1080p HD DVD ... The HD-XA2 is our flagship HD DVD player and incorporates ... High definition playback delivers 720p/1080i/1080p ... resolution of DVD*. Using leading-edge efficient video ... to experience the full potential of your ...
Unfortunately, while the prices and feature sets on both next-gen formats are getting better and better, even this second-gen player takes between 45 and 57 seconds to boot and play a movie...It's the slow cpus that power the standalones that are time intensive...Wake me when something with specs like this is 200 bucks...
When I got the HD-XA2 I simply unplugged the HDMI cable that was plugged into the HD-A1 (which BTW, never had any screeching under any circumstances...Then I wanted to watch the new King Kong movie (which was giving me problems on the A1) and see if it would play perfectly on the XA2...Then I wanted to watch the new King Kong movie (which was giving me problems on the A1)...
An update on the ToshibaHD-XA2...Please note that all the discussion below applies only the upconverted DVD playback in the ToshibaHD-XA2...I've spent some time in the last few weeks deciphering the disparate results I saw from the ToshibaHD-XA2 with standard DVD playback with the help of Silicon Optix and that all around good citizen...
Which player upscales SD-DVDs to 1080i best, the new Sony BDP-S500 or the ToshibaXA2...I haven't gotten a BDP-S500 yet, but I have the XA2 and can say it is better than my uber high end DVD players for 1080p scaling...