Re: BIG price drop on HD-DVD players

I understand the basics of business. In our capitalist society it is quite simply Buyer Beware. In other words if you get screwed that is your problem. You screw the company that is called theft.

What Toshiba is doing is trying to drag out the war to make as much money as they can because they do see the end in sight.

Do you realize that Toshiba makes royalties off of every DVD that is sold because they hold the rights to it. They don't want to lose that if somebody like Blu-ray takes over the market.

As for the value of HD DVD models. The top of the line HD DVD player has all the features of a entry level Blu-ray player. But hey they will sell you their stripped down version to get you in the market. No 1080p only 1080i. No analog input. See people that buy the cheaper HD DVD players probably will not buy the better quality equipment to go with it. But these are the same people that the industry is counting on going out and spending $30 on an HD DVD movie when they can get the same movie on SD DVD for $20.

Why is Blu-ray winning because the people that buy Blu-ray want quality and are willing to pay for it. If you just want to go to the market you buy a Honda, if you want to go in style you buy an Acura.


"Smarty" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:hw4jj.11314$cz3.4489@xxxxxxxxxxx
Dan,

What would you do if you had a big inventory of unsold merchandise? Toss it all in the dumpster? Toshiba is merely dropping their price to encourage sales of their unsold inventory.

If you knew even the basics of running a business, this would be obvious.

Those who bought these players. myself included, recognize what a bargain they represent. The upconverting DVD to 1080 resolution looks gorgeous and is very useable even if I never buy another HD DVD.

Consumers have the choice to buy this or not buy this merchandise. I applaud Toshiba for offering consumers a true alternative. Sony has been bullying its' customers in all sorts of ways, and it was refreshing to see Toshiba, a company which did NOT force rootkits, HDCP 1.3.1, DRM, and all other sorts of crap upon the consumer, obsoleting older HDTV equipment big-time.

Well Sony's muscle may have prevailed, but I would hardly call it a Toshiba issue of not acting "gracefully".

Smarty



"Dan" <nothome@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Bp3jj.12932$wx.2964@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Nice to see a company cares so much about its customers. Now that 70% of the studios support Blu-ray, Toshiba instead of gracefully conceding to Blu-ray has decided to try and flood the market with players that are good for up converting to try and cover their loses. This is a company that really cares about the people that buy products from them. NOT


"willbill" <trek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fmhsnd0f8v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BIG price drop on HD-DVD players

i heard it on ABC news last night
(this is very early AM)

so i went out to Amazon just now
and the Toshiba A35 is $269.45!
(i paid $360 about 4 weeks ago)

and the Toshiba A3 is $131.98!

fwiw, i have no clue if HD-DVD
will/won't survive

but imo less expensive player prices
is a very big step forward, provided
that Toshiba/Microsoft are in it for
the long haul and can get enough companies
to issue decent HD-DVD disc content

if they are/do, then the big BD movie
companies will come back to them coz
they always go where the volume/money
is at

fwiw#2, i still think that Warner went
BD due to it's stiffer copy protection.
i mean, the players cost a lot more and
are still battling thru serious 1.0/1.1/2.0
compatibility problems; which is why i did
not get one


bill




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