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- 01-31-2009 10:37 PM #1
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No HD DVD players at Best Buy
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Well, was looking for an HD DVD player today at Best Buy with my stock of gift cards. I was hoping for maybe a left over open box combo unit or something, but no luck. I asked the blue shirt for an HD DVD player, and she said "blu-ray player?". I said "No, HD DVD player". She said they hadn't sold HD DVDs in a year or so. I replied with that was strange since they sell record players, and they haven't sold records in 20 years or so... She didn't have a response for that one.
Oh well, pointless story, but made my day anyways... haha.
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- 02-01-2009 09:06 AM #2
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Yeah, they were the first chain to flush them out of their system. Did a buy-back and remaindered everything over eBay. Good deals last year on players with discs.
Originally Posted by jgantert 
Well, was looking for an HD DVD player today at Best Buy with my stock of gift cards. I was hoping for maybe a left over open box combo unit or something, but no luck. I asked the blue shirt for an HD DVD player, and she said "blu-ray player?". I said "No, HD DVD player". She said they hadn't sold HD DVDs in a year or so. I replied with that was strange since they sell record players, and they haven't sold records in 20 years or so... She didn't have a response for that one.
Oh well, pointless story, but made my day anyways... haha.
Actually, vinyl is enjoying a comeback, and I noticed a couple hundred titles in my local BB last time I was there.
- 02-01-2009 10:09 AM #3
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- 02-01-2009 01:08 PM #4
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Ya, you know HD-DVD is dead you should also know vinyl is back.
- 02-01-2009 11:05 PM #5
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Woah, news to me. I still have a collection of CEDs (video on vinyl). I wonder when they will make a comeback? haha, just kidding.
Seriously tho, Best Buy actually still sells records? I know they sell like 6 players, but I didn't know they still sold records. Dang, looking on the website, looks like they actually stock the records in store. I'll have to check next time I'm in there.
So what's the fascination with records over CD?
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Analog audio is "pure", or at least has a greater potential vs. CD at a 44.1kHz sampling rate...
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- 02-02-2009 04:50 PM #7
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- 02-02-2009 11:28 PM #8
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The HD DVD is an awesome player of HD copies of component high def output to the Hauppauge. Best output in the HD-DVD format burned in Toast to cheap, standard single layer DVD blanks play back beautifully with almost 2 hours on a single DVD. Blu-ray output works as well, but equipment cost is so much higher.
- 02-03-2009 08:34 AM #9
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