Ruslan74
19th April 2006, 10:02 AM
Read it all here. (http://dvd.themanroom.com/dvd-newsview.php?id=0058)
Snippet :
"If the size of the remote is an eye opener then the size of the player will blow eyes right of people’s heads. As such the same arguments made for the remote apply here as well. Affixed to the player’s top is a shelf talker explaining the benefits of the player including its ability to up-convert existing DVDs to 1080i. Best Buy would be wise to get one of these up on a shelf ASAP."
"Since the official debut of HD-DVD is Tuesday, May 18, I was unable to score one of the four actual HD-DVD launch titles to test out (see below for links to details on those titles). That test will happen within the next 48 hours. In the meantime I did pop in both “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” and Paramount’s upcoming “Aeon Flux” to see how up-converting on the HD-A1 compares to my now old Momitsu. Both units offer a much sharper up-converted 1080i image compared to a 480p resolution coming from Xbox 360 (see below for a digital snapshot of the HD-A1 playing “Revenge of the Sith”). Differences between the Momitsu and Toshiba to my naked eye on a 118” screen were minimal at best. The Toshiba on some scenes is a hair sharper and brighter over the Momitsu but only when scrutinized for imperfections. Anyone who does pick up this player and has never owned a 1080i up-converting DVD player before will be pleasantly surprised at the improvements. The bigger the display device, the more apparent the improvements will be."
I wonder when will these things be available in SA... yummy. :D
Snippet :
"If the size of the remote is an eye opener then the size of the player will blow eyes right of people’s heads. As such the same arguments made for the remote apply here as well. Affixed to the player’s top is a shelf talker explaining the benefits of the player including its ability to up-convert existing DVDs to 1080i. Best Buy would be wise to get one of these up on a shelf ASAP."
"Since the official debut of HD-DVD is Tuesday, May 18, I was unable to score one of the four actual HD-DVD launch titles to test out (see below for links to details on those titles). That test will happen within the next 48 hours. In the meantime I did pop in both “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” and Paramount’s upcoming “Aeon Flux” to see how up-converting on the HD-A1 compares to my now old Momitsu. Both units offer a much sharper up-converted 1080i image compared to a 480p resolution coming from Xbox 360 (see below for a digital snapshot of the HD-A1 playing “Revenge of the Sith”). Differences between the Momitsu and Toshiba to my naked eye on a 118” screen were minimal at best. The Toshiba on some scenes is a hair sharper and brighter over the Momitsu but only when scrutinized for imperfections. Anyone who does pick up this player and has never owned a 1080i up-converting DVD player before will be pleasantly surprised at the improvements. The bigger the display device, the more apparent the improvements will be."
I wonder when will these things be available in SA... yummy. :D