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Best Buy Drops Toshiba HD DVD Player to $99; Supplies Very Limited
Thu Nov 01, 2007 at 05:10 PM ETTags: Best Buy, Toshiba, High-Def Retailing (all tags)
In the immortal words of Crazy Eddie, Best Buy is now offering Toshiba's entry-level HD-A2 HD DVD at a price so low they're practically giving it away.
Coming only a week after retailers almost universally dropped prices for the 1080i player below the $200 mark, Best Buy has lowered its price on the player to just $99. This latest price drop from Best Buy follows this morning's news that Wal-Mart would offer the same player for just $98 as part of a special in-store sale beginning this Friday.
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There is a hitch, however. Although Best Buy's website listed the HD-A2 at its new low price earlier today, it also stated that the player was sold out. Some consumers have had better luck finding it at the chain's physical locations, but there too, many have reported that the player is out of stock.
At press time there was no word on whether new allotments of the player would be offered by Best Buy.
For those unable to find the player at Best Buy, there's still Wal-Mart's $98 "Secret In-Store Special," which kicks off Friday at 8am, although be warned: promotional materials state that the player will not be available in all Wal-Mart loactions.
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- Related links:
- Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player [BestBuy.com]
- Secret In-Store Specials [Wal-Mart.com]
- Earlier on High-Def Digest:
- HD DVD Takes Centerstage at Wal-Mart (Nov 01, 2007)
- Circuit City, Amazon Join $198 HD DVD Player Club (Oct 29, 2007)
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