Toshiba HD-A1 HD-DVD Player
HD-A1 - Excellent Unit and Picture Quality
I purchased an HD-A1 2 weeks ago along with Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, and Serenity. The player I bought had 1.2 firmware, so immediately updated the firmware via download to 1.4. No issues at all with playback of HD-DVD's or upconversion of DVD's via HDMI with my Pioneer Elite PRO-730HD RPTV. The Pio doesn't have an HDMI input so I connected via an HDMI to DVI cable without a problem. I've since watched all of the movies purchased and all had EXCELLENT video and audio. I've also watched many standard DVD's through the player and the upconversion feature worked flawlessly and produced a much better image than my previously used DVD player over component.<br /><br />I had previously compared the Samsung Blu-Ray player with the HD-A1 HD-DVD player and there was no comparison with the picture quality - HD-DVD produces a better picture at a lower cost. I would not hesitate to make this purchase again.