JaSSon Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Sam's club has a (hitachi i think?) HD-DVD player for an amazing price of $70. Yes I know it's offically dead tech, BUT it will upconvert regular DVDs to 720p/1080i. It also included The Bourne Ultimatum and 300 on HD-DVD AND an HDMI cable. When you figure a standard upconverting player will run you $50-100 and NOT include a cable or free movies, this is a fantastic buy. Oh, I also saw a Toshiba for $100 at Bustbuy. Not sure if it included HDMI or movies tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Will be buying one tomorrow. Costco has the same deal. BOOYAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrmnhrm Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I just want to make a blue laser pointer out of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted February 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Actually it was a Toshiba HD-A3 i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I have the HDA3 at home.. I feel I wasted money on it. Thank god I only paid 200 bucks for it and not 300. Stupid HDDVD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I have the HDA3 at home.. I feel I wasted money on it. Thank god I only paid 200 bucks for it and not 300. Stupid HDDVD Sell it to someone on here and recoup $70 bones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragknee66 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Might be a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medium fast Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I will be buying one tomorrow, thanks for the heads up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I just bought the Xbox 360 add-on HD-DVD drive for $50 at bestbuy. Bestbuy also has ALL HD-DVD software for 30% off. Newegg also has the 360 drive for $50. Oh, and if you have the proper dvd-player software the 360 drive can be connected to a computer's USB port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolen 5.0 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I wouldn't even waste your time buying that toshiba, even though it says 1080i upconverting. if you want a great upconverter.. 1080p http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_index.html check this one out. we sell these all the time at the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I wouldn't even waste your time buying that toshiba, even though it says 1080i upconverting. if you want a great upconverter.. 1080p http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_index.html check this one out. we sell these all the time at the store. You're talking $229 vs $70. My initial point was value. While i'm sure that Oppo is a wonderful unit it's also several times the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolen 5.0 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Just like buying quality car parts. You get what you pay for. I had my terms wrong. An upconverter just basically pass's on a signal. You actually want an up-scaler which will make the signal look better. So buying an upconverting dvd player is just a waste of money. The way I look at it, if you have a dvd player right now. then you are wasting $70. Hd-dvd will be extinct soon and it isn't going to to make your dvd's look any better. I mean do you buy your performance car parts at Autozone too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spankis Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I know for a fact that the $50 HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 makes regular DVDs look waaaaaaaay better. I have one, and I have a standard dvd player as a different source in the same tv. Back to back comparisons aren't even close. It's worth the $50 for that at least, and as was said, you can plug it into your comp. to use any software you might have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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