The HD-DVD Insider

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i have a dvd player rec/that also upconverts to hd will it play hd movies ,rca (drc8060n)it has hdmi output,or is there a difference with tru hd and upconversion?

I have bought a new 52 inch HDTV. What do I need to be capable of viewing HDTV. Please be specific as I am an idiot. I suppose I need a HD descrambler or something like that. Then I have to subscribe to someone who is selling the high definition signal. I think I have just talked myself out of HDTV for the near future. It seems to be far too expensive. So to all of you normal and more intelligent humans the questions are what do I need and what will it cost? Thank you for your help.

I have bought a new 52 inch HDTV. What do I need to be capable of viewing HDTV. Please be specific as I am an idiot. I suppose I need a HD descrambler or something like that. Then I have to subscribe to someone who is selling the high definition signal. I think I have just talked myself out of HDTV for the near future. It seems to be far too expensive. So to all of you normal and more intelligent humans the questions are what do I need and what will it cost? Thank you for your help.

I am a X360 owner who will be buying the HD-DVD optical drive on Nov.7th. I am a huge Home Theatre fan as well who owns a 1080i HDTV that does NOT have HDMI or DVI. As my Mitsubishi 65" Platinum Plus display is 6 years old now I would like to wait untill HDMI 1.3 is standard before buying my next HDTV display ( Mitsubishi 73" DLP most likely ). And I have a two year old Denon receiver , the 3805 which has Component switching but not HDMI. So my hope is that I will receive full 1080i res. over my component connections for the next few years untill I am ready to upgrade to all HDMI 1.3 equipment. Thats my comment #1 and I know it affects my friends with Home Theatres in the same way as well as many who havbe new or fairly new equipment that they spent large sums of money for and who are feeling "left out" on the NEXT GEN DVDs. I have one more comment to anyone who has say on HD-DVD disc releases. GET THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY EXTENDED VERSIONS OUT ON HD-DVD IN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY.

   Thank you.

I bought the HD DVR from DirecTV.  The HD channels that we go get are pretty cool.  I especially like Monday night football and SportCenter on ESPNHD.  However, I want to warn other people that DirecTV doesn't have channels such as FOX, CBS, NBC, and ABC in many areas.  They have the capability to transmit to our dish the NY or LA feeds but won't because of some federal regulation.  They said we needed to apply for a waiver to our local stations, which we did, but they were turned down.  So I guess I have to wait until HD local channels come to my area, which could be years.  

if i have a progressive dvd player with a 1080 output, is that the same as an hd dvd player???

I now have the HD DVD optical drive for the X360. It came with Peter Jacksons King Kong , looks excellent , not sure if the audio is quite as good as the video at this point. The system was delivering 1080i to my display through the X360's Analog Component outputs and I was very happy with that. I am now buying New Release Movies in the HD DVD format when possible. I still have one comment on HD DVD vs. BLU-RAY. Getting the HD DVD optical drive out for the X360 was very important in my opinion for HD DVD's future in this format war. Good job HD DVD!! Now get the LORD OF THE RINGS EXTENDED VERSIONS ON HD DVD in as high a quality as possible and get them out before BLU-RAY. Along with Star Wars these movies are loved by the PC , Home Theater , gaming , geek squad guys as any movies , STRIKE FIRST HD DVD!!

Just bought a 360 HD-DVD Drive and Polar Express with it, I hooked it up on my lunch break to a 60" Sony 1080p TV.  It looks amazing!  The black levels are truly black, the menu is razor sharp and pops up on the bottom of the screen while the movie is playing, and the entire screen looks so sharp.  That is at 1080i since my TV only accepts 1080p through HDMI(Thanks Sony)!  I bought Sony's upconverting dvd player a while ago and was pleased with it but do understand their is a huge difference, upconverting is not the same as actual HD content.  Toshiba is going to have to lower their prices now soon to be able to compete.  Who would pay 500 for their version when you can pay 200 for Microsoft's which also comes with a universal remote and includes King KONG which is another $30 that Toshiba doesnt gives you.  If you own an HDTV this is what you have been missing, standard DVD's 480p just doesnt cut it.  Now just waiting for Xbox or someone else to make an HDMI cable for the 360.

14 days and 8 discs into the HD-A1 and I am loving the picture and sound I get.  I wish I could get them together.  Watching End of Days the dialog does not sync with the picture.  It is like watching a dubbed film.  If this is not neato enough, I get the occassional stall and stutter that rolls into automatic slow motion action.  My options are to unplug the unit to reset, or hold the power button down for a few seconds.  This is fun when you are in the middle of a movie.  I can unhook everything and drag the unit to my computer for internet for uploads or wait a few months for the disc that is on back order.  Toshiba's idea of customer service is sad.  They ask you to spend $500-$1000 on the player and leave you out there.  No word on the release of the A2.  With companies like Toshiba and JVC making players for HD DVD, the format may be in trouble.  Go with the Xbox 360 player for $200.  At least Microsoft's customer service has a good history.  The picture and sound are worth it, depsite the hardware support.  

I too got my HD DVD drive to go with my 360 the 10th and let me say that this is true Cinema! Incredible,sharp,clear,crisp picture. "Kudos" and hats off to Microsoft for making this possible!

I purchased a Samsung 61" DLP set with full 1080p capability and also felt a little down knowing that i would not be able to fully realize the picture possibilities with just component connection. But Microsoft also has a VGA Hi Def cable that will connect to your PC input on the back of your television if it is so equipped! It even comes with male to female adapters, so i connected the cable and there it was all the resolutions all the way up to 1920x 1080 WOW!

So i went out and purchased the Mission impossible pack with all three movies,Batman Begins,Serenity,The Chronicles of Riddick and i have the Hulk reserved and coming out on Tuesday!

Can anyone tell me does the xbox360 hd-dvd player up convert my regular dvd's to 1080i?

Can i use HD DVD on my intel-based Apple computer ?   Please help.

How fast can HD Dvd or Blu Ray write an hr show of low resolution?  

60/12 or 5 minutes I would expect at 8x, but I'm not sure about the comparisons I'm getting from the Ads.  

6 times as long for HD?

where the hell are all the movies that i care about(the lordof the rings, the matrix trilogy,etc...)these were supposed to be out in hd dvd this past summer.If movies like that dont come out i think hd dvd is never going to be able to compete especially with the upcoming release of the disney titles in blu ray does anyone know when some good movies are coming besides MI3 and batman i mean who f'n cares about sky captain and aeon flux.

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please help me with the update

my DVD doesent have "multi sutitle encoding"

Looking to find out when I will get my HDDVR

Where can I get the firmware update for my HD DVD player?

Hi all,

I am wondering if anyone knows whether or not the XBox 360 HD DVD player will be region restricted? As I live in Australia I am in DVD Region 4 whilst the US is Region 1 (Although I heard a rumour these regions have/will change with HD DVD?).

The 360 peripheral will not be available in Australia until March, although movies will be coming out this week. As you can no doubt imagine, I can not wait until March to play these movies!!!

Thanks!

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Standalone HD-DVD players only really have to diversify in terms of manufacturer support.  Right now, the only thing holding back the format is the Toshiba/RCA cabal that many do not trust as premium equipment providers.  Right now, $500-$600 for a great console and HD-DVD playback (Xbox 360) is the sexiest option if you have any tangental interest in games.

Sovling the branding issue should seal the deal, with the PS3's launch stuttering.

I would like to know where I can find a list of the movies available in 7.1 hd dvd

I have owned an HD-A1 since it was first released and I just want to say the it is the BEST investment I have ever made for my home theater.  It works flawlessly, except for a few version 2.0 quirks, which are becoming less frequent as time passes, the picture quality is fantastic and the pq of upconverted standard dvds blows me away.

At $500, it was a steal considering that Blu-Ray players are currently running between $1500 and $1000.  Blu-Ray is way too expensive and offeres no real advantages over HD-DVD.  My only objection is that Toshiba is not being aggressive enough in promoting the HD-DVD format.

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i bought king kong on hd it wouldn't play do i need updated firmware

Hi - I'm in the same boat as Carlos Carranza - but I have an RCA HD-DVD clone player and it won't play King Kong either!  I have FW1.4 but I was told I need FW2.0 but RCA doesn't offer it!

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Should go to this site and sign the petition about trying to get more studios on board.  

Absolutely H.D. is a great step in the advancement of movies. But in turn I wish the advancement of sound would come with it as well and I am talking DTS digital theater systems far superior to dolby digital. You would think the price we have been paying for the H.D. VERSIONS it would also include DTS. Especially all of us that switched right to it. And last but not least all the more that would come over to it if all were remastered in DTS as well dolby digital. Just my thoughts.......

Does anyone know if there has been a release of an HD-DVD burner for the PC? I know Toshiba released the slimline HD-DVD burner/drive for laptops....

I heard rumors of New Line supporting Blu-ray now.  Is this true?

On paper Blue Ray is better then HD DVD, but so was beta?

I have read a lot about both Blue Ray and HD DVD, I'm going with HD DVD.  HD is killing Blue Ray in sales.

I should say the 7.1 audio system is the latest but to upgrade my present 6.1 to 7.1 may take me quite some trouble and cash to fulfil it. HD DVD would sell more expensive than the conventional DVD disc but i hope the difference is not too great.

I am looking for a High Definition DVD to connect with a Sony 70" High Definition TV I am getting for Christmas.  Will there be anything out there where you can purchase the HD DVD movies themselves or that can download from such sources as satellite signals in High Definition?

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Ok, I trade my A1 for an A2.  I get it home hook it up in teh same fashion as I did the A1 with the exception of the digital connection (not digital coax on the A2).  I pop in an HD disc and the picture looks like $h!t.  I check my owners manual and connections and I see the I am only getting a 480 signal with the same equipment I used to get a 1080i signal out of my A1.  The A2 goes up to 1080i but won't do it with any of my 14 HD DVDs.  The new A2 won't talk to my 1080 television as my A1 did.  I paid $500 for a regular picture.  In the military $500 is a 25% of your pay.  Toshiba won't answer my e-mails and you can't get them to pick up the phone.  Once again, Toshiba's customer service is less than impressive.  I would say buy the 360 HD player, but mine froze up on me everytime I tried to watch Superman Returns and Troy.  I have had little luck with HD DVD and the service behind it.  I am ready to switch camps and go with Blue Ray.  At least Panasonic stands behind its products.    

BLURAY is way better than HD DVD.

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Are all the HD DVD movies in widescreen format. The reason I ask is if you watch for example The Sopranos on regular HBO it is widescreen. When you watch in HD it is full frame with no loss of picture. I don't like widescreen. The nice thing about HD is that it eliminates this annoyance. Not the case with HD DVD. Any help would be greatly appreciated. DD

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I purchased an A1 a while ago and had nothing but trouble. Takes way too long to load your DVD and start playing. Serenity played throught ok the first time, but the second time around, it got out of sync with the sound. Never did fix it. Swapped it out for the demo at the store only to experience the same problems. Was told to get hold of an upgrade disc which I tried to download from Toshibas site. Only could download to 60 percent then would stop. Finally tossed in the towel and returned the unit for a full refund. I love the quality of HD DVD but am going to wait until all the bugs are out.

i bought a hd movie polar express,i have a rca hdmi when i put disc in it says bad disc this makes the second disc of polar express that doesn't work.and i was wanting to know if a hd movie will play in regular dvd if so it also reads bad disc in a regular player?

I can't play my new Univeral HD disc.  I get an error

message.  How can I update my player with the latest

firmware

I've bough the Kingkong hddvd the look and sound of perfect please help me to update my player.

ok, the worst website for distributing information ever!  i click on the link to get find out whats available on hd dvd and im taken to a page with a whirling tornado of barely readable movie covers.  if this is your idea of selling the technology, get a clue, just make a list of the movies available, instead of just making me dizzy!

Before stating your disappointment with this site, you should try to look around and read the entire page you are viewing.  Incase you didnt know, when that merry-go-round of a page comes up just look to your upper right and you can get a page of released movies to look at without getting that nauseous of a feeling.

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i thought HD DVD won the war against Blue-Ray formats? whats' happening? i need an update please... i'm ready to buy HDDVD player. is it really worth to wait whoever wins the format war??? Thanks.

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I have a rca hd dvd player do you plan on updating the sowftware so it can play the new avchd video camcorders that sony came out this last fall in 2006?

No one has one the format war yet;  it could go on for quite sometime.  For more information on the war keep up with CES starting January 8.

Where are the HD DVD releases????

70 BD vs. on 12 HD DVD in next 3 4 months -- what is going on?

I heard they are waiting for CES for a lot of there releases.

forget the standard format that is offered as a duel with some H.D. dvd releases it is not worth the money to buy it. Well the war between B.R. and H.D. time will tell from what I see H.D. is winning. All the movie fans out there as well home theaters now in homes we have to wait and see who wins the format war between the two. So now I see that companies LG is one are bringing out players that will play both formats. I went with H.D. if you have the right set up at home it is a highly recommended up grade {x box 360 if you have one get the add on well worth it}  May 2007 be a great year for H.D. dvd.  

How are you supposed to update an HD A2 when you can't get it on the internet and the update discs are not even available yet!! If I would have known all of this I would have not bought this unit. They are telling me that my new unit will only put out 480P which is not what I bought it for. I could have bought a $69 Up convert that did the job!! This is not a good start IMHO for HD DVD. Any Suggestions from the HD DVD gurus here on how to fix the problem!!

If HD DVD is worth getting,than tell me why HD DVD is still struggling against blu ray and tell me why there aren't  alot of companies supporting it?

Joe~

I am sorry you are dissatisfied with the product, with the quality, and with life in general is seems. However, I was able to update my XA-1 updated like a dream and the quality of the image on my Westinghouse 1080p 42 inch LCD is better than anything I have ever seen...

So, bitch, whine, and moan all you like... maybe you can trade in the A2 for an XA-1. Maybe you should buy a BlueRay player... Or maybe you just like to complain... I know what would fix the problem as you ask... to shut up and put your money where you *think* the future lies. Why did you buy a HD-DVD player in the first place? Go out and buy that Blue Ray, from all of us here... please... and just go away...

Does any know what is the maximum resolution the XBox 360 add-on HD DVD player can deliver to an HDTV?  Is it 1080i or 1080P?

I started my foray into HD with the XBox 360 player.  I was excited, until the picture came on and the player was so noisy it sounded like it was a Dewalt circular saw.  I took it back to Best Buy and planned to go to a stand alone unit.  They talked me into trying  another XBox player.  Took it home.  It was somewhat quieter, but the picture was no woo compared to the exact same King Kong disc on regular DVD when played on my Samsung Upconverter DVD.  So... back to Best Buy and I opted for the Toshiba A2.  I also bought King Kong on DVD so I could compare, but the price was $39... uggghhhh.  Anyway.. hooked the unit up with a DVI to HDMI adapter cable... and what a surprise... only was getting 480P... Hmmm.. tried everything then called Toshiba.  Got thru on the second try and was informed I needed a firmware update... Told tech that I did not have access to the internet and would need a disc.  He said he would order and I should receive in 7 to 10 days... Ha........  Also learned that the Toshiba would not upconvert regular DVD's that had a certain encryption, which seems to be every one of the 150 DVD's I own. Hmmmmmmmmm....  I am having to have the unit hooked up via component cables, at least I get 1080i.  It is now over two weeks and all I have received from Toshiba is a packing slip saying they are sending a HD Firmware update.... but no disc... Hmmmmmmmmmm.....  I should have just taken the unit back, got my money back, and waited this thing out.  As to my take on the picture and sound from the A2.  Well.. to be honest... with my Samsung I could have the picture fill up the HD screen if so desired, although one had to lose some picture due to cropping of the sides which is OK since most of the picture action is centered in a film.  One can not do the zoom like this in HD, the closest I have found is on a couple of Warner Brothers discs but the lowest zoom is 2 times which is much to much for a 2.35 movie on a 16:9 TV screen... Oh well.. live and learn.  Also.... the 1080i HD DVD picture I am getting through the component inputs on the TV is not discernably better in any way shape or form, than the upconverted 720P picture I was getting from my Samsung Upconverted DVD player.  As to sound.... I have always found DTS to be not as punchy in the bass area as Dolby Digital.  However, due to the infinite wisdom of the HD DVD developers, the sound from the Toshiba player is forced into DTS on all HD DVD discs.  I only get the Dolby Digital from regular DVD's.  Hmmmmmmmm.... I sometimes think that HD DVD and Bluray are more of a scam on the public than it appears.  As I have said, comparing HD DVD movies to DVD movies on my two players has not shown me a difference that has had me shouting whoooopie from my windows.  Maybe, just maybe, I will be more impressed when I finally receive the firmware update and can hook up the player using to the DVI input of my set, or maybe down the line when I have enough dollars to buy a set with 1080P, maybe then I will be able to join in the shouts of joy over HD DVD.  I hope HD DVD wins the war over Blu Ray, I lost in the VHS vs Beta war as I supported Beta..... OH well... live and learn.  I swore I would never buy new technology again till it was out at least three years..... well... no sense being stupid unless one can show the world how stupid one is.....   Live and learn......

I have a Panacsnoic RMR-ES46V dvd recorder.  The directions suggest it cannot play blue ray.  Can you tell me if a downoad is, or will be, available to permit this?  The unit works very well, otherwise.

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Things are not looking too great for HD-DVD at the moment, looks like Blu Ray has the momentum.

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