Cheap HD DVD players coming by the Holidays

[azsouthendzone]

http://www.venturer.com/news-details.aspx?id=15

Its starting. Mass adopion is the key. I think the HD DVD camp will have an all out assault at X-Mas.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

$199 or less is the key.

 

[azsouthendzone]

I'm guessing closer to $99. Toshiba will be around $200 by Christmas.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I'm guessing closer to $99. Toshiba will be around $200 by Christmas.

My thought was $149

 

[azsouthendzone]

O don't know. For $50 would you buy a Venturer over a Toshiba? I'm thinking these are some of the wal-mart players that have been rumored. By the way, on Amazon you can get 8 fee HD DVDs right now with the purchase of a player or the 360 add on.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

me personally, hell no, joe six pack (J6P) consumer, I dunno.

wow... the add on is almost worth buying, and then flipping on ebay for the free movies

If the Ventura players are $99. Bluray will be in trouble.

 

[Chaplin]

I bought a cheap RCA DVD player when DVD was first around, and it barely played a lot discs, and some discs not at all. These same discs played fine in both my Sony players.

So you get what you pay for.

 

[Trey]

I'm guessing closer to $99. Toshiba will be around $200 by Christmas.

You can already get a Tosh for $249...

http://www.visualapex.com/accessories/accessory_details.asp?chPartNumber=HD-A2&MFR=Toshiba&Type=DVD

 

[azsouthendzone]

I bought a cheap RCA DVD player when DVD was first around, and it barely played a lot discs, and some discs not at all. These same discs played fine in both my Sony players.

So you get what you pay for.

DVD players when they were released didnt have set specs. HD DVD does. DVD's changed a lot when they switched to dual-layer. I had a Samsung as my first and it wouldnt switch layers. It didnt do that because it wasn't aSony, it didnt switch because it was 1st gen. This move isnt for HD enthusiasts, its to hit J6P and to make HD DVD mainstream. I won't be buying it, but I know a lot that would.

 

[Lefty]

I'm waiting for a HD DVD recorder.

 

[Chaplin]

I know a lot of computers now have Blu-Ray recorders.

 

[nashman]

They have 1080p HD DVD PHILIPS at walmart for like 50 bucks

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I'm waiting for a HD DVD recorder.

They are already out in Japan. They have computer drives as well.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

They have 1080p HD DVD PHILIPS at walmart for like 50 bucks

That's not a true HD DVD drive, you know that right?

 

[nashman]

Yeah its upconvert to 1080p I guess, but 299 for true HD is not bad either!