http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/ Engadget HD Comments for HD DVD 2.0 firmware soon; enables TrueHD 5.1 http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 8th 2006 6:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 8th 2006 6:31PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/
Phantom of the Opera is going to rock my neighbors world as soon as I get this.]]>Aug 8th 2006 7:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 8th 2006 7:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 8th 2006 9:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 8th 2006 9:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 8th 2006 9:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/
So in four months, you'd have a minimum of four Windows updates (actually compromised of multiple fixes), but it could always be more than just once a month.

Since Toshiba has released 3 firmware updates in four months, it would stand to reason their updates are occuring less frequently than Windows Updates.
]]>Aug 9th 2006 12:51AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 9th 2006 1:21AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 9th 2006 5:23AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/i'm sure many people want this 1.9 right now...
was it supplied on a disc ?]]>Aug 9th 2006 6:20AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 9th 2006 6:44AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/
This is the perspective I have, and why the price point helps tremendiously: I have a boatload of SD DVD, and was looking for an upconverting DVD player (Either the new Helios from Neodigits, the old Oppo, or one of the denons). Many people were saying on the forums that the upconversion on the HD-A1 pretty much equals the oppo.

I figured what the hell. Spend a little more and get something that could recieve firmware updates via ethernet (which is always a plus, regardless of the device--wish my TV could do it, for channel logo updates alone), and play some HD-DVD as well if I want.

As for people talking about waiting for second gen: The HD-A1 is literally a Pentium 4, 1GB RAM and a 512MB flash drive, the HD-DVD drive is IDE and appearantly is of solid design. -- Point being its just a PC booting linux, firmware updates are an entirely new software image, the only thing gained by a true second gen hardware unit would be maybe spinning the disc up faster(new IDE drive), or less power consumption("core" chip over plain P4).

I really didn't even consider Blu-ray due to the price and MPEG-2. People will buy HD-DVD instead because:

Name has DVD in it
Price is much better
Sony is tied to Blu-ray and people don't forget Beta, MD, UMD, MemoryStick ATRAC!!! etc.

Or they won't buy any of it and it will go the way of SACD and DVDAudio.

Either way I'll have a player that upconverts my SD, that didn't cost me much more than the midrange upconversion only players.]]>Aug 9th 2006 10:06AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 9th 2006 10:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://w.hdbeat.com/2006/07/19/samsung-blames-bad-blu-ray-reviews-on-faulty-chip/ )and hopefully you can pick up the new sony - pushed back to october right? best of luck. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones to be able to actually get a ps3 when they're released.]]>Aug 9th 2006 7:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/Aug 10th 2006 8:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/
Side with the winner, get a Toshiba. It's not even region coded so you can get HD DVDs from all over the world including ones that are Blu-ray only here in the states. No more regions, no more PAL, just sweet HD DVD goodness.]]>Aug 14th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/08/hd-dvd-2-0-firmware-soon-enables-truehd-5-1/
...

http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/notices/hddvdfirmware.asp

...

Interestingly, the Official Version is the same IDENTICAL 2.0 FW Update found @ RapidShare (route I took) ...

2.0/1.0A/2.05

If your HT Setup is up to the task, listening to "The Phantom of the Opera" - Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless format is just jaw-dropping and glorious!!!

Phil]]>Aug 25th 2006 7:28PM