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The big news is the Silicon Optix Reon VX processor. Confirmation is in that thread about this feature and for those that don't know Silicon Optix Realta ($$$$) and Reon are the new darlings of movie playback processing.

For those people that though the HD-XA2 was just about 1080p outputs you can now rest assured that the XA2 is "Turbocharged" and will have plenty of benefits for the higher end home theatre. ]]>Dec 28th 2006 1:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/
But why would they, they're trying to sell 2nd gen now. Say hello to the 6-month product life cycle.]]>Dec 28th 2006 3:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/Dec 28th 2006 3:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/http://ValueElectronics.com on 01/03/07. Yes, the flagship HD-XA2 ships in 2007, but only misses 2006 by a few days, mostly due to the holiday schedule.

Enjoy,

-Robert]]>Dec 29th 2006 12:58AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/Dec 30th 2006 10:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/28/toshibas-hd-xa2-hd-dvd-player-delayed-until-january/
XA-2 is looking better every day. The way I see it even if HD-DVD fails, I will have a great upconverting player for SD DVD and I will still be able to enjoy my collection of HD-DVDs.

I have both BD and HD-DVD currently and I totally prefer HD-DVD. They definitely deliver, which is not so with BD. HD-DVD has many more good transfers as a whole than BD, and the misinformation and arrogance that Sony and Fox have blabbered in the recent past make me wish they will eat their words.]]>Dec 31st 2006 5:01PM