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Toshiba HD-A30 1080p HD DVD Player
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(4.0 out of 5)
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Slow, slow, slow and no Blu-ray.
(2 out of 5) by K. Mckinney on Jan 21, 2008 (East TN)This unit is slow and loud. Even with the "open door" command you have to wait. The picture is OK but HD is not Blu-ray. I was also disappointed to find out BlockBuster does not handle HD-DVD's only Blu-Ray. The unscaling isn't bad but what is really disappointing is that you can't really tell the difference between a HD vidio and one is standard DVD format. I'm viewing this on a Samsung 40" LCD w/1080i. Bottom line, Go with Blu-Ray, you'll be happier.
2 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
Do Not Buy It
(1 out of 5) by T. Dang on Jan 14, 2008 (San Jose, CA)Before buying this player, I read the reviews on this page. A number of reviews mentioned that this player is very slow to start up and very slow to play when a DVD is inserted. However, I didnt' think it's a big issue. After all, how slow can it be? So I went ahead and bought it.
Please DO NOT make the same mistake. This DVD player is horrific !!!
It takes a very, very, very, very , very, very, very very...long, long, long, long, long , long , long, long, long, long, long....time to boot up and play a disc.
You can buy any player, but not this one !
Please DO NOT make the same mistake. This DVD player is horrific !!!
It takes a very, very, very, very , very, very, very very...long, long, long, long, long , long , long, long, long, long, long....time to boot up and play a disc.
You can buy any player, but not this one !
5 of 89 people found the following review helpful:
Biggest POS I've Ever Bought!!!!
(1 out of 5) by Frederick M. Strawson on Dec 11, 2007 (Houston, TX)Save your money, or spend it on a Blu-Ray player. I have yet to view a DVD on this worthless piece of junk. All I ever get is an error message which says "This disc is not DVD format. Cannot play this disc". I wasted an evening downloading the latest firmware update and burning it to DVD. When I put the DVD in the player to update the firmware, I got the same message. This thing is being returned tomorrow. I should have known that with Microsoft involved in the development and promotion of HD DVD that it would be worthless.