Panasonic DVD-RV30 good deal at Sears- Update-Rebate Extended till Feb 28

[Ark]

Panasonic DVD-RV30 at Sears: $199.98 (regular $249.99), less 10% off today only, less $50 mail-in rebate from Panasonic.
Total $129 plus tax.

Best Buy sells it for $249.

But be carefull: this DVD will not play CD-R, CD-RW, MP3.
10% off only today Jan 28

 

[Willith]

Not too bad of a deal, especially for a B&M store. On-line prices look to be $198, too bad I already bought a DVD player.

 

[anandfan]

Great price! This is what I paid for it through Amazon.com. really happy with it.

 

[RaginCajun]

A little tip for Sears Customers: they will price match, sometimes even with internet stores. It all depends on the sales clerk and/or their manager.

 

[Ark]

Here is link to panasonic rebate

 

[Ark]

Just came back from sears, got this DVD for $192 including tax.
Will send rebate tomorrow.

Really good unit for $142.

 

[skeister]

great deal, esp considering that the $50 rebate is over on 1/31/01. this player gets great reviews (check epinions and audioreview.com). thanks, picked up the last one at sears in montclair, ca. the place was a zoo.

 

[Ark]

skeister
You are right, this player got much better reviews than Samsung 711 I was going to get for $180.
10% off and $50 rebate for panasonic makes this deal even better.
The only one minus is 90 days warranty on labor, samsung has 1year labor.

 

[Wedesdo]

is this region hack-able?

 

[hoihtah]

i just received this dvd player as a gift from someone...
i was wondering,... could i somehow make this thing to play cd-r's an cdrw's?
and also on the region hacking...

is there a good website that explains them both? i'd greatly appreciate any help.

thanx

 

[jonnysnakes]

I don't think that it is region hackable, unless you know how to mess with firmware. And I believe it CANNOT play CDR or CDRWs.

I bought this for $90 when 800.com had the DVD sale going. Now for $90, that is a steal!

 

[jonnysnakes]

hehe... Anandtech Moderator above doesn't want us liking to pRon sites... hehe... I guess no more pron for me

 

[globalempire]

great dvd player I got it from amazon back in Dec. for that price works great.

 

[Penchie]

Warm at best

The Toshiba 1600 will stomp this player to PIECES, and it's like 149 after rebate
DTS compatible and will play anything u throw at it. I'm watchin a flick
on my Sony KLW-9000 Computer Monitor as I type.


link here

 

[Ark]

Toshiba $180-$20 rebate, does same as Panasonic (including DTS), but does not have optical out.

 

[Ark]

$50 rebate extended till Feb.28, 2001,
So $150 after rebate is not bad at all.

 

[Doggett]

Ark, Where I can find $20 rebate for Toshiba DVD ?

 

[RossMAN]

Doggett - Unfortunately I don't see a $20 rebate listed on the Toshiba Special Offers page. Hopefully Ark will reply with where this rebate can be found. Toshiba makes a great DVD Player.

My roommate purchased the Toshiba SD1200 for $159 with free shipping from Accompany.com in summer 2000 and it came with 5 free DVD movies.

Makes me wish I had purchased one also.

 

[DealSpreeDotCom]

I have a Scanned version of the Rebate Here

 

[mikeford]

Actually I am a little disappointed in all the current deals, which are about $50 higher than the deals going around before christmas. It irks me to have "just missed" all the really good deals, ie local (SoCal) Stater Bros markets blew out the Toshiba 1600 for $99.

Second point that irks me on current high prices is that its the lull before they get dumped in a couple months as the new models show up.

The best deal I see right now is Circuit City B&M stores on the Apex DVD players (plays everything including VCD's ie movies I burn to CDR) for about $140.

 

[skywhr]

Apex are cheap, but apex are suck

 

[Ark]

Toshiba rebate mentioned 2 days ago is here.
Just go to toshiba site and use search!

Apex 703 is really good, but does not have digital optical output.
Just saw it last night at Circuit City for $180. my friend has one and he likes it.

 

[Doggett]

Thanks, Ark

 

[Doggett]

BTW, does Toshiba play Video CD?

 

[Cyberizer]

Received my $50 rebate today, in exactly six weeks! Panasonic was very fast and very prompt!