Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD Player
Toshiba HD-A1 HD DVD vs Samsung Bluray
I have bought both HD-DVD and Bluray players and must say the HD-DVD player is really an incredible value at the price asked. Having bought also about 2/3 of available HD-DVD and Bluray titles the Toshiba is clearly the better product using the better compression technology. I watch the movies with both a 1080p 60' Sony Retroprojector and a SHARP XV-Z 12000 720p high end projector: image quality with the Toshiba is awesome and that is valid with the majority of movie titles I watched. I also feel that horizontal and vertical scrolls are much better - really filmlike - done by the Toshiba. Because of the incredible picture you quickly forget about longer loading times etc... Additionally you get an excellent upconverting player for your old DVD collection. The upconvert quality is at least as good as my Pioneer 868 which was a reference in that field not long time ago. One advise: if you use HDMI to DVI converter cable please download and install the latest firmware for the Toshiba. The black level and overall image quality (colors, image depth etc.) was significantly improved on my Sharp projector after the firmware update. Before the image looked a bit pale. With the Sony retropro using HDMI input the image was excellent from the first day on.