Yahoo! recommends Toshiba's HD-A3 as husband's Valentine's Day gift
By Darren Murph 
posted Feb 11th 2008 11:14AM
posted Feb 11th 2008 11:14AM
[Thanks, Anthony B.]
posted Feb 11th 2008 11:14AM
The percentage of sales people that recommend Samsung HDTVs.
Salespeople are also becoming less likely to recommend LCD sets over plasma sets, which goes against the industry trend.
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I smell some divorces in the works, what a way to get the process going.
My goodness you are stretching for any bit of positive news for HD DVD. LOL!
I'm about as neutral as they get - but what kind of anti-HD DVD post was this?! Jeez...
The Yahoo guy probably recommended it because of its cheap price and free movie pack-ins. There's nothing wrong with that.
I never listened to many who would accuse this site of favoritism - but now I think it is very safe to assume this site is not objective. That's fine, I guess.
Sure, a dual-format player for $750. Maybe you've got more money than brains, but not everyone does. At $130, the HD-A3 is a pretty good deal.
I wonder what happens when they cross the two million mark. Does Warner REALLY walk away from that many customers? Does Blockbuster start advertising that they rent HD DVD even their competitor doesn't?
The format was was a price war and greatly benefitted consumers. The corporate collusion to end it is mainly to drive prices back up.
So, buy that HD DVD player. Spread them out there. Make life harder for the suits.
I'd be pretty pissed if my gf spent money on something that will be near useless to me in a little while. And no, I don't need an upscaling DVD player, thank you very much.
can someone say...BETAMAX?
Wireless, I hope your girlfriend just buys you a glove this year. I support HD DVD but I would be happy with a bd player from my girfriend and the thought to get me a high tech gadget. Now if my wife wasted $400 from my checking account..that is a different story.
If you don't need a upconverting dvd player you aren't in the targeted demographic anyway.
i looked at their suggestions... alot of $1000+ gift ideas....
man... i must be poor, but i could only see spending that much on a birthday or christmas... but valentines day? i guess if you're courting someone you want to wow them... even $200+...
"happy easter!" "a watch?! thanks!"
"happy st.patricks! "I always wanted new speakers!"
When did people start giving expensive electronics on Valentine's day? We're doomed...
Hey, we're in a culture that tries to force us to believe that in some way somehow we are proving that we love our girlfriends/wives THAT MUCH MORE if we go out and spend a ton of money on what is nothing more than a polished ROCK that's held in place by an earth mineral. Go ahead, cheat on her with her sister, go drinking every night and get trashed, call her names ... but - hey! - give her this rock from Zales and she'll love you more than anything; and the bigger the rock, the more she'll love you! That's the culture that is forced on us any more.
That being the case, can you *really* be surprised that anyone is suggesting electronics items in the hundreds or thousands of dollars for one's boyfriend/husband?
I am so-o-o-o fortunate to have a wife who has said time and time again to just get her some flowers for Valentine's Day and she's happy with that. I'll buy my electronics myself, thankyouverymuch.
She could pair it up with a netflix subscription...
LOL good one!
Yea, now that is REALLY funny!
I would love it if my girlfriend bought me any sort of electronic for Valentine's Day.
Double cross! Look, most of us know that when our girlfriend's try and buy us gadgets, bless their hearts, they tend to buy "not quite what we wanted." And thus...HD-DVD. Oh sneaky Yahoo.
LOL--of the posts so far, one accuses this of being pro-HD DVD, and one anti-HD DVD. Falsely detect bias much?
Don't need one for Valentine's day; already have one. Keeping it despite the monumental hatchet job going on right now. I know, I know; y'all are desperate for ubiquitous Blu-Ray packed with half-done features and planned obsolescense, but it's not happening yet, so boo-hoo.
I can see how that happens when you have a piece of news that's pro HDDVD yet you fill the post with snarky comments alluding to the death of HDDVD.
I would count that as what it is; reporting the news with a pro blu slant.
Seriously? like...they're being serious?
I don't think I would want my wife to buy anything technical for me unless I was there to pick it out.
Boy am I glad that my wife doesn't buy into the Valentines Day bullshit! We don't "celebrate" that nonsense...but she is buying me an XBOX 360 Elite and a Braun Pulsonic 9595 for my birthday next month! :-D
Have her get you a PS3 instead of the loud RROD.
I like playing games, so it's the 360 for me.
This was Yahoo's Valentine to Microsoft. And when I say Valentine, I mean finger.
HD DVD as Valentine's gift ? LMAO!
One of my favorite quotes apply:
"Some say Romance is dead. You are giving it a first class Funeral."
Well that's one way of getting rid of obsolete hardware I guess. The guy writing the recommendation must be either stupid or really not care abotu what crap he pushes onto people as long as he can clear the stock :-(
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I would have her take it and get me something usefull like a nice new set of golf clubs ;)
New clubs? My SW costs more than the HD-A3, and it didn't even come with any free rounds of golf or buckets at the range.
Altough Blu-ray is on top ATM, I Wouldn't mind getting this HD DVD player for free. There are still hundreds of HD DVD titles out there.
The note to go with this gift, as envisioned by engadgetHD (8^D):
To My Dear Husband,
We're done, just like this format.
Love (Not so much),
Your Next Ex-Wife.
well hell, i already own the hda3 but i would have been happy getting one, once again, even if HDred dies in the usa, theres pleanty of release dates around the world for HDmovies. And considering its region free unlike blu and prices are about the same give or take a couple dollars, going red still isnt a bad idea.
Cough, case in point, just ordered labyrinth and smoky and the bandit 2 on hddvd from amazon overseas. Relase date here, nada. So keep those red imports coming baby.
Why get it at Circuit City when you could get a better deal on Amazon?
Yahoo will probably recommend a Blu player for 2009's Valentine since it will FINALLY have Profile 2.0 by that time...we hope.
Another reason why Yahoo will fail. I do not want another HD DVD player. Instead of a 2nd HD DVD player, I'd rather have a 3rd Blu-ray player.