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- Strider817, on 10/10/2007, -8/+28There is also the same deal for the PS3, if you want to go to Blu-ray.
Not bad deals either way, supposedly this even works with the HD-DVD addon for 360, so you could get both plus 16 movies for ~$750. - AdamTReineke, on 10/10/2007, -4/+24// Netflix plug.
Don't forget, Netflix offers HD-DVD and Bluray for no additional fee, so once you have those players and watch your free movies, consider signing up.
I have the 1 DVD at a time plan for just under $10/month. If you've never used Netflix, you select the movie you want on their website, they send it to you, you watch it, and then send it back in a postage paid envelope. You can do this as many times as you want per month, which makes in an incredible deal, especially when new releases are usually in the $25-$30 range. - KillerSiafu, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18The offers sounds good but it's pretty weak if you read the fine print... 5 of your free 8 movies (the ones from the rebate form) have to be selected from 5 categories (one from each) the categories are...
A: Apollo 13, Seabiscuit, Chronicles of Riddick
B: Casablanca, Constantine, Dukes of Hazzard
C: Four Brothers, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Sky Captain and the world of Tomorrow
D: The Rundown, Blazing Saddles, U2: Rattle and Hum
E: U-571, The Perfect Storm, We Were Soldiers - falstaff, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Both sides have too much invested already to give up without a fight. Neither side is going to approach its "death bed" for a good long while, there's just too much at stake, and too much money to throw behind both formats. If HD-DVD starts to look like a better competitor, Blu-Ray will up the ante again. Then HD-DVD will respond again. Ad infinitum. So both sides burn through cash, and customers get screwed with a never-ending battle over who gets to lock them out with the winning DRM and charge royalties for the next 15 years. Lose-Lose-Lose. Meanwhile, DVD is still good enough for 95% of consumers, so at least there's some comedic value in all this.
- Pake, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14You seem to forget that the PS3 is also the lowest priced Blu-Ray player. This move is definitely a reason to go HD-DVD right now, even with Blu-Ray having an equal deal. All because of the player price.
- rmw132, on 10/10/2007, -24/+34They are making it a smarter and smarter move to buy into HD DVD each month that goes by.
- duke_nate, on 10/10/2007, -8/+17Quality is the same or better than bluray, I'm burying YOU as lame.
- bilbravo, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12Yeah it's a good deal for HD-DVD or Blu-Ray. I'm glad someone posted that it works for Blu-Ray and PS3 as well, as we all know Digg-ers love their HD-DVD and hate anything by Sony.
- thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It doesn't mention it on the site but I just put it in my cart with 3 movies and it worked.
- ChaserHimself, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11Just bought the 360 add-on and I can confirm it works.
- iZealot, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9300 and Departed and I was in.
- glacius99, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Yeah, I believe it was DIV (not DivX) being pushed by Circuit City as a temporary, rental medium on optical disc.. Whoops!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVX - Strider817, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7They already are out, but it's currently significantly cheaper to buy both separately (and get better picture and better deals), then to buy the combo players.
- norman619, on 10/10/2007, -6/+12Not many movies on either format that would make these offers worth anything.
- SwitchXFactor, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Yeah the 5 free from toshiba blow. I want 0 of those titles in my collection, MAYBE Constantine, but only because it's free.
I would actually probably buy it if I could just pick the 8 DVDs I want, 3 of the 8 possible off the top of my head are in the amazon list though. So props to Amazon for that. - chuzbox, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Heads up xbox 360 owners, this also works with the HD-DVD drive for the 360, not just the Toshiba players
- Sketchcast, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Which is where both of these formats are heading. Joe Average consumer isn't buying into either, the only people who are even considering BluRay or HDDVD are gadget people or home entertainment fanatics.
Laserdisc was a generation up from VHS and directly competed with VHD and CED discs; while Laserdisc "won" that format war, the entire generation was buried by the existing dominant format (VHS) because the only people buying them were videophiles. I get the feeling that DVD is going to remain dominant for many many years to come. - hoowahman, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Wait you mean after one format is declared dead I won't beable to watch any of the movies anymore? Netflix will stop sending them out to the people that have HD-DVD drives? What exactly will happen and how long will it take. After no new HD-DVDs get released will everyone just drop it?
- logicalnoise, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5they're not getting free cds. What are you talking about?
- ItsDon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Toshiba is probably dumping heir inventory on this model as it's successor, A3, will be on sale October 1st. Probably not at this price and probably without the free movie promotion. That said, this is a fine deal for a top notch player. The studios have got to love seeing the installed user base for high definition movies grow.
- ngmcs8203, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Laser disc?
- wageslaven, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3While inaccurate; Did you fail to notice that Heroes was released on HD-DVD this week?
- ConceptJunkie, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6 I hope this isn't just a ruse to unload unsold copies of "Gigli".
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Does netflix do any HD disks yet? I never want to watch a movie enough times to actually buy a copy.
- wageslaven, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Why do I get the impression that this little chat betwen AdamTReineke & bilbravo are FUNDED by Netflix?
- bigdoof, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's a stacking discount. You get a discount for two times the cheapest DVD that you buy, plus there's a simultaneous buy two get one free deal. If you all of the DVDs you buy at $27, you'll get the price that you listed.
- Mothrog, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4It's not the same deal if you can get a far cheaper player and still get 8 movies.
- TheKricket, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5you get to choose from a list of 55 movies...
- ipxodi, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5I remember back in 1997, Toshiba ran exactly the same deal for their DVD players trying to get some early adopters on board. I got a dual tray model and the movies. Was well worth it.
Still have the player -- it actually works better then the newer ones I own -- it even has optical audio output for my home theater system. - bilbravo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5I was glad to see that they stopped charging $5 extra per month to get Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Now I can enjoy movies in either format without paying extra for the option.
- xombiefarts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'm holding out untill its 15 free movies.
- sancho, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Jeez. My information was 100% accurate, yet I got dugg down.
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Step 1: Add either the HD-A2, HD-A20, or HD-XA2 HD DVD player and three HD DVDs from the list below to your Shopping Cart and proceed to checkout. The price of the three HD DVDs you choose will be deducted from your order at checkout. (Applies only to products sold by Amazon.com. Does not apply to products sold on our site by third-party merchants or through third-party areas such as Amazon.com Marketplace, Auctions, or zShops.)
Step 2: You can also get an additional five free HD DVDs from Toshiba after mail-in rebate. Download and print out the rebate form available on the detail page for the HD-A2, HD-A20, or HD-XA2. Choose your five free HD DVDs from the 15 shown on the rebate form and follow the instructions on that form for mailing it to Toshiba after your purchase. Toshiba will send you the five free HD DVDs by mail. Rebate forms must be postmarked by October 31, 2007. See rebate form for complete rebate details."
Check out the list of 5 here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html/ref=amb_link_5353082_7/002-6551902-9222432?location=http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/00/00/00/68/30/85/68308597._V29586871_.pdf&token=FD5C8E0AC014164CD5C9E3BB1C3EF8AE47DB0555&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=05W708SE1RQAGTM6E2DG&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=304466501&pf_rd_i=1000122571 - ItsDon, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5You forget that this player is a stellar upscaling machine, better than almost anything out there. The upscaling portion won't magically stop working if BluRay wins. That and I don't see Oppo or Denon throwing in 8 movies. This is a really good buy.
- iRoy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Or you can just buy a Blu-Ray player...
I picked up Weeds Season 2 today on Blu-Ray and it is ***** awesome, if there is any reason for the format war to be over and decided it is exclusives. Blu-Ray has the BEST exclusives such as Spider-Man and uh... EVERY Disney movie. So yeah I guess you can go and buy an HD-DUD player but just don't expect anything special. - ngmcs8203, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Good catch. I think I'd only watch 3 or 4 of those movies again.
- bilbravo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4So that means only 1-2 would be wasted... or you could sell/give to someone else. How is this bad?
- RobN, on 10/10/2007, -14/+15Actually, it's a dumber and dumber move to jump in on either side. Two weeks ago it looked like HD-DVD was on its death bed. Without another cash infusion from Microsoft, it might be. But jumping in on EITHER side right now means there's a good chance you'll be on the WRONG side whenever this is finally settled.
If you've got money to burn, you don't care about special deals like this. If you don't have money to burn, don't be tricked into burning it by gimmicks like this. Unless you buy both formats, you'll be missing out on half the movies you really want in hi-def. - skellener, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3And when the machine breaks? And Blu-Ray has taken over? (or vice versa) I say stick with DVDs. Skip HD media for now. If it's cheap now...it will only get cheaper. Everything does.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5Actually if the two formats keep having to up the ante. That's a win for the consumer. And a lose for them.
- Mothrog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Upconverting is ridiculously overrated.
- humperdeath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'll give you a digg up! Hey, my orig. comment was sarcastic, not EXACTLY true, but the spirit of it is sort of true. There is just not many to choose from, that's the point.
- Thundercat1971, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2No thanks. I'll either wait until there is a clear format winner, or wait until the price of a HD-DVD/BLU-RAY/DVD combo player is under $200.
- SmittyJ783, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I wish I knew about this before I bought my PS3 the other day
- bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3vcd is inferior to dvd by far, only mpeg 1 svcd was mpeg 2 like dvd
- humperdeath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's what, 3 or 4 Disks right there!
- skellener, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6> There's really never been a better time to jump into HD disc land.
> The format war isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Marked as lame. This is idiotic. If the format war is going to continue, it's still a horrible time to "jump into HD disc land". Price doesn't matter if the format you choose dies. Stick with DVDs for now. They are cheaper and play everywhere - even in HD disc players. HD discs even at best sell thousands or maybe tens of thousands. DVDs still sell millions upon millions every week. Regular DVDs will continue at this point much longer than any HD disc media. - ronfez, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Here's a link to the PS3 deal
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_5397262_1/102-4713560-8503330?ie=UTF8&docId=1000125021 - Mothrog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Remind me it's dead when the average Joe starts buying them and sees HD-DVD players at half the price of Blu-Ray.
- MichaelLord, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Exactly!
- skellener, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Comment buried as lame Shandooga
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