Toshiba HD-D1

[Buckeyefan 1]

On shelves now at Walmart.

HD DVD titles running $19.99.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4790608

 

[MACCA350]

They also have pre-order Blu-ray movies:
Crash $39.99
Lord of War $39.99
The Punisher $29.99

Given the current US-AU DVD prices, those titles would retail for around AU$60-80 compared to HD-DVD at about AU$30-40(on par with current DVD's). IMO that puts a big nail in the Blu-ray coffin before it even begins

cheers

 

[Spiffyfast]

No way in hell I'm paying 40 dollars to own a movie, not gonna happen

 

[Naves74]

No way in hell I'm paying 40 dollars to own a movie, not gonna happen

dido

 

[runninkyle17]

The Toshiba player is good and all, but there are so many holes in the design of HD-DVD. I know they rushed the release to get a jump on Bluray, but I probably will not invest in a player until they decide to support full 1080p. Also, the advances in trueAudio or whatever it is called will be nice.

 

[rgriffin25]

No way in hell I'm paying 40 dollars to own a movie, not gonna happen

I guess you guys never bought Laserdiscs. $40 was an average price for them.

 

[MACCA350]

Are they still selling laserdiscs?

cheers

 

[Spiffyfast]

I guess you guys never bought Laserdiscs. $40 was an average price for them.

Nope, never had a laserdisc player

 

[STRONGBADF1]

I guess you guys never bought Laserdiscs. $40 was an average price for them.

That's one reason laserdisc failed.

 

[3x10^8]

That's one reason laserdisc failed.

The other being the fact that they were the same size as the wheels of my car.

 

[Naves74]

I remember when I was a kid we watched some nature show off a laser disc. It was really cool but looked like a newage record.

 

[rgriffin25]

Are they still selling laserdiscs?

cheers

Good point! The format did survive for quite some time though.

 

[ian1386]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't a lot of DVDs $40 when they first came out too? That price is going to come down...quite fast I would imagine.

 

[MACCA350]

Yes but the point is that HD-DVD's have only just hit the stores and they are already under US$20 in-line with many current new release DVD's. For Blu-ray to be competitive they would need to retail at the same price point.

cheers