Truth in advertising: Compusa's I-O Data AVLP2/DVDLA "HD DVD" Player
by Matt Burns 
posted Jul 30th 2006 at 2:15PM
Oh goodness. Take a look at this and tell us if you are as disappointed in Compusa as we are. On the bottom left of page 11 in their weekly sales-ad, lists a HD DVD player for only $199. Sounds like a great deal but if you do a little more research, the I-O Data AVLP2/DVDLA isn't a HD DVD player. You may remember that we covered the player a few weeks back It does, however, play both DiVX-HD and WMV-HD discs, but not standard HD DVDs. In fact, it doesn't even up-scale standard DVDs to high-def! We are sure that some over-zealous writer at Compusa miss-read the specs, but that isn't any excuse. Compusa is one the nations premier retail technolgy store and this should not have made it to printing press.So we repeat...THIS IS NOT A HD DVD PLAYER.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
fishpatrol @ Jul 30th 2006 6:14PM
Wow, I got one of these for Christmas last year. Does a respectable job of playing back HD from my Mac Mini over a wired network. Little did I know how far ahead of the curve I was.
Eli @ Jul 30th 2006 6:23PM
Gay
Morgan @ Jul 30th 2006 6:53PM
Yeah I saw this in the ad saturday and I emailed you guys just to see what was up with this. Quick response. *God I feel like im leaving feedback on Ebay* Thanks alot guys. Good work!
maemotaku @ Jul 31st 2006 12:06PM
This thing is lame. I picked one up just for kicks. Due to a lack of DRM support it can't even play commercial WMV9 HD like Terminator 2 Extreme Edition. I tried. The only thing it can do well is upscale Divx to 1080i and play downloaded Divx-HD and WMV HD movie trailers. The build-quality is crap and the drive noise is ridiculous. It goes back today.
Eli @ Jul 31st 2006 12:20PM
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Do yourself a favor and try stopping by the local walmart to see if you can find one for $350.
If you have never been inside a walmart you will have to go past the produce section, take a left at the car batteries and tires section, walk a little further past the shoes, pass up the oversized lady riding the scooter, and you should end up in thier electronics section.