HD-DVD add on

mutelight
mutelight Posts: 1,054
edited January 2007 in Video Games
I picked one up today and it is absolutely phenomenal. It came with a free copy of King Kong which was nice. The image quality absolutely blows my HD cable right out of the water, it truly is something to be seen. :cool:
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    Very nice, glad you are happy!

    Where did you get it?

    Mike
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    My local Gamestop just got their shipment in today. I called both EB Games in the area, and my local Best Buy. EB Games said they would be receiving them in the next few days and Best Buy had no clue when they were getting them in stock.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited November 2006
    $100 right, and plays all HD-DVDs?
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    Its actually $200 but yes it plays all the movies, at 1080p as well.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited November 2006
    $200 + King Kong.

    I am still waiting mine from Amazon - Will be shipped on the 13th.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited November 2006
    Nice rate hike they did on that. Initially it was supposed to be a hunny. Either way, how does it compare to a regular HD-DVD stand alone? :confused:
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    I have not seen the add on vs the Toshiba HD-A1 on the same display but I can safely say that the quality is just as good and dare I say (in fear of offending the Toshiba owners) maybe even slightly better.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    mutelight wrote:
    I have not seen the add on vs the Toshiba HD-A1 on the same display but I can safely say that the quality is just as good and dare I say (in fear of offending the Toshiba owners) maybe even slightly better.

    :confused: How can you "safely" say that quality(PQ) is maybe slightly better than the Tosh?

    Can you safely say that you get TrueHD also??:p

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited November 2006
    What is the output method for this? HDMI? Component?
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    Component or VGA.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    MikeC78 wrote:
    :confused: How can you "safely" say that quality(PQ) is maybe slightly better than the Tosh?

    Can you safely say that you get TrueHD also??:p

    Mike

    Because I have seen them both in person. The "safely" is in regards to the quality being the same. Then part two is saying possibly better. Semantics are fun.

    And no because Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD require a HDMI 1.3 connection.

    I truly can safely say you are being smarmy. ;)
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    You are wrong again...

    TrueHD DOES NOT require HDMI 1.3 :) My XA1 decodes 5.1 TrueHD and passes it PCM to my receiver using HDMI 1.1. TrueHD can also be passed with the analog outs. No need for HDMI. Go do your homework bud! ;)

    Glad you are happy with it! :)

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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    MikeC78 wrote:
    You are wrong again...

    You can go ahead and tell me when I was wrong in the first time. ;)

    And right the player itself decodes the TrueHD not your receiver and the Dolby signal is not transfered over the interconnect the PCM signal is. So in a sense, I am not wrong at all. :D Also my homework has been done kiddo! Thanks for trying, come again.

    Also I now see where all this is coming from, gotta defend the ol' Tosh, which is fine as they are great players.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    You were wrong in saying that the PQ is better than the Tosh.

    You have no real-world proof for that. I'm glad you think it's better, my kid will enjoy HD better than me I guess? :) I'm sure he has better eyes, I'll report back later...

    BTW, I'm not defending anyone of them. I have the XA1, Sammy BDP-1000, and the kid will have the Xbox HD add-on for Xmas.;)

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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    Oh man, stop getting all defensive already. I said possibly and even then it would be my opinion. Which is also why I added about offending the owners which you hopped on immediately. Haha. That is like comparing image quality between HDTV sets, what really matters is what you like. So just take a deep breath, your player is very nice, you didn't make a mistake purchasing it, all is well. So yeah, wasn't wrong on either count.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    :D You are way to funny!! Enjoy your HD add-on.

    Mike
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited November 2006
    People are going nuts over this at the Xbox forums. Now I want one.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited November 2006
    I'm definitely planning on getting one, but I'm going to wait a little bit before I do.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited November 2006
    Alright, I want more updates. I can see you guys online watching HD DVDs.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    Just had some friends over earlier and we watched MI:III. Throughout the entire movie they couldn't stop commenting on how incredible the image quality was.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited November 2006
    Man I picked up the wireless head set at Game Stop and they had no Idea when the HD DVD drive was coming out. I want one. I gotta make some phone calls today and find out if anyone has one.

    Dan
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited November 2006
    Dan, I ordered mine through Amazon. It should ship tomorrow.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • bdaley6509
    bdaley6509 Posts: 1,167
    edited November 2006
    Bought the last one at our EB Games. Really nice on my SXRD Sony. Gonna have to get some more movies. I hope Pixar movies are on HD-DVD...those would look amazing. I traded my PSP towards it. Never played the damn thing...the DS lite occupied all my toilet time. RIP PSP.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited November 2006
    mutelight wrote:
    Just had some friends over earlier and we watched MI:III. Throughout the entire movie they couldn't stop commenting on how incredible the image quality was.
    Friend of mine said his A1 wouldn't play MI3 over component, only if the HDMI was connected. Since the addon doesn't have HDMI you must be using component? His reasoning was that MI3 is using the copy protection bit which makes it HDMI only and I haven't been able to confirm this. He has been wrong before so I wouldn't be surprised if there was a hardware setup explanation for this.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    Sami-

    The 'V' button on the remote toggles between HDMI and component output on the player. Did he have the newest firmware update FW2.0? MI3 will play over component and HDMI just fine on my Tosh XA1. The only protection bit for component is upconverting SD's. There is no problems with playing any HD's over component.

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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited November 2006
    That's what I thought but he insists of MI3 having the bit to prevent component output. I'll try it with my A1 when I hook it up to my projector with component but I would suspect he had his settings incorrect as I haven't read anywhere about MI3 being protected.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    You'll be fine... enjoy the movie Sami!:)

    Mike
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    Sami wrote:
    Friend of mine said his A1 wouldn't play MI3 over component, only if the HDMI was connected. Since the addon doesn't have HDMI you must be using component? His reasoning was that MI3 is using the copy protection bit which makes it HDMI only and I haven't been able to confirm this. He has been wrong before so I wouldn't be surprised if there was a hardware setup explanation for this.

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    :D
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2006
    Hmm... looks like even if you don't have a 360, you may be able to use the HD-DVD drive on your Windows PC. Hmmm....
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Hmm... looks like even if you don't have a 360, you may be able to use the HD-DVD drive on your Windows PC. Hmmm....

    You can install the driver to read the UDF but I still have yet to see confirmation of playback.
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