HD DVD player

okiepolkie
okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
edited January 2006 in Electronics
Can't wait for this one: Toshiba HD-DVD
Tschüss
Zach
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited January 2006
    Did you buy it and are waiting for it?
    Do you live outside the 49 continental states?
    Do you not have the money?

    It says it is available.
    I am a fan of Toshiba for some reason, I am not sure why but I do trust them to make a good product.
    Perhaps when I change my Dvd player I will go with this one.
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited January 2006
    No, I didn't order this one. it says you can reserve one, but they aren't available "yet".

    No, I do not have the money.
    Tschüss
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    I'll probably wait a few months until it comes down to $69.99... This is a good heads up to start looking for the "HD" listing on DVD's.
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited January 2006
    If it does audio and video as well as proposed, I don't think they will have hard time selling them at this price.

    There are a lot of people here that pay $500+ for a good DVD or CD player.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,536
    edited January 2006
    Unless one's TV has an HDMI input, the HD-DVD capability of this player is useless. I'm surprised the price is so low, but they are trying to capture market share before Blu-Ray players become available I guess. Once they do, this thing is dead in my opinion. Toshiba does make good products though.
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited January 2006
    Ok, What is blu-ray?
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited January 2006
    Do a google on blu-ray vs hd dvd and you will have all the answers you need, except the final outcome of the war.......
    Tschüss
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  • sickicw
    sickicw Posts: 456
    edited January 2006
    yea, hd-dvd will be is already dead. Blu-ray will be out soon as well. This thing doesn't even support 1080p. Not that i have a tv that supports 1080p, but my next hdtv sure will, as will the new high def disks.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2006
    another format war.....oh goodie. i won't buy either, for the same reason I won't buy an SACD or DVD-Audio player. I'm done playing these silly reindeer games.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2006
    Cool.Maybe it won't be as long as I thought for these things to be reasonably priced when the dust has settled.
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  • sickicw
    sickicw Posts: 456
    edited January 2006
    steveinaz wrote:
    another format war.....oh goodie. i won't buy either, for the same reason I won't buy an SACD or DVD-Audio player. I'm done playing these silly reindeer games.

    As long as you don't play any reindeer games on the playstation 3. It will come with a built in blu-ray and SACD player :)
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited January 2006
    The winner of a format war means squat. Support yourself in the aftermath and don't implode on the loyal, pissed off consumers who supported you from dia uno. (COUGH dvd-a/sacd COUGH)



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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2006
    woo hooo!!! i've been waiting for hd-dvd. it's on the horizon. but i think i'll be waiting for the new units to have the bugs worked out of them. brings to mind the likes of xbox 360. anyway, in time i'm sure there will be a manufacturer that will offer in one unit both blu-ray and hd-dvd. we'll see. but i'd hate to purchase a first gen player only to have an inferior product compared to the second wave of new release machines with more available options. :cool:

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  • louhamilton
    louhamilton Posts: 209
    edited January 2006
    I was surprised by the Toshiba price. The Blu-ray prices that I have seem have been between $1000-1800. PS3 will probably be $400-500.

    I'm just going to wait 12-18 months to see the prices drop.

    -Lou
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  • louhamilton
    louhamilton Posts: 209
    edited January 2006
    BIZILL wrote:
    anyway, in time i'm sure there will be a manufacturer that will offer in one unit both blu-ray and hd-dvd.

    Samsung has already announced this dual player.

    -Lou
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  • HiPerf360
    HiPerf360 Posts: 436
    edited January 2006
    Emlyn wrote:
    Unless one's TV has an HDMI input, the HD-DVD capability of this player is useless. I'm surprised the price is so low, but they are trying to capture market share before Blu-Ray players become available I guess. Once they do, this thing is dead in my opinion. Toshiba does make good products though.


    How about component video inputs?
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited January 2006
    Comp vid inputs won't pass for HD or Blu Ray. HDCP(copy protection) won't allow manufacturers to use component video outputs because they "can't" be made to use the protection technology. In reality, they probably could, but they just chose not to.
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited January 2006
    The only thing Toshiba needs to do is make a 400-disc HD DVD player like Sony has done for standard DVD's (w/ or w/o upconversion).
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