The First sub $200 HD Player

[Delusional]

kn said:

Delusional said:

And the announced 42" 720p/1080i at walmart for $699

@regin2005. No, u do not need xbox 360 to use the addon hd dvd player. some people I know bought that because they do not have hdtv but have a 22-24" lcd monitor. They hooked it up to their computer, added the toshiba driver, and got the cyberdvd player or whatever that supports hd dvd and voila, they are watching hd dvds.

1) Whoa!  Which 42" 720P tv at walmart are you alluding to?  Is that the Vizio VX or VW 42L?  If so, I'm in for sure... Just what I've been waiting for.  Currently that about a $900 set.  Yep it's only 1080i and yep I don't give a damn if it isn't 1080P.

 2)Whoa again!  Is there a writeup on this somehwere?  That should be a post all on it's own as I'm sure there are a lot of folks that would jump on it since the promo right now is basically giving up the farm.

For your first Whoa! (sorry, it may not be walmart but peopel are suspecting it's walmart) : http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/24/expect-699-42-inch-lcds-this-holiday-season/

And your second Whoa! (which has been out a while): http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/11/12/xbox-360s-hd-dvd-drive-already-functioning-on-pcs/

And with regards to the free combo discs, I just got 3 for free "300", "the departed', and "the fountain".  But the caveat is, I had to get the hd dvd player (my 2nd one but this time HD-A20) + 5 free hd dvds.  All for just 300 bucks shipped and no tax!  Woohoo!  I'm gonna try to sell all the extra hd dvds and combo discs and that'll drop a 1080p hd dvd player that will have a firmware upgrade to support 1080p24 down to $195-200 bucks. :)