thinking of buying one of these rather than the xbox add on and just wondering if the toshiba is any good? anyone got one or had one before?
2007-10-15 08:31:09 · 2 answers · asked by ANTHONY H 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
i have the HD-E1 which is the 1080i version of the model above (which outputs 1080p) being fed via HDMI into an LG px5d and it's the dogs cajoneys.
2007-10-15 09:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by tony c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a great deal and what sparked me to upgrade. I'm in the same boat as you. Bought and HDTV in 2001, had a pretty good player from 2002 (The Panasonic RP-91), but decided to upgrade to HD-DVD. Amazon has a nice price on it for Memorial Day. The Good: At worst a good DVD player, plus you can start buying/renting HD-DVDs. Pretty cheap price, plus you get the 5 free movies from Toshiba. The Bad: The format war will prevent some titles from being on HD-DVD, at least for now (i.e. Sony/Columbia titles are one studio exclusive to HD-DVD). I don't see an end coming to that war anytime soon. Total sales remain small, and although Blue Ray has been winning the recent sales, HD-DVD should make a huge dent with the Toshiba promotion. The Bad2: I'm not 100% on this, but I'm asking a similar question on yahoo answers. I'm guess your old TV does not have HDMI or even DVI. Without an HDMI hook-up, I'm not sure how much benefit you get from upconversion. Although if you upgrade your TV, you're ready to go for the future. I made the plunge, so I personally think it's a worthwhile investment. I like movies, I'd love to have HD-DVD capabilities, and the price was reasonably low. So I did it. And even if HD-DVD loses, I'll still have a player to play any discs I own.
2016-05-22 19:37:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋