Author Topic: Toshiba HD-DVD player, available na ba locally? (Read 69819 times)

Moks007 · « **Reply #450 on:** Sep 18, 2007 at 01:10 PM »

Yesterday was in megamall and checked out infomax. They have the toshiba A2, I asked the lady how much she quoted me 19,900, I went wow thats great price already, but the other lady reconfirmed it and said its around 24 or 26 thousand (have to reconfirm) I cant remember. I think this may be one of the lowest prices offering here for this player. I dont know about other stores, but for sure those appliance stores like automatic center, Ansons etc are more expensive. E1 is 39,900 so its way overpriced.

aeris30 · « **Reply #451 on:** Sep 18, 2007 at 02:43 PM »

Quote from: Moks007 on Sep 18, 2007 at 01:10 PM

Yesterday was in megamall and checked out infomax. They have the toshiba A2, I asked the lady how much she quoted me 19,900, I went wow thats great price already, but the other lady reconfirmed it and said its around 24 or 26 thousand (have to reconfirm) I cant remember. I think this may be one of the lowest prices offering here for this player. I dont know about other stores, but for sure those appliance stores like automatic center, Ansons etc are more expensive. E1 is 39,900 so its way overpriced.

Hope it's a new stock & not the one they are using on display for some time now.

pchin · « **Reply #452 on:** Sep 18, 2007 at 04:22 PM »

Quote from: Moks007 on Sep 18, 2007 at 01:10 PM

They have the toshiba A2, I asked the lady how much she quoted me 19,900, I went wow thats great price already, but the other lady reconfirmed it and said its around 24 or 26 thousand (have to reconfirm) I cant remember.

Yes if selling at 19.9k that's considered a very very good price

hubes · « **Reply #453 on:** Sep 18, 2007 at 06:23 PM »

hi. are these toshiba hd dvd players region free when playing dvds or locked to r1 titles only?

aeris30 · « **Reply #454 on:** Sep 18, 2007 at 06:35 PM »

Quote from: hubes on Sep 18, 2007 at 06:23 PM

hi. are these toshiba hd dvd players region free when playing dvds or locked to r1 titles only?

The Toshiba A2 (US model) is locked to R1 dvds.

tonedeaf · « **Reply #455 on:** Sep 18, 2007 at 07:28 PM »

^ i thought there was no region coding for HD dvds? (according to wikipedia, that is

)

doesn't the region coding for US sold dvd players refer only to regular or standard dvds?

pchin · « **Reply #456 on:** Sep 18, 2007 at 10:01 PM »

That's what aeris30 actually meant. The region coding is applicable for R1 SD DVD only.

As for HD DVD, there's no region coding implementation as of this moment.

tonedeaf · « **Reply #457 on:** Sep 30, 2007 at 10:48 PM »

^if that's the case pala, if i get the gen 2 or gen 3 toshiba hd-dvd player pala from abroad, it will only be able to read and upscale my R1 dvds? which means i need a locally sourced upscaling dvd player to upscale my R3 dvds? darn.

pchin · « **Reply #458 on:** Sep 30, 2007 at 10:55 PM »

That's right tonedeaf. Not unless a hack code will be available in the near future to open the region lock of the player.

Meanwhile, I'm afraid you will need either a R3 or universal up-scale player to playback your R3 DVDs.

rx330 · « **Reply #459 on:** Oct 01, 2007 at 10:45 AM »

ok, dvd region coding check

R1 use hd dvd player to upscale,
R3 use ps3 to upscale
R2 how?

pchin · « **Reply #460 on:** Oct 01, 2007 at 12:15 PM »

For R2 DVDs, you can use an universal DVD player that has up-scale capability.

rx330 · « **Reply #461 on:** Oct 01, 2007 at 01:18 PM »

no pooint getting so many dvd player

pchin · « **Reply #462 on:** Oct 01, 2007 at 01:23 PM »

Agreed. No point buying so many different region DVDs...So I guess you will have to avoid buying R2 DVDs or try to unlock your PS3.

rx330 · « **Reply #463 on:** Oct 01, 2007 at 01:25 PM »

u got any idea how to unlock? with a key?

Moks007 · « **Reply #464 on:** Oct 01, 2007 at 02:04 PM »

Quote from: rx330 on Oct 01, 2007 at 01:18 PM

no pooint getting so many dvd player

Hello, sorry I dont agree with this for the following reasons
1. those upscaling dvds are very cheap now. Pioneer have it at around 6 to 8 thousand. Unless you want hi ends like the denons etc. If space is a prob, Im not sure what the solution is but to me well worth it to buy separate upscaler and find space for it.. The main reason for me is: I will not use the ps3 as an upscaler bec I would limit it very much to bluray and games, some people have problems already with their lens, rom etc. in their PS3( I read on other sites, this is not to scare you, it may be just lemon units) so I dont know, its just me that I want to limit my ps3 to bluray and games. The lesser abuse the better. Of course this is just me. Maybe im little more paranoid (especially on something worth over 20 thousand pesos) hehe..
2. If you watch hd, no need to concentrate on upscaling unless you have a huge dvd collection. But of course we will still buy dvds, I still do buy dvds bec those hd discs are way more expensive, especially now the dvds are better priced at 199 to 299, so I just have a sony n76 upscaler, to play all dvds.
3. I have a separate dvd for those p......td discs, those china made. 2 to 3 grand you can get one. The prob I have now is the component connections in that player will not work, so im using my old pioneer 393 for p....td hehe..

I dont know, this is just my opinion but 6 to 8 thousand for a upscaling player that will play every region to me is well worth it. Then if you have those excellent hddvd players that can upscale, I would use this for upscaling region 1, These are standalones so to me better than lets say a ps3, which is a gaming machine.

Of course just my opinion..

rx330 · « **Reply #465 on:** Oct 01, 2007 at 02:36 PM »

thanks for ur opinion, spoiled ps3, my frend in singapore and kuala lumpur are affected, almost 10 units aredi, those with warranty are luckier, spore sony will change the lense, wherelese those without will have the option to either shipped the unit back to hong kong or wherever they bought it from or like my fren who bought hte lense from ebay for abt 50 usd incl shipping

well, its just tat i aredi have a dvd player, (htib type) so i would have to retain tat, and by adding a hd dvd player, i would need to stack it up on my current player, the 76 sony upscaler is a good one, i bought it early this year for my mother in law to go with their LCD, plays all disc

u cant expect much from a china player eh?

well, i was hoping the hd dvd player has region free for dvd, im not sure whether those sold in spore is region free or limited to region 3

sanmig_ph · « **Reply #466 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 05:51 AM »

rx330,

we have same problem regarding toshiba hd, hindi ma maximize sa r3 SdDvd. I hope
someone can help us to hack our unit para no need to buy seperate upscaling dvd player.
toshiba is very good in upscaling r1 SdDvd.

Mouldingo · « **Reply #467 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 07:33 AM »

Tampering the firmware may prove to be a hazardous proposition.

jerix · « **Reply #468 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 07:38 AM »

So even the Toshibas in Singapore and other asean countries are locked to upscaling R1 dvds only? thanks

rx330 · « **Reply #469 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 09:07 AM »

im not sure, maybe later i will email to toshiba spore and check on it, hopefully they know, but for the official price they are selling i can get 2 units of A2

Munskie · « **Reply #470 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 09:17 AM »

Quote from: sanmig_ph on Oct 02, 2007 at 05:51 AM

rx330,

we have same problem regarding toshiba hd, hindi ma maximize sa r3 SdDvd. I hope
someone can help us to hack our unit para no need to buy seperate upscaling dvd player.
toshiba is very good in upscaling r1 SdDvd.

These early gen players are very unstable, so hacking or fiddling with firmwares is not a good proposition. You have to admit that when you bought these players that playing R3 dvds just wont do. I would have suggested that you buy an asian version of the Ps3 so you'll be format neutral and at the same time, multi-region on dvd, (at least on R1 and R3). But since budget is an issue, you just have to live with playing R1 DVDs on that Tosh Hd-A1.

rexdc · « **Reply #471 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 02:00 PM »

Quote from: Munskie on Oct 02, 2007 at 09:17 AM

These early gen players are very unstable, so hacking or fiddling with firmwares is not a good proposition. You have to admit that when you bought these players that playing R3 dvds just wont do. I would have suggested that you buy an asian version of the Ps3 so you'll be format neutral and at the same time, multi-region on dvd, (at least on R1 and R3). But since budget is an issue, you just have to live with playing R1 DVDs on that Tosh Hd-A1.

sir my asian ps3 only plays r3 dvds, tried playing r1 dvds ayaw

Munskie · « **Reply #472 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 02:51 PM »

Quote from: rexdc on Oct 02, 2007 at 02:00 PM

sir my asian ps3 only plays r3 dvds, tried playing r1 dvds ayaw

hindi talaga. I was suggesting sanmig to add the asian ps3. He already have a HD-A1 That way, hell be format neutral, and multi-region in DVD (at least to r1 and r3).

rexdc · « **Reply #473 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 03:00 PM »

Quote from: Munskie on Oct 02, 2007 at 02:51 PM

hindi talaga. I was suggesting sanmig to add the asian ps3. He already have a HD-A1 That way, hell be format neutral, and multi-region in DVD (at least to r1 and r3).

hehe my bad.. thought you meant the asian ps3 plays r1 and r3 dvds

sanmig_ph · « **Reply #474 on:** Oct 02, 2007 at 10:07 PM »

Quote from: Munskie on Oct 02, 2007 at 09:17 AM

These early gen players are very unstable, so hacking or fiddling with firmwares is not a good proposition. You have to admit that when you bought these players that playing R3 dvds just wont do. I would have suggested that you buy an asian version of the Ps3 so you'll be format neutral and at the same time, multi-region on dvd, (at least on R1 and R3). But since budget is an issue, you just have to live with playing R1 DVDs on that Tosh Hd-A1.

ps3 for upscaling r3 is ok, medyo delikado lang sa lens , budget issue pare.
im looking for upscaling dvd player for component & hdmi para sa pj ma upscale din.

rx330 · « **Reply #475 on:** Oct 03, 2007 at 11:36 AM »

i need a hd dvd player.... transformer is out soon :'(

pchin · « **Reply #476 on:** Oct 03, 2007 at 12:05 PM »

It's time to consider investing in a HD DVD player + FREE HD DVDs.

The price has dropped to $230 at Amazon.

rx330 · « **Reply #477 on:** Oct 03, 2007 at 04:05 PM »

whichi model is tat? i got a qout, hd a2 for 235.99, no free hd dvds , but they ship to malaysia

i dun think amazon is willing to ship over, shud i get the A2? or the A3 or the A20?

Cosmo · « **Reply #478 on:** Oct 06, 2007 at 01:25 PM »

bestbuy offers hd-a2 for $249.99 plus you get 7 hd dvd, while hd-a30 is priced at 399.99 plus 9 hd dvd.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=RC443WDF35ZGXKC4D3KVAIA?id=pcat17053&type=page&skuId=8021767&productId=1158323325814&h=387

http://bestbuy.shoplocal.com/bestbuy/default.aspx?action=browsepageflash&storeid=2413001&pagenumber=16&rapid=455925&prvid=093007ba

hubes · « **Reply #479 on:** Oct 06, 2007 at 05:26 PM »

for those thinking to getting this player from amazon thru Johnny air, shipping cost is around 6,800 pesos. Actual weight of the player is only 15 lbs, but because of the box size, volume weight was used. It became 26 lbs.