QVC debuts Venturer HD DVD player

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From an article posted on The Register.

Breaking News Venturer's anticipated cut-price SHD7001 HD DVD player went on sale this morning on the QVC home shopping channel for less than was expected. At £162.62 (or two easy payments of £84.96), it's the cheapest standalone high definition DVD player on the market.

First announced at IFA, we covered the SHD7001 in back in September. Then in November it was announced the QVC home shopping channel would have sell the device exclusively.

According to the presenters, the device is only on sale until midnight tonight. However, we suspect the deal will be repeated again at a later date. The player comes bundled with HD DVD copies of Hulk and Troy, plus a voucher entitling you to five free HD DVDs via a mail-in offer from the European HD DVD Promotion Group.

It also comes with an HDMI cable, though the player provides component-video and composite-video outputs too. There's a 10/100Mb/s Ethernet port on the back for link HD DVDs to online content, and both digital optical and analogue audio outputs

QVC must have got a job-lot of these to get rid of. I feel sorry for any potential purchasers having these 'soon to be obsolete' objects thrust upon them. No doubt the presenters will make them out to be the buy of the century.