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4.0 stars
"Great Player"
Pros: Picture Quality, HD Sound, Amazingly good CD sound
Cons: Start up and Load time, HDDVD light
Summary: This player is a very good player. The upconvert on normal dvd's are really good and the HD DVD picture quality is AWESOME. The HD Sound is really cool as I have it hooked up to Denon avr-3808ci and 7 sapphire speakers and a Martin Logan subwoofer. It really feels like you are at the movie. The dilouge enhancement is GREAT. The channels are so clear, tight, and concise.
What was most suprising was the sound quality on both a CD and CDR, wow! I have an old Pioneer Elite CD player only from like 2000-2001 which sounds good, but this HD DVD player CD quality sound is much better. I could not believe that. So a plus I was not expecting.
The only complaint I would have really is that the start up time is painfully slow. Timed it at 34 - 35 seconds from turning on the machine, hitting the eject button, and the drawer being ejected. Then when you load a disc, the HD DVD are of course read faster about 15 -20 seconds and then CD's and normal DVD's are about 25 -30 seconds. Can live with this due to the sound quality and picture qaulity.
This system looks great on the shelf, I would love for Toshiba to tweak the HDDVD light. It is very bright and the only way to turn it off is to turn off all backlights on the machine, wish I could turn off HDDVD light and keep time and chapter at a low light. But oh well... if that is something I have to live with that is ok.
Overall, I am very happy with the machine. Hey I got 2 free HDDVD's in the box, then 2 more HDDVD's instantly from Best Buy and I have 5 more coming in the mail from a Toshiba offer. Plus I had 2 places competing for my business so walked away with the machine for $429 and in a few weeks I will have 9 free HDDVD's. So to me was well worth it. Given the price, the free HD DVD's, and the sound qaulity both on movies and CD, it was awesome choice!
