Anybody buy a HD-DVD player yet?

[sp44again]

I got a good deal on the Toshiba and it was well worth it! It's like buying an HDTV for the 1st time again. The picture is way better than any compressed HBO-HD or SHO-HD that we get on sat or cable. Even old movies like Blazing Saddles looked great. The sharpness and color are just unbelievable. The player itself has already had 3 updates from Toshiba so they are on top of it. Probably because of the release of Blu-Ray coming soon. The icing on the cake is the ability to upconvert your DVD backups. I know a lot of people are waiting for the format war to go away but I think it will be awhile.

[Ralph Kramden]

I'm waiting to see if there's a winner, and they're still too expensive.

[Bebop]

Don't buy it, because it will make everything else you watch look like crap.

If anyone has  $1K to burn, Blu-ray is already at some Best Buy.

[Ralph Kramden]

$1,000 for a DVD player. What a joke.

[gparris]

Early adopters get higher prices and later these come down, along with an increase in - more features, faster loading, etc.

Thanks for any reviews on HD DVD and the future Blu-ray players in advance! :wave:

Many of the HT magazines are reviewing the new HD  DVD players and CNET just got a Blu-ray for review (more to come later)...read up.

[Static]

I Got a HD-DVD player and I love it.  All I rent From Netflix is HD-DVDs now(no Extra charge). Do not understand why people want to pay twice the price for Blu-Ray when it can not possibly look or sound any better. :bang:

[SRW1000]

I Got a HD-DVD player and I love it.  All I rent From Netflix is HD-DVDs now(no Extra charge). Do not understand why people want to pay twice the price for Blu-Ray when it can not possibly look or sound any better. :bang:

Since each player will have exclusive titles, there will be plenty of people who want both.

I'm sitting on the sidelines until prices drop below $250 - $300.  Even though the quality is tempting, I'll wait for the first-generation bugs to be ironed out.

Being able to get the discs through Netflix at no extra charge is a really big incentive, though.  I foresee my actual disc buying dropping dramatically.

Scott

[kevbeck122]

I'm waiting for the XBOX 360 add on HD-DVD drive... hopefully it won't be too expensive.

[Bebop]

If anyone is interested. The Wal-mart on Hwy 100 and Layton still has 3 RCA brand HD DVD players in stock and they have a nice return policy.

[gparris]

Saw the HD DVD Toshiba player in action on a Pioneer 42" plasma.
While the plasma's picture was good, it just wasn't fantastic enough to grab me on that plasma and quality varied from movie to movie trailer.

IF Best Buy wanted to really showcase the HD DVD product, it should have put it on the 60" SXRD set on an endcap, instead.

Best Buy came up short on display this time to showcase this new HD technology.
Maybe when they can do a BD and HD DVD setup, it will be better.