Jason Dunn
03-02-2006, 02:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_HD_A1/4505-6463_7-31736203.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Search+Results' target='_blank'>http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_HD_A1/4505-6463_7-31736203.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Search+Results</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The first hardware volley in the next-generation DVD format war, a.k.a. HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray, will be fired by HD-DVD developer Toshiba. The HD-A1 ($499) may not be the first HD-DVD player on the market--the more expensive Toshiba HD-XA1 should beat it by a few weeks--but its lower price point and a nearly identical feature set (it's missing only some cosmetic features and a custom installer-friendly RS-232C port) should make the HD-A1 a popular option for early adopters on more modest budgets."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/Toshiba-HD-A1.jpg" /><br /><br />C|NET has a short video and article about this new HD-DVD player from Toshiba. I was initially completely uninterested in it, but when they started talking about the upsampling of normal DVDs to 720p or 1080i over HDMI, it got me wondering if the upsampling on it would be better than my Samsung DVD player?