Toshiba HD-DVD A2 Player $98 at Walmart

[TheMatrix31]

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My bro did the HD-DVD Best Buy deal with the free movies and all of that....good deal.

[ballerzinc]

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I just bought the A3 from Bestbuy.com last weekend for 300. Is there anyway they can price match or something and get it for 200 instead.

[RockyTop1]

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I just bought the A3 from Bestbuy.com last weekend for 300. Is there anyway they can price match or something and get it for 200 instead.

Yeah, they have price match guarantee or whatever it's called. Check the website

[Kalon]

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the thing is you need an HDTV (cheap or not) to properly enjoy a highdef player. and even though they are cheap now to go with this Ad, the movies are $25-$30...not too many people will bite on movies being that price at this point in time.

[Holic]

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For those that are interested. My wife picked up License to Wed on HD-DVD for $14.87 yesterday at Wal-Mart. The price online is showing $33.88. Not a bad price for a new release. YMMV.

[SLAYER]

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If you guys can't find an A2 for cheap, try eBay. I was checking it out, and it seems a lot have popped up.

[CaptainZombie]

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If you guys can't find an A2 for cheap, try eBay. I was checking it out, and it seems a lot have popped up.

Yeah, there is about 725 of them on there...........I bet these people will either eat them or people will get them at around $100. Too many of them on ebay.

[Double Eights]

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Any chance they have another deal like this closer to Christmas?

Or even a permanent price drop?

[triplej96]

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Good chance I would say. On side note has anyone recieved a follow up email from bestbuy online about the shipping?

[CaptainZombie]

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Any chance they have another deal like this closer to Christmas?

Or even a permanent price drop?

I'm hearing maybe this friday that Walmart might have another special.

Black Friday = A3 @ Sears is $169

[Double Eights]

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I'm hearing maybe this friday that Walmart might have another special.

Black Friday = A3 @ Sears is $169

I'll see what happens this week for Walmart. If there are no deals before Black Friday, I might go for the Sears deal.

I've never gone shopping on Black Friday. The A3 deal would make it worth the hassle, to at least give it a shot.

[CaptainZombie]

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I'll see what happens this week for Walmart. If there are no deals before Black Friday, I might go for the Sears deal.

I've never gone shopping on Black Friday. The A3 deal would make it worth the hassle, to at least give it a shot.

Eights, Best Buy still has the A3 at 199.99 when you add it to the cart. Plus you get 300 + Bourne Identity in the box + you can choose 3 HD-DVD's of your own. Then you also get the 5 free through the mail.

This is the better deal than the $169 due to the hassle on Black Friday + you get 3 free movies to pick at the store.

[Double Eights]

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Eights, Best Buy still has the A3 at 199.99 when you add it to the cart. Plus you get 300 + Bourne Identity in the box + you can choose 3 HD-DVD's of your own. Then you also get the 5 free through the mail.

This is the better deal than the $169 due to the hassle on Black Friday + you get 3 free movies to pick at the store.

Hmm, very very tempting.

I will definitely think about this one.

[CaptainZombie]

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This guy over at AVS said it best:

If you really believe that then you've been breastfed on Blu Kool-Aid. The HD DVD camp let out whispers about this early this year. That where the rumors about sub $200 no name Chinese players came from. Then there was the continued gradual price cuts across all HD DVD players. Then there was the slow period in the summer when HD DVD standalone sales plateau for a little while.

My guess is they held inventory, let Blu Ray tout some standalone stats for a couple of months, all the while stockpiling for a holiday Blitzkreig. They showed their cards to Paramount, and Paramount joined up. All that was left to do is start the attack.

The warning shot was the 360 add on + Heroes deal. Then 5 free deals on A2 & A30s with 2 already in the box and 2 instantly.

This $98 deal is to show they're serious. Deadly serious.

This will do damage. If the BDA doesn't compete pricewise, consumers will see they can get an HD DVD player, 5 or more free movies AND buy 3 to 4 more for the same price as a single Blu Ray player.

That's no contest for the average consumer. None.

Should PS3 sales show a chance of picking up, MS will just cut 360 prices a bit lower to give people a second thought. Let's not forget there are still millions of 360 owners who don't yet have the add on player. They could throw another Heroes like deal anytime they want.

Check.

And there are alot of them out there who have had HDTVs without an HD movie player to go with it. And plenty more who'll buy an HDTV this holiday season.

Could be Checkmate.

This IS the beginning of the end, or at the very least the beginning of the balancing of the playing field.

[Icebergz]

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Can anyone explain the primary differences between the A2 and and the A3. I bought the A2 at Wal-Mart Friday for $99 but am considering this deal instead because of the movies. Is the extra $100 worth it on the A3?