According to an article recently posted on Daily Tech, Wal-Mart is advertising that it will sell the Toshiba HD-A2 this Friday for $98.87.


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Best Buy also is selling them for $99.99, which includes 7 free HD discs! I think I may now officially be "off-the-fence."

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8021767&st=toshiba+hd&lp=5&type=product&cp=1&id=1158323325814

It would seem on the surface that Toshiba 2nd gen sales were not as expected and there is plenty of product that needs to get moved out of inventory for the 3rd gen players hitting the stores now. At this price you gotta be talking fire sale!

If you are thinking cheap you can get a Sony PS3 for $400, one of these fire sale players for $100 and be at a total of $500 for both HD disc formats. While that isn't the best performance package few of us are performance enthusiasts and nearly all casual viewers will be more than satisfied.

This is not going to bode well either for the LG or Samsung HD disc combos still at $800 plus and the Samsung has yet to arrive...

Richard wrote:It would seem on the surface that Toshiba 2nd gen sales were not as expected and there is plenty of product that needs to get moved out of inventory for the 3rd gen players hitting the stores now. At this price you gotta be talking fire sale!

Not really, as this has been the goal for some time.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1683

Not sure what to make of that... Has either camp sold 2 mil of anything?
2 mil units of a 2nd gen product that is being replaced NOW? How many did Best Buy make a deal on? Is Toshiba still producing 2nd gen players? That does not make sense as they are tooled and inventoried for 3rd gen now. Per the other article these would be sold in limited quantities until gone.

I'll swing by my local Wal-mart tomorrow morning and report quantity on hand.

- Shane

This Best Buy link doesn't work. Anyone got the correct link?

backpages wrote:This Best Buy link doesn't work. Anyone got the correct link?

It was removed as they seem to be sold out nationwide. Below is a linkfor the BBforB site. Although it states the A2 is no longer available, some have reported that phone orders have been taken. Whether they have any to actually ship out is another story.

http://www.bestbuybusiness.com/bbfb/en/US/adirect/bestbuy?cmd=catProductDetail&showAddButton=true&productID=BB10724640

I swung by two Wal-Marts. I missed the last one by 5 minutes. Had i gone to the second Wal-Mart I would've scored one for the bedroom. I did score one online. (That deal is now gone, too.)

Best Buy has a sale on the A3. I'm not sure what the rules are as far as publishing that.

Shane, I'm sure you're hoping to go neutral and are hoping one of the Blu-ray players will drop to $200 soon.

Do any of these do 1080i over component? What about the PS3 Blu-Ray player?

akirby wrote:Do any of these do 1080i over component? What about the PS3 Blu-Ray player?

Yes, they will play HD-DVD movies at 1080i over componenent. However, they will not upconvert standard definition DVD's to 1080i over component. Playback of SD DVD's is limited to 480p.

I swung by my local Wal-mart this morning to check it out. I got there about 7:45 and there were about 25 people in line. I hung around until they started wheeling out the skids and asked one of the blue-shirts there how many they had. They had a whole pallet, which from what I can tell is 30-50 players. I didn't stick around to buy one, or to see how many in the line were buying one.

allargon wrote:Shane, I'm sure you're hoping to go neutral and are hoping one of the Blu-ray players will drop to $200 soon.

Since you asked, I am pro HD DVD. I've had the Xbox 360 add-on drive since it came out. I'm not planning on buying a Blu-ray player until they have a unit that is up to par with what the HD DVD players can do in terms of features, functions and upgradability. Right now, the PS3 is the closest to that ... but there's nothing too compelling out there on the content side (movies or games) to make me want to spend $400-$500 dollars on one.

Why do I like HD DVD? Stay tuned to find out ;-)

- Shane

Saw the ad on the Wal-Mart homepage about 7am this morning, got there by 7:50. There were a dozen people in a quiet line back in electronics - half waiting for an Acer laptop for about $340, and the rest wanting a Toshiba HD DVD player for a bit less than $99. No limit on quantity - a couple people bought two units. HD DVD discs were also on sale (a small selection of titles) for less than $15. They also had 50" Plasma HDTVs for $999.

Had my Toshiba home and hooked up within 30 minutes to my Sony 55" LCD 1080i hdtv. Absolutely fabulous picture and great sound!

I would never have bought one of these except for the low price. The selection of movies available that can really show off the player is quite limited. But...for less that $99 - WOW!

moviejs wrote: The selection of movies available that can really show off the player is quite limited. But...for less that $99 - WOW!

Limited? Maybe at Wal-Mart, but here are some of the available titles:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=692850

Our local walmart is selling brand new toshiba hd a2 dvd players for 99.95. they are limiting one per customer.