By:
John P. Falcone
Editors' note: Toshiba officially announced it will stop producing HD DVD products, bringing an end to the format war.
Thanks to its rather beefy dimensions--4 inches high by 17 wide by 14 deep--the Toshiba HD-A1 looks like something of a throwback to older DVD players or even some big, old VCRs.
HD DVD is essentially DVD 2.
The Toshiba HD-A1 can be set to output at 480p, 720p, or 1080i via the HDMI or component connections, but HDMI is the only foolproof option because, as mentioned previously, the studios can encode their discs to restrict the image to sub-HD resolution via the component outs, though none have yet opted to do so.
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