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On Mon, 15 May 2006 06:50:14 GMT, Jeff Rife <> wrote:

>Allan (Spamsuckhard@finallykantica22admitstobebrianlamb. org) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> >and understand what they
>> >are saying (which is that the HD-A1 is OK
>>
>> "OK"? Plays HD DVD... upconverts current DVD's.... audio CDs play
>> wonderfully via the pure digital output....
>
>Except for the "plays HD-DVD", what does this $500 unit do that a $150
>upconverting DVD player doesn't also do?

Isn't that enough?

>Then, too, it's likely that
>the $150 upconverting DVD player also plays Divx, Xvid, WMV, etc. How
>many of those formats are supported by the HD-A1?

I could care less about those formats. Never used them... never will.

>And, where are the HD versions of the 1000 movies that *I* own on DVD?

The format started a few weeks ago. Give it time.

>Admittedly, I already have some on hard disk, but I don't need an HD-DVD
>player to play them. Then, there's the 30,000 others that everybody
>else owns.

Cool. They can use the A1 to play them back.

>> you can create your own HD
>> DVDs NOW.....
>
>Really? The HD-A1 is a recorder? Cool, that's definitely worth the
>$500. So, how do you get the HD video input to it?

Been authoring HD DVD for a week now. In fact I played my first
authored HD DVD a few hours after installing the A1.

Couldn't say that with DVD.

>> > but certainly not worth $500
>>
>> ?? My first DVD player was $799 plus tax!
>
>Big deal.

Point is simple... $500 is nothing. Folks were/are paying $1500 for
an upconverting DVD player.


>Other than playing the 20 HD-DVD movies out there, this unit isn't worth
>anywhere near $500, especially when exceptional upconversion quality is
>already cheaply available.

Love playing my Authored HD DVD's. DVD's look great. Cd's sound
wonderful... and heck, even have a HD DVD or two in my collection.

Sweet.






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