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Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player

Panasonic DMP-BD10A Blu-ray Player
Panasonic offer sub-$600 Blu-ray player, Toshiba offers $100 instant discount

The battle between the Blu-ray and HD DVD standard is showing no sign of letting up. Backers of both disc standards are looking to kick off the summer buying season with reduced pricing on their players.

Toshiba will offer a $100 instant rebate on its HD-A2 HD DVD player from May 20 to June 9. This will effectively reduce the price of Toshiba's entry-level player from $399 to $299.

In addition, Toshiba will also offer a "Father's Day" promotion from June 10 through June 16 which will provide a $100 instant discount on any Toshiba HD DVD player. This is in addition to the current promotion where customers can select five free HD DVD movies via a mail-in form for purchasing a Toshiba HD DVD player -- that promotion runs until July 31.

Panasonic, on the other hand, just recently announced its new DMP-BD10A Blu-ray player. The player features 7.1 channel audio, Dolby True HD, dts-HD, automatic 1080p up-conversion over an HDMI connection and Panasonic EZ-Sync technology for easy integration with Panasonic home theater systems.

According to engadgetHD, Panasonic is following Toshiba's lead and is including five Blu-ray movies with its player. Panasonic doesn’t give buyers a choice of which titles they receive, but the titles (Crash, Fantastic Four, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and The Transporter) are arguably far superior to those offered by Toshiba. Likewise, the movies are included right in the retail box – there is no need to mail off any forms. The suggested MSRP for the DMP-BD10A is $599.

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Wow....
By Noya on 5/17/07, Rating: 0
RE: Wow....
By Vanilla Thunder on 5/17/2007 10:29:12 AM , Rating: 1
Come off it. The Transporter was a trite piece of trash. The level of cheese in that movie is unbearable. Bahhh.

Vanilla


RE: Wow....
By bubbacub616 on 5/17/2007 12:08:44 PM , Rating: 3
bah, the transporter rocks

its silly but its fun (unlike f***ing spidey 3 which is silly and no fun)

hmmn have veered pretty off topic - oh well


RE: Wow....
By boobot on 5/17/2007 10:32:20 AM , Rating: 2
LOL, Transporter 2 was pure CHEESE! I was completely disappointed.

Now If I can get an HD DVD for $199 I would by it. Does anyone know of the current issues with the HD DVD out today? Slow startup, function issues etc...


RE: Wow....
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 5/17/2007 10:36:11 AM , Rating: 2
A quick search on new egg says startup time is between 30 and 90 seconds depending on who wrote what. Also seems that the A2 works funky on a few plasma displays. No problem for the LCD owners however. I own an LCD myself.


RE: Wow....
By FITCamaro on 5/17/2007 10:58:10 AM , Rating: 1
Just because you didn't like the two Pirates movies and The Fanatastic Four doesn't mean they're bad movies. I'm not a huge fan of Pirates but they were good movies. Fantastic Four was really good and cmon, Jessica Alba.


RE: Wow....
By OrSin on 5/17/07, Rating: -1
RE: Wow....
By slacker57 on 5/17/2007 12:50:43 PM , Rating: 2
If you want a Jessica Alba fix, there are plenty more tolerable ways to get it than F4. Sin City comes to mind first.

quote:
Panasonic doesn’t give buyers a choice of which titles they receive, but the titles (Crash, Fantastic Four, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and The Transporter) are arguably far superior to those offered by Toshiba.


This makes me interested in what is on offer from Toshiba, because arguably half of these titles from Panasonic are unwatchable, IMO. Is Toshiba offering "Leprechaun V: In Da Hood" or something?

And a sidenote, dude, you're watching the Disney channel and taking notes on the shapes of preteen girls? I think your city needs to update their pedophile registry...


RE: Wow....
By madoka on 5/18/2007 1:06:10 AM , Rating: 2
It's not exactly Leprechaun, but stuff you'd find in any DVD bargain bin like Tomb Raider, the Rundown, Four Brothers, the Perfect Storm, etc.


RE: Wow....
By Snuffalufagus on 5/17/2007 1:38:54 PM , Rating: 5
"I still dont get teh Jessica Alba thing. She is just skiny little girl."

In the words of Galahad: "I'll bet you're gay!"


RE: Wow....
By bubbacub616 on 5/17/2007 2:01:23 PM , Rating: 3
alba is extremely hot.

though not hot enough to make up for the stinking pile od horse manure that the Fantastic four movie was.


RE: Wow....
By IceTron on 5/17/07, Rating: -1
RE: Wow....
By jadedeath on 5/18/2007 12:37:31 AM , Rating: 2
chill out guy, you might like to touch yourself late at night to underage chicks {like she was in Idle Hands} but please keep that information to yourself.

Logan


By Marlin1975 on 5/17/2007 11:35:07 AM , Rating: 2
Why not buy on June 9th and then go back the next day and do a price match to the new price? Most places like circuit city, sears, etc... have a 30 day price guarantee.

That way you get the price drop and rebate. So a HD-DVD player for $199 + tax ?




By bubbacub616 on 5/17/2007 12:10:18 PM , Rating: 2
wish we had rebates in the uk.....


By phatboye on 5/17/2007 12:29:49 PM , Rating: 2
be careful of what you wish for because it might come true...

not all rebates are a good thing


By InsaneGain on 5/17/2007 1:07:08 PM , Rating: 2
I will never buy something with a rebate. I bought a Hawking Technolgy router with a $60 rebate and they never sent it. It's been over a year now. I called them a few months ago and they said they were backlogged. I read a stroy on MSN and rebate scams are rampant and Hawking was mentioned.


By timmiser on 5/17/2007 1:37:57 PM , Rating: 2
Whatever dude, I track all the mail in rebates and I average between 40-60 a year. In 4 years, (197 rebates) I have had 6 that I had to call on and all 6 were mailed out after I called.

Follow the instructions on the rebate and you likely won't have problems.


By kleinwl on 5/17/2007 7:06:18 PM , Rating: 2
Industry standard is a 50% lossage on rebates. Some of them are "breakage", ie the consumer didn't follow the instructions, the rest are due to the consumer not bothering to mail in the rebate at all.

That is why offering a rebate (with all the paperwork it entails) is quite a bit cheaper than just lowering the price of the product.

You, sir, are an exception... the kind of customer that no one really wants.


By BladeVenom on 5/17/2007 9:32:06 PM , Rating: 2
It seems every year my state's Attorney Generals office is taking companies to court for not honoring rebates. So you think they just aren't filling out the forms properly?


By timmiser on 5/19/2007 12:29:12 AM , Rating: 2
Yes. Based on the data I have personally collected, that is exactly what I think.