Posted by Jeff Rife on 05/15/06 06:50

Allan (Spamsuckhard@finallykantica22admitstobebrianlamb.org) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> >and understand what they
> >are saying (which is that the HD-A1 is OK
>
> "OK"? Plays HD DVD... upconverts current DVD's.... audio CDs play
> wonderfully via the pure digital output....

Except for the "plays HD-DVD", what does this $500 unit do that a $150
upconverting DVD player doesn't also do? Then, too, it's likely that
the $150 upconverting DVD player also plays Divx, Xvid, WMV, etc. How
many of those formats are supported by the HD-A1?

And, where are the HD versions of the 1000 movies that *I* own on DVD?
Admittedly, I already have some on hard disk, but I don't need an HD-DVD
player to play them. Then, there's the 30,000 others that everybody
else owns.

> you can create your own HD
> DVDs NOW.....

Really? The HD-A1 is a recorder? Cool, that's definitely worth the
$500. So, how do you get the HD video input to it?

> > but certainly not worth $500
>
> ?? My first DVD player was $799 plus tax!

Big deal. From a technical standpoint, an HD-DVD player is a slightly
modified DVD player. Parts cost is likely less than $100. For your
first DVD player, parts cost was probably $500.

Other than playing the 20 HD-DVD movies out there, this unit isn't worth
anywhere near $500, especially when exceptional upconversion quality is
already cheaply available.

--
Jeff Rife | "I have a question that could affect our entire
| relationship...did you kill Coach Mattay?"
| "No!"
| "But, you did dress him up like a woman...?"
| "Yeah."
| "Just checking."
| -- Alex Lambert and Brian Hackett, "Wings"

[Back to original message]