I don't care about analog out, but it literally costs less than a nickel to add an RCA digital out (it's just the same SPDIF signal that's fed to the input of the TOSLINK module). I'm not sure that the federal govn't shouldn't mandate it's inclusion on ALL source devices sold in the US.
Also, the DHCP enable being off be default is stoopid. I had the same complaint.
Boot sequence needs to be re-ordered badly. When you hit eject, the tray should eject and then the player should boot. That way, you can put the disc in, and go about your business while the disc loads. Waiting for the tray to open is dumb.
Native disc format; another problem with software settings.
You know, it sounds like they have an update list for the next firmware iteration.
My only big complaint is the RCA digital connection. It's what my receiver takes, and I hate having to open up a new device and splice the SPDIF data from the TOSLINK input to one of the analog RCA outputs (audio or composite).
It is crazy, but I have grown used to it. I have the first generation unit so I imagine it is the slowest, but I also have a logitech remote, I just programmed it to do eject instead of power, so when I push the button to watch an HD DVD, I just walk away and do my business and come back to everything powered up and the tray open. From that point it loads pretty quick.
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I don't care about analog out, but it literally costs less than a nickel to add an RCA digital out (it's just the same SPDIF signal that's fed to the input of the TOSLINK module). I'm not sure that the federal govn't shouldn't mandate it's inclusion on ALL source devices sold in the US.
Also, the DHCP enable being off be default is stoopid. I had the same complaint.
Boot sequence needs to be re-ordered badly. When you hit eject, the tray should eject and then the player should boot. That way, you can put the disc in, and go about your business while the disc loads. Waiting for the tray to open is dumb.
Native disc format; another problem with software settings.
You know, it sounds like they have an update list for the next firmware iteration.
My only big complaint is the RCA digital connection. It's what my receiver takes, and I hate having to open up a new device and splice the SPDIF data from the TOSLINK input to one of the analog RCA outputs (audio or composite).
It is crazy, but I have grown used to it. I have the first generation unit so I imagine it is the slowest, but I also have a logitech remote, I just programmed it to do eject instead of power, so when I push the button to watch an HD DVD, I just walk away and do my business and come back to everything powered up and the tray open. From that point it loads pretty quick.
Monoprice has an Optical Toslink to Coaxial (RCA) Digital Audio Converter for $11.20:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10423&cs_id=1042302&p_id=2948&seq=1&format=2