http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/11/01/toshiba-hd-a2-to-drop-below-100-at-walmart/ TiVo, Slingbox, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/11/01/toshiba-hd-a2-to-drop-below-100-at-walmart/#comment-21296 megazone Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:46:39 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/11/01/toshiba-hd-a2-to-drop-below-100-at-walmart/#comment-21296 I meant obsolete from a market point of view, not technologically. Retailers don't like devoting 'shelf space', be it real or virtual, to 'last year's model'. So with the HD-A3 out, the HD-A2 has a limited lifespan left with leading retailers as a clearance item, before it is relegated to the surplus market of second-tier resellers like Big Lots, and various websites. With the HD-A3 out Toshiba can't get top dollar for the HD-A2, and what they can get for it will decline with time, so better for them to blow them out as fast as possible before they get stuck with the stock. I meant obsolete from a market point of view, not technologically. Retailers don’t like devoting ’shelf space’, be it real or virtual, to ‘last year’s model’. So with the HD-A3 out, the HD-A2 has a limited lifespan left with leading retailers as a clearance item, before it is relegated to the surplus market of second-tier resellers like Big Lots, and various websites. With the HD-A3 out Toshiba can’t get top dollar for the HD-A2, and what they can get for it will decline with time, so better for them to blow them out as fast as possible before they get stuck with the stock.

]]> http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/11/01/toshiba-hd-a2-to-drop-below-100-at-walmart/#comment-21295 Dave Zatz Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:42:51 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/11/01/toshiba-hd-a2-to-drop-below-100-at-walmart/#comment-21295 The presence of the HD-A3 doesn't make the HD-A2 obsolete. At the end of the day, they both play HD DVDs... Though I agree, they are probably blowing through inventory to maintain a streamlined lineup. Works for me! The presence of the HD-A3 doesn’t make the HD-A2 obsolete. At the end of the day, they both play HD DVDs… Though I agree, they are probably blowing through inventory to maintain a streamlined lineup. Works for me!

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