Toshiba brings 1080p to HD DVD hardware
Published by Admin on 19.11.06 at 11/19/2006 02:09:00 PM.
Toshiba has announced that its second-generation HD DVD players will be introduced in Japan towards the end of the year. Compliance with the EU's RoHS directive suggests a European release will follow soon after.
The HD-XF2 and HD-XA2 players are smaller than the HD-XA1 that they will succeed, and provide both improved loading and response times. The HD-XA2 is the first HD DVD player to support high-definition 1080p resolution video. It also includes Deep Color technology, an optional add-on to the HDMI interface standard, which is designed to improve the representation of colour tones and give finer colour gradation. Both players also support 480i, 480p, 1080i and 72op resolutions.
As well as playing the limited if growing selection of HD DVD movie discs, the players can also up-convert standard DVDs to a resolution of 1080i or 720p, plus 1080p on the HD-XA2, through an HDCP-capable HDMI output. Although this does not, indeed cannot, improve the quality of the DVD content itself, it does aim to improve the quality of the playback of that content on HDTVs. Link
The HD-XF2 and HD-XA2 players are smaller than the HD-XA1 that they will succeed, and provide both improved loading and response times. The HD-XA2 is the first HD DVD player to support high-definition 1080p resolution video. It also includes Deep Color technology, an optional add-on to the HDMI interface standard, which is designed to improve the representation of colour tones and give finer colour gradation. Both players also support 480i, 480p, 1080i and 72op resolutions.
As well as playing the limited if growing selection of HD DVD movie discs, the players can also up-convert standard DVDs to a resolution of 1080i or 720p, plus 1080p on the HD-XA2, through an HDCP-capable HDMI output. Although this does not, indeed cannot, improve the quality of the DVD content itself, it does aim to improve the quality of the playback of that content on HDTVs. Link