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Toshiba HD-XA2

Toshiba HD-XA2 (Front)
Toshiba HD-XA2 (Front)
Toshiba HD-XA2
Toshiba HD-XA2
79.0 Good
Last updated
March 27, 2007
Hands On Reviewed by
Lincoln Spector
Pros
  • Excellent image quality
  • Feature-packed, including HDMI 1.3
Cons
  • Hard-to-use remote control
  • Poor documentation
Full Specifications
Price when rated - Pricing: Expensive $1000 (as of 2/20/2007)
Overall design - Good On-screen menus - Very Good
Ease of Use - Good
Responsiveness - Fair
Remote control - Poor
Other features - Very Good
Documentation - Fair
Performance Color quality - Very Good: 82
Detail - Very Good: 81
Brightness and contrast - Very Good: 81
DVD-Video image quality - Very Good: 81
Overall performance - Very Good: 81
Specifications - Very Good Maximum component-video-output resolution - 1080i
24p output support - No
HDMI output - Yes
HDMI version - 1.3
Maximum HDMI-output resolution - 1080p
Ethernet connection (for Internet connectivity) - Yes
Ethernet connection (for streaming content across home network) - n/a
DLNA compliance - No
USB 2.0 ports - Yes; 2
USB port function - For downloading additional content for movies that support this feature
Component-video Output - Yes
S-Video output - Yes
Composite -video output - Yes
Two-channel analog audio output - Yes
Coaxial digital output - Yes
Optical digital output - Yes
Maximum audio output over HDMI - 7.1-channel PCM
Best audio output over S/PDIF - 7.1-channel PCM
Bitstream output to audio/video receiver - Yes
Other audio features
DVD-Video upconversion - 1080p
Plays audio CDs - Yes
Supported DVD disc formats - DVD-R, DVD-RW
Plays MP3 DVDs - No
Plays MP3 CDs - No
Support for two simultaneous video streams (for on-demand picture-in-picture) - Yes
Supported multimedia formats
Storage - 128MB
Firmware updates delivered via? - Ethernet/disc mailing
Disc bookmarks - Yes
Media slots - None
Other features
Warranty - One year parts/90 days labor
Weekday support hours - 9
Saturday support hours - 0
Sunday support hours - 0
Toll-free support number - Yes

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