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not bad
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1158321865239
plus the 5 HDDVDs http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/hddvd/da...Rebate_R08.pdf
and maybe a possible %12 or %10 off coupon if found will make it sweeter
here i found a link to the coupon since i dont know how to attach it http://forums.slickdeals.net/showpos...9&postcount=13 thanks to cincykid at SD
it says dvd players are included so : $149.99 - %10 = $134.99 + tax + free shipping

could i possibly PM this at CC and get it for even cheaper?! and that is a good deal man :-D thanks!

Solid deal. I'd get it but I'm happy with my PS3 for now...

Crazy good deal. Hopefully I can get some cash for this this week.

but you can't enter that 10% off coupon code online...can you? and how do you get 12%? man it's too early for me to be up working on a paper...

Anyone know if these still include King Kong?

Hmm...tempting, but I have seen it at Sam's Club or Costco for like $70 bucks clearance a while back, before I had my 360. I really want to watch Planet Earth in HD.

and i guess to take full advantage of the 360s hd dvd player...you would have to have an xbox 360 elite w/HDMI :( boo....now im debating on getting it or not

Originally Posted by psyanide82 Hmm...tempting, but I have seen it at Sam's Club or Costco for like $70 bucks clearance a while back, before I had my 360. I really want to watch Planet Earth in HD.

But those were pretty hard to find for some of us and didn't include the 5 free DVDs (although the rebate form linked to in this thread doesn't mention the 360 HDDVD player is part of the deal--WTF? since I already ordered).

This is a price drop on the HDDVD player--but BB is $30 less than the price drop.

Seems weird overall, I'd jump but not sure if I'd regret it. That coupon seems very fishy (no number on the UPC code? Never seen that before on a BB coupon). Not to mention I'm sure they'd consider the drive a video game accessory (not mentioned on coupon-- or maybe even "video game hardware" which is specifically banned on most BB coupons) before they consider it a DVD player.

The coupon seems YMMV (bigtime) but the price is great. I wonder if MS took the collective yawn at the $179 price announcement as a sign they had to drop it more? Not sure why else BB would put it $30 cheaper.

will the 5 dvds work with this?

Today 8-1-07 M$ is officially dropping the price to $180, and including 5 free movies with it. I'm not sure the link in the OP would work for this as it states "toshiba hd dvd player." Now if you can get it in store for $135 thats a decent deal.

Originally Posted by animemaniac14 and i guess to take full advantage of the 360s hd dvd player...you would have to have an xbox 360 elite w/HDMI :( boo....now im debating on getting it or not

Not at all. The VGA cable is capable of transmitting 1080p and the 360 hd-dvd player doesn't support TrueHD sound anyway, so you're not losing anything by not having HDMI there. If you are using anything other than VGA or HDMI though, you are capped at 720p. Remember, the PS3 is the best Blu ray player and the 360 add on is the worst (or at least one of the worst) HD DVD players, so it's great if you don't have a PS3, but if you do, there is absolutely no use for this unless you REALLY need to see Heroes in HD sooner rather than later. Blu Ray will win, and Universal will start releasing Blu Rays, but when that is going to happen? Who knows. I own both and I do buy HDs, but rarely and obviously only when there is not a Blu ray version available. There is really no comparison between the players. The PS3 blows the 360 add on away, which ALMOST makes up for the fact that the PS3 is basically useless for, oh, gaming...

and you could always sell those HD DVDs for around $10-$12 each on ebay and you'd get a nice HD DVD player for aroudn $80 :-D i still think im going to have to hold off cuz I don't have an xbox 360 elite...oh welll


EDIT: well in that case...im just going to wait period for a blu-ray player (if it really is THAT good...). I guess ill have to do some more research...no impulsive buying for me today :-D bwahahaha

I was going to buy one when the price dropped, and you got 5 free movies. But those movies mainly suck, and you don't get them when you purchase it. If I got them when I purchased it I could stick those on ebay right away. But I'll end up waiting 6-12 weeks or longer to get them.

Ok, I've looked everywhere and there does not seem to be an updated form that mentions the HDDVD player being eligible for the 5 free DVDs. That's the only way I'm keeping a neutered HDDVD player I may or may not ever hook up to my PC.

Should be YMMV in the OP until we see the form that confirms the press release. We all know they don't need much excuse to deny rebates, and since the form is only for Toshiba branded HDDVD players . . .

The other red flag--BB goes to all this trouble to nuke the competition day 1 on the new pricing but doesn't even mention the 5 free HDDVDs on the product page . . .

yeah, the form doesn't mention the 360 add on in the rebates yet, just toshiba players. i've been trying to figure out how this is going to work for awhile now, and won't bite until it clearly states 360 add on in the form.

Originally Posted by mietha If you are using anything other than VGA or HDMI though, you are capped at 720p.

You can get 1080i using component cable that comes with your Premium/Elite. I have a 360 Premium with the HD DVD Player, connected to my tv using the pack-in component cable, and both games and HD DVD movies are displayed in 1080i.

As for the rebate, there is probably going to be a new rebate form soon that includes the 360 HD DVD Player, seeing the deal just started today. The rebate form that's floating around is from the previous deal that started around April, and that deal did not inlcude the 360 HD DVD Player.

damn, on the fence on this one. oh well, i ordered for store pickup so it gives me 6 days to think about it.

Amazons page for this mentions the 5 free movies, and its the same form at BBs.

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-HD-DV...5960220&sr=8-1