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post #61 of 66
11/11/07 at 10:44am

Re: Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

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Originally Posted by Sanjay Gupta
Desperation, is the word that I think befits the act more appropriately and that is why I have used it. How many other businesses do you know of, that have started to sell their products for a loss, or even for no profit?
Sanjay, almost every blu-ray player has been sold at a massive loss. As you stated, 6,000,000 PS3's sold at a loss compared to 500,000 HD DVD''s sold at a loss. Do the math. Billions lost by Sony on the PS3 Blu-ray player. Desperation on Sony's part, I assume.
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post #62 of 66
11/11/07 at 11:36am

Re: Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

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Originally Posted by Jonathan Kaye
Agreed; clear old stock, raise awareness and software sales, all in one fell swoop.

The ironic thought occurs to me that this may help Blu-ray's cause as well; the vast majority of people - myself included - haven't got into HD media at all, some of said majority may have bought a cheap HD DVD player in this sale, and they could possibly now decide to go format neutral by buying into Blu-ray so that they can watch Blu-ray-exclusive stuff as well.
Only problem with your line of reasoning is that if someone new to HDM bought the $98 Tosh A2 for its cheap price, in order to go neutral, they would now have to poney up $400+ for a BD player...not very likely.
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post #63 of 66
11/11/07 at 1:48pm

Re: Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

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Originally Posted by Shane Martin
Warner has stated that the 4th quarter is key. If Warner bails...
According to HighDefDigest, they didn't:

Warner Says Blu-ray Comments "Misquoted and Misconstrued"

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As for speculation that the studio is waiting for Q4 sales results before making an announcement of format exclusivity -- perhaps even as soon as this January's CES in Las Vegas -- Noonan shot down any such short-term scenarios.
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Cees
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post #64 of 66
11/16/07 at 10:10am

Re: Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

I missed out on the Walmart sale, but plan to be there early for the Black Friday Sale that Best Buy is having on the A3. $199 with 7 free discs.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/new...ticle_ID=11569
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post #65 of 66
11/16/07 at 9:30pm

Re: Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

Sears looks like it will also have a good deal on the A3. Not sure if it includes 300 and Bourne but it is still eligible for the 5 free discs offer through Toshiba.
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post #66 of 66
11/16/07 at 9:40pm

Re: Toshiba HD-A2 sells over 90,000 for the weekend

All of the 3rd gens include Bourne and 300.


So yep, Sears deal includes those.
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