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MacDougalbry · 08-21-2007, 10:22 AM

I am headed stateside in a week, and I am going to try to pick up an HD player while down there. I am hoping to pick up either a refurb A1 ($189) or new A2 ($259) or an XBox DVD player ($179) which can be hooked up to a PC, FYI. Both the A2 and the Xbox have a 5 free movie offer by mail, though you have to be American. (My sister lives down there, so I could always ship them to her.)

I don't get that so many people who have dropped $2K on HD TVs or projectors but are afraid to spend $200 on a HD-DVD player. That HD TV is a huge waste of money on a standard DVD player. I for one am not going to wait years for this to be sorted out. (However, I'm not planning on building a huge library of HD disks, the DVD-by-mail rental companies offer HD DVDs so I am going to try that route first.)

As for Blu-Ray, I have zero interest in buying a PS3. Also, I hate Sony with a passion. This is the company that is always trying to create its own proprietary formats. (Betamax, LaserDisc, 8mm Hi-8/Digital-8 video, Memory Stick, etc., etc..)

08-21-2007, 10:22 AM	#63
MacDougalbry Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I am headed stateside in a week, and I am going to try to pick up an HD player while down there. I am hoping to pick up either a refurb A1 ($189) or new A2 ($259) or an XBox DVD player ($179) which can be hooked up to a PC, FYI. Both the A2 and the Xbox have a 5 free movie offer by mail, though you have to be American. (My sister lives down there, so I could always ship them to her.) I don't get that so many people who have dropped $2K on HD TVs or projectors but are afraid to spend $200 on a HD-DVD player. That HD TV is a huge waste of money on a standard DVD player. I for one am not going to wait years for this to be sorted out. (However, I'm not planning on building a huge library of HD disks, the DVD-by-mail rental companies offer HD DVDs so I am going to try that route first.) As for Blu-Ray, I have zero interest in buying a PS3. Also, I hate Sony with a passion. This is the company that is always trying to create its own proprietary formats. (Betamax, LaserDisc, 8mm Hi-8/Digital-8 video, Memory Stick, etc., etc..)