Old **** needs DVD choices for new TV

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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,156
    edited January 2010
    I highly recommend the Toshiba XDE players. They are very affordable and have some of the best DVD video quality out there. They are cheaply made, but at $60, its hard to beat.
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  • anhchungdoan
    anhchungdoan Posts: 760
    edited January 2010
    fluffy wrote: »
    let us know what you get... you dont need an hdmi for 720p but while you are buying you might as well get it incase you upgrade your tv.. but dont pay a big price for it...

    Why not? HDMI is much cheaper and easy to hook up than those messy component video/audio cables.
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  • fluffy
    fluffy Posts: 71
    edited January 2010
    why not what? i told him he might as well get one.. i dont think hdmi cables are cheaper in the local stores which is where he was going.

    i just reminded him that he doesnt need one, as in it is not required to have hdmi, to transfer a 720p signal. that is all.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2010
    Does a component cable transfer digital? I am thinking it is only analog, but I might be wrong. With HDMI the TV can decode the digital signal, and it might do a better job than an inexpensive BR or DVD player. HDMI cables appear to be one of the few cables that give the same result regardless if it cost $20 or $200 dollars. I hated my component cables, and was glad to replace them with an HDMI.
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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
    edited January 2010
    THere's a guy on Craigslist selling HDMI cables 6 1/2 feet for $5. He's only about 2 miles from me.
    I went to Best Buy and HH Gregg to buy the player but so many options and salesman crap I came back home and watched the games. I'm researching more models and learning more before I purchase.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,156
    edited January 2010
    Here is your DVD player:

    http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-XDE600-Upconverted-Extended-Detail/dp/B002JCSBDK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264516907&sr=8-1

    Here is your HDMI cable:
    http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Meters-Amazon-Frustration-Free-Packaging/dp/B001T9NUJE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264516990&sr=8-3

    Free shipping. No hassles. No salesmen trying to upsell you on stuff you don't need.
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  • fluffy
    fluffy Posts: 71
    edited January 2010
    HB27 wrote: »
    THere's a guy on Craigslist selling HDMI cables 6 1/2 feet for $5. He's only about 2 miles from me.
    I went to Best Buy and HH Gregg to buy the player but so many options and salesman crap I came back home and watched the games. I'm researching more models and learning more before I purchase.

    lol.. hey you also have a frys up there.. did you try there?

    keep us posted.. yeah those sales guys can confuse the crap out of ya... they try to do that so they can keep you unsteady on your feet and then make you think you must have whatever the hell they are trying to sell you...

    more research is always good...
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