You can add me to this group as well.

While I do love the HD-DVD factor, I'm really enjoying it right now as a kick-ass upconversion player. Pretty much all my SD DVDs just sound/look better with this machine.

I honestly don't know what either of these "problems" means.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....82#post7030982

Candy and I have been talking the last few nights about how AMAZING the sound is on this thing. It makes all of my discs sound better than they've ever sounded on any of my other players.

We should start a thread called "Re-exploring your SD DVD Collection with the HDA1"

Yeah, sound and picture....I watched Collateral and it was awesome....picture looked excellent (near HD quality) and the sound was incredible.....the scene in the dance club was the best! The gunshots sounded like they were in my living room!

Uh oh. Candy is going to orgasm when he reads that. He kept telling me to put that scene on.

So, maybe now my opinion of certain DVD players means more to you? I've had a better audio player than the A1 for 4 years. It has been VERY enjoyable. It even makes CDs listenable.

OH HELLLLLL YESSSSS!!!!!!!

The Club Fever scene completely fucking rocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well.... at the time I was content with the 727 as a cheap alternative with decent pic quality and the ability to convert PAL/NTSC.

After you using that for many years... I was blown away by the Sony NS70 upconversion. Naturally, I was pissed about the loss of being region-free.

Now... I'm in heaven with the HDA1.

Still the 727 was a great player for us regionfree folks.

Told you

Btw...thanks adam!

I also recommend watching X2 for:

-The Intro in all its glory.
-Unleashing Hell in the Mansion
-Cyclops' Optic Blasts in Magneto's Prison.... You can really feel that "THUMP" when a few of the guards hit the wall and Xavier slams against the door.
-Boston Xjet Escape.

Hmm. I wonder what you'd think of those scenes with a subwoofer that can play 15Hz at over 100db?

I'm going to start sounding like a shill in a moment.

"in a moment????"

I'd have to drop a name to be a shill, wouldn't I? Like SVS.

Aww, shit.

I watched Revenge of the Sith the first night I had my player and my jaw was on the floor the entire time. Everything just popped off the screen.

I agree. That's the very first disc I put in. Absolutely amazing. And the sound knocked me out of my seat.

The Coruscant Space Battle was mind blowing. Shit was coming from everywhere!!!!

I found the Final Duel a little different and more enjoyable. The scene where both Jedi use the simultaneous "Force Push" was probably one of my favorites.

Fantastic Four is another dvd that really benefits from the upscaling and audio boost. I'll have to settle with the dvd version until Fox crosses the line and releases it on HD DVD.

Epside III is also excellent as others mentioned.

I've really been enjoying the sound of HD DVD since it is finally something that tops laserdisc after all these years, but I can't help but think how everything would sound with a brand new receiver and better speakers. (Where did I put that credit card)

Question for those who say the sound is better: how do you have this player connected? Analog output or digital? If you're using the analog outs it would make sense if the DAC is better in this player than the ones on your receivers. With a digital connection, I don't understand how it could be better if it's sending the same data to the receiver.

Analog hook up. DD+ is a big jump from the DD and DTS sound on DVD.

Of course the new DD+ format on HD-DVDs will sound better, but the posts in this thread are saying that regular DD on standard DVDs sounds better when played back on the new player. How does having DD+ capability in the player make standard DD better?

That is something I haven't noticed, but I'm not using standard DVDs in the Toshiba.

I'm not sure how, but the HD A1 does add some oomph to DD tracks on standard dvd. I thought I read that it produces the full bit rate on DTS tracks. I listened to FF with DTS and could definitely tell that the soundtrack was fuller and sounded stronger than when I used my dvd player.

Mine is hooked up via analog.

Using the Analog setup with my HDDVDS and SDDVDs.

Ditto. I don't understand how it changes things but ALL of my discs come alive now.