Anyways, they have awarded their Product of the Year crown to Toshiba's first-gen flagship HD DVD player - the HD-XA1.
ENGADGET: Sound and Vision crowns Toshiba's HD DVD player Product of the Year
Toshiba's second-generation high-end HD-XA2 HD DVD playerHD Guru has a review up of Toshiba's second-generation HD DVD player, the HD-XA2, which they gave top ratings.
Its HD Video player supports up to 1080p HD videos.
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This isn't a normal CE DVD player here. (i.e. think Toshiba's first-gen HD DVD player but only bigger) It weighs in at an impressive 17lbs and seems to be built solid.
Both your HD movie player and your AV receiver have to support each individual codec though.
This HD DVD player delivered everything it promised and we think even the most staunch Blu-ray fanboys can admit to that.
ENGADGET: Sound and Vision crowns Toshiba's HD DVD player Product of the Year
The HD DVD player arena has truly been a whirlwind of late, with prices falling left and right and new entrants showing up fashionably late.
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Other questions surrounding news of the crack center on the usage of PowerDVD version 6.5 instead of the just released (and Xbox 360 HD DVD player compatible) Power DVD Ultra.
And while those who bought an HD DVD player bet on a losing format, many players can "up-convert" regular DVDs, making many video libraries look better on a high-definition set.
The new 4K Ultra HD Video Player is a hard-disc server that connects easily to Sony's 84-inch 4K LED TV (XBR-84X900) allowing consumers to view 4K resolution movies and short form 4K videos.
If the quality is up to par, forget fighting off IPTV and satellite, this may be enough to put even a new Blu-ray or HD DVD player purchase on hold, it's not like Narnia is out yet on Blu-ray anyway.
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Keep in mind we are not implying that you should upgrade to this firmware but some people are reporting success by doing so, but if it were our HD DVD player, we would wait till the official firmware update is released.
Despite the lack of an official statement from Toshiba US, a dealer on AVS Forum revealed that due to problems with a chip from a third party supplier, the lower-end HD-A2 HD DVD player originally due out right about... now has slipped into the second week of December.
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Of course, you don't need us to tell you just how many options are out there, but if your "best friend" (ahem) was looking to pick up an HD DVD player that packed plenty of features to please even the in-laws this holiday season, what's the unit to recommend?
ENGADGET: Ask Engadget HD: Which HD DVD player should I pick up for the holidays?
Just like the Xbox 360's HD DVD player, that analog VGA connector will support any resolution you choose -- or that your hardware can run without chugging -- as long as the ICT digital-only flag is not enabled (which it has not been for any content released so far).
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In its fifth consecutive year of providing live video coverage, PGA.com will host three channels of PGA Championship content on an HD quality video player that features picture-in-picture for fans to watch multiple streams at once.
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As Matt and Ben alluded to in the podcast, profit margins will likely be higher on the Blu-ray players when they are released compared to Toshiba's HD-DVD player, but will they stay that way?
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The new Roku Search function is front and center (once your second gen HD or higher player has been updated to the latest version) and in our tests worked quickly, pulling up content wherever it was available and mentioning if it was available in HD.
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Customers can now order and watch movies and TV shows in HD on their televisions through compatible devices including: the Roku digital video player, TiVo Series3, HD, and HD XL DVRs, and the Sony Bravia Internet Video Link.
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People perceive expensive item as being better and if they compare their favorite brand player to the Toshiba there is no way that they would choose HD DVD based on the way the player looks.
The tournament play software, created by leading UK developers The Site Doctor, extracts the information collected via the RFID readers and relays it on screen in an easy-to-follow, graphical display alongside the HD video footage of each player.
The Xbox 360, while going with the now-defunct HD DVD format for its media player, is superior (in my opinion) in its online gaming options.
Nearly everything you watch will need to be upconverted (until you get a Blu-ray movie player or wait until HD-DVD players add support for output at that resolution), so take a look at the TV while it is displaying content from the source and type you will likely be watching most to see how it handles it.
Did you plop down big dollars for a high-definition DVD player using Toshiba's HD DVD format -- which recently lost the battle with Sony's Blu-ray format?
"The addition of Amazon's HD offerings to the Roku digital video player is a tremendous enhancement for our customers, " said Tim Twerdahl, vice president of consumer products at Roku.
ENGADGET: Amazon Video on Demand goes HD, comes to Panasonic VIERACast TVs
For example, users can switch from a favorite HD movie on a Blu-ray player to the computer, viewable on the HDTV, to quickly send an email and then return to the film.
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Sure, it's hard to imagine a reason for most people to pick up a DMP-B15 over a cheapish Blu-ray playing laptop -- the thing is monstrously thick, and can't even handle a traditional laptop-style screen orientation, only everything but -- but the hardware is reliable enough for kids to handle on the road, and the single-use makes it a good home Blu-ray player for plugging into that second HD-starved TV.
Well, we're not sure we're going to get a straight answer here, since this early reviewer didn't have any HD DVD discs, and ended up using the player to watch upscaled standard DVDs.
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While we've had a good bit of conversation the past few weeks surrounding the right time to pick up a Blu-ray player, today's Ask Engadget HD inquiry puts a welcome spin on the discussion that we feel affects quite a few movie aficionados out there.
ENGADGET: Ask Engadget HD: Does Blu-ray show enough love to 720p HDTV owners?
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