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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Member since:2005-11-14
What double standard nonsense!
You say things like people won't notice the difference in the sound and don't have the equipment, but they will have the right display and will make a difference from 720p?
All this while you don't even have the right display to begin with, so really, do you need that (HD-DVD, BluRay)?
And you say you are technically inclined in your home, which doesn't mean you know enough about HT devices.
If you were so technically inclined towards HD displays, you'd know that the RPTV SXRD are among the best displays (for SD AND HD) and cost less than $2600 for 55". Of course, they are not as slim as LCD or Plasma (yet they are lighter).
Besides, buying 32" 1080 TV is pure nonsense, only people not technically inclined, waved by marketing speech would do that. Because 32" just isn't enough to render the 1080 definition. I'm even pretty sure no 32" display are full HD, they must be 720p display. I'm talking displays for the living room of course, not the ones for PC, which are 16/10 and not 16/9, where you need to have your eyes inches from the screen, seeing in full scale all the defects of LCD displays (screendoor, banding, ...).
Member since:2005-06-28
> You say things like people won't notice the difference in the sound and don't have the equipment, but they will have the right display and will make a difference from 720p?
That's exactly what I am saying. I could say the difference VERY SLIGHTLY, and yet I have a 55" TV. If I had a 32", like most people have, I wouldn't have. And sound, is WAY more difficult to tell apart, especially because most people don't even have a theater surround system, and the ones who do usually bought it for $50 (I bought mine for $350).
> I'm even pretty sure no 32" display are full HD, they must be 720p display.
You are wrong, again. You can ask Thom, he has a full 1080i TV, and it's only 17". At 32", it's a piece of cake.
> If you were so technically inclined towards HD displays, you'd know that the RPTV SXRD are among the best displays
I said 55" for $2600 at 1080p, not 1080i. SXRDs are not that cheap. We looked them up, just a month ago in fact with my husband. They were about $3000 for a 46" I think. That size is not something I would want to replace my 55", even if the SXRD technology is better. Not for that kind of money anyway (I bought my TV at just $1750).
I suggest you are more careful how you reply here. Your tone is not acceptable. It feels polemic, and you think you know everything about me and what I know and what I don't.
Member since:2006-11-02
"So in my opinion, there is certainly market space for this cheaper model. "
There never is a market for hardware for dead formats like HD-DVD.
HD-DVD/Toshiba marketing money just isn't worth damaging the integrity of this site in a futile effort to try to save a dead format like HD-DVD.
Member since:2005-06-28
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2005-06-28
Sorry, but I do not agree. There are a lot of people who already have 1080i TVs (in fact, that's the VAST majority of them) and they would like an HD playback device. If you want the extra abilities like the super-sound that most people won't even make up the difference neither they have the right audio equipment (so really, do you need that?) and 1080p, you can purchase the HD-XA2 instead, but that would be $400, not $230.
For example, in our home we are very technically inclined, and yet, we don't have plans to upgrade our 1080i TV. It serves us well. The cheapest 1080p TV above 50" costs $2600 you see. Not everyone can afford that, most people buy 32" 1080i TVs for $600.
So in my opinion, there is certainly market space for this cheaper model.
Edited 2007-06-22 10:46