$100 Toshiba HD-DVD player November 2nd

[mr. nails]

just figured i'd throw this in here. wal-mart to sell a toshiba hd-dvd player for under a bill cum 8am friday november 2nd.

info (http://www.dailytech.com/HD+DVD+Player+to+Break+100+Mark+on+Friday/article9498.htm).

[lynx]

It's pretty obvious that they would come down to this price before too long. Toshiba and Walmart are simply leading the market.

The smart move in the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray battle is to get a large number of units into use. That in turn will drive demand for the media and will turn studios etc towards the winning format.

$100 is clearly a significant milestone, will it be the move that decides the final outcome?

[matt526]

this $100 player is the TOSHIBA HD-A2 and it only goes up to 1080i
not a bad player though. well worth $100
http://reviews.cnet.com/video-players-and-recorders/toshiba-hd-a2/4505-6463_7-32074340.html

[suprafreak6]

does it upscale regular dvd's to 1080 too?

[matt526]

Yes, but I have never been a fan of upscaling or up-converting SD DVD's.
I get a far better picture playing a SD DVD though my computer to my 43" HDTV then up-converting to 720p or 1080i on my DVD player. granted my DVD player is a standard DVD player with HDMI output. The HD-DVD player may do a better job.

[mr. nails]

this product (Toshiba HD-A2) is now obsolete. it is now replaced with the Toshiba HD-A3 version.

Source (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9519)

[Broken]

Which is why Walmart was selling them for $100.