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06-24-2006, 03:16 PM
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Crawdaddy
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Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
In fairness, it's not only the HD DVD players, but also the Samsung Blu-ray player which is that on both formats you can't see how much time is left on the movie. You can see how much time has lapse, but not how much time remains in a film or documentary you're watching.
Also, I want the ability to turnoff the upconverting if it's ever necessary.
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06-24-2006, 03:36 PM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
While I am pleased with the HD-A1, I agree that the time remaining would be nice to have. As it stands, I try to remember to read the feature's runtime before I start and then mentally calculate the runtime based on the information the Toshiba does display.
Robert, can't you just switch the resolution to eliminate upconverting?
- Walter.
Fidelity to the source should always be the goal for Blu-ray releases.
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06-24-2006, 03:46 PM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
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Originally Posted by Walter Kittel
While I am pleased with the HD-A1, I agree that the time remaining would be nice to have. As it stands, I try to remember to read the feature's runtime before I start and then mentally calculate the runtime based on the information the Toshiba does display.
Robert, can't you just switch the resolution to eliminate upconverting?
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I tried to switch the resolution to 480I, but it won't allow me to do so, thus a 480P or 1080I flag is raised which means my Pioneer Elite Pro-710HD television will go to Full Screen automatically once it detects either flag.
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06-24-2006, 04:51 PM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
The toshiba shows the time remaining I believe on the player screen itself when you hit the display button....
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06-24-2006, 06:39 PM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
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Originally Posted by Steve Blair
The toshiba shows the time remaining I believe on the player screen itself when you hit the display button....
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well you learn something new every day, thanks for the heads up.
My biggest issue is the HDMI error when you switch the display input to another input, it's a pain to check something on tv and have to restart the disc. |
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06-25-2006, 08:00 AM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
This thread is meant to accumulate "issues" (and their possible solutions) with the HD DVD players only. Please post anything about BD players in the similar thread in the other forum.
Thanks!
Cees
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06-25-2006, 08:28 AM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
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Originally Posted by Steve Blair
The toshiba shows the time remaining I believe on the player screen itself when you hit the display button....
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Thanks Steve for the heads up. I can see it fine now.
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06-25-2006, 09:47 AM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
YW Robert  Know how I came to that conclusion? I remember their first gen dvd players did that back in 97'. I bought the SD3006 for MORE than this HD DVD player. Wow, that puts things in perspective lol
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06-25-2006, 11:21 AM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
None. I did replace the feet of my player with Vibrapods that I had sitting around
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06-25-2006, 03:18 PM
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
I wish the HDMI connection was more stable, mine is very loose and was causing video dropouts. I am rigging up some velcro to tighten it up. Not a Toshiba issue but more so an HDMI issue, a very crappy connection.
If anything a quicker load time and power up. Other then that, no issues, I am a very happy HD-DVD camper. Oh and that upscaling, simply awesome.
Sometime's you reach what's real by making believe.
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06-25-2006, 05:59 PM
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Cees Alons
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Re: Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player?
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My biggest issue is the HDMI error when you switch the display input to another input, it's a pain to check something on tv and have to restart the disc.
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I wonder if that isn't really an issue of the TV set.
IMO the TV-set should go on supporting the HDMI-input (handshakes) when switched to another source, even when it's no longer using the signal-data.
Of course I don't know this for sure, but I don't see how the player could handle it differently.
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