They're sold out online but local pickup might work for you. I can't help but wonder how much is lost on these players. If any, since they're heavily based on DVD tech. And what is Blu-ray going to do about this? [Best Buy via Chris Null]

3:21 PM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Brian Lam
15,240 views, 57 comments

Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player for $199 with free shipping, HDMI cable and five HD DVD movies [Value Electronics]

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price war

Sony BDP-S300 Blu-Ray Player Drops Below $500


Whether it is lower production costs or a new need to compete seriously with Toshiba's HD DVD camp, Sony has sliced $100 off of its original pricing for the BDP-S300 Blu-ray player, to a list price of $499. That's still high given the fact that a) the PS3 lists for just $100 more and offers Blu-ray playback and a lot of extra functionality and b) Toshiba's $399 HD-A2 HD DVD player is easy to find for under $300. More »

7:51 AM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,514 views, 5 comments

home entertainment

Toshiba's HD DVD Players Getting a Price Drop

It looks like the Blu-ray camp managed to scare the pants off Toshiba with all of their world domination talk so in response, Toshiba has lowered the MSRP on the HD-XA2, the HD-A20, and the HD-A2 down to $799, $499, and $399, respectively. We knew these drops were coming, and the timing couldn't be better to help boost HD DVD's lagging sales. – Louis Ramirez More »

1:58 PM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Louis Ramirez
2,108 views, 4 comments

home entertainment

Toshiba to Roll Out Cheaper HD DVD Players Next Week?

Toshiba is taking the gloves off next week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where the company might introduce a third line of HD DVD players that will be even cheaper than its current versions. Toshiba chief Yoshihide Fujii offers this tantalizing hint: "At first I thought the price threshold is $499. Maybe coming next is $399 and after that is $299." More »

9:07 AM on Tue Jan 2 2007
By Charlie White
1,830 views, 7 comments

home entertainment

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 »

1:09 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Louis Ramirez
2,773 views, 19 comments