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Toshiba HD-XA2
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- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 12 reviews Back to product review
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"Gotta have that 1080p/24 upgrade, Toshiba!" on by teddywah
Pros: A nice, native 1080i picture-and excellent up conversion of SD.
Cons: No 1080p/24 yet, like my PS3-for my Pioneer 940HD. Bearable, but slow start-up.
Summary: For me the XA2 has it all-or nearly all: the HDMI 1.3a connection, with the $599 price tag, 5 free HD movies, the ability to upgrade (hopefully soon) to 1080p/24 resolution (BIG difference on my PS3), ethernet, and decoding lossless HD audio (coming in A/V receivers Onkyo, Pioneer). Until 1080p/24 arrives on this unit from Toshiba, I would not give it a 10... an 11 when it does.
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Latest info on Toshiba's firmware update to 1080p/24fps, on the XA2 and A2, is late summer 2007. -Courtesy of AVS forums, HD Players, specifically, Robert. As much as I am anticipating the firmware update; I'd rather see them do it right. However, the ps3 engineers did a fine job-in obviously a much shorter time. Your move, Toshiba.Updated
There are several opinions that this latest update to their flagship HD DVD player is not delivering what was promised so many months ago, i.e., direct, 1080p/24-film quality pass-thru. The jury is still out. I do happen to see better contrast/detail at 1080p/24 setting in HD DVDs I am familiar with.-
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"Crisp and clear up-converting from regular DVDs!" on by KelleyBurian
Pros: Easy to operate right out of the box, universal remote that's easy to use, sleek design, great connectivity options, reasonable price (got a great sale through **********).
Cons: There really aren't any, except one potentially huge one. It has frozen 3 times in the last 3 months.
Summary: I love this machine! I don't have any HD-DVDs yet, so my opinion is solely based on its picture production qualities when upconverting regular DVDs and its use with a Panasonic TH-50PZ750U tv. The picture is clear and text is awesome. Everyone who has been to my house has commented on the picture quality.
I was a little leary of the wait time that has been mentioned by others--the time for the DVD to be loaded and the XA2 to do its magic. However, the time is literally 7 seconds and only occurs during the initial loading of the DVD--it does not happen each time you ask the DVD player to do something with the disc (i.e. select different scenes, pause then resume play, etc).
Ok, now for the down side. Some people have had their XA2 freeze up and then just keep freezing up so that they can't watch a DVD. This is not the case with my XA2, but I live in fear of it. When it's frozen, it's frozen. The first time it happened, nothing worked--stop, pause, play, select, and eject all resulted in nothing. I simply unplugged the machine, plugged it back in, let the disc reload, and then watched the rest of the DVD. After the 1st time, it didn't happen again immediately. About 5 days later the 2nd incident occurred--just like the first. I then lived problem-free for about 3 months until it happened again last week. I consider this problem to be a lurking evil--it's just an infrequent inconvenience right now but it does signal that all is not happy in The Land Of The XA2. My fear is that it will freeze, I will fix it, it will freeze immediately, I will fix it, it will freeze immediately, and thus will end the short era of Awesome DVD Watching at my house. However, in its defense, I watch a lot of DVDs (about 2 DVDs each weekday and about 3 each weekend day). For all it's use, the XA2 has only been a problem 3 times. I'm toying with sending it back and getting a replacement but the prices have just jumped, so I'll have to pay an additional $200-$300 to get a new one. I will update this post to let interested parties know how the freezing issue turns out.-
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"Better than its Predecessor ." on by mesohomey
Pros: Excellent Pic. Sleek looking than previous models that looks like a VCR . Slightly a bit faster too and it's 1080P . Lower Price .
Cons: Blue light annoying while trying to sleep . Still slower than standard players .
Summary: Like the color that it's black to match most component out in the market . So far it seems to read the disc much better than previous model and have not gotten an error (Only time will tell). I see why they got rid of the door due to malfunction but it made it look tricked out ... too bad it never worked right though . One thing I don't get is that I have just purchased the unit and already there's a firmware upgrade . It looks as it's still in a experimental stage .
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"Seeing is believing! truly a marvel!" on by gordong11
Pros: The best SD DVD 1080P upcoversion ever!
Cons: No Zoom, 30 second boot(getting better though)
Summary: I was one of the first people to own one these, and if you own a 1080P TV, do hesitate to spend money on this if PQ/SQ are your thing.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=782887
Thee quality of this player is amazingUpdated
This plays excellent, but what it does best is upconvert SD DVD's. This is best I have ever seen, rivaling stand-alone upsamplers. This was the best purchase I have ever made.-
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"Toshiba's Finest Player" on by moviegeek65
Pros: Picture Quality,Audio Quality,Build Quality
Cons: No Longer Being Made,Format Is Dead
Summary: The HD-XA2 is the finest SD/HD DVD player that Toshiba has ever made,everything about this player is top notch.SD upconversion is spectacular and the picture controls allow you to customize the picture for any TV and disc.The noise reduction settings really help on poor quality transfers.
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