Retailers confirm high definition DVD player price cuts
HD DVD and Blu-ray players don't cost quite as much as they used to -- if you know where to look. Amazon and other retailers have recently slashed prices on Samsung's BD-P1000 Blu-ray player, as well as Toshiba's HD-A1 and HD-XA1 HD DVD players. VideoBusiness quotes a few smaller retailers as saying they're "just trying to stay competitive" with price adjustments, unexpected for technology that's only been out for a few months. They also mentioned that while HD DVD sales are as expected, Blu-ray sales have been less than expected. Whether it's the prospect of upcoming hardware revisions or reports of early glitches, some stores are bending over backwards to move first generation players off shelves while others (Crutchfield, Best Buy, Tweeter) see no need to. If you're confident enough to jump into the next generation of DVDs with one of the players already available, just be sure to price check first.[Thanks, Tyler]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Perrey Z. @ Sep 12th 2006 12:11PM
I saw this RCA HD-DVD player at another electronic retailer they {manufactuer} claim the output is 1080p instead of the reported 1080i. The machine's design was cheap and ugly compare to the Toshiba HD-AX1. The picture quality displayed on a non-true Mitsubishi WD-73727 so-called "1080p" DLP was just awesome.
Another setup across the Mitsubishi+RCA HD-DVD setup had the Samsung Blu-Ray player hook up to a 1080p 56" DLP and the picture quality wasn't as sharp and crisp as the HD-DVD., in fact it was kinda "grainy" and the colors didn't look accurate, specially the flesh tones and reds that were over saturated.
BTW: Both setups were connected on HDMI inputs.
Brian @ Sep 15th 2006 12:02AM
I posted it a while back, Walmart's clearance of the RCA HD-DVD player for $350. They had four of them, they dropped the price to $280 and they now have two left at my local store.