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I was in a local Walmart last night and saw it marked down to $130 on sale. Should I go pick one up at that price?

Originally Posted by pinebarrens I was in a local Walmart last night and saw it marked down to $130 on sale. Should I go pick one up at that price?

If you don't have a PS3, have a HDTV, and want HD movies, absolutely. Just remember, there's at least a 1 in 2 chance HD-DVD gets BetaMax'd at some point.

I got one for $200 and am very satisified. It works great, but keep in mind all HD movies aren't created equal picture/sound quality wise. I check www.avsforum.com for PQ/SQ reviews before buying a HD-DVD.

Also, I figure if HD-DVD dies, I can always eBay my collection.

Go for it, I say!

wow... i would of jumped on that in a sec..

thats ridiculously cheap.

payed full price and worth every penny so far

Originally Posted by pinebarrens I was in a local Walmart last night and saw it marked down to $130 on sale. Should I go pick one up at that price?

Make sure it's not a returned open box, and also maybe it was just on sale but retail is still $199

I saw it for $130 at my Wallyworld too. Brand new!! I did a double take.

Damn, I was just up at walmart and passed by electronics without looking. I would've jumped on it.

I just went to Wal Mart, it was still $196.96 at mine

Originally Posted by anomynous I just went to Wal Mart, it was still $196.96 at mine

Same. Could be a regional thing or just trying to clear some shelf space for the PS3s.

I was going to go pick one up today, but I called and they were sold out. Hopefully the sale price continues until they get more in. Dammit I waited too long.

Got mine for $100 after PMing the sale in Los Angeles.

Got mine used @ EB for $120. Everything works great and has been for almost two months.

My only complaint about the 360 HD-DVD player is that you get live notices while watching movies. I hate it when Im in the middle of a movie and I get so and so is online.

I wonder if this is a clearance sale for some walmarts. If it just a regular sale I could see $180, but the cost on these is about $170 so why would walmart take a loss other than to move them off the shelves for something else.

Originally Posted by rodeojones903 My only complaint about the 360 HD-DVD player is that you get live notices while watching movies. I hate it when Im in the middle of a movie and I get so and so is online. I wonder if this is a clearance sale for some walmarts. If it just a regular sale I could see $180, but the cost on these is about $170 so why would walmart take a loss other than to move them off the shelves for something else.

you are able to turn off those notifications. hit the x on the middle of the controller than hit settings.

Originally Posted by nativetongue88 you are able to turn off those notifications. hit the x on the middle of the controller than hit settings.

Thanks for passing that along. Problem solved.

Part of me wants to get the HD player for the 360 but I just dont want to risk it getting beta max'd

Originally Posted by magiic Part of me wants to get the HD player for the 360 but I just dont want to risk it getting beta max'd

get it and rent movies. if you do buy look at it this way. since you can hook it up to a pc and use it to rip movies, if hddvd dies, just rip your discs and burn them on blu ray.

Originally Posted by magiic Part of me wants to get the HD player for the 360 but I just dont want to risk it getting beta max'd

Yes, I'm sure that was an issue for you since you were what, 2?

Okay, I called again today to see if they got any more in and the lady told me that her store clearanced the hd dvd players out and would no longer be carrying them. So I guess I'm SOL.

Originally Posted by Walt Jay If you don't have a PS3, have a HDTV, and want HD movies, absolutely. Just remember, there's at least a 1 in 2 chance HD-DVD gets BetaMax'd at some point. I got one for $200 and am very satisified. It works great, but keep in mind all HD movies aren't created equal picture/sound quality wise. I check www.avsforum.com for PQ/SQ reviews before buying a HD-DVD. Also, I figure if HD-DVD dies, I can always eBay my collection. Go for it, I say!

na, id say its about a 1 in 4 chance. there's a 50/50 chance both will survive. well its actually probably closer to 70/30 chance both will. being that HD-DVD is almost assuradly surviving in europe & asia. sony's has a big lead because of all the sales on BR movies and the influx of PS3s atm. but in the grand scheme of thing thats only about 1-2% of what the market will be when players are at the $250 mark. and HD-DVD should get there this year, whereas BR will still be around $350 by xmas.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/hd-dvd/rumo...per-245746.php

Really amazing how Kotaku spins this with bluray fanboism. Why isn't the 50% off sale at Amazon considered bad news for BD?

Last I checked the add-on was selling like hot cakes and was hard to even find a month or two after release.

In no way do I see this as a bad sign for HD DVD. Quite the opposite.