Not yet. The player won't upscale SD-DVDs via component, though.

mboyd,
Ghosting is a different issue than clipping of black/white. Do you mean there is just ghosting after the scene changes for a moment, or there is some sort of ghosting both during the contrasty scene and after?

I wouldn't expect a CRT tube to have that much image retention that you see a trail. An LCD would be more susceptible to this. But this part would likely be a TV issue, nothing to do with the disc or player.

My little baby's all grown up. *tear*

Right it's just a moment after the scene changes. Hmmmm.

What do you guys predict in regards to more firmware fixes after this unit is discontinued?

Switching to component from HDMI-DVI solved my "black crush" problems or whatever they were. The image is noticeably improved via component which makes me very happy. I really hope Toshiba addresses this problem promptly so that I can use the player to upscale my SD DVDs correctly.

I dont seem to have the black crush issue when I watch SD DVDs.

My personal guess is that they will continue to update it to match the specs of the G2 machine as best as they can (it sounds like 1080p cannot be done on the HD-A1, but we might still be able to get DTS HD MA decoding). Other than that, I expect a few more issues to help with freezing and skipping.

Yeah,

I would think that they would cater to the early adopters as much as possible by releasing as many updates as they can.

BTW, it looks like my TV has color issues accepting a 1080i signal over componant. So, my options are 1080i over HDMI with BTB clipping or 720p over componant that my TV scales to 1080i (it olny displays 1080i or 540p). I'm going HDMI for now, but I'm open to persuation.

over component or HDMI?

if the latter, then I guess a reasonable compromise would be HDDVD over compenent, and SDDVD over hdmi for upconversion [though that would quintuple the wiring].

But, I think it would be worth it, IMHO.

I was thinking about that. I have a set of component cables I can use.

Any clue when RCA will release the 2.0 update for the HDV5000?

I hope you're right about future upgrades, they've certainly done well so far. I've been abandoned as an early adopter before so I'm a little shy about that.

MBoyd - does your set have the abilty to adjust picture settings by input? I'm not sure what color problems you're having but maybe that input needs adjustment? My set is like that.

I'm not sure, but I used the link that Supermallet gave to get firware 2.0, and everything works fine.. I haven't had a chance to test out TrueHD yet though.

If it required two separate hookups to get full use, and the issues wouldn't be relevant anymore, it would be worth it. The preferable solution is that Toshiba fixes the problems .
I don't want to get yet another set of component cables, and add yet another level of complexity to my hookup, but if i have to, I have to.

Okay. I downloaded the "bootleg" 2.0 and burned it to a DVD. But it doesn't recognize the disc. What am I doing wrong?

If you look on the second page of the "Toshiba firmware Update" Thread, there is a great step by step instructions post. Thats what I used and it worked flawlessly.

Thanks, XavierMike. But it's okay. A guy at work helped me out and burned a new disc (apparently I did it wrong). The new one worked and now the HDV5000 updated. I can't wait to get my hands on discs with Dolby TrueHD.