Your biggest issue(s) with HD DVD player? (1 Viewer)

[Cees Alons]

Roger,

Several members own a HD DVD- as wel as a BD-player, but they seem to be in a minority.

We don't think it will be very useful to open a third special area for those alone. So, you are relatively free to cope with this problem in a creative way.

Rest assured we envy you.


Cees

 

[Ron-P]

What's the firmware on the player Roger? The updates from Toshiba have pretty much fixed all the issues.

 

[Roger Mathus]

I have not updated the firmware yet.....plan to today. There is a sticker on the Toshiba box that says "04-03-06" which I assume might be the build date. If that is the case, update is needed.

 

[Roger Mathus]

Ron and Cees.....thank you for the quick reply. I did find a thread opened by Robert Crawford in the BD owners area and I posted my reasons for both formats there. I did not find the owners area until today as I was clicking the first options in the HTF opening page and missed the "here and here". The threads I was viewing were useful but were littered with "format war" opinions mostly from members who had only viewed a demo in a Best Buy.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Roger,
I bought that same Toshiba player from OneCall too and just received it last week. I had the RCA unit, but I was very concerned with RCA's customer support on these units as I tried to get some firmware updates so I decided to exchange that unit for the AX1. You need to check the back of the unit for the build date because my unit was built in February. I have a firmware 1.4 disc on the way to me which I should have this week after calling Toshiba's customer service the same day I bought it's player.

Edit: The final purchase price difference for me between the Samsung Blu-ray player and the Toshiba HD-AX1 was just about $120.00




Crawdaddy

 

[Robert Crawford]

Which was our major motivation for opening these new areas. Like you, I bought both formats and I don't want to read all that format war garbage that offers very little value to me and others as HT enthusiasts.







Crawdaddy

 

[Paul Anthony]

I really love watching standard DVDs on my Toshiba HD-DVD player, because the PQ is nearly flawless (though, I prefer HD-DVD anyday). The only 2 issues I have are the HDMI drop-outs (which only happens once for a second with every 2 films I may watch in a day). Though, I don't know if it's the player itself, the HDMI connection, the HDMI cable, or my plasma set. Second, is having no Dolby TrueHD (or HD-DTS) in 5.1 or 7.1 as advertised in the Warner HD-DVD discs for that matter.

Btw, STILL waiting for that damn Firmware update disc from Toshiba.

 

[CaptDS9E]

Congrats on your purchase Roger. stuff you mentioned

1- I had the same freezing/sync problems with cinderella man and a few Universal titles, but firmware update 1.2 fixed it

2-Its not a player problem. The studios need to author it onto their discs. Universal hasnt, WB has a bookmark function to save your spot. Just press B on your remote for that option. Why Universal hasnt included it is a bit strange

3-I cant stand any of the dvd player remotes

4-Im waiting for the 1.4 firmware disc to come, as i dont want to unhook my player, but some have mentioned the bootup is a bit quicker

Enjoy the player and HD

 

[AaronSCH]

My biggest issue is impatience. I want to spend more money on HD-DVD titles. I need Paramount to hurry up with that Star Trek Collection and Warner Brothers needs to unleash that Rings Trilogy.

 

[Oliver D]

In the US, New Line has the rights for Lord of the Rings distribution, right? Or am I missing something?

 

[Harminder]

New Line is owned by Time Warner, who also owns Warner Bros.

 

[Bob Spears]

I have had my HD-A1 for two weeks now and it has performed flawlessly. The ONLY issue I have is I have a VERY hard time reading the remote in a dimly lit room. I have to keep a small flashlight on the table in order to read the remote. The writing is pale and there is no backlight.

 

[Robert Crawford]

My main issue now with my HD DVD player is when you stop play and then resume play again it goes back to the beginning.

 

[JimmyMac]

For myself it's the lack of subwoofer output on HD tittles. I have done all the workarounds listed here and at AVS but I'd like Toshiba to enable plus decibel increases per channel for the 5.1 analog set-up.

I agree with everything already posted. Not sure if this was said but I'd also like a bit rate display for on-screen access.

 

[Reginald Trent]

My player has refuse to recognize and play a dual layer and single layer backup of a couple of my movies. This makes me somewhat leery of expecting it capable of playing my DVD library. This could be a deal breaker.

 

[Reginald Trent]

Because the Toshiba does not upconvert copyrighted/protected DVDs. I forgot to mention that in my original post.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The Toshiba does so by using the HDMI output.

 

[RobertDW]

The HD-A1 in the manual does not support DVD+R media however in real life it does. My HD-A1 will playback dual layer DVD+R media if it's the Verbatim brand and all of my DVD+R single layer discs if I use TDK brand. Also the player loves DVD-R media.

 

[Reginald Trent]

I'm using the HDMI output into a Toshiba DLP.

 

[Steve Tannehill]

I echo RobertDW's success with Verbatim DVD+R Dual Layer media, currently on sale (check the Coupons and Bargains section for an ongoing thread on the subject).

- Steve