$197 HD-DVD Player On Sale Now

Price drops on Toshiba’s HD-A2 HD-DVD player have been lingering around the web for the past week, but now it’s official. Circuit City is selling the player now for $197.99, which looks to be the actual SRP. Wal-Mart will be selling the player beginning this Saturday, for $198 as well. This is the same player that sold for $499 just last December, so this is quite a deal. As an added bonus, the five-free movies deal applies on this player as well.

Toshiba’s HD-A2 was originally released in December 2006 with a $499 price tag. Over the past year, the price for the player has steadily dropped to $399 in April and to $299 in July. Toshiba’s long-running five free HD DVD movie offer [PDF] has also been available to give customers more bang for the buck. The Toshiba HD-A2 supports a 1080i resolution and comes equipped with an HDMI 1.2 port. The player features a SHARC DSP and supports Dolby Digital Plus 5.1, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, DTS 5.1 and DTS HD audio formats.

Source: DailyTech