Shame on retailers, Universal & Paramount...

[zipbags]

With this newest Toshiba price drop their will be 1000's of new buyers buying into a product that is on its death bed. Not everyone going to buy a hd player is as informed as those who follow the formats. And I am sure most sales people/clerks selling these players will spew fud or worse don't even know about the Warner exclusivity in 2-3 months. So unsuspecting consumers will buy these products and be stuck. I understand that its "buyer beware". But, moves like this will certainly bring consumer anger..not against Toshiba. But, for whatever store sold them the player. Just look at all of the returns we are hearing about now. If I was a retailer. I would return the unsold stock back to Toshiba. Would it cause some bad blood between them? Sure. But, retailers know that Toshiba will not stop selling them. Whereas pissed off consumers may stop buying from them.

Shame on Universal & Paramount for being ambigous in their plans. I understand they want to sell off used inventory. But, unlike dvd. I cannot see the studios having too large of inventories. Hopefully, this is only temporary and we will hear something soon.