toshiba hd dvd player £179-99

dylel

toshiba hd dvd player £179-99 down from £449-99

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/1147914/Toshiba-HD-E1-HD-DVD-Player/Product.html

Jefft_2

Currently Out of Stock

VortexSteve

Not in stock at Play but in at a few others. A few pounds more here but in stock - http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=AV-000-TS

I've bought two of these guys with no problems.

Also don't forget to get in quick so you can get 2 free HD-DVDs from Toshiba - http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.home-entertainment.toshiba.co.uk%2Fconsumer%2Fhome.nsf%2Ffiles%2F2freehddvd%2F%24File%2Ftoshiba_2_free_web.pdf%3Fopenelement&ei=2k_RRqKSLpjIwQGOhICaCA&usg=AFQjCNHrrU0JCh2fT3McR51P2D0y7gLsDQ&sig2=LRiwc_k6MiktLu1UH6IP4w

gromituk

You need to get them free - with the Blu-Ray war, this might be the next Betamax.

dylel

sony made the betamax, which was better than vhs but failed.
sony makes blue-ray which is better than hd dvd but more expensive.
will history repeat?

BusinessStudent

Warning ! - This HD DVD player is 1080i NOT 1080p

gromituk

dylel wrote: »

sony made the betamax, which was better than vhs but failed.

True, because the !!!!!! industry adopted VHS.

sony makes blue-ray which is better than hd dvd but more expensive.

Really? Very little in it as far as I can tell.

will history repeat?

History is already repeating itself in that people aren't bothering with either format whilst their proponents squabble.

dylel

gromituk wrote: »

You need to get them free - with the Blu-Ray war, this might be the next Betamax.

Blue ray players were £800 - £900 when first released, while hd were £500. (sony did have problems producing the machine, hence the fiasco with the ps3 release date)

I'm not saying that hd will win, (it could go either way) but i was just pointing out that it's not a given that hd will be the one that goes the way of betamax, since the better of the 2 machines has failed in the past.

I do agree however that most people will wait and see which comes out on top before buying, which in itself will probably prolong the war. Possibly cheap upscaling dvd is the best bet at the moment

dylel

gromituk wrote: »

History is already repeating itself in that people aren't bothering with either format whilst their proponents squabble.

History not really repeating itself is it? People were not holding back when vcr's came out since they were buying them to record tv programs for the first time ever - massive rush to get them at the start. Different situation this time, not designed to record, only for movies, and consumer are much more savvy about technology today.