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In Reply to: HD-DVD Roll out posted by townsend on May 8, 2006 at 20:42:05:
"but they also freeze up and take forever to boot. "The content media is responsible for the freeze ups. I've had it happen right out of the box with Assault on Precinct 13, and after 4 plays of Phantom of the Opera. Both instances were fixed by the use of a digital media spray cleaner. The "forever to boot up" statement I disagree with. So it ain't quick, but it's far from forever. I've gotten used to the function timing of this player, and am now very comfortable with it. In all, I'd give it a thumbs up for a first generation effort. And I'll be most interested to see the first firmware update, which Toshiba sends out on disc to owners who register the product.
In my opinion, the negative hype on this product is way over blown. YMMV of course ")
Follow Ups:
They are actually caused by the Toshiba's crappy remote. The remote has a tendancy to send the same command twice and that causes problems with the "operating system" (that pun was intended). Use a learning remote to change over to and nearly all of the lock-up problems will cease.The player takes forever to load up and is slow, slow, slow... No amount of rationalizing will change those facts. A firmware update, if Toshiba decides to offer one, has the potential to make things a little better. I would suggest that they address the clipping on the HDMI port, as that in itself puts the player in the land of "Don't buy! Don't buy! Sell, sell, sell!".
Theres also the fact that the colorspace is bass ackwards when you use hdmi/dvi connection.
My player locked up while trying to start an sd dvd twice.
Certain commands on the remote made popping sounds come through my expensive speakers.
The player once asked me to choose between the HD and dvd box on screen while trying to view an sd dvd...evidently thinking it was a hybrid.
The player is louder than my pc as well as my projector.
The player is very susceptable to hum via analog connection.
The 720p output is useless...there for broken, and the remote is terrible.
The players clip both whites/blacks.
Hdmi errors...as well as Blue Screen.These players are advertised with DTS-HD...which they will never do...except converting it to core DTS, and are stuck with 2 channel DD Tru-HD, as well as 1080i.
Did I mention there slow.
I don't know how anyone can say the complaints are over blown?
I saw at AVS were some Warner insiders that are making movies for both formats, have the HD-A1, as well as the Samsung BD player.They said the Samsung is quicker, has no bugs, hdmi errors or fan noise, and they all prefer it to the Toshiba.
Apparently they have actual discs to trip up either formats players.
I was an early adopter of a shiny new Toshiba SD-9200 DVD-Audio player. It was wonderful ... until it failed to play more and more disks. Now it is a very heavy Dolby Digital DVD-Video player and sometimes HDCD player, with a very cool loading mechanism.My point is that I won't EVER be fooled by Toshiba again. I also don't understand why it is imperative to throw 2 NEW competing formats at the marketplace, and virtually abandon the 2 most recent dying NEW formats; DVD-A and SACD. I know that there is no answer, but I will be damned if I spend another $2,000 on a first-version model of ANYTHING. Fool me once, shame on you ... well, you know the rest. Mike.
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