What's the build date on your A2???

[kamiller42]

Originally Posted by Bee

Let's not talk about inventory not moving. The Sam's Club by my home as of tonight still have a half a dozen 20 gig PS3's still trying to be sold. I go there from time to time hoping they will have a fire sale on them. I checked tonight since the 40 gig came out at the price point of $399...still wasn't happening. $450 with an extra controller was the price.

I think that pales in comparison to the large quantities of A2's requiring the moth balls be blown off of them before playing. 6 20GB sounds a little high. Sounds like Sam's doesn't have a good inventory system. If they don't sell at location A move to B and see how it goes.

[marine92104]

Originally Posted by kamiller42

I think that pales in comparison to the large quantities of A2's requiring the moth balls be blown off of them before playing. 6 20GB sounds a little high. Sounds like Sam's doesn't have a good inventory system. If they don't sell at location A move to B and see how it goes.

Yeah Sam's is still trying to sale the 2.6 billion dollars worth of inventory Sony is trying to get rid of since March of this year.

Can't wait for that stockholder's meeting.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that one.

[Atomic Age]

Whats wrong with Made in China?

I guess you guys are too young to remember when Made in Japan meant that some something was cheap junk. Now it means a quality electronic product.

I hate to tell you this but China is the new Japan.

Besides who cares what the build date is...this isn't milk...it's not going to go bad!

Doug

[TaiwaneSTUD]

i got my xbox in may, and the model was manufactured in July, 2006.

tell me xbox didn't sell

[TaiwaneSTUD]

Originally Posted by Htown-D

Hmm. my box lists the player as made in China....great

Anyone remember when we thought "Made In Taiwan" meant questionable quality? "made in China" makes that look like quality german engineering.

dude, made in taiwan means quality assurance.

china? lol...i'd never own a gadget that's made in china.

everything i buy, gadget-wise, i look for made in anywhere but china

[sonydude1966]

Originally Posted by Balian

LOL ...solid evidence that Toshiba is INDEED dumping old inventory!

Not really, I say solid evidence that "some" on the Blu side are using anything and everything to bash HD DVD yet again...yawn.

[sonydude1966]

Originally Posted by HarakoMeshi

Bad comparison. The PS3 has already sold over 5 million (WW) compared to all HD DVD players of at a guestimate 300k +/-. The A2 is not the only HD player, and it was planned to be superceded by A3. So for the A2 the stocking volumes we are talking about are a fraction of PS3.

Stocking half a million more players than you could sell when you know the player will be superceded long before selling that much would be a pretty daft idea. The only way I see that could happen is if they completely overestimated how many A2s they were going to have sold by the time A3 hit shelves.

If the PS3 sold 5mil, and HD DVD only 300K, why are Blu-movies only outselling HD DVD by 2:1? Shouldn't it be 17:1 with those numbers? Seems to me, Blu-Ray should be a lot further ahead than they are. Actually, Blu-Ray is behind if HD DVD has to sell 17 movies to Blu-Rays 1, just to keep up. Blu-Ray is currently only selling 2 for every 1 HD DVD movie.

[HarakoMeshi]

Originally Posted by sonydude1966

If the PS3 sold 5mil, and HD DVD only 300K, why are Blu-movies only outselling HD DVD by 2:1? Shouldn't it be 17:1 with those numbers? Seems to me, Blu-Ray should be a lot further ahead than they are. Actually, Blu-Ray is behind if HD DVD has to sell 17 movies to Blu-Rays 1, just to keep up. Blu-Ray is currently only selling 2 for every 1 HD DVD movie.

Your broken record about PS3 attach rates has nothing to do with this thread. We were debating stock.

[oscar]

I bought two (2), both made in China. The one I opened had an August 2007 date. Too recent for my tastes... I want to see if Toshiba has shot it's wad this past weekend or if we can expect continuing salvos of dirt cheap A2s/A3s throughout the holiday season. I may return one or both units depending on "estimated viability" of the format in the coming weeks.

[sonydude1966]

Originally Posted by HarakoMeshi

Your broken record about PS3 attach rates has nothing to do with this thread. We were debating stock.

Ok, sorry, you're right. I'll start a new thread. Thanks.