Toshiba's HD-XA1 HD DVD player hits stores in Japan!

Toshiba's HD-XA1 HD DVD player hits stores in Japan!: "

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

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Praise
the baby Jebus 'cause after href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/23/toshiba-will-delay-hd-dvd-players-until-theres-some-content/">slipping their
ship date due to lack of content from
the studios, Toshiba quietly began selling their new HD-XA1 HD DVD player in Japanese stores... today! That makes
Tosh the first, next-gen optical format to hit the shelves -- a full four-months ahead of href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/17/sony-bdp-s1-blu-ray-player-available-for-pre-order/">Sony's expected Blu-ray
player launch in July. Apparently, the HD-XA1 sports an MSRP of 100,000 yen ($940) and if purchased before 27
April, comes bundled with HD DVD copies of Resident Evil and the Japanese movie Moonlight Jellyfish -- the lower-end
HD-A1 does not seem to be available, yet. Tosh threw us an offiicial launch date of April for the US with the HD-XA1
tagged for $799 retail while the HD-A1 comes in at a blue-light special price of $499. And just for kix, Tosh also
mentioned that those HD
DVD-equipped PCs should drop sometime between April and June as well. We'll see, let's just get those players out
the door first, and some flix too, please to make the purchase really worthwhile.

[Via href="http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-11478-The First HD-DVD Player by Toshiba the HD-XA1 in sell soon
%21.html">Akihabara News]

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