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    Blockbuster Online or Netflix for HD-DVD?

    The sound track was remixed for 5.1, and the quality is decent, but it it is after all standard DD. You do have a choice of using either the DVD standard 448kbps bit rate or the the maximum 640kbps allowed by the DD standard, but some players may not support that higher standard. One of these...
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    Blockbuster Online or Netflix for HD-DVD?

    I've rented most available HD DVD titles from Netflix with fast service on most of them. Lately though, it seems that wait times for HD DVD titles are getting longer, probably because of increased demand, so I reduced my service level until supply catches up with demand. As an aside, there are...
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    Got the official Toshiba firmware update disc

    I received the official HD DVD firmware update disc from Toshiba a couple days ago. No firmware rev. on the label, but it turned out to be v1.2. I didn't bother updating from the web because I only had a couple glitches with the original firmware, and I didn't feel like running a UTP cable down...
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    CNET Samsung BD-P1000 Review

    For twice as much money, Blu-ray should be twice as good as HD DVD, right? Seriously, I bought the HD-D1 because I could justify spending $500 but not a grand, especially with no clear format winner yet. 30 years ago, I was first on my block (maybe my city) with a Betamax, and we all know how...
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    Picture quality on HD DVD Movies Versus Televised HD Movies?

    The most accurate review I've seen of the Toshiba HD DVD player is the one in "Sound and Vision" magazine. Most other reviewers either don't know what they're talking about, or they have an agenda (probably Blu-ray apologists). HD DVD finally shows what HD quality should be, not so much with...
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    Toshiba HD-A1 a disgrace.

    You can find a lot of crap on the Internet, and this guy's review is one of the biggest piles I've seen in some time,
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    How to connect HD DVD player to your A/V receiver

    The Toshiba players decode and output up to 5.1 channel PCM from DD+ and DTS-HD (and 2 channel True HD) via HDMI only. There is currently no way to get the undecoded DD+, DTS-HD, or True HD bit stream from the player to an A/V receiver, but that's a moot point since no A/V receiver is currently...
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    Toshiba HD-DVD Player needs a bit of work

    It doesn't have to connect to the internet to work, it just adds nice features like being able to play movie trailers from a studio's website or allow easy firmware upgrades.
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