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Toshiba Announces New HD DVD player pricing structure!

January 11th 2008

As expected, Players now start at just $149 MSRP!

We got word yesterday that HD DVD players will now start at the amazing price of just $149. We had expected this revised pricing, as HD DVD has been keen to bring this format to the mass market as quickly as possible, since they have both the player pricing, as well as the replication capacity to support it.

This means that today there may be about a million owners of HD DVD dedicated players, but tomorrow there may be A LOT MORE owners of HD DVD players alongside all of us.

Under the new pricing scheme, the A3 base model HD DVD player will be priced at a Suggested Retail Price of just $149. The 1080p A30 model will be priced at only $199, and the top model, the A35, will sell for only $299 - which amazingly, used to be the MSRP of the base-model A3 till now!

We expect to hear a lot more news, based on reports of HD DVD strategy sessions in tha last few days.

Here is the official Toshiba press release on the price announcements.

 

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A few Testimonials:

William - "Nothing but good things to say about HD-DVD. Keep the movies coming!"

Alesha - "I love HD DVD, they need more studio support! Plus Blue-ray is way over priced, nobody wants to pay $1000 for a dvd player!"

Terry - "HD DVD is growing much faster than Blu-Ray. Release your films, and I will purchase."

Tony - "HD-DVD gives us a realistic - reliable affordable way to enjoy movies in HD... Give us full support! Thank you."

Steven - "I own the Toshiba HD DVD player XA1 and it is amazing.I work part-time at Circuit -City (2 years) and it is a significantly better picture than the Samsung Blu-Ray player."

Eric - "Blue-Ray didn't deliver what it promised and HD-DVD has delivered in every area it was supposed to. In practice it's the better, more stable format."

Mischa - "Don't withhold those great titles, bring them at least to both formats. Let the consumer decide!"

Dan - "I've compared both versions, and quality is better than blu-ray. But what appeals to me is how much more affordable it is.."

Nolan - "I am a large consumer of movie software and would love to increase my library with tittles on HD DVD. Please release tittles and let the consumer decide which format should win."

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