I've joined the ranks of a35 owners

[Hans Gruber]

i called a toshiba # i got from a friend. I deleted it from my phone but i will get the # tommorow and post it. Basically i just told the guy that it got fucked up and he said they have a trade in thing and the new one would cost 115 shipping included (i had to pay 10 bucks to ship the broken player) and i said hell yes for 115. I actually made a joke to the dude i said something like how many of those new players you guys got lying around ? and homeboy kinda laughed but he wouldnt give me a strait answer . Toshiba was super nice though and they were americans not hindu so they could actually speak english and knew what they were talking about

[dfms23]

Hans that's a nice reassurance. I feel a lot more secure purchasing my used A30 of EBay knowing that in the unfortunate instance that this player takes a crap I can get a new unit from Toshiba and can continue to watch the HD DVD format for years to come. I know that seems to be a common concern for HD DVD supporters.

[Hans Gruber]

i hear it dude , thats why i bought the player to begin with , i have an a3 1080i one and wanted 1080p and a backup player. I made sure to ask the guy that it was NEW, cause im sure sometimes it would be a refurbished unit

[LostSoul1974]

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this unit when it arrives. I think that posting it here would be relevant or you can PM me also. I just won an A30 off EBay. I finally decided to just try the A30 for awhile knowing I should be able to get my money back (or maybe a little less) if I decide to upgrade to the A35 in the near future.

As soon as I have the time to get set up & all, I'll be sure to post my thoughts.

[davcole]

Well so nice to see people contributing to this thread again.

I still love my A35 and hope to keep it for a long time.

For me it was an easy decision as I really wanted a unit for bitstreaming and the A35 was more cost-efficient than the other models. Now I had an LG combo player but honestly, it was a better BD player than HD DVD player. Menuing, playback and audio/picture quality work much better on this play than my BH200. I have one DTSMA title (PAN'S LABRYNTH) and they only way you'll get to hear the lossless track is thru bitstreaming (and it's an excellent track). You can also do the PIP and internet connect. In addition to streaming DTSMA, I find that for DD+ tracks, that the bitstreaming option brings better audio quality, than player decode ever could. Given the majority of titles are DD+, this make sense to me. As for TRUHED titles, while I prefer the bitstream option, I won't say it's a nominal improvement over player decode.

Given that I was able to get several HD DVD titles dirt cheap, along with the price of the player and the enjoyment I get, I feel I made a very sound investment. Not dissatisfied in the least!

[Hans Gruber]

damn right dude i think a whole new group of people like us bought into after it died , fuckin love those $3 movies and $50 dollar players. Not to mention the upscaling of standard dvd's is way better than PS3's upscaling

[dfms23]

damn right dude i think a whole new group of people like us bought into after it died , fuckin love those $3 movies and $50 dollar players. Not to mention the upscaling of standard dvd's is way better than PS3's upscaling

Some movies I just can't swallow spending even $10 on some of these catalog titles but I sure can spend $3 on them! I gotta figure out how you guys put the # of and in your sigs. I must be up to about 40 HD DVD by now and I've only been collecting them for about maybe 4 months. One example is Into the Wild. The best price I've seen on is $14.99 but I got it as part of 9 I got for $30 shipped from a seller on EBay. All brand new discs.

[LostSoul1974]

Some movies I just can't swallow spending even $10 on some of these catalog titles but I sure can spend $3 on them! I gotta figure out how you guys put the # of and in your sigs. I must be up to about 40 HD DVD by now and I've only been collecting them for about maybe 4 months. One example is Into the Wild. The best price I've seen on is $14.99 but I got it as part of 9 I got for $30 shipped from a seller on EBay. All brand new discs.

I 2nd that dude...now I was an early adopter of HD-DVD, but even with me now having a Blu-ray Player the prices of catalog HD-DVDs versus Blu-ray is a no brainer! As of late, I've been getting movies from the $2-5 range....some of those with free shipping!

[Hans Gruber]

Technically i was an early adopted(not the start but ithink it was 07, my brother convinced me to buy an 1080i hd a3 when they were 100 bucks on amazon but only had like 4 or 5 movies any barely watched them. But about 4 months ago on amazon i saw the bad ass movies for cheap. Then upgraded to a used a30 and the new 1 toshiba is sending me right now (<>..<>) im set for at least 10 years in terms of hardware.

[LostSoul1974]

Technically i was an early adopted(not the start but ithink it was 07, my brother convinced me to buy an 1080i hd a3 when they were 100 bucks on amazon but only had like 4 or 5 movies any barely watched them. But about 4 months ago on amazon i saw the bad ass movies for cheap. Then upgraded to a used a30 and the new 1 toshiba is sending me right now (<>..<>) im set for at least 10 years in terms of hardware.

Very good point man....the thing I have to make sure of is that I avoid buying movies just because they are cheap, knowing good & well I may not even watch them.....I'm about collecting all, but I gotta avoid the fluff.

[Hans Gruber]

for 2 bucks who cares if you never watch them ? and the best part is when you do decide to watch them they will be in HD AND WITH THE same quality as the blu ray if its even out on blu ray

[LostSoul1974]

for 2 bucks who cares if you never watch them ? and the best part is when you do decide to watch them they will be in HD AND WITH THE same quality as the blu ray if its even out on blu ray

So noted sir.....

[Hans Gruber]

i got my brand new a30 in from toshiba that i traded an old broken one (paid 125 for the new one with the trade in) in for and its just like they said . Brand new , even has the 2 movies still in the wrap etc. we need to find out how many of these new players they have in tennesse at toshiba usa

[dfms23]

i got my brand new a30 in from toshiba that i traded an old broken one (paid 125 for the new one with the trade in) in for and its just like they said . Brand new , even has the 2 movies still in the wrap etc. we need to find out how many of these new players they have in tennesse at toshiba usa

No doubt, I'd be very interested to know how many of these they have. If it's only marginally more expensive if my used A30 goes out I may try to get a new A35 from Toshiba

[LostSoul1974]

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this unit when it arrives. I think that posting it here would be relevant or you can PM me also. I just won an A30 off EBay. I finally decided to just try the A30 for awhile knowing I should be able to get my money back (or maybe a little less) if I decide to upgrade to the A35 in the near future.

Update: My A30 arrived this past Tuesday (shipped from Canada), but I've not had an opportunity to set it up as of yet.....I'll keep you all posted.