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In Reply to: Costco has their Toshiba HD A3 for $129. posted by jsm on January 13, 2008 at 15:45:00:

I suppose this is Toshiba's last, and probably hopeless last maneuver in a lost war. Perhaps enough cheap movies would become available, but for me, there is, so far, less than ten titles in both formats combined that I really want.

Perhaps someone will get lucky as those who bought RCA's competitor to LaserDiscs. RCA had a video disc that was read by a stylus playing in a shallow groove (the signal was the difference in capacitance caused by varying depth of pits in the groove). It worked well, but lost to the LaserDisc (itself, ultimately a loser). But, as a good faith gesture to those who bought the machines, RCA offered $500 to buy back the machines. That was a fantastic bargain for those who bought the machines for a lot less. At a show, I saw boxes and boxes of machines going for $50 (and no takers) before RCA made the offer.

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Topic - Costco has their Toshiba HD A3 for $129. - jsm 15:45:00 01/13/08 (6)

Battle of the Bulge. - Larry I 16:09:11 01/15/08 (0)

Everything that's out now on HD DVD will eventually show up on Blu-ray. - oscar 11:19:29 01/15/08 (2)

Maybe, maybe not, but even if that's true why should folks have to wait? - Audiophilander 12:54:41 01/15/08 (0)

Yes, but will your present BD player be able to play it? (nt) - jsm 12:45:01 01/15/08 (0)

Turn off the lights when you leave the building - 4season 11:03:06 01/15/08 (0)

If you find an HD-XA2 for $129, I might be interested. nt - oscar 10:42:57 01/15/08 (0)

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Battle of the Bulge. - Larry I 16:09:11 01/15/08 (0)

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