Posted by Skipai Otter on 01/22/07 12:12

"Danny" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "dvdlibra" <alan.wilson9@btconnect.com> wrote in message
> news:jI2dnYvYqtU2AinYnZ2dnUVZ8o7inZ2d@bt.com...
>> Toshiba have finally released the HD-E1 hd dvd player in UK, working on
>> region mod right now for standard dvd, will inform here when sucessful.
>> Meanwhile, here are some specs of the internals:
>> Mainboard: same as HD-A2 (USA)
>> CPU: Intel Celeron M900 LE80554/SL8XS (A1 had pentium4 2.5Ghz
>> DDR: 768Mhz
>> Sharc Chips: Yes
>> HD DVD DRIVE: Toshiba SD-E802A (similar to drive used as add-on with
>> xbox360
>>
>> to view complete stripdown see dvdlibrary website
>>
>> thanks, Chipmaster at dvd library uk
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> Unless it's less than �200, I don't think they'll get many takers for
> this. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's waiting for a 'multi format'
> machine like the LG to come along that plays both HD-DVD and BluRay.
Not touching either HD format until it gets to the �150-200 mark. And I am
on about decent players that has enough outputs, plays mp3's, etc... Mind
you, the whole thing could end up like laserdisc without many takers so the
next popular format may be the one after this gen.

That and I don't like what they said about this new generation not lasting
as long as dvd. You know, I just want a nice long media format that will be
here just as long as VHS was. As in 20-30 years. Not some stupid 5-10
years mark.. But if Sony wins out, we get a new format everytime a
Playstation comes out so... x.x

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Skipai

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