HD DVD toshiba for $74 at walmart??

[Jodean]

Should i buy this hd player? Seems pretty cheap at $74 and it also up converts standard dvd.....i cant see going wrong with this player as long as blockbuster still has hd dvd's for rent.

I cant affrord the PS3 right now to watch blue ray but can afford a $74 player for now seeing as im using this FREE Astar junk dvd player right now with my 720p projector....

Any thoughts? Has HDMI output and does 1080i upconvert for dvd

[yourgrandma]

I got one, but only paid 64. Good price, even if you only play DVDs on it. Theres a thread about mine.

http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...d-a3-64-a.html

[JCD]

Jodean wrote:

Should i buy this hd player? Seems pretty cheap at $74 and it also up converts standard dvd.....i cant see going wrong with this player as long as blockbuster still has hd dvd's for rent.

I cant affrord the PS3 right now to watch blue ray but can afford a $74 player for now seeing as im using this FREE Astar junk dvd player right now with my 720p projector....

Any thoughts? Has HDMI output and does 1080i upconvert for dvd

I don't think Blockbuster will have HD movies for very long -- in fact I think they said they were going to go BluRay only even before Toshiba threw in the towel.

However, if you look at this as a "regular" DVD player, I think its a good deal.

JCD

[eugovector]

I'm totally on the fence about this one. If your current dvd player is a no-name, you'll certainly see an improvement with the A3, and $75 is a good price. However, the A3 is slow, noisy, and big. It won't play DIVX, if that matter to you, and HD-DVD rentals will be drying up.

I'd be tempted to put the $75 dollars in the bank for a $230 Oppo player (if the rest of your system is of equal quality), or that PS3 you been eyeing.

[Jodean]

Well i did it.....$50 and an hour running around in a snow storm.

The only one left in town had been returned.....movies stolen out of the box....they brought it down to $50. the clown even took the upc code for the 5 free mail in dvds.....which the promotion ended on 2/28 so i missed out on that anyway.

Pros:

It works!!!
Dvds look great
HDMI output
Got to see several accidents and a trailblazer upside down in the snow storm(yeah were talking less than an inch of snow!!!)

Cons:

Boot time sucks.....doesnt really bother me though.
No free Dvds
Remote sucks
Universal remote wont work with it
Should have been $25 with no movies

[Jodean]

now im reading that i didnt even need an upconvert dvd player since my Benq w500 has the HQV processor that does the same thing.......****......

You think the hd player has better upconvert than the w500 pj??

[SteveCallas]

How were you transporting the signal to your projector before with your free junk dvd player?

[kyrogers]

$49 hd-dvd drive for xbox if you have an xbox on amazon i believe

[Jodean]

SteveCallas wrote:

How were you transporting the signal to your projector before with your free junk dvd player?

component video, it actually looked pretty descent for a free dvd player