Toshiba HD DVD player for $98 this Friday!

shawn474

I know this is a stupid question, but can you play standard DVD's on these or do you HAVE to use HD-DVD's? I realize that the standard will not be in High def.; just wondering if you can even watch a "regular" dvd on these?

Shawn

AdamRagland

can it decode Doly true HD and DTS-HD?

bobman1235

You can play standard DVDs, and it actually does a great job of upconverting them.

bobman1235

Looks like Best Buy will be price matching

(from Gizmodo)

avguytx

AdamRagland wrote: »

can it decode Doly true HD and DTS-HD?

Yep. That's what the Toshiba site says.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Yeah, Best buy is going to 'price match'. But mysteriously, none of their stores seem to have them in stock...

AsSiMiLaTeD

Guys if any of you actually manage to snag one of these WITHOUT campinig out in front of the store or standing in line for hours, I'd like to hear about it. I'm gonna go tomorrow after work and see if WM has any, but I fully expect them to be sold out by then. I'd go earlier but have client meetings all day, and ain't skipping on of them to save a hundred bucks on a player...

avguytx

I'm going to go between 6 and 7am and see what kind of lines there are and go from there. Who knows...

acsubie

can this be a pre black friday event....yes i want one but dont plan on camping out front....ill get there 15-20 minutes before doors open and hope for the best....does anyone know if the 5 free HDs will still be redeemable?

MADGSF

Sami, does that include the Lewisville area too? I may swing by on the way to work in the morning and see if any are available.

Mark

Sami

MADGSF wrote: »

Sami, does that include the Lewisville area too? I may swing by on the way to work in the morning and see if any are available.

Mark

Yep. I'm sure it's the whole USA where it is sold out. (at Best Buy, not Walmart)

hockeyboy

I live in Argyle so can check the Roanoake store in the morning. I just called the guy and he checked with his manager who said they will be in stock with full shelves on ALL sale items at 8AM.

hockeyboy

Not to thread hijack but what does everyone think about that 50" Plasma they have for a grand?

danger boy

what is your Wal Mart is a 24 hour open all night one? can you get one at midnight? this is could be chaos i think

hockeyboy

I asked the guy that since Roanoake is a 24 hour store and he said they aren't supposed to honor the price until 8AM. Maybe it's worth it to get there and stash one somewhere in the panty bin...

danger boy

cool. thanks for the info.. i'll get there early and see if there are any left, then just go do some shopping. i'll have it in my cart.. with me, no letting it out of my sight, just in case.

WilliamM2

I'm thinking there will not be lines like black Friday. Most people have black Friday off, and there are only a couple of sale items listed for tommorow. There are no sales fliers in the paper like there is for black Friday either.

I have an appointment close to Walmart at 8:30a.m. tommorow, so I will leave a little early and get to Walmart right when they open at 8:00. If they don't have any left, oh well...

AndyGwis

I checked BB's around Texas:

Houston - one place supposedly had some according to website, but I called and they are all out.

Austin - none

Dallas - none

CC won't price match even though their warehouse seems to have some inventory.

AdamRagland

not to change the subject of this thread but someone correct if i have read wrong. in order to listen in Dolby True HD or DD+ and DTS-HD, you have to either have a receiver that will decode it OR a DVD player that will decode correct? just want to make sure i can acheive this since i have a denon 3802 and would love to have DD true hd

hockeyboy

Andy me and Sami are going to look at our local stores tomorrow and call if we find some. PM me with your cell and we can put you in the loop if you want.

fireshoes

I didn't notice it last night, so maybe they updated it, but the Walmart page now says, "Where available, minimum 10 HD DVD players per store."

fireshoes

The player can decode it, but with the model that is on sale, you need HDMI on the receiver to accept the higher res signals. Other models have 5.1 analog outs that older receivers can use for the new sound formats.

millerman 3732

I found 5 in my area.

1 at Walmart. (I just checked at one WM, there is another on the other side of town that might have one but I don't go over there to many weirdos)
1 at Best Buy (open box)
3 at Circuit City (2 new 1 open box and with CC price match plus you can get these for around $90)

I thought about picking one up just for a spare, but I'll probably sit this one out.

bigaudiofanatic

Let the commercializm of christmas begin. It's a shame. Anyway i'll be stoping by the on down the street ofter i get off from work.

PSOVLSK

Just got home from Wal-Mart in The Colony (TX) and they have a sign in the entrance advertising a "Secret Sale" beginning at 8:00am. It shows the A2, some HD DVD's, and maybe a TV and computer. No prices listed. They don't have any A2's in stock now, but you have to think they will at 8:00 in the morning.

PolkThug

By Christmas they'll be $79.

Monster Jam

After Christmas they'll be $69, and wont offer the 1080i; it'll all be 1080p.

No, not really, but this is all great news to people like me that are on the fence and waiting for the sub-$100 price point for 1080p.

Ron-P

Just FYI, Best Buy is having the same sale.

fatchowmein

I just checked WM in Grand Prairie after getting off of work. No display, no sign, and a dumb look when I asked about it. I checked for HD DVD's but there were only a few and those few were sitting in a display marked "Blu-ray".

That was at 1:30AM.

danger boy

what if some Wal Marts aren't participating in this? and there are no $98 HD DVD players?