Toshiba HD A1 HD DVD player first impressions

[LFC_SL]

No not me. i'm a little late to this section of the forum but you all know how the saying goes...

This guy (http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/toshiba-hd-a1-hd-dvd-player-gets-hands-on-treatment/#comments)

I suppose Toshiba has plenty of time to iron out the numerous faults....

[Noggin1980]

A bit early to give impressions when he hasn't played a HD-DVD yet I think. I don't think engaget actually noticed he hadn't tried a hd-dvd yet. Comments like

That said, the reviewer still found the output only "a hair sharper" than that he got from upsampled 480p DVDs using a Momitsu upconverting player. So, is that "hair" worth $500?

really arn't valid. The reviewer hadn't tried a HD-DVD yet. They seriously infer that HD-DVD is only a hair sharper than an upscaled DVD but they havn't tried it. The reviewer is talking about the difference between the upscaling performance of this player and the momitsu. I would say the engaget article is seriously misleading and bordering on the untrue.

Is the article deliberatly trying to lie and be misleading or can the author simply not read?

[Noggin1980]

This is the review

Since the official debut of HD-DVD is Tuesday, May 18, I was unable to score one of the four actual HD-DVD launch titles to test out (see below for links to details on those titles). That test will happen within the next 48 hours. In the meantime I did pop in both “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” and Paramount’s upcoming “Aeon Flux” to see how up-converting on the HD-A1 compares to my now old Momitsu. Both units offer a much sharper up-converted 1080i image compared to a 480p resolution coming from Xbox 360 (see below for a digital snapshot of the HD-A1 playing “Revenge of the Sith”). Differences between the Momitsu and Toshiba to my naked eye on a 118” screen were minimal at best. The Toshiba on some scenes is a hair sharper and brighter over the Momitsu but only when scrutinized for imperfections. Anyone who does pick up this player and has never owned a 1080i up-converting DVD player before will be pleasantly surprised at the improvements. The bigger the display device, the more apparent the improvements will be.

from that engaget got

However, since the discs he picked up weren't hampered by the Image Constraint Token, he was able to get full 720p and 1080i output. That said, the reviewer still found the output only "a hair sharper" than that he got from upsampled 480p DVDs using a Momitsu upconverting player. So, is that "hair" worth $500? :eek:

idiots

[LFC_SL]

Follow up

http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/19/toshiba-hd-a1-hd-dvd-player-review-roundup/#comments