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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DeadPlasmaCell @ Feb 6th 2008 5:45AM
Wow indeed.. Only the brain-dead BluRay Fanboys would say this isn't a great deal.
DrXym @ Feb 6th 2008 6:12AM
It is a great deal, assuming you get the discs you want from the mail-in offer, and have the means to rip the HD content afterwards. In that respect the add-on is a better proposition than a standalone player. It might be possible to use BackupHDDVD or other tools to extract the movie onto a computer.
Interestingly, the 5 disc mail-in offer ends on Feb 28. We'll see if they replace it with another one because with out the deal, no HD DVD player would be worth the money. It may well be that Toshiba don't intend to replace it at all which might explain why there are so many firesales right now. March will be interesting.
John Drinkwater @ Feb 6th 2008 6:23AM
heh, its not a good deal, its a good con.
anon @ Feb 6th 2008 8:48AM
@ DrXym,
Why would the content need to be ripped off the disc? They will play on the player just fine if you hook the it up to a 360 or a PC, right? That is how that works. Did you know that? And just because the free movie offer ends at the end of the month, that is supposed to mean that HD DVD is dead after that? How so? Even if the 5 free movie offer does end, you still get 300 (for the time being anyway) and Bourne Identity. Buy a standalone Blu-ray player with 2 movies, and you're spending $300+. How is that a better deal than $120-$150 for an HD player with 2 movies? Where did you learn your math? And how the hell is this a "firesale" when a player goes on sale for a few hours? Blue-ray was giving them away a few weeks ago for free if you bought a TV, and the Blu-boys all thought that was just a good sale, but Toshiba has a sale and it's the end of the format. How does this work? I'm confused. Oh, I get it. You're just spreading your fanboy FUD around. My bad. Here I was trying to use logic with you. That won't work...
MI @ Feb 6th 2008 12:28PM
Good call. I found a good deal on a DIVX player as well... No way you can't say that's not a good deal just because it's a dead format!
anon @ Feb 6th 2008 12:45PM
Apples and oranges. DIVX is dead. So is Betamax that people keep comparing HD DVD to. But HD DVD isn't dead. I'll admit it is hurting something fierce, but it's still alive. New releases are coming out, and are scheduled to come out for the next few months. Not bad for a supposedly dead format. But keep banging that drum all you want. In the meantime, I'll enjoy 100% of the HD movies that are available if I want, and not just 70% after the Warner exclusivity kicks in.