Toshiba HD DVD player for $98 this Friday!

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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,052
    edited November 2007
    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?

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  • AdamRagland
    AdamRagland Posts: 521
    edited November 2007
    can it decode Doly true HD and DTS-HD?
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2007
    You can play standard DVDs, and it actually does a great job of upconverting them.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2007
    Looks like Best Buy will be price matching

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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited November 2007
    AdamRagland wrote: »
    can it decode Doly true HD and DTS-HD?

    Yep. That's what the Toshiba site says.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited November 2007
    Yeah, Best buy is going to 'price match'. But mysteriously, none of their stores seem to have them in stock...
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited November 2007
    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...
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited November 2007
    I'm going to go between 6 and 7am and see what kind of lines there are and go from there. Who knows...
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  • acsubie
    acsubie Posts: 773
    edited November 2007
    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?
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  • MADGSF
    MADGSF Posts: 603
    edited November 2007
    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.

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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited November 2007
    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)
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited November 2007
    Not to thread hijack but what does everyone think about that 50" Plasma they have for a grand?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    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
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited November 2007
    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...
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    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. ;)
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,806
    edited November 2007
    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...
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • AdamRagland
    AdamRagland Posts: 521
    edited November 2007
    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
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited November 2007
    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."
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,372
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2007
    By Christmas they'll be $79.
    Never Forget
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2007
    Just FYI, Best Buy is having the same sale.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited November 2007
    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.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    what if some Wal Marts aren't participating in this? and there are no $98 HD DVD players?
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