Tosh HD-A2 HD DVD - First End User Reports! - Page 6

Does anyone have a 12% coupon they would like to share?

Thanks again Kris, Could you also check the upscailing ability if you have time. The A1 was quite good as you know.

They are mailed by BB to Rewardszone members and BB credit card holders.

I just called the local BB here in SE Wisconsin for you. They have 4 on order, but they haven't arrived yet. Sorry.

Just plugged in my A2. Watching KK and so far so good. No skips yet. This has been my only problem DVD. Sorry but I don't know too much of the technical stuff so I wont be able to answer too many, if any questions. My BB had 1 more. If I like it I guess the A1 goes back to BB.

Kris, when you get the time to look at it, consider how it compares to the Oppo 970HD as a 480i transport for SD-DVD's in terms of video quality. Also does the A2 remember the output resolution you set for SD-DVD's and the resolution you set for HD-DVD's independently, allowing 1080i output for HD-DVD's and 480i output for SD-DVD's without having to change the setting each time you switch between formats?

suthrn.....how does it sound? I really thought the A1 did a great job with SQ even through the digital connection.

Not finding a resolution button on the remote so I think I have to stop it and choose another to compare the pic. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please.

I may be travelling this weekend if anyone finds the A2 around Michigan, Ohio, Illinois!
I was hoping Detroit area stores would have them in already and was looking forward to being able to watch the 30 or so titles I already have. Cant wait to watch The Thing(first movie I'm gonna watch), KK, Superman, Batman, ...

Just got home from BB where I picked up my new A2. There was one left at the store. So far on KK it hasn't paused or skipped yet and my A1 always does one or the other on this movie. It looks great.

Does the Lumagen CUE mitigation filter feature solve this 1080i problem?

A Lumagen update also provided for a color space error the A1 had. Was that fixed with the A1 FW 2.0, or is this still a problem and inherited by the XA1?

It's almost worth a trot down to BB to pick up one and see if it passes BTB with DVI.

What about the out-of-synch sound on the hammer scene with BatmanBegins? Is it gone with the A2?

I would be very interested in seeing the result of this test!

It would be awfully nice to hear some real movie viewing reports on the audio/video performance of this unit and menu speed.

Rather than a long drawn out discussion on things (CUE, etc) that 99% of users aren't going to notice anyways.

I've gathered that turn-on time is 37 seconds (typical male) but how does that compare to the A1? Also 4-8 seconds to load a disc, how does that compare to the A2? I can't image that 37 seconds is twice as fast...

I just plugged it into the tv, I haven't hooked up the audio yet and KK is the first thing I have looked at. Batman will come later on tonight along with hooking up the stereo. I just wanted to see how it looked and I need to pop in a SD-DVD to check out the upconversion. I watched POTC2 the other night on the A1 and I thought it looked really good so hopefully the A2 is just as good
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blacker than black?
black crush?
correct colorspace with dvi in chain?

tia

Could you keep the first post updated with Q&A? it sure would be handy

This player sounds great. Know what is being stated about the "cue" problem and should be addressed by both blu ray and HD DVD manufacturers but right now if it's anything like the A1 in picture quality and halves the load time looks like I may be upgrading especially at the great price.

Has anyone been able to get BB to price-match TechDepot's (backordered) price of $399 for the HD-A2?

I haven't timed my A1 since firmware 1.0, but if I remember correctly startup was around 50seconds and play was around 30 seconds.

AVS should be getting kickbacks from BestBuy, forum members are probably single handedly buying the A2 out of stock!

Done

Yeah I can just see the Best Buy rep saying "Why do you want that when we have this uber cool Blu-ray over here"

Well it looks like my waiting was right on. I'm going to get an A2 in a month and I'll get 3 movies with it (Blazzing Sadles, Seabiscuit, We Were Soldiers)

Can't beat that with a stick.

Nice indeed!

Now there's 2 stickies on the same subject. I think this thread was started first...

larry

I have researched alot of the Toshiba HD DVD threads to increase my knowledge base, and do remember the Chroma bug a while back when choosing a SD DVD Player.

Now I hear this "CUE" on this machine for $500, that scares me a bit.

One poster said 99% of the people wont notice the CUE issue, is that true, is it only visible if you look for it, like by pausing the disk or something?

Thanks, as I dont believe I have ever seen the affect of the Chroma bug.

My HD-A1 takes exactly 60 seconds to eject when the eject button is pressed on the machine from an "off" setting. So the 37 sec. is a great improvement.

Also, it takes about 20-30 seconds once the door is closed to recognize the material, standard DVD being quicker.

You're right that's a great improvement - and I'm a projector user so startup is even less of an issue for me (PJ takes 30 seconds to warm up easily). Quick movie loading (way way way quicker) is huge, imho. Glad I've waited for the A2 Thanks for the feedback.