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March 31st, 2006

Here Comes the First HD-DVD Player

Toshiba HD DVD Player

By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Today Toshiba rolled out its first HD DVD players in Japan, becoming the first company to offer one of the next-generation (HD DVD or Blu-ray) optical disc players. The price in Japan is expected to be 110,000 yen ($940).

Sony aims to offer Blu-ray-based players in the United States for around $1,000 in July.

The Japan launch of Toshiba’s HD DVD players will be followed by the U.S. debut in April.

Toshiba, Japan’s second-largest electronics conglomerate, is set to offer two models of HD DVD players, the HD-XA1 and HD-A1, in the United States for $799 and $499, respectively. Source: Reuters

We Say: I’m not in the mood for another standards war, like Betamax vs. VHS, so I’m sitting this one out for a while. Hopefully prices will drop as I wait.

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4 comments to "Here Comes the First HD-DVD Player"

  1. Netsurfer01 says:

    What makes them think ANYONE will buy this stuff for $1000? No HD movies are yet available, and they will be (of course) overpriced. All this for a device that lets studios restrict video output to lower quality than a DVD. Let me know when the price drops to $45, then I’ll consider it.

    March 31st, 2006 at 6:03 pm

  2. ed3 says:

    $1000/$940!?!?! Give me a break. Sure, if this was groundbreaking new technology I could understand, but this is just a natural evolution of the DVD… Change the laser, change the media, and voila… $200, $300 tops.

    Ahwell… Like Netsurfer said… $45… Should only be a 5yr wait till then.

    March 31st, 2006 at 8:46 pm

  3. Mike says:

    I agree - I will wait until the format has been worked out! I remember the Betamax crap, and do not want to pay a fortune for a machine that will be useless.

    I didnt hear of the $499 offering though, I will have to look that one up.

    Movies will be WAY overpriced, but hopefully within a year or 2 will come down to around $20-$25

    Mike

    April 1st, 2006 at 2:53 am

  4. Dario says:

    I havn`t seen one comment, on any site, from someone who is going to buy this crap. Also havn`t seen this much negative feedback about a product before it has even been launched. The Movie industry has destroyed this with there so called “copy protection”. For all the real Infos, check out www.hdboycott.com

    April 2nd, 2006 at 11:13 pm

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