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Like the post says, it's the exact same hardware as the Toshiba, just a different faceplate.]]>Jun 2nd 2006 3:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/
The film grain is there for a reason. If the Director and Director of Photography didn't want film grain they would choose film stock known for having little grain. Complaining about film grain is like complaining about 24 frames per second. Everyone knows it causes motion isues but stylistically that's what filmmakers love and feel comfortable with.

There's supposed to be a firmware update coming for HD-DVD players that should rid the players of certain issues. I doubt Blu Ray sees as many issues because they aren't rushing product out to hit the market first.

I expect a few glitches but not as many as HD-DVD. I'll own both myself I figure the more options the better ]]>Jun 2nd 2006 3:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/Jun 2nd 2006 4:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/Jun 2nd 2006 5:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/Jun 5th 2006 3:49PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/06/02/rca-hdv5000-hd-dvd-player-hits-store-shelves/The upgrade for the Toshiba HDXA1 was easy to do online and though I did not have the freezing some people wrote about, it did make the player faster in changing with the remote to different choices.
Because HD (whether HD-DVD or Blu-Ray) shows more of the original any film grain will be more evident when that is part of the original film.
Of the 18 HD-DVDs I own (and 2 more rented from NetFlix) all have played perfectly without stopping along the way.
At the beginning before the upgrade one disc (Bourne Supremacy) froze once - but when played the next time did not. After the upgrade all discs play without freezing.
This is not about one format or the other, though you guys who are proclaiming support for Blu-Ray need to see those discs on an operating player before you trash the HD-DVD format. ]]>Jun 14th 2006 12:14PM