Why is the HD-XA2 so Expensive???

Hi since HD DVD is a diying format I was just wondering why the
Toshiba HD-XA2 1080p HD-DVD Player is still so expensive. There
are other HD 1080p players for far less?

Thanks...

 

Toshiba HD-XA2:

>the best build quality of all the 2nd and 3rd gen models
>the only one with the Reon HQV video processor chip
>Toshiba's flagship model
>MSRP was $999 when announced in 2006 (I bought mine for $700 a few months after launch)
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/14/2g-hd-dvd-players-announced-hd-a2-and-hd-xa2-499-and-999/

 

OUCH!!

 

Well not really. It's been a great machine.

The important thing is this: Any 2.0 BluRay player that costs less than $700 will be considered a bargain!

 

The XA2 was simply the best HD DVD player released by Toshiba. It deserved the price tag.

 

Uh, any PS3 will support Profile 2 and the 40G can be had for as little as $325, new.

I hate that Sony won, but reality is reality.

 

Ya, I know.. They won because of the PS3..............

 

They won because Sony paid Warner the big bribe a month back. It did not hurt that the PS3 plays Blu Ray, of course, and that the XBox 360 only does HD-DVD as a (formerly expensive) add-on.

The wrong guys won, but that is spilt milk so we are stuck with DVD/upconverting and Blu Ray until the download option kills them both. Sure hope Sony loses a lot of money, in the end.

 

QFT