Wal-Mart and China have teamed up and this time it’s not to bring you cheap clothing at a reduced price. Walton & Co. have acquired 2 million HD-DVD players from the Great Wall Corporation, which is based out of — wait for it — China. The electronics come from TDK and Fuh Yuan, so at least it still holds a chance of not being a POS. But the best part out of all this news? Wal-Mart will be selling the players for $299, making it the cheapest high-definition player on the market.
Don’t get too excited though. No word yet on an exact shipping date but rumor is that they won’t even see store shelves until 2008. So take a deep breath, start saving your spare change, and wait it out, ’cause that’s one helluva price for an HD-DVD player.
The Wal-Mart $299 HD DVD player on the way [Engadget]
It’s cheap now, sure…but what about when 2008 rolls around? We don’t know how much prices will drop until then, for all we know there will be HD DVD Blu-Ray Combo Drives at $100 in a couple months (Not a rumor, just a statement)
Actually, the translation of the press release was kinda wrong.
It’s “bluray HD DVD” that will be produced… so we dunno yet if it’s bluray or hd dvd…
But since TDK is part of the Bluray Disc Association, we are able to assume that it will be Bluray Discs that will be produced.
ORLY?
Quite interesting. So this may be a Bluray Player for $200? Yes…quite interesting indeed.
Oops, $300***