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post #91 of 234
11/28/07 at 9:32am
How do the load times (boot-up, disc loading) fare?
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post #92 of 234
11/28/07 at 9:37am
Anyone else other me remember Wal-Mart saying "No way we're stocking Venturer players!"?

Steve W
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post #93 of 234
11/28/07 at 9:39am
Sure do!!
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post #94 of 234
11/28/07 at 9:45am
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Originally Posted by Pecker View Post

Anyone else other me remember Wal-Mart saying "No way we're stocking Venturer players!"?

Steve W

Yup.

We have no plans to have Venturer in our stores this holiday, Wal-Mart merchandise spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien said. We will continue to offer the best values on popular HD DVD and Blu-ray products from leading consumer brands like Sony, Samsung, Philips, Toshiba and RCA.
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post #95 of 234
11/28/07 at 10:12am
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Prior to the upgrade, it said firmware 1.1/1.1...

After the upgrade, it says 1.3/1.1.

Anyone know why there are two numbers separated by a slash?

As products get more advanced it is becoming common that they will start to have multiple/seperate devices inside which each have thier own firmware.

It looks like one part of the system had an update and another is still on the original firmware.

maybe a video/audio breakdown. Maybe 1 is HD DVD components and the other is the upscaling chipset?
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post #96 of 234
11/28/07 at 10:20am
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Originally Posted by Zappcatt View Post

As products get more advanced it is becoming common that they will start to have multiple/seperate devices inside which each have thier own firmware.

It looks like one part of the system had an update and another is still on the original firmware.

maybe a video/audio breakdown. Maybe 1 is HD DVD components and the other is the upscaling chipset?


First number is allways mainboard firmware, second one is drive firmware.

So mainboard was updated, drive not.
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post #97 of 234
11/28/07 at 10:26am
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Originally Posted by BuGsArEtAsTy View Post

Yup.

We have no plans to have Venturer in our stores this holiday, Wal-Mart merchandise spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien said. We will continue to offer the best values on popular HD DVD and Blu-ray products from leading consumer brands like Sony, Samsung, Philips, Toshiba and RCA.


Hey, when they said that they had "no plans". Now they have plans!
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post #98 of 234
11/28/07 at 10:29am
Thanks for the explanation!

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First number is allways mainboard firmware, second one is drive firmware.

So mainboard was updated, drive not.
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post #99 of 234
11/28/07 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by BuGsArEtAsTy View Post

Yup.

We have no plans to have Venturer in our stores this holiday, Wal-Mart merchandise spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien said. We will continue to offer the best values on popular HD DVD and Blu-ray products from leading consumer brands like Sony, Samsung, Philips, Toshiba and RCA.

that was then, this is now!
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post #100 of 234
11/28/07 at 10:46am
I struck gold today at lunchtime! The Walmart in Scarborough Town Centre had 5 (now 4 since I bought one) of these Venturer players in stock! I haven't had a chance to even open the box yet to see what movies I got free....I'll post my initial impressions of the player this evening when I get to hook it up.
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post #101 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:29pm
Contrary to rumors and speculations that Walmart will not be selling the Venturer HD DVD players, Walmart has just started selling them in store, and online.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/venturer112807.htm

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Wal-Mart Now Selling $199 Venturer HD DVD Player
But Toshiba beat the company to the punch with its new low price.
By Swanni

Washington, D.C. (November 28, 2007) -- Wal-Mart has started selling Venturer Electronics' new HD DVD player for $199.98 online and at selected stores.

For months, the HDTV industry has buzzed about a low-cost HD DVD player from China that could give HD DVD a major advantage against Blu-ray in the high-def disc format war.

HD DVD boosters predicted that the player would be available at Wal-Mart, which would drive interest among the masses.

Venturer is based in Ontario, Canada, but has a manufacturing partner in China.

Ironically, though, the launch of the Venturer player is somewhat anti-climatic with entry-level Toshiba players now available at some stores for under $200.

The Venturer SHD7000 features 1080i output with a HDMI connection and an Ethernet port for downloads of special features.

The lowest-priced Blu-ray player is now Sony's BDP-S300 at $499 suggested retail, although Wal-Mart is now selling it for $348.
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post #102 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:33pm
Meanwhile, over at Target, the Venturer is still listed as "coming in 2 to 6 weeks", online only, and a bargain at $249. LOL.

Depending on the amount of stock Venturer actually had available to ship, this could make a decent impact in numbers by year end. CES 2008 gets ever more interesting by the hour.
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post #103 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:37pm
Never heard of the ventura can you guys elaborate,Please
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post #104 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:37pm
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Meanwhile, over at Target, the Venturer is still listed as "coming in 2 to 6 weeks", online only, and a bargain at $249. LOL.

Depending on the amount of stock Venturer actually had available to ship, this could make a decent impact in numbers by year end. CES 2008 gets ever more interesting by the hour.

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post #105 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:38pm
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Never heard of the ventura can you guys elaborate,Please

http://www.venturer.com/news-details.aspx?id=15
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post #106 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:40pm
This is going to drive me crazy ... Venturer. Please, and thank you.

It's essentially a near clone Toshiba HD-A3 from a second tier manufacturer. If Wal-Mart is confident it's "good enough", so am I.
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post #107 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:41pm
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Originally Posted by PopcornReady View Post

Meanwhile, over at Target, the Venturer is still listed as "coming in 2 to 6 weeks", online only, and a bargain at $249. LOL.

Depending on the amount of stock Venturer actually had available to ship, this could make a decent impact in numbers by year end. CES 2008 gets ever more interesting by the hour.

Speaking of Target, I work for said store and we recently put up the Blu Ray display on a front end cap. We are selling the 300 series sony blu ray player...is it BDS300? Cant remember...anyway, havent sold a single one yet. I think 400 bucks for a DVD player when just down the aisle you can get ones for 25-50, or 80-120 for "up converters" in retail stores like Target is an impossible sale to people no matter how good it looks. The 200 dollar price point of HD DVD players like the Venturer is much more reasonable to people...I think this will have a huge impact! Software be darned, if the player costs half as much it is the one people will buy!
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post #108 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:45pm
I just got back from my local Walmart (Kanata, ON). Last night they had none and had no idea when/if they were getting some, now they have 5.
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post #109 of 234
11/28/07 at 3:48pm
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Speaking of Target, I work for said store and we recently put up the Blu Ray display on a front end cap. We are selling the 300 series sony blu ray player...is it BDS300? Cant remember...anyway, havent sold a single one yet. I think 400 bucks for a DVD player when just down the aisle you can get ones for 25-50, or 80-120 for "up converters" in retail stores like Target is an impossible sale to people no matter how good it looks. The 200 dollar price point of HD DVD players like the Venturer is much more reasonable to people...I think this will have a huge impact! Software be darned, if the player costs half as much it is the one people will buy!

Correct.
People would buy a cheap player, then wait for the movie prices to tapper down; Not vice versa.
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post #110 of 234
11/28/07 at 4:05pm
They need to drop the Venturer to around $129. Who's gonna buy it at $199?
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post #111 of 234
11/28/07 at 4:22pm
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Originally Posted by HiDef4Life View Post

They need to drop the Venturer to around $129. Who's gonna buy it at $199?

Fair amount of people actually.
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post #112 of 234
11/28/07 at 4:26pm
Nice bundle...2 WB titles

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post #113 of 234
11/28/07 at 4:28pm
Same functionality, major retailer, lower price ... SOLD.

That's how house brand crackers give Ritz a run for it's money. It's 39 cents cheaper. Who would buy those? Just because it has the Grocer's name on it ....
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post #114 of 234
11/28/07 at 4:34pm
Is the Venturer that cheap Chinese player that Walmart claimed was not in their marketing plan?

--- CHAS
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post #115 of 234
11/28/07 at 4:43pm
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Is the Venturer that cheap Chinese player that Walmart claimed was not in their marketing plan?

--- CHAS

Yes.
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post #116 of 234
11/28/07 at 4:44pm
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=7942216

Here it is!

Come on www.walmart.com/secret
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post #117 of 234
11/28/07 at 5:37pm
I live in Ottawa Canada and my near by Wal-Mart has 4 of them. $199.
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post #118 of 234
11/28/07 at 6:38pm
I haven't spotted one in Calgary yet... but I've only been to one location.

I wonder if Zellers would carry it, too...
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post #119 of 234
11/28/07 at 6:40pm
none here in Newmarket, On but I'll keep an eye out
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post #120 of 234
11/28/07 at 6:44pm
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Originally Posted by HiDef4Life View Post

They need to drop the Venturer to around $129. Who's gonna buy it at $199?

I agree.
Besy Buy still had over 3/4(about 100 units ) of their A3 stack this week, which were priced at $199 over the weekend.

I still believe that the disc prices need to drop to really make the general public buy in to HDM.

I still can't figure out why the player prices dropped over the BF weekend but there were zero HDM disc sales/price drops.
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