Good point, I'm sure the RCA was just a reference design as well. I guess my question was more of one about reference designs in general, if RCA and Toshiba are using basically the same design, are they essentially the same model? Whereas the Samsung, Panasonic, and Philips models seem to be using different chipsets and hardware -- remember only the Samsung had those video problems earlier, am I right? But regardless, there only seem to be a small number of HD DVD designs, and more Blu-ray manufacturers have designs either on the shelves or very close to release.
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And everyone gave HD-DVD camp a bad time because the Toshiba and RCA HD-DVD players were basically the same.
In the beginning it's always easier to use reference designs.
Good point, I'm sure the RCA was just a reference design as well. I guess my question was more of one about reference designs in general, if RCA and Toshiba are using basically the same design, are they essentially the same model? Whereas the Samsung, Panasonic, and Philips models seem to be using different chipsets and hardware -- remember only the Samsung had those video problems earlier, am I right? But regardless, there only seem to be a small number of HD DVD designs, and more Blu-ray manufacturers have designs either on the shelves or very close to release.