We pulled the trigger tonight: we bought a HD-DVD player. We found the Toshiba HD-A3 for $179 and used some Christmas money to pay the bill. We’re excited to see how it looks on the Aquos, and REALLY excited about the extras attached to this particular deal.

This A3 comes with 300 and The Bourne Identity in the package, and Amazon throws in 3 more HD-DVDs when we buy (we chose 2001, A Space Odyssey, Face Off and Blades of Glory). Of course, there’s the standard 5-free deal too. When the dust settles, we’ll have 10 free HD-DVDs, one HD-DVd from Christmas and a brand spanking new HD-DVD player, for $195 with tax.

Everyone’s invited anytime for a HD-DVD party!