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.......crap......

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