You can take a look over at the Secrets of Home theater site at a hands on type review given by Kris Deering. He has had a Toshiba HD-DVD player for quite a while now. They already gave us a benchmark rundown a couple weeks back, but now, he goes into more detail of exactly what it's like to interact with this drive. What does he think of the first generation HD-DVD player? Not much.
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Overall, I have very mixed feelings on the HD-A1. There is no doubt that the player delivers staggering HD images, but there is also no denying that this player has some serious bugs to work out. I can't help but feel that Toshiba rushed to release this player to the market, and the player comes off more as a test platform rather than a final consumer product. The PC architecture lends to this theory even more. This may or may not bother the end user but it certainly makes operability harder and more cumbersome than most DVD players I've used. Specifications
• Codecs:
HD DVD, DVD-V, DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD-RAM, •
Outputs: Composite, S-Video,
Component Video, •
720p/1080i Video Scaler for DVD
(through • Dimensions: 4-1/16" H x 17" W x 15-1/2" D • Weight: 10 Pounds • MSRP: $499
USA Toshiba |
If you want to read the three page review to get a better grasp of how he came to this conclusion, head on over to the Secrets site. What's nice, is he goes over the device and it's remote and gives us the feel for what it would be like to use one of these cutting edge players in your home.
Source: Secrets of Home Theater
I bet it does play DVD+R/Ws, just most people neglect to add both formats. It doesn't list DVD-ROM either, which is every movie out right now. And they're listing these disc types as codecs, which isn't correct either.
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