Toshiba HD-A1

HD DVD Player

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The next generation of DVD is in high definition.

Toshiba HD-A1

The HD-HA1 HD DVD player delivers exceptional image quality, life-like clarity and enhanced audio playback from the next-generation DVD standard. The HD-A1 is backwards compatible with standard DVDs, allowing you to enjoy your existing collection. Precise design and high quality construction is the refinement home theater enthusiasts come to expect from a high-performance player.

Display Resolution: 720p/1080i
Upconverts Standard DVD
HDMI: 1 Rear Input
Plays Standard DVDs
Multi-channel 24-bit/192kHz Audio DACs

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Advantage Toshiba

HD DVD playback delivers outstanding resolution, bright, vivid colors and stunning sound from the next generation DVD standard adopted by the DVD forum

Backwards compatibility of standard DVDs allows you to enjoy your current collection of DVDs on the player

Video Up-conversion via the HDMI interface scales the standard DVD video to output resolution of 720p or 1080i, matching the resolution of the HDTV

Built in multi-channel decoders for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD (2ch), DTS and DTS-HD will bring improved fidelity and sonic realism to the soundtracks

Technology and Benefits
HD DVD Playback
High Definition video requires a tremendous amount of space on a disc, thus a new Blue laser (versus a Red Laser for DVD) is utilized for HD DVD. The blue laser, with it`s shorter wave length, allows for information to be stored more densely on the disc, thus improving storage capacity by about over 3 times compared to that of a red laser technology. Additionally, more accurate and efficient video compression like MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1 (based on Microsoft`s Window Media) compress information to achieve file sizes that are less than half of the current standard DVD`s MPEG2

High Performance Disc Drive
HD DVD not only provides a deliverable HD media format to the home, but does so with the potential of greater performance than you have experienced with HDTV. The HD-A1 disc drive has an astounding 36.55Mbps transfer rate. To put that in perspective, standard DVD has an average bit rate of less than 10Mbps and HDTV`s maximum rate is 24Mbps.

High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
HDMI is the first industry-supported all digital Audio/video connection providing the transmission of uncompressed digital video and multi-channel audio on a single cable. When matched with a compatible HDTV, this single cable connection ensures that all signals remain in their pure digital form. The HD-A1 will output HD content through the HDMI interface in the native format of the HD DVD disc content of either 720p or 1080i

Backward Compatibility
Enjoy backwards compatibility and play your collection of standard DVD`s on the player. In addition, via the HDMI interface, the standard definition DVD picture resolution can be upconverted to near HD quality, with output resolution of 720p or 1080i to match your HDTV`s performance. Not only does this output the video in HD standard resolutions, but because the conversion takes place in the player, the signal remains free from excessive digital-to-analog conversion artifacts.

Built-in Multi-Channel Decoders
The HD-A1 has built-in processors to handle the multi-channel decoders for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD (2 ch), DTS and DTS-HD . It employs the use of four DSPs to decode the multi-channel streams of the wide array of audio formats. These 32-bit floating-point DSP`s are world renown for their high accuracy and are employed in many high quality audio solutions in the home theater market.