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I received an HD-A2 Player some two years ago just months before the contest was won by Blu-Ray. My total commitment to HD-DVD was no more than 20 discs and I thought it all to be over and my small HD-DVD collection would eventually become obsolete. Too my surprise the HD-A2 upgraded my regular DVDs to a picture quality I did not think was possible. I started to compare its performance with other upgrade capable Players in the Best Buy store. I am convinced that this model renders the best upgrade picture. This may be the case also for some other Toshiba HD-DVD upgrade Players but I was not able to make the comparison. I have never had a problem with the Player and I use it some 20 hrs per week or more. Recently,I decided to take some of the pressure off of this unit it by purchasing another HD-A2. Surprisingly enough there is a healthy trade in the marketplace for both new and used units and so there must be more loyal fans of HD-DVD out there than I had previously thought. And then maybe these fans have come to realize like I had that this HD-A2 is one heck of an upgrade Player and therein lies its primary value. I eventually settled on EBay seller Frashe46 who seems to have many of them as well as other models of Toshiba HD-DVD Players also in quantity. On a "best offer" bid he accepted $65 with $11.65 shipping -a great price for this Player. He advertises the Players as used with Remote and an HMDI cable included but I think that they are probably refurbished. His rating is 99.5% and a check of his feedback column shows no dissatisfied customers. The unit arrived well packaged -it did not look all that much used and has played since arrival, as I use it exclusively now, with no problems. I just might get another one!

I am fortunate to have a store nearby with a huge HD DVD selection at rock bottom prices making this purchse much more sensible for me. The player itself is outstanding, I also have a Blu-Ray player and it is very difficult to tell the difference between the two. The upscaling is amazing, I fully recommend this player especially if you have access to HD DVD's.

I picked it up for $60 (including shipping) an absolute steal. Since this technology isn't being manufactured anymore I wouldn't pay more than $100 which is around what a good upscaling DVD player costs. At the very the very least that's what you're getting with this player

This HD DVD player was a snap to install and works flawlessly. It's questionable whether or not the HD format will prevail or if BluRay will replace it, but I, like many others, am watching my pennies and will opt for the HD DVDs rather than BluRay based on the price difference. The Toshiba HD DVD player was also easily recognized by my Harmony Universal Remote, so I can control the TV, Home Theater, DVD, and Satellite DVR with a single remote.

The Player was exactly as described and is working fine. And it arrived very quickly.

I own both BD and HD DVD formats, and purchased this before Black Friday in 2007 for under $90. It is a great player, that has played every movie I have played, and the picture/fuction quality is oustanding. For the price, very robust. Ironically it played movies, that got stuck in the more sensitive A35 (which I also own), along with BD machines.