Toshiba Introduces U.S. First HD DVD Players 323
Roy R writes "Toshiba America Consumer Products unveiled today the market launch details for its line-up of the first High Definition DVD players for the U.S. market. The new HD DVD players, models HD-XA1 and HD-A1, will take advantage of the superior capabilities of the HD DVD format.
The players will output copy-protected HD content through the HDMI interface in the native format of the HD DVD disc content of either 720p or 1080i."
Re:as long as it is region free (Score:3, Informative)
External ones, as in for a TV... well, there are ways.
Try searching for "region free" and your model number.
Oh, and if a Mr. Valenti or Mr. Cheney call, you don't know me.
Re:as long as it is region free (Score:3, Informative)
Re:as long as it is region free (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Call me when... (Score:1, Informative)
The average price for an extreme-cheap DVD player is no less than USD 100.00
Also Announced... XBox 360 HD-DVD (Score:3, Informative)
No word if the player would be manufactured by Toshiba, though.
Keynote is here in text form [next-gen.biz].
Re:as long as it is region free (Score:1, Informative)
All he needs to do is pop to his nearest electronics shop and buy a new region-free player. All he has to do is ask the salesperson for one.
Re:copy-protected HD content (Score:1, Informative)
pSc
Re:I don't want another spinning disc (Score:2, Informative)
just wait... (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.aviransplace.com/index.php/archives/20
(apologies if this is already linked)
Most first/second gen HDTVs can't play these (Score:4, Informative)
Re:as long as it is region free (Score:2, Informative)
Philips DVP642 is not region-free out of the box but you need to press certain buttons on the remote (with the DVD tray out for some reason) to make it region free. Let me google to find the button combo.
Ok here are the instructions:
1. Turn on the player.
2. Open the tray.
3. Press the following sequence on the remote:
7 8 9 OK 0
4. The number 0 will appear on the lower left side of your screen.
5. It is now region free.
PS: you paid $12 more than I did
Re:I really hope... (Score:3, Informative)
All I'm waiting for is someone to produce a device that intercepts the HDMI signal and strips it of any copy protection bits.
You mean like this [engadget.com]?
--Ng