What a load of crap this is... I am a former HD-DVD fanboy and my television in the bedroom and hd-dvd player are toshiba but this is too much. My cousin purchased one of these before most stores got them. I asked him to bring it over to my house to see how it holds up to my LG BH200 blu-ray/hd-dvd combo which has Qdeo upscaling (rivals Reon HQV)...
I noticed little to virtually no difference in the upscaling of the Qdeo on my LG to the Toshiba XDE... Only difference was that it was a bit sharper with the sharp setting on. Otherwise it looked identical to my Qdeo upscaling. Those with HQV upscalers most likely won't notice much of a difference. I'd give my Qdeo the edge in some aspects and the XDE the edge in some aspects. But with blu-ray prices dropping pretty fast I'd be hard pressed to recommend anyone spend the $150+ plus on this. By the way I think Best Buy is clearing stock of their BH200's... Last time I checked it was down to 339.99 but its probably back up. If you want my advice, get the decent blu-ray player and forgo the XDE. Most decent upscalers such as Qdeo or Reon HQV will make this XDE seem worthless. But if you'd prefer to see for yourselves be my guest. In Canada, Blu-ray players are down to 299.99. The Sharp blu-ray player from last year is going for 199.99 at visions in canada today.
Heres hoping that Toshiba stops trying to get every drop of blood from its DVD cash cow and embrace the "blu" future. While this XDE is amazing, it would be better if Toshiba offered it in a blu-ray player. Or hell add another hd-dvd/blu-ray combo player. I know tons of people who would be happy toshiba supports its old formats just as SACD and DVD-A or VCD is still supported nowadays.
It's just a decent upscaling DVD player. Not the best, and not the worst. It certainly doesn't contain a cell processor. I expect it will find its place amongst the multitude of other DVD players but it will not affect sales of Blu Ray one way or the other.
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What a load of crap this is... I am a former HD-DVD fanboy and my television in the bedroom and hd-dvd player are toshiba but this is too much. My cousin purchased one of these before most stores got them. I asked him to bring it over to my house to see how it holds up to my LG BH200 blu-ray/hd-dvd combo which has Qdeo upscaling (rivals Reon HQV)...
I noticed little to virtually no difference in the upscaling of the Qdeo on my LG to the Toshiba XDE... Only difference was that it was a bit sharper with the sharp setting on. Otherwise it looked identical to my Qdeo upscaling. Those with HQV upscalers most likely won't notice much of a difference. I'd give my Qdeo the edge in some aspects and the XDE the edge in some aspects. But with blu-ray prices dropping pretty fast I'd be hard pressed to recommend anyone spend the $150+ plus on this. By the way I think Best Buy is clearing stock of their BH200's... Last time I checked it was down to 339.99 but its probably back up. If you want my advice, get the decent blu-ray player and forgo the XDE. Most decent upscalers such as Qdeo or Reon HQV will make this XDE seem worthless. But if you'd prefer to see for yourselves be my guest. In Canada, Blu-ray players are down to 299.99. The Sharp blu-ray player from last year is going for 199.99 at visions in canada today.
Heres hoping that Toshiba stops trying to get every drop of blood from its DVD cash cow and embrace the "blu" future. While this XDE is amazing, it would be better if Toshiba offered it in a blu-ray player. Or hell add another hd-dvd/blu-ray combo player. I know tons of people who would be happy toshiba supports its old formats just as SACD and DVD-A or VCD is still supported nowadays.
It's just a decent upscaling DVD player. Not the best, and not the worst. It certainly doesn't contain a cell processor. I expect it will find its place amongst the multitude of other DVD players but it will not affect sales of Blu Ray one way or the other.