Amazon now taking preorders, BB selling.

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Well I took the plunge with the Toshiba HD-A1 connected to a Sony 60" Grand
WEGA SXRD. I bit early on the promised up-conversion for existing DVDs.

Now that I have the unit set-up I can report from my initial experience that
the up-conversion of existing DVD's via HDMI input is crap at best. There
is no up-conversion available via the component output. There are lots of
artifacts. My DVD collection looks better from my older Mitsubishi DVD
player using the up-conversion feature of my Denon AVR-4306 into the
component input of the Sony.

I am going to stop in to Best Buy tomorrow and pick up a couple of HD
titles. They were not available when I picked up the player.

Up until now, my HDMI source for the WEGA has been my DISH 811 HD receiver.
I have not had any problems.

I am going to take the HD-1A to a friend's house to see the results there.
Will not quite be apples to apples comparison however. He has front
projection using the Faroudja DILA 1080PHD. I also have to check as I
believe that the Video Processor for his setup only has DVI inputs. We may
need to come up with an HDMI to DVI adapter to do the test. I wouldn't
doubt that when I call to set this up, he may already have the Toshiba unit
himself. Orthopedic surgeons have a higher A/V budget than I do.

Dave.


-----Original Message-----
From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Hugh Campbell
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:21 PM
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: Re: Amazon now taking preorders, BB selling.

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And Best Buy is selling the Toshiba with titles at some stores while others
are waiting until Tues. for the titles.

Hugh


----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Shane Sturgeon" <[email protected]>
To: "HDTV Magazine" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:14 PM
Subject: Amazon now taking preorders


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> Hi all,
>
> I go notice from Amazon yesterday via email that several of the HD DVD
> titles were now available for preorder. I have included a link below for
> everyone's convenience. It is a long one, so you may have to cut/paste it
> together:
>
>
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=hdtvmagazine-2
0&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=tg/browse/-/16297241/sr=53-1/sr=53-1/qid=1145
110571/ref=tr_277271>
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- M. Shane Sturgeon
>
>
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Dave,

There is already a huge thread on AVS (over 1100 posts) for the HD-A1. Mixed
results, but many claim great upconverting capability. Some are comparing
it favorably to upconverting players which use the Jaroudja chip contained
in your Denon. The thread begins at the following:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/printthr ... &p=7490622

Those already using the new disks also report mixed results versus broadcast
signals and regular DVDs. Obviously those using a 720P set should not expect
the same increased resolution as you would get with the SXRD. Plus, those
with smaller screens will have less obvious improvements.

One thought is that the SXRD is very sensitive to proper setup on your
specific input. If you have your HDMI input on Pro, warm and use Avia or
DVE for adjusting everything (including advanced options) it can make a huge
difference versus something like the vivid setting which definitely is
terrible for artifacts.

Regards,
Richard



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Bowling" <[email protected]>
To: "HDTV Magazine" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Amazon now taking preorders, BB selling.


> ----- HDTV Magazine Tips List -----
>
> Well I took the plunge with the Toshiba HD-A1 connected to a Sony 60"
> Grand
> WEGA SXRD. I bit early on the promised up-conversion for existing DVDs.
>
> Now that I have the unit set-up I can report from my initial experience
> that
> the up-conversion of existing DVD's via HDMI input is crap at best. There
> is no up-conversion available via the component output. There are lots of
> artifacts. My DVD collection looks better from my older Mitsubishi DVD
> player using the up-conversion feature of my Denon AVR-4306 into the
> component input of the Sony.
>
> I am going to stop in to Best Buy tomorrow and pick up a couple of HD
> titles. They were not available when I picked up the player.
>
> Up until now, my HDMI source for the WEGA has been my DISH 811 HD
> receiver.
> I have not had any problems.
>
> I am going to take the HD-1A to a friend's house to see the results there.
> Will not quite be apples to apples comparison however. He has front
> projection using the Faroudja DILA 1080PHD. I also have to check as I
> believe that the Video Processor for his setup only has DVI inputs. We
> may
> need to come up with an HDMI to DVI adapter to do the test. I wouldn't
> doubt that when I call to set this up, he may already have the Toshiba
> unit
> himself. Orthopedic surgeons have a higher A/V budget than I do.
>
> Dave.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
> Hugh Campbell
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:21 PM
> To: HDTV Magazine
> Subject: Re: Amazon now taking preorders, BB selling.
>
> ----- HDTV Magazine Tips List -----
>
> And Best Buy is selling the Toshiba with titles at some stores while
> others
> are waiting until Tues. for the titles.
>
> Hugh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M. Shane Sturgeon" <[email protected]>
> To: "HDTV Magazine" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:14 PM
> Subject: Amazon now taking preorders
>
>
>> ----- HDTV Magazine Tips List -----
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I go notice from Amazon yesterday via email that several of the HD DVD
>> titles were now available for preorder. I have included a link below for
>> everyone's convenience. It is a long one, so you may have to cut/paste it
>> together:
>>
>>
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=hdtvmagazine-2
> 0&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=tg/browse/-/16297241/sr=53-1/sr=53-1/qid=1145
> 110571/ref=tr_277271>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -- M. Shane Sturgeon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> To unsubscribe please click: [email protected]
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>> same
>
>> day) send an email to:
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