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Toshiba HD DVD and 12 Free Movies at Wal-Mart for $300
It may not be the biggest and best deal that has come out during the holiday shopping season, but $298 for a Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD player with 12 free movies isn't half-bad. The secret sale starts at Wal-Mart tomorrow. A sale so secret, it is posted on their website. [Wal-Mart via Electronic House]
3:05 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Sean Fallon
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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 »
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Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD Player For $199
It was only a couple days ago that the Toshiba HD-A2 being on sale for $197 was a good deal, but Best Buy's raised the stakes and put the newer Toshiba HD-A3 on sale for $199. Best of all, Best Buy still has the 7 free HD DVD deal with any Toshiba player. Yes, it's still 1080i, but if you're the type of person who's looking for a sub-$200 deal on HD DVD players, you're probably not the type of person who cares about or can detect the difference between 1080i and 1080p. The only real difference between the two is that digital optical out on the A2 is DTS compared to Dolby Digital 5.1 on the A3. [Best Buy - Free HD DVDs via FatWallet via Crunchgear]
4:10 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Jason Chen
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Latest by finbled: @Kanti: "@scoobydoo: People who spend over a grand on a TV..." I did "...aren't bargain hunters" I am "...they're not going to trust an HD player that costs under a hundred" I do. The $99 A2 looks a lot better than my first $800 DVD more »
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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]
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
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Third Gen Toshiba HD DVD Players Coming October 1
Toshiba's second generation HD DVD players have only been out for a little more than half a year, but third generation players are already on their way. Set to launch October 1, the HD-A3, HD-A30 and HD-A35 players will retail for $299, $399 and $499 respectively. The cheaper HD-A3 will only have 720p and 1080i, whereas the top two will reach all the way up to 1080p. We'll post updates when Toshiba officially unveils these players at CEDIA next month. [Amazon via Format War Central]
Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player for $199 with free shipping, HDMI cable and five HD DVD movies [Value Electronics]
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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 »
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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. More »
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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 »
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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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Toshiba Losing $200 on Each HD DVD Player
Poor Toshiba. Not only does it have a flop on its hands with its HD-A1 HD DVD player but it's also losing about $200 for each machine sold. That's no surprise, since the players can't be cheap—they're actually Linux boxes disguised as old-fashioned VCRs from the 1980s. More »
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Toshiba is trying to solve some of the worst problems with its ultra-lame HD-A1 and HD-XA1 HD DVD players, where the company will soon release a firmware update that reportedly speeds up the minute-long boot time of both of the units. The update is also supposed to improve stability and black levels in the first-to-market players.
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Toshiba Trying to Fix its Lame HD DVD Players
Toshiba is trying to solve some of the worst problems with its ultra-lame HD-A1 and HD-XA1 HD DVD players, where the company will soon release a firmware update that reportedly speeds up the minute-long boot time of both of the units. The update is also supposed to improve stability and black levels in the first-to-market players.
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