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Toshiba HD-A30 1080p HD DVD Player
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Works, but not pretty - inside nor out.
(2 out of 5) by R. Cole on Feb 13, 2008 (San Francisco, CA USA)I bought this to play Netflix HD-DVDs, then 1 week later Netflix announced going blu-ray exclusively - no wonder it was so inexpensive. Video color is a little off and sort of dark/dim.
2 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
DO NOT BUY
(1 out of 5) by kijeli on Feb 25, 2008 (Fowlerville, MI United States)Do not buy any Toshiba HD DVD players. Press releases state that they are no longer in the HD DVD business. They have quit making them.
1 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
BLUE RAY WON , DONT BUY HD DVD !!!!!
(1 out of 5) by Emma Cr De Rodriguez on Mar 8, 2008 (Reno Nevada, U.S.A)IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE BLUE RAY WON, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS HD DVD, TOSHIBA ANNOUNCE RETIRE ALL THEIR PRODUCTION!!!!!!!
3 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
ATTENTION: PLEASE DO NOT BUY ANY HD DVD PLAYER
(1 out of 5) by Johannes W. Marfori on Feb 19, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA)In a few moments, Toshiba corporation is pulling the plug on all HD DVD players. This means that they will stop selling any HD DVD players. This news comes as a result of the dominant Blu Ray players, lead by Sony corp. Toshiba HD DVD players have been struggling to compete with Sony, especially in the recent months. Since last month's Warner Bros. announcement that they will only distribute in the Blu Ray format starting this May 2008 during the CES 2008 convention, it has become a domino effect. Just last week, Netflix, Best Buy and Wal-Mart have pledge allegiance to only go Blu Ray exclusive, following the footsteps of other vendors such as Target and Blockbuster to mention a few. Most major studios are only supporting Blu Ray exclusively. Only Paramount and Universal are the ones that are exclusive to HD DVD. By Toshiba having the official announcement in a few hours, Paramount and Universal can start publishing to Blu Ray format as this action from Toshiba will be a reason to pull out of their contract.
Bottom line is please do not purchase any HD DVD players. It is now an obsolete player.
Bottom line is please do not purchase any HD DVD players. It is now an obsolete player.
2 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
Great player -poor future and lost format
(1 out of 5) by Michial A. Brown II on Jan 17, 2008 (Seattle)This is a great player-but for those of you new to the whole format war. The writing is on the wall for HDDVD. With only 2 movie studios backing the format(and not for long according to industry insiders) and bluray taking 85% of high def movie sales since Warner dropped hddvd for bluray-this is a great buy and a great player-BUT BEWARE the day will come when you will have to upgrade to a bluray if you want to watch more movies, as only a small fraction of movies are high-def now with even a smaller fraction relegated to HDDVD. This is no slam on HDDVD, but one side has to win , and that is bluray- only fools in denial will tell you otherwise. If you have no vested interest in HDDVD, or even if you do, you should consider investing in something that will last. Bluray is the next Video format. Dont waste your money unless on this. It is the betamax of the 21st century as great as it is.