Customer Reviews:
 Made in China now, not Japan. November 13, 2007
11 out of 21 found this review helpful
The Toshiba HD-XA2 is being made in China now, not Japan. So what is the big deal you may ask? If the quality of the two manufacturing plants was the same who cares. But the truth is the Chinies made XA2 has about the same comparison to the original Xa2 as a counterfit Rolex has to its Swiss original. I knew out of the box that it didn't seem right. A drop in audio and video performance, especialy upconverting. Fit and finish suffer as well. By the time I realized my mistake it was too late to return it. Don't be fooled by the drop in price. What a shame. This unit use to be so well crafted.
 Great HD-DVD player, but it's too slow November 10, 2007
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Toshiba HD-XA2 1080p HD-DVD player does provide a perfect HD-DVD signal, however the internal bootloader pisses me off every time I turn on the unit. If I wasn't already too busy with other related projects, I'd offer Toshiba free engineering resources to fix the "boot up" delay, or at least allow you to insert/eject a disc while the boot loader is loading up the firmware.
I gave this unit only 3 stars due to the bootloader. Actually, I don't like the remote control either, but that's a minor issue probably not even worth mentioning.
Toshiba HD DVD November 7, 2007
Great picture and sound. This is new technology and as such, it has some problems. I have spent several hours with tech support on an issue involving the unit shutting down during the play of HD DVD's for no apparent reason. This does not occur when playing regular DVD's. Tech Support is very responsive and the wait is very short but the issue has not yet been resolved. Love the product though.
 Close To Heaven November 1, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I recently bought this unit and am really happy with my purchase.It has a great picture and sound.I did the 2.5 uprade last night and the picture is even better then before.Sea Biscuit standard dvd looks hi-def on my 1080p 47"tv.I do wish that it had an auto resume function to where you could turn the power off in the middle of a movie and be able to start where you left off after turning the power back on.My other dvd players are able to do this,including my Panasonic Blu ray player.The only other thing I would suggest to Toshiba is to put a button on the remote for on the fly changing of the screen format.I like to play alot of old tv show discs on this unit.I have to go into the setup menu and change from 16:9 to 4:3 letterbox in order to fill the screen with the program.When I go to watch a 16:9 movie afterwards,I have to go in the setup menu again and change the screen size settings again.These two minor points aside,I still love this unit and have no regrets about buying it.Toshiba HD-XA2 1080p HD-DVD Player
Toshiba XA2 and HD DVD-Audio October 27, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
One of the more important features on HD DVD and Blu-ray players is their support, or lack thereof, for the new high-definition soundtrack formats, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. The HD-XA2 is no exception, offering onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, and the ability to play back the "core" soundtrack of DTS soundtracks ("core" DTS soundtracks offer higher quality than standard DTS soundtracks).
Now you can enjoy new HD DVD titles featuring 3-Dimensional Music Experience in High Definition with 1080p visuals.
Uncommon Bach - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality TM [HD DVD DTSHD Surround Music Disc]
The Way To Paradise - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality [HD DVD]
Jazz Standards - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality [HD DVD]
Uncommon Mozart - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality [HD DVD]
Space or Dream of Life - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality [HD DVD]
Spatial Dynamics - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality [HD DVD]
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