kzone Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Hi guys, been away fm this forum for months due to work/travel commitment.. kind of loss in the HD arena.. read thru the recent posting & not so much talks on HD players... Can anyone recommend a basic HD player? The cheapest or most value for $$ model n preferably no need to use transformer. My setup is as follows: PJ : 720P Epson TW600 AV preamp : Sony TA - E9000 ES (No HDMI or analog 5.1 input) Thanks!
HT102 Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 The cheapest blu-ray player is PS3 which retails for $799. But note that PS3 does not playback Blu-ray in 720p so you'll have to rely on the video processing in your TW600 to convert 1080i. (PS3 firmware v1.8 has addressed the 720p BR playback) For HD-DVD, since you do not have a HDMI-capable amp, the cheapest option is a basic XBox360 set + HD-DVD addon, which should not set you back more than $700. Alternatively, you can wait for a short while for Toshiba HD-E1KE that has recently been registered with Spring Sg. I doubt the HD-E1 will cost more than $800. Hope this helps. Cheers
Guest jonlee Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Order online from US for a toshiba HD-XA2 for about US$600++.
htfreak Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Order online from ValueElectroncis for HD-A2 for US$299 good enough for now. Comes with 5 free HD-DVD titles plus 5 more free ones from Toshiba directly. Also includes free HDMI cable, T-Shirt and Double Boxing for added protection. http://www.valueelectronics.com/avstc.htm
Lucifer Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Order online from ValueElectroncis for HD-A2 for US$299 good enough for now. Comes with 5 free HD-DVD titles plus 5 more free ones from Toshiba directly. Also includes free HDMI cable, T-Shirt and Double Boxing for added protection. http://www.valueelectronics.com/avstc.htm Wow that IS a pretty sweet deal. Any experience dealing with them?
kzone Posted May 24, 2007 Author Posted May 24, 2007 Yeah, sounds like a really great deal. Order valid till 25 May only though.. No info on their website on international shipping... any idea if need to use vpost? Cant find the voltage even on toshiba website... need to use transformer?
htfreak Posted June 5, 2007 Posted June 5, 2007 Some of us have ordered the HD-A2 from Amazon at a low low price of US$238. Couple that with an Vpost shipping cost ranging from $88 to $112 plus GST. You are probably looking at a cost of $500+- for it. Do follow closely Amazon's website for more offers like this but you can also try out that ValueElectronics link i provided. Quite a number of the folks here including myself bought from them last year for the 1st gen players.
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