Firmware 2.0 to enable TrueHD5.1 (1 Viewer)

[mfabien]

I use a HDMI/DVI cable. Works perfectly.

But Shawn is using Component for Video, so, his problem is not an HDCP handshake dropout.

 

[JonZ]

Did the 2.0 update. Running great.


But I was messing around this morning and theres definitely a brightness/HDMI>DVI issue with this player.

This morning I connected through component and details in black was much improved. For instance my earlier comments on dark scenes in Unforgiven being too dark were fixed through component.

But I also noticed the pictures suffers through component. Alot of the vibrance of colors as well as some sharpness and details is noticeably better going through HDMI>DVI.

I havent experiences any skips,freezes,etc some others have.
Havent setup TrueHD yet, but theres still a sub issue

 

[Ron-P]

I updated my player last night and spun Constantine in TrueHD, I had uncorrectable lip-sync issues with it. I did not try DD+ to see if it was there but from what I'm reading at AVS it's only with TrueHD. I have not tried Phantom in TrueHD yet to see if it suffers as well.

 

[John Sparks]

I wish I had seen this thread earlier.

Now it's too late and you can't turn back. You have to read what the actual problems that the FW2.0 did to the A1 over at AVSForum.

We can only hope that Toshiba comes out with a fix for the problems 2.0 caused soon!

 

[Larry Sutliff]

I finally got the disc today. I uploaded it, played quite a bit of PHANTOM. No lip sync issues, very detailed sound. I'll throw CONSTANTINE in and see what happens.

 

[Larry Sutliff]

I looked at parts of CONSTANTINE, I didn't have the sync problem. Sounds incredible.

 

[Steven Simon]

Jon,
I run HDMI to DVI into my Pioneer Plasma... I just upgarded to 2.0... I actually never updated my Tosh until now... No problems thus far... I really need to spin a TrueHD track...

 

[Dave Moritz]

I never noticed that on my Sony HDTV and I use the HDMI exclusively and Unforgiven looked great. I have never seen that movie look so good on a TV ever. So I guess that the Toshiba HD-A1 will look alot different using the HDMI depending on what brand tv you are watching.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Hey DarthSimon,

Saw the pictures of your HT, sweet

 

[Stevepro1]

I ran "End of Days" tonight in True HD. The sound was fantastic.
BUT...I TOO HAD DROPOUTS... 3 of them throughout the film. The error would not repeat itself upon replay so the problem is obviously in the player. It might be buffering problem similar as what was in the 1.1 version software. The lip sync can be corrected after a dropout by pausing the film about a minute to let the audio catch up to the video, at least it worked for me.
I'll call Toshiba Monday. I'm sure they are aware of the problem by now.

Has anybody tried to reinstall the 2.0 software? Is that safe to do?

Steve

 

[Dave Moritz]

I would reinstall the 2.0 firmware update and see if the problem persist. It is completly safe to reinstall, I just reinstalled two days ago and had 0 problems doing so. I had some audio drop outs when listening to Dolby True HD tracks and reinstalling seemed to have corrected the problem.

 

[Ron-P]

I just did the reinstall, no change, still getting lip-sync issues with Constantine but not with Phantom.

 

[JonZ]

Connect analogs this morning. TrueHD sounds great.

Is True HD actually lower for anyone else? Its lower but theres more clarity to the discrete channels.

 

[Larry Sutliff]

Jon,
According to some experts over at AVS, going HDMI to DVI has color space issues and black level issues on certain displays. I'm connected via DVI and have never noticed this problem. I checked the player via component, and I so no discernable difference, so it may be your display.

Have you used one of the calibration DVD's(Avia, Video Essentials) or the THX setup on some DVD's to calibrate your monitor?

 

[Ron-P]

A poster over at AVS stated he recently spoke to a Toshiba rep and 2.1 is due out in the next week or so to fix issues from 2.0. That's all I know. Hopefully this addresses the lip-sync issue.

 

[JonZ]

Yea Larry calibrated with DVE.

Those of us that called in shoudl receive firmware updates inthe mail automatically.

 

[Ron-P]

Don't put too much faith in the auto-mailings of the disks. I've had to call each and everytime to request the disks even though I was set up for auto-mailings.

 

[Paul.S]

Good to know Ron-P; thanks for that bit. I've been waiting on mine, (foolishly) thinking that my having submitted my product/automatic mailing registration info would have them kick out a disc to me. Prolly should call, but now am thinking I'm glad I didn't do 2.0 upgrade given the issues. Am HDMI-->DVI with a Tosh 34HDX82.

 

[andy wells]

so just to make sure.. everyone does have to turn up the volume to a higher level for dolby tru-HD right? I do (yamaha yht 5650)

 

[Lee Harvey]

Yep, I had to turn my receiver up 10 to 12 db higher than going with the standard DD/DTS settings.