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Wal-Mart To Start Black Friday Pricing Early (HD DVD players less than $100!)
MarketWatch ^ | Oct 31, 2007 | Angela Moore

Posted on 11/01/2007 11:31:00 AM PDT by TrueKnightGalahad

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To: TrueKnightGalahad; XeniaSt
Sam's has the Magnavox DP170MS8, 1080P upconvert DVD player with an included 6' HDMI cable for...

$49.94!

Suspecting crap, I went to the ultranerd AVS to see what they say. So far, they are decent comments considering the price. AVS Forum Owners Thread on Magnavox DP170MS8

161 posted on 11/01/2007 4:27:27 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: XeniaSt
The information on the website seems to be 3 - 7 years old

??? They're pretty up-to-date on testing into 2007. Try this link:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all

...which is the complete listing of the hundreds of players they have tested through the years from around 2000 through 2007.

It can be a little harder to find a specific player in this list (as opposed to the individual shootouts) because the players are ordered by their score, and not by name. In IE you can use the "find" function and type in a model number or manufacturer's name to find the ones you're looking for. Most people, though, tend to buy products with high scores, so they start at the top of the list and work their way down to the area of players that meet their budget.

162 posted on 11/01/2007 4:31:30 PM PDT by TrueKnightGalahad (Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the Viking Kitties!)
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To: Phantom Lord
I use HDMI to send it to the TV and then optical to the receiver.

My audio is not up to optical.

I HDMI into the HDTV and audio out to the amplifier
and sample to the sub woofer.

KLH speakers and sub woofer


163 posted on 11/01/2007 4:45:13 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
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To: TrueKnightGalahad
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all

No test for s53

164 posted on 11/01/2007 4:49:35 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
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To: XeniaSt
My favorite part of my HT setup is my sub. Here is a back view of the beast...

And bottom...

Its an SVS PB12-NSD/2 and it will crush your skull. Can get deep down to 10hz at extension. Brutal. Love it!

165 posted on 11/01/2007 5:30:45 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: TrueKnightGalahad
not to mention they have a Laptop for $348.00
Going to check it out for my daughter..
166 posted on 11/01/2007 5:32:21 PM PDT by Gone_Postal (We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat)
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To: ArrogantBustard
I hate that song.

Ok, sing along with me: "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas........" LOL!

Call me next week if you haven't been able to stop singing it to yourself.........

167 posted on 11/01/2007 5:37:24 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I could be Agent "HT")
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To: TrueKnightGalahad
I'm happy that you've been able to opt out of our filthy capitalist system.

I'm glad you're happy. Really! I'm in the undertaker business, actually, which thrives under any and all systems, and, if you read our trade press, you'd see how happy we are to see the A types running to the stores to get the latest and the greatest. We believe and medical studies support us, that such rushes only speed up their happy trips to see us, or rather to be seen by us, since you at that point are quite unable to see, Blu Ray or Betamax. Happy heart seizures getting the Stuff!

168 posted on 11/01/2007 7:03:50 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: Scotswife
Can you play regular DVD’s on a an HDDVD player? Or does it only make sense to buy one if you are buying the specially formatted DVDs?

They do play "regular" DVDs, and upconvert them to make them look better on today's HDTVs. However, they will not play the competing HD format-Blu-Ray.

If I bought one, it would be so that I could play HD DVDs. If all you want is for your regular DVDs to look better, you can get a good upconverting DVD player for under $100. However, do not get a HD DVD player, or Blu-Ray player, or upconverting player unless you have a HDTV with an HDMI interface.

169 posted on 11/01/2007 7:29:43 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte
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To: BreezyDog

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170 posted on 11/01/2007 10:34:50 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: TrueKnightGalahad

what about the $350 lap tops that were talked about on national TV?....I’d like to know about those....


171 posted on 11/01/2007 11:34:11 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Phantom Lord
The BDA says there is no ban on porn. Vivid is releasing movies on the format.

Also I would think with the Internet age, paying for porn would prove to be embarrassing to say the least.

Not a proponent of porn just giving you info on the subject by the way.

172 posted on 11/02/2007 5:26:35 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
I hate that song.

It's not even Christmas music, IMHO. Bah humbug. I want the return of real Christmas music - O Come all ye Faithful, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Angels We Have Heard on High, Silent Night, etc.

173 posted on 11/02/2007 6:43:01 AM PDT by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: texas booster

I’ve already done that. However I don’t run it much.


174 posted on 11/02/2007 9:46:43 AM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: radiohead
For some reason, my grad students love dissing WalMart.

To all liberals, Wal Mart is evil. It's a union thing....

175 posted on 11/02/2007 11:41:24 AM PDT by Born Conservative (Chronic Positivity - http://jsher.livejournal.com/)
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To: PAR35
Wal-Mart has had their Christmas decorations out for a month.

I had to call an rx in to Wal Mart today, and their doctor's line plays Christmas music while on hold....

176 posted on 11/02/2007 11:42:34 AM PDT by Born Conservative (Chronic Positivity - http://jsher.livejournal.com/)
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To: TrueKnightGalahad

Fox has been releasing quite a few titles lately. As have Disney. In fact they’re releasing Ratatoiee(sp?) and Cars soon. Disney is a HUGE supporter of Blu-ray and will not be switching anytime soon.

Fox will definitely not switch as HD DVD is a broken format and anything released on it will be on the net for trade in days.

HD DVD hasn’t outsold Blu-ray in almost a year now.


177 posted on 11/05/2007 3:38:41 PM PST by Bogey78O (Don't call them jihadis. Call them irhabis. Tick them off, don't entertain their delusion.)
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To: Rob_DSM

All blu-ray players can output directly in 1080p/24, 1080p/30i, and 1080p/30p.

Only the XA2 and the 3rd gen players have that native ability.


178 posted on 11/05/2007 3:40:13 PM PST by Bogey78O (Don't call them jihadis. Call them irhabis. Tick them off, don't entertain their delusion.)
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To: TrueKnightGalahad

‘(deadline has passed - where are the players?)’

The first 1.1 stand-alone player is set for release before the end of the month. The PS3 will be able to do 1.1 and 2.0 functions. That’s some 80-90% of blu-ray players right there.

And Blu-ray has been around longer than HD DVD(AOD). Toshiba and MS came along and got the DVD forum to back their format over Sony’s. Sony still has more support from tech companies.


179 posted on 11/05/2007 3:45:28 PM PST by Bogey78O (Don't call them jihadis. Call them irhabis. Tick them off, don't entertain their delusion.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
People keep pushing the season earlier and earlier. There is a radio station in Kansas City that started it’s “All Christmas Music All The Time” yesterday and it’ll run through December 25th. Any predicitons on how many times they’ll be playing “Santa Baby” over that 57 day span?

I was thinking the exact same thing.. The old KYYS 102 in KC is the station my clock radio alarm is set to... Imagine my surprise waking up to Christmas music.

Mark

180 posted on 11/05/2007 4:34:41 PM PST by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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