Toshiba HD-A35 1080p HD DVD Player by Toshiba
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Digital camera reviews of Toshiba HD-A35 1080p HD DVD Player
Digital camera Review: This unit is a Lebowski Achiever
Summary: 4 Stars
I give this unit fours stars mainly because it plays a format which is now abandoned by Toshiba. But for me that isn't a big deal. I just spent similar money on a Super Audio bitstream player from Oppo, for a format (SACD) which is not only dead, but never quite alive in the first place! I've got a small but robust collection of HDDVD and wanted a new player to play them on that would send the new HD audio formats (Dolby/DTS)via bitstream to my Onkyo 805 AV receiver. I'm not concerned if movies are phased out on this format. Over the nex six months they should be available for reasonable price and the quality of the images and sound is spectacular!!!!! If I can use this to play The Big Lebowski for the next few years in all its glory, then I'm a happy man. Keep in mind that no consumer electronics are future proof, regardless of format. Even the current BluRay players don't have the hardware capacity to meet Blu-Ray 2.0 specifications. Beyond that, all this stuff is morphing into information technology, and we all know what the price/performace curves for IT look like over time. Blu-ray might fizzle, and we'll go to online downloads of HDTV. I don't really care because for the next year until BlueRay/downloads are maturing, I've got a sweet HD audio/video content source to play with for short money. If you are a cinema buff who likes quality video and sound and have a good home theater set up. This unit is a steal. If you want to rent scratched up copies of the latest hollywood release and play them through your TV speakers, this is not for you.Digital camera Review: Great Value Great Picture!
Summary: 5 Stars
1080P with 24 frames per second is just what my Sanyo PLVZ2000 needed and this player delivers in spades. Playback is smooth & detailed, much sharper than my PS3 and it passes through the high definition audio formats of Dolby True HD and Dolby Digital Plus giving me the clearest sound I have ever had!!! Unfortunately, great values mean less in this world than great profits so hddvd is on its last leg. I will support it till the bitter end and snap up as many hddvd titles as I can afford and just rent blurays. Also upconverts better than my 200 dollar upconverting only dvd player. This is the best that a 1080p/24 capable display can look!!Digital camera Review: On the Boulevard of High Def Broken Dreams
Summary: 3 Stars
In late December I bought this player and the 42" Toshiba 1080p Rezga LCD. The TV is absolutely superb, and the HD-A35 plays all DVD's very nicely, although the warmup time is much too long.
Now, however, the HD-DVD format is DEAD, and those of us who bought it are SCREWED. I thought it would all turn out like a replay of Betamax vs VHS, with Sony losing again, but I was WRONG! Oh well, that's what makes horse racing so much fun.
The player does play all DVD's as well as they can possibly be rendered, so I will keep it for that, but I won't be investing in any more new-tech
video stuff untill the format is universal, and the Chinese are cranking out good BluRay players or whatever comes next, for $39.95 or less.
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Digital camera Review: Poor Cancellation Policy
Summary: 1 Stars
I believe it is a bad policy when within thirty minutes you go back into your account and try to cancel an item that you just ordered and or unable to do so. You have to wait on it to arrive just so you can turn it around and ship it back poor business in my opinion.
Over all I have always enjoyed dealing with Amazon but that for sure put a bad taste in my mouth and will make me think twice before using your service again.
Digital camera Review: Great Player, unfortunately a dead format...
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this in Dec '07. The player works flawlessly on the HD DVDs I have. Color and sound are fantastic (using HDMI 1.3a.) Load times are somewhat slow compared to your standard DVD player - it can take up to 1-2 minutes to start playing the HD DVD. The features on the HD DVDs vary by the group that produced it - some have lots of cool features - while others offer little more than an upgraded movie transfer.
Unfortunately, the format war is over and HD DVD has lost - Warner dropped them and will go Blu-Ray exclusive in the first half of this year. Only two stuidos left in the HD DVD camp... Walmart has also stated they will drop selling HD DVD by June. When Walmart stops selling your product - might as well call it day... Taking two stars off for this reason. There will be some good deals on HD DVD movies coming up.