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Re: HD-DVD up and running
HomeDad #149383 11/11/06 07:05 AM
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Thanks for sharing your impressions, Michael. Buying this add-on for the 360 may be the most cost effective way for me to get into HD DVD. I'm sure the cost of stand alone players will come down, but that's a ways down the road and I'm itchin' to try this new fangled technology!


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Re: HD-DVD up and running
HomeDad #149384 11/11/06 07:10 AM
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Glad to see you joined the club, KK I have not seen yet but so far seems to be up at the top for video from what im hearing at AVS forum. V for V and F&F TD is good and Batman Begins rock on video and sound. To bad the 360 addon does not let you have Dolby TrueHD sound. I think a stand alone player is in your near future.


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HomeDad #149385 11/11/06 04:25 PM
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What size is our TV? is it native 720? i think its cool you saw a noticable difference against what is thought to be a reference player for upscaling. i wonder how the pq of the xbox add on compares to the Toshiba stand alone players.
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HomeDad #149386 11/11/06 04:35 PM
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Thanks for the info, Michael.

I have to sheepishly admit that since I was never a "gamer", I didn't realize an HD-DVD option was available for the X-Box 360 I bought last week until the kid at Best Buy mentioned it in passing as I was carrying the unit to the register. I could've sworn he said it was coming out in a month or so, though.

I'll have to Google for some info on it!


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snakeyes #149387 11/11/06 05:23 PM
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PQ is most likley the same, sound is a different story.

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MarkSJohnson #149388 11/11/06 05:38 PM
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Here is the first online review of the Xbox 360 HD DVD that I have found on the net. The Man Room It pretty much echoes my thoughts with a little more detail.
I think John hit the head on the nail correctly, upscaling while possibly improving the pq to some extent does not improve the resolution. As Jake also mentioned I was using a near reference DVD player for my comparison. Prior to owning the HD DVD I had browsed in stores at their HD DVD's playing on the displays and thought they looked great, but I didn't feel they had that much of a pq improvement over my memory of my reguar DVD's at home, it was when I got them side by side at home that I could see the remarkable difference.

I'm very pleased with this addition to my home theatre, and as Sean pointed out, what a great and cost effective way to jump into another new technology.


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HomeDad #149389 11/12/06 12:50 AM
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I’ve really got to quit visiting this board.

I couldn’t stand all this praise and just ordered a HD-AX1 from One Call. $500 for an open box unit. It’ll probably be all scratched to hell and plagued with problems…….

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michael_d #149390 11/12/06 01:26 AM
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Lol, let us know when you got it up and running, start with a great HD DVD like King Kong, Batman Begins or one of the other suggestions some of the members have brought up, I don't think you will be dissapointed.


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I'm hopeless. I have both the HD-A1 and now the Xbox 360 HD DVD player. I figured I should get it while it's bundled with King Kong and the remote, and I'll use it in my computer room with my smaller HDTV once I get a second Xbox 360 (after they release the updated version with the smaller, cooler processor, and wouldn't it be nice if they threw in HDMI, too?).

I really need to finish getting my Axioms, but I keep getting sidetracked. Gears of War and Call of Duty 3 just came out, so I had to buy those, and the Nintendo Wii comes out in a week, so I'll have to get that and the new Zelda. After that, though, seriously, I'll save for the QS8s and EP500.

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Hi all. I don't own an HD player yet, but should have the new A2 in a week or two (pre-ordered).
So far I have about two dozen HD titles, with a few more on pre-order. When I get it, I'll post my impressions (I have a few titles on both HD and SD to compare).
By all accounts I've read, the HD's are, for the most part, amazing. I have Robin Hood and The Searchers here which are supposed to be outstanding on HD.
Keep ya posted.
Jack

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