http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/ Engadget HD Comments for Toshiba HD-A20 review http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 11th 2007 12:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 11th 2007 12:59PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 11th 2007 12:01PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 11th 2007 1:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/I am the same buy who wrote the review.
Just cause you don't "need" the Onkyo receiver, doesn't mean people don't want to decode in the receiver.]]>May 11th 2007 1:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=844777]]>May 11th 2007 1:21PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 11th 2007 2:49PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/When DVD players first came out they had the decoders built in as well, but in the end they ended up in the AV receivers.

One reason is because the receiver were able to offer additional functionality like delaying audio per channel and other sound processing. The only reason to let the player decode is the advanced content authoring method. Personally I could care less about menu sounds, and special features. I care more about sound quality and accuracy. The same device can convert from D>A and amplify, there is only one neck to choke.

]]>May 11th 2007 2:59PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/a conversion. PCM is still digital, and is bit-for-bit identical to the original TrueHD or DTS MA bitstream, so it's not the same type of situation as it was with standard definition dvd players.
plus, thanks to advanced content, sending a bitstream DOES introduce an extra encode/de-encode step, since you'll be decoding the bitstream in the player, mixing in the extra sounds, then re-encoding to TrueHD or DTS MA bitstream to send to the player. in real time. not good.
Whether you care about those sounds or not is irrelevant. If the disc's been encoded using that method, you're not getting an untouched bitstream out of the player, full stop.

also, PCM can have all the timing adjustments applied to it in the receiver just like the TrueHD bitstream can.
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But in reality you are right, just like 1080p, most will never notice and it is more about marketing hype than anything else.]]>May 11th 2007 3:20PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/
And for the record the A-2 and A-20 are a huge jump in speed and functionality from the A-1.]]>May 11th 2007 3:42PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/Actually I kinda agree with you, but I have had an HDTV for almost 4 years and none of this stuff was around back then and if I bought a new TV every time a new feature came out I'd be broke.

Also Toshiba contacted me to see if I wanted to do a review, they didn't offer me a TV and receiver to go with. ;)]]>May 11th 2007 3:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 11th 2007 4:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/
For one, I don't believe in upconverting DVDs. (don't get me started)

Two, it won't upconvert over component, only with HDMI.]]>May 11th 2007 4:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 15th 2007 12:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 14th 2007 11:49AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/May 29th 2007 5:54PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/Jun 8th 2007 11:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/
Reading the review I thought he was a HD DVD fanboy. He seemed to miss a lot of the bad things about the player. No true 1080P support. For those of us who buy new TV's and want the best picture, down converting and then upconverting just is not going to cut it.

On large TVs 1080P over HDMI makes a big difference to 1080i over component.]]>Jun 8th 2007 11:16AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/Jul 13th 2007 10:03AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/05/11/toshiba-hd-a20-review/Source: http://www.pricefad.com/chart.php?range=3m&type=a&smooth=w&n=Toshiba%20HD-A20&u=priceguru
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