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Give it up, take it like a man...or an upset video format (which ever comes first).

Thanks,

Joe Consumer]]>Aug 19th 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/







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which one?]]>Aug 19th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Having 1080 on tv doesn't mean the machine have to look like a Best-buy VCR,
or is it?
At least the sony br player is saying yes/]]>Aug 19th 2008 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/]]>Aug 22nd 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/*yes I have a HD-DVD player (I only paid $99 for it)

I also have a PS3 so Blu-Ray fans don't beat me down. :-)]]>Aug 19th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/ You can only "invent" so much information...

In case of XDE, yes.
In case of Super Upconversion, no. Super Upconversion is simply grabbing pixel info from adjacent frames, not inventing.

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Your gaming habits fascinate and excite me, especially here in this article about the XD-E500. Please keep it coming!]]>Aug 19th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
well he is Fabio...]]>Aug 19th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
Truthfully, I didn't care if BluRay or HD-DVD won. I know I was never going to spend the money on the media until it's cost rival DVD.

When BluRay discs cost the same as DVD's (essentially making choice of BluRay obvious), then I can see DVD being phased out.

How long did it take for DVD's to oust VHS? The jump in quality from VHS to DVD was substantial. The jump from DVD to BluRay (or HD-DVD) to most consumers is negligible. Yes, technophiles will go on and on at how much better it is, but the common consumer that makes the bulk of the purchases don't care until the costs come way down.

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Though, eventually everyone will have an HDTV of some sort (try buying anything else when your SD set dies). And people will end up buying blu-ray even if their 22" 720p set doesn't really show the difference all that well, for the same reason that they watched DVDs through their lousy 20 year old RCA: it's what they'll find at the store.

Also, the prices for Blu-rays are beginning to follow the same price curve that DVD did. Already I can find things for prices I am willing to pay much more easily than I could a year ago.]]>Aug 19th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
It just isn't.

Having said that, I do own a bunch of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movies, and watch them on a 42" HDTV @ 1080i.

The image quality is superb. No debate from me there.

It isn't as drastic as the quality shift from VHS to DVD though.

So until the price of a Blu-Ray disc matches that of a DVD, I don't think that the tech will not take off, no matter how many PS3s Sony sells, as the average consumer doesn't really see much of a difference, @ least not enough to warrant buying 'The Dark Knight' on DVD for $19.99 versus on Blu-Ray @ $29.99, extra content be damned.

Until then, I will continue to enjoy my $10 HD-DVDs on my $50 HD-DVD player...LOL

Long live laserdiscs~!

*end sarcasm*]]>Aug 19th 2008 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
But here's the thing - people don't care about picture quality. Do you think that people upgraded from VHS to DVD because of the picture quality? Hell no, they did it because the mass population is in love with special features. Having big menus full of pointless extra garbage just facinates people, they feel like they're getting a better deal for their money. Just look at how they keep churning out those two disc special editions of every movie under the sun. That's what people were attracted to, and that's what Blu-ray fails to improve over DVD in any significant way.]]>Aug 19th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.cybertheater.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/divx.jpg

The codec, not the crappy doomed-from-the-start limited video disc system.]]>Aug 19th 2008 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
It is not a Super Upconversion(960p native video out of DVD) player.

The good news.

Super Upconversion is still coming, in Toshiba ZF REGZA HDTV sets this fall and in XDE2 players next year.
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Currently, the chip sets to look for the best DVD scaling are the Reon or Anchor Bay and sometimes Faroudja depending on the chip model.]]>Aug 19th 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
How long before the much more capable PS3 does exactly the same thing? Weeks or Months??]]>Aug 19th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/]]>Aug 19th 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
I sure as hell won't buy one, but I can definitely understand its intended purpose in the market.]]>Aug 19th 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
DVD is still the standard. Toshiba was wise to stop trying to reinventing the wheel and work on improving upon something everyone already uses instead.]]>Aug 19th 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/Aug 19th 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/19/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/
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