Toshiba HD-DVD Fire Sale

[allenwfc]

Damn it's cheaper than when i bought my oppo!!
180 dollars for the HD-A30, thats about 7380
140 dolalrs for the HD-A3, thats about 5740
same price as the upsclasing pioneer's here!!


http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10318

[pchin]

Yup, there's a good chance it will be much cheaper soon.... 

[blackd70s]

sheesh! i should have waited a little bit more! $180 for the a30!?  i paid more than double for mine! 

d**n it's cheaper than when i bought my oppo!!
180 dollars for the HD-A30, thats about 7380
140 dolalrs for the HD-A3, thats about 5740
same price as the upsclasing pioneer's here!!


http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10318

[Mouldingo]

Their dumping everything so they won't be stuck with the inventory...No announcement for a fourth generation player.

New Marketing Strategy for Mass Market Adoption

Taking the holiday season sales based on promotional prices into full
consideration, these new manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) are
designed to meet the potential demand for HD DVD players in the U.S.
market. Effective on January 13, 2008 the MSRP of the entry-model HD-A3
will be $149.99, the HD-A30, with 1080p output, $199.99, and the high-end
HD-A35, $299.99.

"While price is one of the consideration elements for the early
adopter, it is a deal-breaker for the mainstream consumer," said Yoshi
Uchiyama, Group Vice President Digital A/V Group. "Consumer sales this
holiday season have proven that the consumer awareness of the HD DVD format
has been elevated and pricing is the most critical determinant in
consumers' purchase decision of the next generation HD DVD technology. The value HD DVD provides to the
consumer simply cannot be ignored."

Extended Advertising Campaign

Toshiba plans to execute an extended advertising campaign that will
further enhance consumer awareness of the benefits of HD DVD and drive
sales to retail among potential consumers. Advertising strategies will
include television, print and online media channels. Toshiba will also work
with its dealers and studio partners on joint marketing and promotional
initiatives to promote HD DVD. Current promotions include "The Perfect HD
Offer" - a mail-in offer allowing consumers to select five HD DVD titles
for free from a selection of 15 with the purchase of any Toshiba HD DVD
player.

source

And...

WAYNE, N.J., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Consumer Products,
L.L.C. ("Toshiba") today announced that it is stepping up its successful
marketing campaign for HD DVD as it experienced record-breaking unit sales
in the fourth quarter of 2007. Major initiatives, including joint
advertising campaigns with studios and extended pricing strategies will
begin in mid- January and are designed to spotlight the superior benefits
of HD DVD as well as the benefits HD DVD brings to a consumer's current DVD
library by upconverting standard DVDs via the HDMI(TM) output to near high
definition picture quality.

After they sold them out Toshiba will then announce that they will be discontinuing the line... END OF THE WAR

[pchin]

After they sold them out Toshiba will then announce that they will be discontinuing the line... END OF THE WAR

No problem, if the war is over, we'll buy Blu-ray. As long as we can get a new backup HD DVD player at a "dirt" cheap price...we are happy bees! 

[Moks007]

No problem, if the war is over, we'll buy Blu-ray. As long as we can get a new backup HD DVD player at a "dirt" cheap price...we are happy bees! 

Im with ya..Waiting now to purchase a standalone...a30 or a35? 

[allenwfc]

Toshiba's New Angle: Our HD DVD Players Can Also Upscale DVDs

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10337

[JohnE.]

wow $149.99 for an HD player (HD-A3) that can also play and upscale SD !

[SirLaw11]

A reply from Robert who operates Valueelectronics.com in NY and an HD DVD Insider ang Guest speaker at the cancelled CES HDVD, taken at avsforum.

Originally Posted by yellowcanary73 
Robert being an insider would you say that Toshiba is ready to fight back and are any studios going to be stepping up also and this is not just a fire sale cause I love both my XA2 and A2 and would love to get another for up stairs and back up.

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Here's what I've been told. As we all see Toshiba has dropped the A3, A30 and A35 to push more hardware sales and therefore get more software sales to follow. Also the HD DVD partners have put more $ in advertising so expect to see more ads.

Paramount, Dreamworks, Dreamworks Animation and Universal will be putting out more catalog releases in the next several months.

More is happening, but I am not at liberty to discuss the new plans. The battle has heated up and we can expect to see more aggressive and creative solutions to gain market share. Not all of which is promotional based.
-Robert
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[pchin]

Today's price at Amazon (dropped a few dollars again):

 A3 at $132
A30 at $170
A35 at $269

So what's your buying price point?

[allenwfc]

Today's price at Amazon (dropped a few dollars again):

 A3 at $132
A30 at $170
A35 at $269

So what's your buying price point?

A35 @ 100 dollars!!! para with shipping mga 7-9k lang siya

[Munskie]

Today's price at Amazon (dropped a few dollars again):

 A3 at $132
A30 at $170
A35 at $269

So what's your buying price point?

hmmmmm.....what do I call this......   "Night of the Living Dead" or "Dead Man Walking" ........since a lot of people are pretty impatient for HD DVD to die in its natural course.     Ayan, nakakaisip pa tuloy ng ibang strategy para mabuhay, kahit naka life-support system at napag iwanan na.   

[allenwfc]

hmmmmm.....what do I call this......   "Night of the Living Dead" or "Dead Man Walking" ........since a lot of people are pretty impatient for HD DVD to die in its natural course.     Ayan, nakakaisip pa tuloy ng ibang strategy para mabuhay, kahit naka life-support system at napag iwanan na.   

to be fair to HD-DVD if they keep up the pressure, things can still shift.
all it takes is some major screw up from either HD-DVD or blu-rays camp

[pchin]

A35 @ 100 dollars!!! para with shipping mga 7-9k lang siya

Yup, a used unit will fetch at $100

[dB10]

Yup, a used unit will fetch at $100

....maybe they can also make it SD-DVD region free...ang saya siguro natin lahat 

[dmaximus]

i give up to this format wars for the meantime. dvd na muna ko. hehe. i have bnew hd-a3 with free sealed hd dvds for 13k. any takers? 

[juneaki]

i give up to this format wars for the meantime. dvd na muna ko. hehe. i have bnew hd-a3 with free sealed hd dvds for 13k. any takers? 

I'm more than willing to get it for Php 7K 

[dmaximus]

I'm more than willing to get it for Php 7K 

order ka sa US. 

[jerix]

Wag mag-panic -- the HD camp i think will not let this happen so easily. Just wait for the remedial measures. 

[pchin]

I'm more than willing to get it for Php 7K 

Do you mean second hand or third hand unit?

[allenwfc]

a-3?? get it from the states. really much cheaper

a-35 at 13k might be a diff. story

[dyzophoria]

nice strategy, it its dirt cheap, ok lang bumili ako nyan even if the bluray camp wins in the end. and in a rather ironic twist, kung lahat meron, syempre isip isip mga studios 

[juneaki]

Do you mean second hand or third hand unit?

Hak hak hak! I was only joking he he he! But kidding aside, i believe HD-DVD is the more video industry friendly and consumer friendly of the two competing HD formats. Blu Ray beats HD-DVD only in one aspect, the capacity. And if i have the cool bucks to spend now, i'll still choose HD-DVD. I believe Toshiba, Microsoft and the remaining HD-DVD supporters will make a comeback and this Toshiba HD-DVD Fire Sale is only just the start. I prefer that the competition continue or both formats co-exist. I don't want Sony and company to win because once Bluray is the remaining HD format, surely the next generation of bluray player will be so dear (mahal) and out of the reach of poor HT aficionados or even the middle income ones would think twice before buying. Not unless generic bluray players flooded the market like the China made DVD players today. 

[darkwing]

errr Its not only Sony's product this time, I guess they learned it na from the previous format wars, I guess if you bash Sony you need to bash this group din ^_^

"The Blu-ray Disc format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, with more than 180 member companies from all over the world. The Board of Directors currently consists of:

Apple Computer, Inc.
Dell Inc.
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Matsucrapa Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TDK Corporation
Thomson Multimedia
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Pictures
Warner Bros. Entertainment"

[Mouldingo]

Everyone always percieved Sony is blu-ray. Panasonic holds most of the patents to blu-ray.

[darkwing]

Everyone always percieved Sony is blu-ray. Panasonic holds most of the patents to blu-ray.

yup this is true, Panasonic is like the major stockholder of BD lols, I guess people percieve Sony = BD coz of the PS3

[pchin]

Today's price at Amazon (dropped a few dollars again):

 A3 at $132
A30 at $170
A35 at $269

So what's your buying price point?

There's a few times drop in price na since I last posted.
Today's lowest price at Amazon:

 A3 at $125
A30 at $164.92
A35 at $254.48

[baby]

There's a few times drop in price na since I last posted.
Today's lowest price at Amazon:

 A3 at $125
A30 at $164.92
A35 at $254.48

It may drop a few dollars more in the coming days possibly around $100 for A3.  Good thing I did not get tempted last Christmas.   

[pchin]

Other third party seller at Amazon:

A30 at $162.00
A35 at $249.99

It may drop a few dollars more in the coming days possibly around $100 for A3.  Good thing I did not get tempted last Christmas.  

Yes, that will be a great price to get in. 

I'm keen on the A35...my price point is $199

[pchin]

There's a few times drop in price na since I last posted.
Today's lowest price at Amazon:

 A3 at $125
A30 at $164.92
A35 at $254.48

A30 at $153
A35 at $239

Nice...keep em falling