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Toshiba Toshiba HD-A2

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Pros
Well-designed on-screen menus
Ethernet connection for interactivity and updates
Cons
Outputs 1080i image resolution

$103.08 - $474.88
From 2 Merchants

Performance
Overall design	Good
On-screen menus	Very Good
Ease of Use	Good
Responsiveness	Fair
Remote control	Poor
Other features	Very Good
Documentation	Good
Color quality	Good: 76
Detail	Good: 76
Brightness and contrast	Very Good: 80
DVD-Video image quality	Good: 77
Overall performance	Good: 78
Specifications	Fair
Maximum component-video-output resolution	1080i
24p output support	No
HDMI output	Yes
HDMI version	1.2a
Maximum HDMI-output resolution	1080i
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	No
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
DVD-Video upconversion	1080i
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
Storage	128MB
Firmware updates delivered via?	Ethernet/disc mailing
Disc bookmarks	Yes
Media slots	None
Warranty	One year parts/90 days labor
Weekday support hours	9
Saturday support hours	0
Sunday support hours	0
Toll-free support number	Yes

User Reviews for Toshiba Toshiba HD-A2

Reviewed by: free2speak

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: Excellent video and audio for a little money.

Weaknesses: Slow startup.

Overall Evaluation: I am very pleased with the HD-A2. I have watched around 20 movies since I purchased the player. My HDTV is 1080i so the HD-A2 is a perfect match with great image quality. The sound is sent as a very rich DTS sidnal over the optical cable. The internet connection works very well for firmware updates, and movie content. There are many unique interactive features that work well on this HD DVD player. I would definately buy again.
Reviewed by: klingon

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: Phenominal pic quality and fantastic upscaling of standard definition DVDs!!

Weaknesses: No 5.1 analog output! :(

Overall Evaluation: This is a fantastic piece of equipment, anyone who says just because it does 1080i and not 1080p that it doesnt have the resolution of AX2 is sadly mistaken and needs to do some research including Mr Lincln, please read up a little before reviewing products.All HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs will encode film-sourced material in full 1920x1080 progressive scan resolution at 24 frames per second. The reason why we get interlacing artifacts in a 1080i signal is that the frame was originally captured in interlaced format, with the odd scan lines and even scan lines being recorded at two different moments in time. When you reassemble two fields that are offset in time, you get jaggies, moire patterns, barber pole effects, and line twitter. That is not true of either HD-DVD or Blu-ray film transfers since the image is scanned progressively from a film frame that represents a single moment in time. Therefore we would expect to see none of the common evidence of deinterlacing when watching HD-DVD or Blu-ray movies that are being transmitted via 1080i Now what our reviewer here is refering to as being artifacts while watching Mission imposible could be introduced by the TV which probably doesnt have a good deinterlacing chip, if he would have bothered to use a high quality progressive display device he wouldnt have complaned! Hope he'll be carefull in his future reviews! regards Khan