Toshiba HD-A20 1080p HD DVD Player

ITS GOOD, THE IMAGE QUALITY IS VERY GOOD, THE SOUND IS PERFECT, BUT NOW ALL NEW FILMS ARE IN BLUE RAY

Slow to start up, but well worth the wait. And it plays my dvd-r's better than my previous dvd player. HD-DVD, I won't let you leave me! Get one of these and stock up on the discounted HD-dvd's, it will be cheaper than a blu-ray investment at this point in time.

Instead of looking at the glass half empty why not look on the brighter side? This player is still priced at or under the price of similar standard DVD players. It has an excellent upconverter and if you want to invest in the firesale of HD dvd's You can get some great looking movies for the same price or lower than their standard dvd counterparts. Check out the sale right here at Amazon for some incredible deals.

Do not buy any Toshiba HD DVD players. Press releases state that they are no longer in the HD DVD business. They have quit making them.

I love region encoding.....not. Seriously I do love the fact that I get to rub it in the faces of ps3 owners that I can play "blu ray exclusive" movies that are on hd dvd from anywhere in the world. Fantastic four rise of the silver surfer by 20th century FOX looks awesome going thru this hd dvd player. Sure it takes about 40 seconds to boot up so I leave it on most of the time. I have had only one new disc lock up on me so I exchanged the disc and it has worked fine since. The upconverting of SD DVDs is surprisingly pretty good. I don't watch many standard movies anymore because of the picture and sound quality of high definition but when I do it is good. Firmware upgrades are easy and take about 20 minutes to completely download. Wish the display had a filter on it like the newer ones do, it is so bright it is a little distracting if you don't turn it down. Overall I give it a thumbs up. Thanks Toshiba for making future proof players.