http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/ Engadget HD Comments for The Wal-Mart $299 HD DVD player on the way http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 7:27AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 7:38AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 7:46AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 7:52AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
Seriously though, I doubt a player for a obscure format made by an even more obscure company for a $300 price tag will bring HD-DVD into the average Joe's livingroom.

They should just make one of those darn HD-DVD / VCR combo players. People love that shit.]]>Apr 20th 2007 8:04AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 8:23AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 8:42AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
Jee Wally, do you maybe I could have one someday?]]>Apr 20th 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 8:53AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
Doesn't matter how cheap the player is if they can't get studio support though. I'd rather spend the extra and be able to get Disney, Fox, and Sony titles with Samsung's new Combo unit.]]>Apr 20th 2007 9:03AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 9:23AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/]]>Apr 20th 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 9:55AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 10:15AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/199 or lower]]>Apr 20th 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 10:55AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 11:03AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/

The release talks about how this blue laser format is more compatible with old DVD's and how no new tooling is needed to make the discs.


The confusion came with the ambiguous phrase "blue laser, HD DVD player".]]>Apr 20th 2007 11:06AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Plus you get 5 free HD dvds from Toshiba using their rebated/promotion.]]>Apr 20th 2007 11:13AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
So before all you fanboys get tooo excited, understand that Wal-mart may have just bought 2,000,000 cheap Blu-ray players.
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Read the 4th paragraph. What format does that sound like to you?]]>Apr 20th 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
Frankly - I'd prefer Blu-ray to win this because of the extra bandwidth (and obviously storage space), but at this point, any winner is better than what is currently happening - nothing. The format war is keeping the mainstream out of the market and that means we all suffer.

I'd happily take HD-DVD if it meant I could get any movie I wanted on HD-DVD... ]]>Apr 20th 2007 12:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
http://www.udn.com/2007/4/16/NEWS/STOCK/STO5/3804769.shtml
http://www.ettoday.com/2007/04/16/320-2082635.htm

Engadget is relying on Akihabara's interpretation of the first one (which was updated again, they don't know WTF)

Both articles seem to hype up HD-DVDs advantage of using existing DVD production equipment.
]]>Apr 20th 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-HD-A2-HD-DVD-Player/dp/B000IJV4BC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6571188-1011102?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1177097412&sr=8-1

And that's tax and shipping free. So it's pretty much the same as a Walmart HD-DVD player but it's from Toshiba!]]>Apr 20th 2007 3:31PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.funai-corp.com/. Notice all the wal-mart brands! So when HDdvd has a stand-alone in walmart there will most likely be 3 BRD players right there with it. Also Lite-On and Foxconn are producing BRD hardware right now. So go on thinking that this is the end if you want. However by the end of '08 there will be 10-15 million PS3's, and at least 200K stand-alones. HDdvd's price difference is going to evaporate so quickly once the summer is over it's going to be funny. However, without competition we wouldn't even be talking about a $200 next gen. video player, so thanks for that HDdvd!!!]]>Apr 20th 2007 9:15PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 20th 2007 9:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
If that can be done, what is Sony (with its supposed large subsidies) doing announcing a $600 player Real Soon Now? Kinda makes Sony look like fools. Which they aren't.

But it is entirely possible (given a $399 (list) Toshiba player for sale NOW), for Great Wall to lop a bit off that price.

So, translations are one thing, but Occam's Razor tells me that this puppy is HDDVD.]]>Apr 20th 2007 10:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10148/53. Seriuosly if any HDdvd fanatic wants to think that the BDA dosen't see that once they start really moving stand-alones they will completely pull away is crazy. Notice this: this comment I posted from a guy at a huge Company didn't get posted as news, yet a poorly translated article about a new branch of manuf. not many have heard about is on here. Yet HDdvd fanatics jump all over engadgethd for posting BRD news, calling them bias. The reality is, you know in the back of your mind how this is going to turn out, and your so defensive about it; you guy's go crazy at anyone saying anything positive about BRD.

One last thought. Anyone who wants to compair this to VHS/Beta. This is close to the end of the optical disc era! There have only been two real kings of this optical disc era;PS1=CD's and PS2=DVD's. If the PS3 didn't have 3 million+ drives sold alread and 6 million drives made, I could see this as damaging news. However economics of scale already declare BRD winner. There is no way that HDdvd will beable to keep a price advantage for much longer, it's just reality. ]]>Apr 21st 2007 1:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
You know what's funny? Whenever someone points out that they don't support Sony (due to root kits, stupid statements from them, etc), they're instantly told that Sony != BDA. However, if you look at the articles, all of the "positive" BD press comes from one company - Sony. Once or twice Fox chimes in with some Pro-BD rhetoric, but most of the time it's Sony. The article you quoted for $299 players wasn't a direct quote from the Sony guy, and only says "suggests it may go to $299," but can we actually believe anything that Sony says anymore even if it WAS a direct quote?

In the meantime, we have companies like LG and Samsung (whom Sony threw under the bus, blaming all BD problems on their player when it clearly was not their fault) going format neutral. Disney has been VERY quiet on the whole thing. The only people touting BD are Sony, that's it. Heck, BD isn't even a finalized product yet since all current standalone players will not support the final feature set (like the much hyped BD-J). The Sony spin is crazy, and I can't believe consumers are so dumb that they're falling for it.

Oh, I forgot, it has a whopping 10G of (unneeded) space per layer that is supposed to make me drool.
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I suspect this is Blu-Ray. Walmart are smart, they know to try not and fight against the PS3, but compete with it for Blu-Ray movies...
]]>Apr 21st 2007 4:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 21st 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.homemediaretailing.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?sec_id=2&&article_ID=10557.... Your comments prove how rabbid HDdvd fanatics are. Disney and Fox want BD+, they aren't going to make HDdvd's now if they have waited this long, I bring up WB and Paramount here. If most players go combo. They won't be for a while. Plus Samsung's player isn't due till christmas and will be alot more than $299. However if BRD is outselling HDdvd at the rate they are now, or more considering the titles coming from people like Dinsey,(Pirates 1&2,Bridge to Terr.) all the way till these playes come out. What are the chances that Universal will want in on the BRD action before there is competeing $299 players at Wal-mart?]]>Apr 21st 2007 9:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
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The PS3, while it is the most popular Blu-Ray player sold, is not selling as well as previously expected.

If HD DVD or another methodology were to gain significant ground, I would not be surprised to see these studios offer their eventual support.]]>Apr 22nd 2007 12:19AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 22nd 2007 8:35AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 22nd 2007 11:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
universal is more likely to go neutral than it is of the other companies to go neutral or switch sides. let's also remember that sony is the biggest movie studio since they own or partly own Columbia and MGM with probably the largest collective library of films.

hd-dvd never had a chance.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 5:55AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
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這款福彥與日本TDK合作研發的藍光HD-DVD機芯,標榜可以讓影像更逼真,畫面更絢麗。鄧鴻吉說,目前這種類型的機芯,飛利浦每台售價要599美元,新力及東芝也要499美元,福彥只要299美元,是市場競爭利基所在。

This company, together with Japan's TDK, collobrated to produce a blue laser HD-DVD player, yada yada ... Current players retail at US$599 each, after new efforts, it's still $499. Our players cost only US$299; it's the cheapest on the market.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
Amazon has the Samsung Blu-ray player for 479.00 and free shipping--> http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-BD-P1000-Blu-Ray-Disc-Player/dp/B000F99FDE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7873273-4775261?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1177381185&sr=8-1

It does make sense that a 299.00 player would be Walmart cheap it if was Blu-ray, but it doesn't jive with HD DVD players already down to 329.00 and free shipping for the toshiba --> http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-HD-A2-HD-DVD-Player/dp/B000IJV4BC/ref=pd_bbs_3/002-7873273-4775261?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1177381963&sr=8-3

If it had said 199.00, it would be easy to think they were talking HD DVD, but with it being 299.00 and current pricing, I'm not so sure.]]>Apr 23rd 2007 10:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 24th 2007 7:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/
Actually, this could Clearly be the Samsung on amazon which just weeks ago was 499.00, and last year was 599.00]]>Apr 23rd 2007 10:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/Apr 27th 2007 1:00AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/walmart allready has a 225 hddvd player the rca hdv5000 (atleast the one in baldwin hill here in los angeles.
i picked it up the other day 225 plus tax.
i still have the as advertised card from the side of the box that lists the name and price of it along with my reciept if any one wants me to scan it and see it. they had 10 in stock when i bought when i was back the other day to get a copy of children of men on hddvd they were down to 3 in stock.

also of note they had 7 phillips bluray players for a even 400 when i went back they had 5 still.

they had 10 of these]]>May 16th 2007 12:56AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/So, no dual format player, just HD-DVD with the technology of blue lasers (or rays). 2million?? they need to get them cheap to sell that many!!]]>May 16th 2007 1:19AM