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TV has the standard RGB component inputs, I guess I could hook things up that way, but am I correct in guessing that wouldn't be High Def? Blu-Ray players are incredibly cheap now, so maybe time to give in and upgrade. I just love my old Toshiba, always works, but it's almost 18 years old.

Has an S-video output, but TV doesn't have a matching input. Older technology keeps fading away.
The component outputs that are labelled progressive are 480P. Use those.
 

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TV is an LG, model LN53. 42 inches, LED (did not want LCD). Friend had an nice LCD TV, but it suddenly developed this weird "shadow" that covered about 1/3rd of the screen, so thought it was safer to go LED. Bought it from Amazon about a year and a half ago. Love it, never had a problem. I almost wish I'd gone a bit bigger, but I'm happy with it.

It was $400 at the time. Shocking, considering I paid nearly $1500 for my old 36 inch CRT TV. I was fine with it, but one day the green colors all disappeared, so everything looked red/purple. Not worth loading a 200 lb. TV into my car and get it repaired, so time to upgrade :)

Bought the nice HDMI cable, all set to connect the DVD player, then discovered it was ancient, built way before HDMI ports existed.. I'll try the RGB stuff and report back next week.

Thanks

FYI its a LCD TV. The only difference between TVs that were marketed as LED vs LCD is the backlight. They both use the same LCD panels, one is lit by very tiny florescent tubes, the other by LEDs. I made an assumption that you were hooking up an HD DVD player, not a DVD player. Looking over the thread you will be hooking up a DVD player via component (RGB) connection? If thats the case then it won't be HD as the DVD player is SD. The TV should accept HD signals over RGB. You may want to consider picking up a cheap Blu-ray player. I picked up an open box Panasonic during December for around $40!

Here is a new Samsung for under $60, refub version is $10 less:

 

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FYI its a LCD TV. The only difference between TVs that were marketed as LED vs LCD is the backlight. They both use the same LCD panels, one is lit by very tiny florescent tubes, the other by LEDs. I made an assumption that you were hooking up an HD DVD player, not a DVD player. Looking over the thread you will be hooking up a DVD player via component (RGB) connection? If thats the case then it won't be HD as the DVD player is SD. The TV should accept HD signals over RGB. You may want to consider picking up a cheap Blu-ray player. I picked up an open box Panasonic during December for around $40!

Here is a new Samsung for under $60, refub version is $10 less:


So I really have an LCD? I thought they were the ones that would drop pixels and you'd end up with permanent blank spots on the TV. No dropped pixels with this, maybe the technology improved.

I'll solve this once and for all, just start shopping for a cheap Blu-ray player. It's not worth the hassle to try and save an 18 year old DVD player that won't do HD. I'll just hook it up to the wonderful 13" CRT TV in the spare bedroom :) Won the TV in a raffle, I'd never buy something that small.
 

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So I really have an LCD? I thought they were the ones that would drop pixels and you'd end up with permanent blank spots on the TV. No dropped pixels with this, maybe the technology improved.

I'll solve this once and for all, just start shopping for a cheap Blu-ray player. It's not worth the hassle to try and save an 18 year old DVD player that won't do HD. I'll just hook it up to the wonderful 13" CRT TV in the spare bedroom :) Won the TV in a raffle, I'd never buy something that small.
That's the best plan :)
 

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I only have the two Bob Hope collections from BCI, but was considering adding some titles to finally get more use out of my 360's HD-DVD drive.

So I was wondering, what publisher was affected by disc rot? I remember one of the big labels had a lot of problems, but don't remember exactly if it was Universal or Warner.

How do these compare with their Blu-Ray versions? I'd only want to bother with stuff that is as good or better than its Blu-Ray counterpart, so no Casablanca and other such films. They're all Warner, so hopefully it wasn't them that had major quality issues that led to their discs going bad en masse after a short time.

-Adventures of Robin Hood
-Battle of the Bulge
-Casablanca
-Dirty Dozen
-Forbidden Planet
-Grand Prix
-Perfect Storm
-Polar Express
-Poseidon
-Space Cowboys
 

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I still have the Toshiba HD DVD they gave to us at the HTF Vegas meet and it works fine. The only thing I never got to work was the Ethernet Network connection for firmware updates. was able to get one on a disc many years ago, but that was it.
 

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I still have mine. I haven't used it in a while. I did try to watch "The Big Lebowski" quite a while ago, but it wouldn't play. The disc went bad.
 

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I just love my old Toshiba, always works, but it's almost 18 years old..
You might love the DVD player, but it doesn't love you. It's been withholding sweet, sweet HD lovin' from you for years. It's time to stop listening to its lies, end this abusive relationship and go to a Blu-Ray player that likes you for you.
 

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Still use mine (I have an A2 and an A3). Not often (still have a pile of unopened HD DVDs on my shelf that I bought for, basically, 1$ each) but on occasion. I have a few titles that have yet to be released on BD. There have been issues cropping up, though. I had to get the BD of the first Harry Potter film--was watching the HD DVD with my kids and the disc froze up about 1/3 of the way in--nothing I did would get it to work. Had the same issue with disc 1 of BBC Planet Earth (got the BD set for that too). No way I'll replace all my HD DVDs (unless the BD is 1$ too--for that price, I'll buy just about anything that looks remotely interesting, as I did with the HD DVDs). But those titles I have already watched and plan to watch again, if they become problematic, I'll replace them.

I have few complaints about the way they look when I play them (some titles have been re-mastered of course, and I might replace those, but many look very nice and are no worse than their contemporary BD releases).
 

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Same here. There are some films I simply haven't gotten the Blu-ray counterparts for: Top Gun, The Sting, Babel, Cinderella Man, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Lucky Number Slevin. And some which haven't (and likely won't) come out on Blu-ray like Road to Rio and Road to Bali.
 

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Still using the HD-XA2 in my home theater. DVDs look good on the 110" screen. Usually better then when I use my LG or Panasonic BR players. Still dislike that clunky non-ergonomic Toshiba Remote Control, though. Impossible to use in the darkened theater without a mini-flashlight.
 

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If I can understanding using an HD-DVD player in 2017 (and I can), I can certainly understand that.
If I can understand using an HD-DVD player in 2017 (and I can), I can also certainly understand why I didn't notice "If I can understanding using an HD-DVD player in 2017", except I can't.
 

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Just took my Epson 9500 PJ, Tosh HDA1 (down to just 6 discs), Panny BD30 and my HD cable box out of my HT. Replaced them with a Epson 6040 and a Sammy K8500...back into the modern world!
 

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