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[Mr Invader]

This could be a great way for HD-DVD market penetration. For one day every month, drop the price of the HD-DVD player $30 or $40. They seem to sell out everywhere when deals like this happens; at least where I live.

[flashfreak]

Wow, they're really throwin em out now. I bought mine here in Australia for $250AU when it came out, and got king kong. Im wishing i didnt have one now. I'd buy one from the US, get a new power pack for it and i'd have like 6 movies, and at half the price i paid. Hooray for lack of region locking! I need to start buying the US HD-DVD's.

[Mos_def]

Here in Australia we are paying $270 at nearly all outlets which is a discrace ... I did a currency converter to U.S with the  original price and it was still cheaper than here, talk about profits from the outlet selling them, and I dont think we will see the price drop for some time so I'd say I will be buying online O.S

[Heet]

Blueray won.  (ew thats gonna lead to some yelling lol)

[joemm210]

Microsoft needs to add another sku with a built in hd dvd drive or add it to the elite. If amazon can sell the hd dvd drive for 79.99 I am sure microsoft could add it to the system for under 60. I would rather buy a 360 thats 60 dollars more with a built in hd dvd drive so I think they are missing some customers by not at least adding a new sku.

[sabbath_dude]

Argos.co.uk are selling them for £89.99 (CLICKY). Not as good as the US deal but its still a pretty good price. I'm still holding out until they drop just a little more before picking one up. When I see one for £70 I'm sold.

This post has been edited by sabbath_dude: Feb 7 2008, 03:27 AM

[NineT9mustang]

lol heet

and hi

[eduardor2k]

QUOTE(joemm210 @ Feb 7 2008, 02:48 AM)

Microsoft needs to add another sku with a built in hd dvd drive or add it to the elite. If amazon can sell the hd dvd drive for 79.99 I am sure microsoft could add it to the system for under 60. I would rather buy a 360 thats 60 dollars more with a built in hd dvd drive so I think they are missing some customers by not at least adding a new sku.

For them should be 40 or less.

[m00nstone]

There is absolutely no point in buying an HD-DVD player.  I can't think of a single reason.  Anyone?

[thor99]

QUOTE(Heet @ Feb 7 2008, 02:36 AM)

Blueray won.  (ew thats gonna lead to some yelling lol)

lol.. here no yelling... ill take any hd players that the "bluray boys" dont want anymore... funny how when ever somthing is posted thats all bluray boys can say "bluray won".. maybe its just a good deal, that sony cant match because their hardware cost to much to produce, or they are losing to much on the ps3,ect.. and as far as I can tell by amazons live movie sales charts says HD is hanging with bluray ( http://charts.highdefdigest.com/history.as...=100&SPAN=0) , HD sells more players at less profit but gets more consumers thats not bad business nor does it mean a format is dying, the war still has a long way to go..

This post has been edited by thor99: Feb 7 2008, 03:53 AM

[sabbath_dude]

QUOTE(m00nstone @ Feb 7 2008, 02:34 AM)

There is absolutely no point in buying an HD-DVD player.  I can't think of a single reason.  Anyone?

Price!. Apart from that the HD-DVD format is far from dead/disappearing.

This post has been edited by sabbath_dude: Feb 7 2008, 03:51 AM

[m00nstone]

I'd hate to burst your bubble but here goes... they're not dropping the price to save the format, they're dropping the price to clear stock.

[thor99]

QUOTE(m00nstone @ Feb 7 2008, 04:00 AM)

I'd hate to burst your bubble but here goes... they're not dropping the price to save the format, they're dropping the price to clear stock.

and Im sure you dont suport bluray and have concrete evidence to support that claim. Also with all the players that have been selling now, they would have already depleated their stock. toshiba is still making players because retailers keep ordering them, they keep ordering them because they are selling, thats common sense. sounds like you made an opinion that was made as a statement.. "Logically, if they succeed in selling a number of standalone players, that's impossible to ignore. That's going to be a very strong argument in their favor," In other words, studios would almost be forced to pay attention.

This post has been edited by thor99: Feb 7 2008, 04:10 AM

[HotKnife420]

QUOTE(DMAddict @ Feb 6 2008, 09:29 PM)

To me this just says they are trying to dump them as the format has lost. I would expect them to be at $79 withing 6 month.

 It was this morning at amazon (free 5 offer still applies)...they're out of stock, currently.

 Either way, when I can walk into CC and get a standalone 1080p HD-DVD player for $99 (or $149 for the next one up if your local CC is OOS), $129 is overpriced for a unit that's inferior and requires a Xbox 360 to run.

 Whenever I can grab one for a dirt cheap price, I'll probably do it as HD-DVDs are dropping in price. Wouldn't mind grabbing a few.

This post has been edited by HotKnife420: Feb 7 2008, 04:26 AM

[m00nstone]

QUOTE(thor99 @ Feb 7 2008, 04:03 AM)

and Im sure you dont suport bluray and have concrete evidence to support that claim. Also with all the players that have been selling now, they would have already depleated their stock. toshiba is still making players because retailers keep ordering them, they keep ordering them because they are selling, thats common sense. sounds like you made an opinion that was made as a statement.. "Logically, if they succeed in selling a number of standalone players, that's impossible to ignore. That's going to be a very strong argument in their favor," In other words, studios would almost be forced to pay attention.

I don't care which format wins.  It really doesn't matter.  However, I will eventually buy the winner.  It just so happens the winning format is Blu-ray.