Comments on: Sub-$200 Toshiba HD DVD deck pricing is contagious http://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/28/sub-200-toshiba-hd-dvd-deck-pricing-is-contagious/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/28/sub-200-toshiba-hd-dvd-deck-pricing-is-contagious/comment-page-1/#comment-21072 megazone Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:34:26 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/10/28/sub-200-toshiba-hd-dvd-deck-pricing-is-contagious/#comment-21072 It is definitely a budget unit, and the only reason they're selling it so cheap is that it is out of date with the third generation boxes already out. It is definitely a budget unit, and the only reason they’re selling it so cheap is that it is out of date with the third generation boxes already out.

]]> By: Canoeheadhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2007/10/28/sub-200-toshiba-hd-dvd-deck-pricing-is-contagious/comment-page-1/#comment-21070 Canoehead Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:21:11 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/10/28/sub-200-toshiba-hd-dvd-deck-pricing-is-contagious/#comment-21070 The only problem is, it's not very good. Puting aside the awful load time, things like pausing, FFing, Rewinding, Unpausing etc all have awful latency. Also, the we-connection stuff is flakey and updating the hardware over the net is totally hit or miss. Toshiba worked hard to get a player in at this price point, and the result was a series of conpromises. I'm a blu-ray fan, though I did buy this player for those films that are not out on Blu - and I would say buy the next model up - this just does not have the juice to make your HD experience very pleasant. I don't really care about te 1080i, since my TV does a decent job of deinterlacing, but the latency is just awful. The only problem is, it’s not very good. Puting aside the awful load time, things
like pausing, FFing, Rewinding, Unpausing etc all have awful latency. Also, the we-connection stuff is flakey
and updating the hardware over the net is totally hit or miss. Toshiba worked hard to get a player in at this
price point, and the result was a series of conpromises. I’m a blu-ray fan, though I did buy this player
for those films that are not out on Blu – and I would say buy the next model up – this just does not have
the juice to make your HD experience very pleasant. I don’t really care about te 1080i, since my TV
does a decent job of deinterlacing, but the latency is just awful.

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