First HD DVD reviews roll in
Some of you may have heard this neat little technology called HD DVD that has just launched in the US. We’ve left it to simmer for a few days and have had a look over a few reviews to give you a brief summary of the first impressions.
First of it all it seems like Toshiba has delivered on its promises as the HD-A1 produces some amazing picture and sound quality. Colours are rich, images are impressively deep and detailed – just as you have been led to expect. The new menu system, which doesn’t require the movie to stop playing as current DVDs do, is supposed to be pretty novel too.
Now on to the gripes. The HD-A1 is… well, huge. Its PC-like architecture leaves it towering over your ordinary DVD player like a kind of digital ogre. But, seeing as you aren’t going to be carrying it around the place very often, that probably isn’t a big deal.
More worrying is the news that it takes about 30 seconds (some reports say even more) to boot up. It’s a real shame that we’re still going to left waiting around for the discs to load up. Those of us hoping for slick, instant results are going to be disappointed. The delay is apparently caused by the player faffing about with some anti-piracy checks.
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When will we get HD DVD players in the UK?
Posted by: Snarf | April 20, 2006 4:07 PM