Toshiba XD-E500 review coming soon
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Wanted to give a heads up on an upcoming hardware review here on DVDTOWN.com. We have just received the much talked about "Toshiba XD-E500KU" 1080p upscaling DVD player.
We will give it a run for its money and see how it holds up against other players like the Toshiba XA2 HD DVD player and Sony's Playstation 3.
Again, we DO NOT see this as a replacement for Blu-ray but as a nice way to enjoy the many standard DVDs that people have in their collection. If indeed it does a good job.
If you have suggestions to disc or scenes we should test you can add your comments below and we will see if we can make it into the test.
The review should be ready early next week.
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Falcon01
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Can you guys do a comparison of a black and white movie like say Casablanca? Also something where the camera pans a lot like the Planet Earth series, or the Fast and the Furious movies (only ones that come to mind at the moment) to see how it handles panning. As a third suggestion something with lots of CGI like Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith or even Transformers? Just some suggestions.
If possible it would be great to see how this player handles different situations as I'm very interested in one of these. Can't wait to read the results.
[Post edited by Falcon01 on Sep 2, 2008 - CDT 8:34 AM]
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Also, I know this is asking a lot but is it possible to compare the upconversion of this player on a 50" TV and a 100"+ screen from a projector? I'm wondering if the upconversion looks even better on a bigger screen which I assume it would.
[Post edited by Falcon01 on Sep 2, 2008 - CDT 2:28 PM]
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Scotsman
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View profile »I think the Oppo comparison would be great.
Just to add that this player is due for release in Europe 1st October.
[Post edited by Scotsman on Sep 2, 2008 - CDT 5:27 PM]
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mikek58
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View profile »First let me say I purchased the HD-XA2 because of your review.
I hasn't failed me yet.
I have 1,600+ SDVD'S Almost all of them look great on this player which by the way is going for
$ 1,500 on Amazon now and I got it for $ 560.00
OK A big test for me was the great movie " Never Cry Wolf "
A tremendous flick which has never deserved its due for any kind of " clean-up "
The DVD is deplurable so bad I cound not watch this great flick.
I put in in the HD-XA2 and Viola !!!! It looks damn good.
Lets see what you guys come up with I waiting for your review.
By the way whats the price on this newbie ???
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My daughter put a pop tart into my old NEC VHS player when she was a toddler. It didn't play well!