Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 22nd Jun 2007 07:53 UTC
Geeks.com sent us in a next generation DVD player, the Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player. The model is the little brother of the HD-XA2 with fewer features, but it's the only HD player that sells at $230 while using the newer, second generation HD-DVD technology.
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2006-05-19
While I am glad to see HD-DVD capable components come down to a reasonable price, I doubt this unit will do much to stop the tide of Blu-ray. The author claimed to not be concerned with the lack of 1080p resolution, but to me, that alone would removed it from my list of candidates. Add to that the problems of a 24 second boot time and limited audio connection choices and I just can't see this unit selling very well. How big is the market for a "budget" HD-DVD player? If you are going to spend the big bucks for that nice big HDTV are you going to save a couple of hundred dollars on the unit that is going to feed it content? It is a shame really. I would prefer to see HD-DVD win over Blu-Ray (for personal reasons). With the announced deal between Blu-Ray and Blockbuster, the HD-DVD camp really needs to come out with something special to counter that deal. I am afraid this unit just isn't it.