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Posted by Walter Traprock on 06/01/06 07:29
Rich <me@nowhere.com> wrote:
> Dust and any thing else that constitutes "dirt" will be the bane of
> the Blu-Ray, HD-DVD experience. With pits smaller than bacteria, any
> amount of dust on a disc could cause a momentary glitch in playback,
> despite error correction mechanisms.
>
> http://www.dvdtown.com/article/reviewofthetoshibahd-a1hd-dvdp/3255/
>
> Also, I experienced a momentary video dropout during "Phantom of the
> Opera." It lasted only a couple of seconds, corrected itself, and went
> on. As I could not repeat it, I suspect a piece of dust was the
> culprit. When I took the disc out and examined it, I saw no obvious
> flaws, no scratches or fingerprints. Maybe the Toshiba A1's
> error-correction mechanism is extra fussy about these things; or maybe
> high-definition discs, with the laser having to read smaller data pits
> than SD discs, are more susceptible to tiny dust and lint particles.
> By extension of this latter logic, Blu-ray, with data pits even
> smaller than HD-DVD, might be even more sensitive to dust. We'll have
> to wait and see.
That sucks. Also from the above link:
We come to the big question: How does the Toshiba HD-A1 perform? First,
the carps, just to get them out of the way. The thing takes what seems
like forever to load a disc. Upon initially turning it on, the machine
has to transfer some data and check some things, like, I'm told,
watermarks on an HD-DVD to see if it's a bootleg. The Toshiba owner's
manual informs us that "the HD-DVD player operates more like a computer
and differently than a standard DVD player. In addition to containing a
microprocessor, it contains an operating system, random access memory
(RAM), and an HD DVD drive." So expect it to be slow. I counted about
thirty seconds or more to load a disc and some lag time on clicking on
certain menu items.
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