Best Buy has embraced the holiday cheer a bit early. Not only did they match and beat Walmart’s $100 HD DVD deal, but when they ran out of Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD players they gave their customers HD-A3s instead. The HD-A2 is a discontinued product, meaning that Best Buy could have simply told all those that had ordered one that the stock had finished, and cancelled all purchases. The retailer instead decided to replace all backordered HD-A2 players with the third-generation device which retails for $299.99.
“Because we value your business, we will be fulfilling your order with the next generation Toshiba HD DVD Player (model # HD-A3) that is replacing the HD-A2 in Toshiba's lineup of HD DVD Players,” reads a letter sent to the Best Buy customers. On top of getting a newer product for the same ridiculously cheap price, customers automatically, since the deal applies to all third-generation Toshiba HD DVD players, get the movies "300" and "The Bourne Identity” in addition to the five free movies that can be had after a mail-in rebate.
News source: DailyTech
“Because we value your business, we will be fulfilling your order with the next generation Toshiba HD DVD Player (model # HD-A3) that is replacing the HD-A2 in Toshiba's lineup of HD DVD Players,” reads a letter sent to the Best Buy customers. On top of getting a newer product for the same ridiculously cheap price, customers automatically, since the deal applies to all third-generation Toshiba HD DVD players, get the movies "300" and "The Bourne Identity” in addition to the five free movies that can be had after a mail-in rebate.
News source: DailyTech
stores pleasing customers, wow lol
I'm stilling waiting for some no-brand company to release a HD-DVD/Blu-ray combo player for dirt cheap. Not that I will jump out and buy these, but many people will. And it will force the brand name companies to come out with similar product at a competitive price with the no-brand ones. Well, hopefully next year.
The MSRP is supposed to be $1000.00, but I doubt if they'll be selling for that much considering the current retail climate. Nevertheless, it's sure to be expensive; but at least it'll do everything you'd likely want it to do.
Back then, DVD players were expensive too until a company no one heard of called Apex started selling $100 players at Circuit City. Next thing you know, all the brand name companies dropped their prices too.
Not exactly, the A3 is third generation, A2 is second generation, so the A3 is newer technology, I just replaced my A2 with an A3, and I would not recommend buying an A2 (it had problems playing certain DVDs even after I upgraded the firmware, and the A3 play them fine).
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