New TV + Toshiba HD A3 + HD-DVD vs. DVD

Now, I know all you out there will be thrilled by my first pic.

Also, temporary list of DVD's to be tested are

-Black Hawk Down
-Saving Private Ryan
-Band of Brothers

HD-DVD's

-Planet Earth
-Shooter (backorder)

So, what the plan is here is to first give a little review of the TV itself, Toshiba HD-A3 and finally, go over the comparison of HD DVD's vs. DVD's upconverted to 1080i (sorry, damn A3 doesn't upconvert to 1080p like a good boy).

As of right now, I only have one part of this process in hand which is to be honest the most amazing part anyway.

Expected arrival of items

Sharp 1080p 32" LC32D62U = 11/30/07 (maybe a day or 2 before depending on how fast DHL moves

Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player = 11/27/07 (yes, that's tomorrow folks!)

DVD's + HD-DVD's = 11/28/07 to 12/05/07 (with exclusion of Shooter)

Voila, my HDMI to DVI cable to hook it up to my PC




Just received my Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player today







The remote I must say feels a tad flimsy. Even with batteries it feels really plastic'y but it seems almost all of them are like that now. The player itself feels pretty light which is nice, easy to move around and that makes it pretty convenient. It's only about 2" tall so that it can fit basically anywhere and all of the features are right on the front so that access is pretty easy. One down side is that in the past all of my VHS/DVD players came with at least some basic cables however this one came with nothing other than a power cable. The current free 300 and Bourne Identity offer is pretty nice, saves me spending an extra $30 I haven't been able to try it out because I don't have the Aquos yet, I'm hoping for it to come Thursday although I don't know where it is right now...DHL is being a moron with updating my package location.

So, if you'd like me to include anything that I haven't, please speak up. After a couple months I'll get some more HD-DVD's to try out because of Toshiba's free HD-DVD offer.

Ahh the anticipation is insane haha

Well I do get the HD-A3 today, however that's pretty useless without the new HDTV

The TV just today at 1am left from Plano Texas (about 25 hours direct travel) so I'd say I should get it maybe a day early on Thursday. And if absolutely lucky then wednesday, but that would mean the whole truck was just devoted to coming to NYC which is hard to believe since it's coming from Texas

Jeez that's nice. Although I think 52" would be a little too much for a monitor and of course unless I got a D64 I'd be a little scared of banding issues prone to 40"+ inch LCD's

Updated with HD-A3 by Toshiba

Can do! Probably by this friday I'll be able able to get shots of the comparison for you, granted my DVD's get here. I can't compare the SAME DVD to HD-DVD but I think you'll be able to get the idea from say 300 in HD vs. saving private ryan or something.

Glad you're enjoying

Only thing I'm semi-unhappy with is that it only upconverts to 1080i rather than 1080p

That's actually really cool to hear seeing as the main purpose of this purchase was just for a much larger and more spacey monitor.

I do wish DHL would update my TV's status or get it moving though, as it's been listed as passing through a Waco Texas Factory for 2 days now and I'm all the way up in NY

Hmm I do not actually know what superbit is. Care to let me know more about it?

Ahh I see, that's good to know actually since I didn't know about such a thing existing previous to the HD versions. Must say it's a good idea though, get some upgrades without having to pay extra money

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Well, I hate to say that it's not in Texas any longer, however got to Ohio, shipped out 24 hours ago (should've taken 10 to get here) and it still isn't in the same state. God why would anybody ever choose DHL.

Dumb idiots aren't even smart enough to update the estimated delivery date after it's not here and it's already 2:40pm. Well, gonna just complain to Dell about DHL's terrible job and yell at DHL.

Got the TV in my hands today! Looks beautiful

I haven't gotten time to take pictures yet but I did just watch a bit of band of brothers (DVD) and compared it to 300 (HD-DVD) and to be honest I'm not really all that impressed by HD-DVD. It definitely has it's advantages as I'm sure I'll see when I watch some planet earth, however with most plot movies I would say the difference is not worth the extra $10 a disc

Hopefully I'll get some pictures up of the TV in general tonight for you guys and my setup. Probably not any HD-DVD comparison shots yet though. Hang in there

There are some example shots sorry they suck, dark room + unstable hands = bad pics