Truth Teller, are you saying that you updated your a35 to fw 2.0 and didn't notice jaggies on avc encoded material at 1080/24. A good spot to check is the begining of chapter five in Transfomers, about 20 secs in there is a simultaneous pan and zoom of Bumble Bees hood. With fw 1.3 at 1080/24 no jaggies, with fw 2.0 at 1080/24 extreme jaggies. In the 20 or so fellow A35 owners i have had contact with over the net, you are the first to report that your a35 was unaffected by the bug.
Also using a hex editor to edit fw 1.3 in order to trick the player into accepting it, is hardly an easy fix. I will admit since certain avs memebers like unbiased took the time to post the modded fw this helps alot. The problem is Tosh is extremely unresponsive, and good luck calling Toshibea for help. I would be amazed if one of their csrs even knew what avc was, let alone actually helped you. So the average A35 owner who isn't scouring Avs forums is SOL, those csrs will never suggest using a hex editor to downgrade fw. They will tell the customer it is impossible.
Congrats Toshiba not only did you leave us hd dvd owners high and dry when you surrendered the war, as a farewell to your most ardent supporters you crippled the progressive output of their machine on pretty much all Paramount releases. They took the best most highly praised aspect their flagships and renedered their best resolutions useless on 30 to 40 percent of hd releases.
It's interresting to note that, not surprisingly, HD-DUD have just as many early problems as any other new technology, despites the lies from preople like Nfinity and TruthTeller (who is actually telling lies).
So that's what counts as "jaggies" these days, eh? LOL
OK, so there was a minute and very slight distortion along the edge of the black/yellow of the hood/bonnet?
Blink & you'd have missed it.
It's not exactly what I'd call a huge flaw and it's not something I'd have even noticed if I wasn't told when it was coming & where to look and if I sitting within 2ft of my 1080p HD TV.
TT- Just go away. At this point HD-DVD doesn't need any cheerleaders. Toshiba released a firmware update that degraded the picture quality.The war is over and HD-DVD owners need actual information and support from the internet. Hopefully many owners have seen this and put off upgrading their machines.
Try to minimize it all you want but I'll believe cbedellhealy over you given his specifics of the situation.
Can't you bear to hear a contrary voice or a POV at odds with the one you prefer to hear?
Sorry but I'm simply telling it how I see it and from what I've seen on my kit.
But you carry on, it's your right (and unlike you and some others around here I don't post such laughably arrogant stupidity as to tell anyone to go away when I disagree with their views.....are you about 5 or something?
Clearly you would seem to prefer to believe that the instant an HD DVD player is upgraded to V2.0 firmware then any disc played in it will result in huge great contrasting jaggey spikes of random colour and no discernable image to watch as opposed to what I have seen (which is a barely noticeable distortion).
.....and surely any early-adopting Toshiba owner with a minimum of knowledge about this is surely quite capable of rolling back to V1.3? (otherwise your PS3/Blu-ray/BD+ dreams of repeated firmware upgrades in a mass-market product are unlikely to get too far)
That's not cheerleading or minimising anything, it's simply the truth of what I have seen for myself.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Truth Teller @ Mar 14th 2008 10:14AM
So, is me posting the info that
1) I never had any such problems on my HD A/EP35 and
2) rolling back to V1.3 is an easy fix
a problem or something?
cbedellhealy @ Mar 14th 2008 10:54AM
Truth Teller, are you saying that you updated your a35 to fw 2.0 and didn't notice jaggies on avc encoded material at 1080/24. A good spot to check is the begining of chapter five in Transfomers, about 20 secs in there is a simultaneous pan and zoom of Bumble Bees hood. With fw 1.3 at 1080/24 no jaggies, with fw 2.0 at 1080/24 extreme jaggies. In the 20 or so fellow A35 owners i have had contact with over the net, you are the first to report that your a35 was unaffected by the bug.
Also using a hex editor to edit fw 1.3 in order to trick the player into accepting it, is hardly an easy fix. I will admit since certain avs memebers like unbiased took the time to post the modded fw this helps alot. The problem is Tosh is extremely unresponsive, and good luck calling Toshibea for help. I would be amazed if one of their csrs even knew what avc was, let alone actually helped you. So the average A35 owner who isn't scouring Avs forums is SOL, those csrs will never suggest using a hex editor to downgrade fw. They will tell the customer it is impossible.
Congrats Toshiba not only did you leave us hd dvd owners high and dry when you surrendered the war, as a farewell to your most ardent supporters you crippled the progressive output of their machine on pretty much all Paramount releases. They took the best most highly praised aspect their flagships and renedered their best resolutions useless on 30 to 40 percent of hd releases.
Dark Jedi @ Mar 14th 2008 11:12AM
Yes because you are lying!
It's interresting to note that, not surprisingly, HD-DUD have just as many early problems as any other new technology, despites the lies from preople like Nfinity and TruthTeller (who is actually telling lies).
Truth Teller @ Mar 14th 2008 11:25AM
Just checked it.
So that's what counts as "jaggies" these days, eh? LOL
OK, so there was a minute and very slight distortion along the edge of the black/yellow of the hood/bonnet?
Blink & you'd have missed it.
It's not exactly what I'd call a huge flaw and it's not something I'd have even noticed if I wasn't told when it was coming & where to look and if I sitting within 2ft of my 1080p HD TV.
@ Dark Jedi (guffaw)
What a massive flaw in HD DVD, eh?
LMAO.
Joe @ Mar 14th 2008 1:59PM
TT-
Just go away. At this point HD-DVD doesn't need any cheerleaders. Toshiba released a firmware update that degraded the picture quality.The war is over and HD-DVD owners need actual information and support from the internet. Hopefully many owners have seen this and put off upgrading their machines.
Try to minimize it all you want but I'll believe cbedellhealy over you given his specifics of the situation.
Truth Teller @ Mar 14th 2008 2:45PM
No Joe, I don't think I will. GFY.
What's up?
Can't you bear to hear a contrary voice or a POV at odds with the one you prefer to hear?
Sorry but I'm simply telling it how I see it and from what I've seen on my kit.
But you carry on, it's your right
(and unlike you and some others around here I don't post such laughably arrogant stupidity as to tell anyone to go away when I disagree with their views.....are you about 5 or something?
Clearly you would seem to prefer to believe that the instant an HD DVD player is upgraded to V2.0 firmware then any disc played in it will result in huge great contrasting jaggey spikes of random colour and no discernable image to watch as opposed to what I have seen (which is a barely noticeable distortion).
.....and surely any early-adopting Toshiba owner with a minimum of knowledge about this is surely quite capable of rolling back to V1.3?
(otherwise your PS3/Blu-ray/BD+ dreams of repeated firmware upgrades in a mass-market product are unlikely to get too far)
That's not cheerleading or minimising anything, it's simply the truth of what I have seen for myself.
Pity you can't stand to see it.
John B @ Mar 14th 2008 5:42PM
@Dark Jedi:
"HD-DUD"
Yeah, REALLY mature of you. {rolls eyes}