Toshiba HD-XA1 opinion

One word...

Dazzling!

Blazing Saddles, though shot several decades ago, looks pristine!

I am absolutely dazzled!

Menus that come up WHILE the flic continues playing... COOL!

Roy L. Fuchs

Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> Menus that come up WHILE the flic continues playing... COOL!

This would NOT be a major selling point for me as I pretty much loath
most menus.

-Junior

On 6 Jun 2006 15:04:19 -0700, "unclejr" <> Gave us:

>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>> Menus that come up WHILE the flic continues playing... COOL!
>
>This would NOT be a major selling point for me as I pretty much loath
>most menus.
>

If you wanted to change the sound settings, etc., it is cool. I am
talking about the DVD's menus, not the player's.

Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> If you wanted to change the sound settings, etc., it is cool. I am
> talking about the DVD's menus, not the player's.

I was, too. I would much rather have an "audio" button on the remote
to toggle back and forth between audio tracks on the fly, without
having any type of intervening menu at all.

-Junior

On 6/6/2006 7:03:10 PM, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:

> On 6 Jun 2006 15:04:19 -0700, "unclejr" <> Gave us:
>
>>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>> Menus that come up WHILE the flic continues playing... COOL!
>>
>> This would NOT be a major selling point for me as I pretty much loath
>> most menus.
>
> If you wanted to change the sound settings, etc., it is cool. I am
> talking about the DVD's menus, not the player's.

My second generation Sony DVD player does that. <shrug>
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On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:06:09 GMT, Tarkus <> Gave us:

>On 6/6/2006 7:03:10 PM, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>
>> On 6 Jun 2006 15:04:19 -0700, "unclejr" <> Gave us:
>>
>>>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>>> Menus that come up WHILE the flic continues playing... COOL!
>>>
>>> This would NOT be a major selling point for me as I pretty much loath
>>> most menus.
>>
>> If you wanted to change the sound settings, etc., it is cool. I am
>> talking about the DVD's menus, not the player's.
>
>My second generation Sony DVD player does that. <shrug>

I have a feeling that you do not know what I am referring to.

The film does not stop, and the menu comes up at the bottom of the
screen, and has sound effects.

Pretty sure that only HD DVDs do it, yet not all HD players made so
far have the capacity to provide it.

I'd have to see a screen shot to change my mind... <shrug>

On 6/7/2006 12:55:53 AM, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:06:09 GMT, Tarkus <> Gave us:
>
>>On 6/6/2006 7:03:10 PM, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>
>>> On 6 Jun 2006 15:04:19 -0700, "unclejr" <> Gave us:
>>>
>>>>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>>>> Menus that come up WHILE the flic continues playing... COOL!
>>>>
>>>> This would NOT be a major selling point for me as I pretty much
>>>> loath most menus.
>>>
>>> If you wanted to change the sound settings, etc., it is cool. I am
>>> talking about the DVD's menus, not the player's.
>>
>>My second generation Sony DVD player does that. <shrug>
>
> I have a feeling that you do not know what I am referring to.

I did misread. I was talking about the player menu.
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In article <>, Roy L. Fuchs <> wrote:
>On 6 Jun 2006 15:04:19 -0700, "unclejr" <> Gave us:
>
>>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>>> Menus that come up WHILE the flic continues playing... COOL!
>>
>>This would NOT be a major selling point for me as I pretty much loath
>>most menus.
>>
>
> If you wanted to change the sound settings, etc., it is cool. I am
>talking about the DVD's menus, not the player's.
been able to switch between all the different audio formats on my standard
Pioneer DV-626D for 4 years now with just a button without leaving the movie.
Whats so special about that?


The HD-XA1 is just a PC drive in a simple crappy computer OS driven chassis. Why
do you put up with its long load times?

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:24:08 GMT, (GMAN) Gave us:

>been able to switch between all the different audio formats on my standard
>Pioneer DV-626D for 4 years now with just a button without leaving the movie.
>Whats so special about that?

So have I on several player models, but that is NOT what I said, you
dumb****. Learn to read.

HD DVD movies load the menu INTO the HD DVD player before the movie
even starts, and it gets read from memory during playback. It also
appears under the flic, so not just sound selections, but ALL
available DVD menu selections are available.

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:24:08 GMT, (GMAN) Gave us:

>The HD-XA1 is just a PC drive in a simple crappy computer OS driven chassis. Why
>do you put up with its long load times?

You don't know a goddamned thing about what is happening.

Your problem is that you can't do something once your place your
porn in your drive. If it doesn't come up right away, you get bent
out of shape. Too bad, dumbass, I am not as stupid as you are.
I hope you aren't one of those ****tards that drives such that delays
**** with your head. You are part of the problem.

I do not add up Windows start times either, even though mine are
much faster than most folks machines are. Life just isn't that
tragic.

Life is now Hi Res, however. 6 times higher. Even the up-converted
DVDs are much better looking.