High-def DVD player: Don't expect to be dazzled just yet
Published by Admin on 30.4.06 at 4/30/2006 10:05:00 PM.
As it rolls out the first high-definition DVD player, Toshiba Corp. is boasting: "Image is everything."
After testing the so-called HD DVD machine on three TVs of various dimensions, I hit on a more appropriate slogan: "Size matters."
We reached a milestone in viewing recently with the debut of the Toshiba HD-A1, which costs just shy of $500. (A deluxe model, the HD-XA1, goes for $800).
Should you care? Probably not. Because unless you already have a high-definition television at least 40 inches in size, you won't notice much of a difference.
Here's my advice: If you have a spare $500, use it toward an upgrade to a bigger set instead. In the time it takes to save up another $500, the price of HD disc players will probably drop and a pending format war may well be decided. Link
After testing the so-called HD DVD machine on three TVs of various dimensions, I hit on a more appropriate slogan: "Size matters."
We reached a milestone in viewing recently with the debut of the Toshiba HD-A1, which costs just shy of $500. (A deluxe model, the HD-XA1, goes for $800).
Should you care? Probably not. Because unless you already have a high-definition television at least 40 inches in size, you won't notice much of a difference.
Here's my advice: If you have a spare $500, use it toward an upgrade to a bigger set instead. In the time it takes to save up another $500, the price of HD disc players will probably drop and a pending format war may well be decided. Link