Black Friday: Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD Player $169.99 @ Sears
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It looks like a few Black Friday early birds will get to pick up a Toshiba HD-A3 for $169.99 at Sears. This really blows away the 199.99 price point that some claim to be a magic number for mass market consumers. We wonder when the MSRP will drop to $199.00, not just for a sale.
Sears Black Friday Ad
[via TiVo Lovers Blog]
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The HD-DVD player from Sears does not even support 1080p, so why bother. It plays either 720p, or 1080i. This is not really comparing apples to apples with a “Full-HD” player.
Well, the next time I see a review that says they can see the difference with an eyeball, will be the first.
Exactly Kevin,
At 10 feet humans can’t see the difference between 720P and 1080P on a 50 inch screen. Which would make this player perfect for most living rooms.
Everything else is marketing.
Drew, I told someone the exact same thing yesterday on AVS. Unless your screen is larger than 50″, or your viewing distance is less than 8 feet, 1080p is kinda pointless.
You are all idiots! you can’t see a differencebetween 720P and 1080P.
Dude! the same player was for $99 last weeks friday @ walmart secret friday sale…
The player for $99 was the HD A2 not the HD A3.
sudhir on November 12th, 2007 8:31 pm
Dude! the same player was for $99 last weeks friday @ walmart secret friday sale…
Umm, no, that was the A2, not the A3
To Ted:
This is a "full HD" player. You don’t know what you are talking about. Feeding a display 1080i from this player and having the display’s internal deinterlacer perform correct 3:2 pulldown to recreate the original 24 full frames is the EXACT same as having it done in a 1080p player. The end result is a full 1920×1080 image being displayed progressively by the display, regardless of whether the player is progressive or interlaced.
except with native 1080p input/display support you are not relying on the set to process deinterlacing… Also, if your set has 1080p/24 support, you can do without 3:2 pulldown which makes for smoother/cleaner movement. This may not speak to ‘definition’ in the sense of pixel resolution, but the moving images are better defined, which makes this a better "high def" experience in my opinion.Also, it is absolutely possible to see a difference between 720p and 1080p, you must be kidding me. Maybe some of you need a better tv… Between 1080i/p, i’d be hard pressed, but once you start going 60inches or larger I think it’s good to have.