Toshiba HD-DVD player $399 + 4 Free HD-DVD's
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speedy1961
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[quote name='Flushola']I saw this today as I was searching for a new laptop. $100 price drop on the Toshiba 1080i HD-DVD player for $399 plus 4 free HD-DVD's with purchase. Available both in-store and online.[/quote]
This was listed in the weekly price threads.
I don't want you guys to think that I've been slacking.
Plus Toshiba has a mail in offer for 5 more Free HD-DVDs.
This was listed in the weekly price threads.
I don't want you guys to think that I've been slacking.
Plus Toshiba has a mail in offer for 5 more Free HD-DVDs.
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for $400 i'd rather get an upconverting 1080p player
but that's just me....
but that's just me....
[quote name='thehoo']1080i? I'm no expert, but why not 1080p?[/quote]
Until we get to 24p players and displays (current 1080p units are still 30p), there actually is very little difference between 1080i and 1080p. 1080p HD DVD (and Blu-Ray) players get there by converting the 1080p/24 on the disc into 1080i/48, performing an inverse 3:2 pulldown to get to 1080i/60, then deinterlacing to 1080p/30. The only way a 1080i output player differes is that the final deinterlacing step is done by the display. If your display's deinterlacer sucks ass, this can be a problem, but most are decent nowadays, and there's no discernable difference.
But if you do want it, it's available, via the $419 HD-A20 or the $579 HD-XA2 on amazon. Both will do 1080p, and the XA2 is expected to get a firmware update to 24p at some point. And of course, both come with the 5 free HD DVDs from Toshiba (though not the 4 from BB).
[quote name='animemaniac14']for $400 i'd rather get an upconverting 1080p player
but that's just me....[/quote]
Then the HD-A20 is your player. Great 1080p upconversion of SD DVD, with HD DVD playback as an added bonus.
Until we get to 24p players and displays (current 1080p units are still 30p), there actually is very little difference between 1080i and 1080p. 1080p HD DVD (and Blu-Ray) players get there by converting the 1080p/24 on the disc into 1080i/48, performing an inverse 3:2 pulldown to get to 1080i/60, then deinterlacing to 1080p/30. The only way a 1080i output player differes is that the final deinterlacing step is done by the display. If your display's deinterlacer sucks ass, this can be a problem, but most are decent nowadays, and there's no discernable difference.
But if you do want it, it's available, via the $419 HD-A20 or the $579 HD-XA2 on amazon. Both will do 1080p, and the XA2 is expected to get a firmware update to 24p at some point. And of course, both come with the 5 free HD DVDs from Toshiba (though not the 4 from BB).
[quote name='animemaniac14']for $400 i'd rather get an upconverting 1080p player
but that's just me....[/quote]
Then the HD-A20 is your player. Great 1080p upconversion of SD DVD, with HD DVD playback as an added bonus.
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