Last November 2007, I decided to buy the Toshiba HD-A3. I was unable to resist the great deals being offered in Amazon (at US$199! plus 10 free HD-DVDs!). The HD-A3, for the non-techies, is a DVD player which plays high-definition discs, which, allegedly, is the future of movies....much like the DVD was the later and better incarnation of the VHS.
The problem was, I was in 'Pinas and didn't want to pay extra for shipping. A friend, who had a birthday coming AND relatives in the US, very nicely allowed me to ship it to her relatives' address in the US. She assured me that she was expecting a balikbayan box to be sent to her in a few weeks time, full of gifts from said relatives. She said I could expect to see my spanking new HD-DVD player before Xmas.
Valentines Day came and still no balikbayan box 
. In the interim, Warner went exclusively for Sony's Blu Ray, the format directly competing with Toshiba's HD-DVD. And the rest, as they say, is history. And apparently, so was my HD-DVD player, which had been rendered obsolete by the announcement that Toshiba would no longer be producing any more players, nor would the studios be releasing any more movies in the said format.
. In the interim, Warner went exclusively for Sony's Blu Ray, the format directly competing with Toshiba's HD-DVD. And the rest, as they say, is history. And apparently, so was my HD-DVD player, which had been rendered obsolete by the announcement that Toshiba would no longer be producing any more players, nor would the studios be releasing any more movies in the said format.
A few days ago, the balikbayan box finally arrived with my HD-A3 in pristine condition. Sabi nga nila, huli man daw at magaling...huli pa rin!. Hello HD-DVD....and so long!
Hello HD-DVD....and so long!
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