Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player drops below $100

Post by **Shane** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:05 am

According to an article recently posted on Daily Tech, Wal-Mart is advertising that it will sell the Toshiba HD-A2 this Friday for $98.87.

[url=http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/news/2007/11/toshiba_hd-a2_h.php]Read the Full Article[/url]

film11 · Post by **film11** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:08 am

Best Buy also is selling them for $99.99, which includes 7 free HD discs! I think I may now officially be "off-the-fence."

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8323325814

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:51 am

It would seem on the surface that Toshiba 2nd gen sales were not as expected and there is plenty of product that needs to get moved out of inventory for the 3rd gen players hitting the stores now. At this price you gotta be talking fire sale!

If you are thinking cheap you can get a Sony PS3 for $400, one of these fire sale players for $100 and be at a total of $500 for both HD disc formats. While that isn't the best performance package few of us are performance enthusiasts and nearly all casual viewers will be more than satisfied.

This is not going to bode well either for the LG or Samsung HD disc combos still at $800 plus and the Samsung has yet to arrive...

film11 · Post by **film11** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:10 am

Richard wrote:It would seem on the surface that Toshiba 2nd gen sales were not as expected and there is plenty of product that needs to get moved out of inventory for the 3rd gen players hitting the stores now. At this price you gotta be talking fire sale!

Not really, as this has been the goal for some time.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1683

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:50 am

Not sure what to make of that... Has either camp sold 2 mil of anything?
2 mil units of a 2nd gen product that is being replaced NOW? How many did Best Buy make a deal on? Is Toshiba still producing 2nd gen players? That does not make sense as they are tooled and inventoried for 3rd gen now. Per the other article these would be sold in limited quantities until gone.

Post by **Shane** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:56 am

I'll swing by my local Wal-mart tomorrow morning and report quantity on hand.

- Shane

backpages · Post by **backpages** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:21 am

This Best Buy link doesn't work. Anyone got the correct link?

film11 · Post by **film11** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:14 am

backpages wrote:This Best Buy link doesn't work. Anyone got the correct link?

It was removed as they seem to be sold out nationwide. Below is a linkfor the BBforB site. Although it states the A2 is no longer available, some have reported that phone orders have been taken. Whether they have any to actually ship out is another story.

http://www.bestbuybusiness.com/bbfb/en/ ... BB10724640

allargon · Post by **allargon** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:17 am

I swung by two Wal-Marts. I missed the last one by 5 minutes. Had i gone to the second Wal-Mart I would've scored one for the bedroom. I did score one online. (That deal is now gone, too.)

Best Buy has a sale on the A3. I'm not sure what the rules are as far as publishing that.

Shane, I'm sure you're hoping to go neutral and are hoping one of the Blu-ray players will drop to $200 soon.

akirby · Post by **akirby** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:32 am

Do any of these do 1080i over component? What about the PS3 Blu-Ray player?