arstechnica.com— Plenty of retailers are about to get behind a big push for the HD-A2, whose sweet new price is only soured by its 1080i max output (1080p would be best, but at $200 right now, that's asking too much).
Oct 27, 2007View in Crawl 4
If you have a 1080p capable television and use it with this 1080i HD DVD player, the signal will be deinterlaced on the TV giving you actual 1080p output. Honestly, if the deinterlacing can take place on the TV whats the point of buying a "1080p player" that costs at least 2.5x as much? At $197 this player is an absolute steal.
The HD-A2 is last year's model. Of course it is being sold cheap because they are trying to get rid of their old inventory that they could not sell earlier.
munkyxtcOct 28, 2007
If you have a 1080p capable television and use it with this 1080i HD DVD player, the signal will be deinterlaced on the TV giving you actual 1080p output. Honestly, if the deinterlacing can take place on the TV whats the point of buying a "1080p player" that costs at least 2.5x as much? At $197 this player is an absolute steal.
piriusOct 28, 2007
2001 just came out on both Blu-ray and HD DVD last week.
cerebralOct 29, 2007
With higher production costs to release the movie on the Blu-Ray format does Blu-Ray actually get you more money?
aristotle0dudeNov 10, 2007
The HD-A2 is last year's model. Of course it is being sold cheap because they are trying to get rid of their old inventory that they could not sell earlier.