"JimH" wrote in message
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The Blu-ray promotion includes five free movies; the HD-A3 HD DVD player
includes seven or nine free movies, depending on the retailer.


I just found out that starting February 3rd Sony is offering a $300 rebate
on the 46XBR4.

My order goes in on February 3rd. ;-)

I wonder if Reggie will now start making phone calls to try to prove I am
wrong?



After all this discussion, I went out this afternoon and bought the only
Blu-Ray DVD player in stock at both Best-Buy and Circuit City. Hooked it
up and have to agree .... it's pretty good. Mrs.E. is engrossed in
"Dracula" right now as I type.

Both Circuit City and Best-Buy had all their in-stock DVD HD players on
pallets, with unbelievable discounted prices. I saw prices as low as $54
bucks. I guess the Blu-Ray format won the war.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
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The Blu-ray promotion includes five free movies; the HD-A3 HD DVD player
includes seven or nine free movies, depending on the retailer.

I just found out that starting February 3rd Sony is offering a $300 rebate
on the 46XBR4.

My order goes in on February 3rd. ;-)

I wonder if Reggie will now start making phone calls to try to prove I am
wrong?



After all this discussion, I went out this afternoon and bought the only
Blu-Ray DVD player in stock at both Best-Buy and Circuit City. Hooked it
up and have to agree .... it's pretty good. Mrs.E. is engrossed in
"Dracula" right now as I type.

Both Circuit City and Best-Buy had all their in-stock DVD HD players on
pallets, with unbelievable discounted prices. I saw prices as low as $54
bucks. I guess the Blu-Ray format won the war.

The revenge of beta max!

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:15:02 -0500, Eisboch wrote:

Both Circuit City and Best-Buy had all their in-stock DVD HD players on
pallets, with unbelievable discounted prices. I saw prices as low as
$54 bucks. I guess the Blu-Ray format won the war.

Eisboch

And the big loser? Microsoft.

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/0...vs-hd-dvd-war/

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:31:01 -0000, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:15:02 -0500, Eisboch wrote:

Both Circuit City and Best-Buy had all their in-stock DVD HD players on
pallets, with unbelievable discounted prices. I saw prices as low as
$54 bucks. I guess the Blu-Ray format won the war.

Eisboch

And the big loser? Microsoft.

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/0...vs-hd-dvd-war/

No.

While MS may be taking it on the chin with a bad bet, it's the
consumer who likes to mess around with video that's going to take it
right up the old wazoo.

Forcing one to use Apple's codec software over MS's codec software is
the same coin - just different sides.

And frankly, working with QT sucks. You never know from one video
clip processing to the next if it will play without futzing with this
or that to make it work.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:45:56 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


While MS may be taking it on the chin with a bad bet, it's the consumer
who likes to mess around with video that's going to take it right up the
old wazoo.

Forcing one to use Apple's codec software over MS's codec software is
the same coin - just different sides.

And frankly, working with QT sucks. You never know from one video clip
processing to the next if it will play without futzing with this or that
to make it work.

Don't get me lying here, but I believe Blu-Ray is backward compatible,
and supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and VC-1.

On Jan 28, 5:08 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Sony, Sharp offer free Blu-ray players, sorta PDF Consumer
Electronics
By Wolfgang Gruener
Sunday, January 20, 2008 21:39
Chicago (IL) - The Blu-ray camp has responded to the rather dramatic HD
DVD player price cut from last week this weekend: If you purchase
certain LCD TV models, Sony and Sharp are throwing in a "free" Blu-ray
player.

Price has not been one of the advantages of Blu-ray players so far, but
it appears that Sony & Co are beginning to take first shots at Toshiba
on this battlefield as well. The ad package in your Sunday newspaper
brought two especially interesting flyers - one from Sony and one from
Best Buy.

Sony is offering a $400 rebate on the purchase of a LCD TV/Blu-ray
player package, which essentially gets you the BDP-S300 for free (we'll
forget the sales tax here). Qualifying TVs are the 46" KDL-46V3000, the
46" KDL-46W3000 and the 52" KDL-52W3000, which carry MSRPs of $2300,
$2500 and $3000, respectively. The instant rebate can be used for all of
Sony's current Blu-ray players (excluding the Playstation 3) and is
apparently available through all retailers that offer these products.

BestBuy not only advertises this Sony program, but also a similar and
time-limited promotion for Sharp TVs and Blu-ray players. Purchasing an
Aquos D64-series LCD TV (for prices between $1700 and $3000) allows
customers to bag a Sharp BD-HP20U Blu-ray player free of charge. The
player usually retails for $500.

Of course, if you own an HDTV and simply want a cheap high-def player,
the Toshiba HD DVD units are still the most attractive devices. But you'll
have to be careful what and where you buy: For example, Best Buy offers
the entry-level HD-A3 (whose MSRP was dropped to $150 by Toshiba last
week) for $300. Most online shops are currently selling this player for
about $125.

The Blu-ray promotion includes five free movies; the HD-A3 HD DVD player
includes seven or nine free movies, depending on the retailer.

I just found out that starting February 3rd Sony is offering a $300
rebate on the 46XBR4.

My order goes in on February 3rd. ;-)

I wonder if Reggie will now start making phone calls to try to prove I am
wrong?

As I have been telling you for some time, "Reggie" is nothing more than a
snarky little chunk of crap, and if you just didn't respond to any of your
posts, you wouldn't be playing his game. You choose. I already did.

He was living with Booger in my KF for several days. JohnH joined them
today. The 3 stooges are once again together.

wow, that could end up being a very expensive mistake, considering how
many times I have saved you from screwing up. Good thing your Kf is as
effective as Harry's.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You know what's funny? JimH starts his childish name calling of the
people he's kf'd. That shows you what a putz he is.

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:33:20 -0000, wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:45:56 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


While MS may be taking it on the chin with a bad bet, it's the consumer
who likes to mess around with video that's going to take it right up the
old wazoo.

Forcing one to use Apple's codec software over MS's codec software is
the same coin - just different sides.

And frankly, working with QT sucks. You never know from one video clip
processing to the next if it will play without futzing with this or that
to make it work.

Don't get me lying here, but I believe Blu-Ray is backward compatible,
and supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and VC-1.

Yeah - I know.

It's the principle of the thing. :)

QT codecs - the problem is that they are buggy on non-Apple or
non-Apple approved applications. And MS doesn't like to play with QT
for whatever reason.

One standard, upgradable format - it that too much to ask for? :)