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Toshiba Toshiba HD-XA2

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Pros
Excellent image quality
Feature-packed, including HDMI 1.3
Cons
Hard-to-use remote control
Poor documentation

Toshiba HD-XA2 Review

by Lincoln Spector

- The first HD DVD player to deliver full, 1080p-resolution images and an HDMI 1.3 connection, the Toshiba HD-XA2 ($1000 as of 2/20/07) offers an impressive package, but with some minor annoyances.

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User Reviews for Toshiba Toshiba HD-XA2

Reviewed by: vinnieyor

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Remote has backlight.

Weaknesses: loched up twice already

Overall Evaluation: recently purhased both Sony BDP-S500 and Toshiba HD-AX2.The Sony is easier to use and seems to play SD/DVDs much clearer.BlueRay looks cleaner and clearer.only had them for 1 month.Toshiba has locked up twice already.had to unplug it and start over.time will tell as far as reliability.but so for BlueRay has my vote hands down.
Reviewed by: nuje4

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Incredible sound and picture

Weaknesses: Sloooooow, lousy remote

Overall Evaluation: Once you go HD, you'll never go back. I have spent thousands on the best upconverting players, but the simple fact is that you can't beat the new formats (big surprise). The XA2 has been fantastic for me, the picture quality is extraordinary, the sound quality from the new formats is awesome, and it has never faltered. That's the good. The bad is the speed. While this sports a great Silicon Optix processor for upconversion, I find that the boot-up time is so obnoxious that I would rather use my Oppo to watch normal DVDs. The remote could also use some work, but since I use a Harmony, I rarely if ever use it. All in all, a solid product that delivers the goods for HD-DVD, but it's not without its quirks.

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