Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player by Toshiba
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Our Price: $499.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Home Theater See more digital camera details and other models |
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Digital camera reviews of Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player
Digital camera Review: 1080i is not true high definition
Summary: 1 Stars
The majority of HD DVDs support 1080P resolution. Which is a much smoother picture than 1080i. Although they have the same dimensions in pixels, please understand that interlaced (1080i) provides a lot of "flicker" when watching any scene with a lot of motion.
The HD-DVD player is garbage if you plan to watch any action movies.
Don't waste your money on this fake HD player, you're better off waiting for a better deal to come by.
Also note that this item has dropped $400 in price in about 8 months, partially due to its unreliable hard ware.
Digital camera Review: A Bargain at Twice the Price
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player from Amazon in December 2006. It has performed flawlessly and delivers great performance (sound & picture). No problems to report. Very satisfied with this player. You can't beat the price for the features and performance you get. Forget Blu-ray.Digital camera Review: A great player
Summary: 5 Stars
I just purchased the HD-A2 player last week. What a great machine. It loads a lot faster then the A1. The picture quality is amazing on both HD-DVDs and SD-DVDs. You won't be disappointed with this player.Digital camera Review: A great value!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great HD DVD player. I don't know who will win the Blue-Ray vs. HD DVD war but either way, I'm happy with this purchase. The quality is awesome. The "Transformers" movie on HD DVD rocks. The upconversion of my regular DVDs is excellent.Digital camera Review: A must buy!
Summary: 5 Stars
Everyone is choosing sides in the format war, but not me, I have both a Blu-ray player and this HD DVD player. They are both great, but if I had to choose one, it would certainly be the HD DVD format and here's why:
The HD DVD standard requires players to have a network connection and 2 video processors. On Blu-ray, these are optional. This means that HD DVD is going to get fantastic picture-in-picture extras and downloadable content with certain movies. Warner Brothers just announced that their new movie `300' will have exclusive features on HD DVD that they just couldn't do on the Blu-ray release, including: an interactive game, the ability to mix scenes and share with friends over the web, picture in picture commentary and more.
More about this player: It was easy to setup, the manual was fantastic and very descriptive. It actually fits perfectly on my Comcast cable box (they are the same size) and it has feet so the heat can escape. The sound and picture quality are amazing (you knew that already). It's a little slow to boot up (like all next-gen movie machines) but once the movie starts, who cares if it took 10 extra seconds to load? I've done 2 firmware updates using the Ethernet port, they worked perfectly (took about 20 minutes, be patient!).
Again, as someone who owns both, my preference is HD DVD. I could not be happier with this purchase and will soon be purchasing another unit for a different room in the house. Heck, at this price, even if I only used it to up-convert my standard DVDs it would be worth it!