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Re: Jane, get me off this crazy thing
#136274 04/21/06 05:22 PM
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True. The LA Times review of the Toshiba HD-A1 is far from flattering, both of the player itself as well as the marginal bump in quality offered by the format.

Re: Jane, get me off this crazy thing
#136275 04/21/06 05:56 PM
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Thanks for the link to the review. You're right, it makes HD-DVD sound like too much of a pain right now. Although he didn't review the discs on large screens or projectors. Wonder if that would have made a difference.


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Re: Jane, get me off this crazy thing
#136276 04/21/06 07:15 PM
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"I started on a 32-inch Sony HDTV that was about two years old. It had no capability to accept the most current digital hookup technology — HDMI — so I used the analog audio and video cables included with the player."

I stopped reading the LA Times article after this line. The review is amateur-ish. Why would anyone review a state of the art technology with a with the old red, white, and yellow RCA cables? Of course you are not going to know the difference!! It wouldn't surprise me if this guy's next revalation was that the speakers on his TV produced less sound quality than a full range 5.1 system. The only conclusion he comes up with is "screen size matters", which we knew already.

Nonetheless, the potential fact the majority of home theater hobbyist do not have an HDCP complient screen (count me as one, I bought my Panasonic 47" HDTV 2.5 years ago) means that this format could be dead from the start. Not only would we have to spend $1000 on the new player, but then we would have to spend more to replace a TV that is only 3 years old.


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#136277 04/21/06 08:17 PM
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royce73, you are so totally right. I read the article too fast and didn't even catch that he used the RCA cables. Geez. Amateurish indeed! Misinformation lives!


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Re: Jane, get me off this crazy thing
#136278 04/21/06 08:30 PM
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In fairness, the article got better from there:

"Next, I switched to an almost new, 23-inch Samsung LCD set with HDMI hookup. The HD DVD image looked great. But a plain, old DVD of the same movie looked just as great on the set. In fact, the images looked almost identical"



What's next hooking up the player to your 1977 19" B&W TV?

Re: Jane, get me off this crazy thing
#136279 04/21/06 09:44 PM
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Agreed, the largest TV he used was 37".


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#136280 04/22/06 01:48 PM
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If you liked that one, you'll love this one: screwed.


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#136281 04/22/06 04:22 PM
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Next will be a couch that won't let you get up until the shows finished


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#136282 04/22/06 04:50 PM
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Or a device that won't let you close your eyes until the commercial is over.


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Re: Jane, get me off this crazy thing
#136283 04/23/06 07:33 AM
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I notice with a lot of recent DVDs that you can't hit "Menu" during the previews.

Luckily Chapter Forward works. Look, I want to watch a Family Guy episode, I don't want to be forced into watching the preview for the latest Rob Schneider waste of celluloid every time I pop the disc in.

Bren R.

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