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5 Reviews for Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD High Definition DVD Player
Fantastic player despite the format war being over - 26 Mar 2008
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Ok, I know I may have purchased an "obsolete" machine, but, so what. It upscales my current DVD collection (Star Wars looks amazing), is region free for standard and HD DVD's and you can purchase HD DVD's for a very low price. Picture quality is superb, I have watched Blade Runner in HD and my jaw literally dropped, even my wife was impressed!!
To conclude, an amazing player at an amazing price, this is a very satisfied customer.
HD Rules! - or did... - 25 Feb 2008
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
This player is fantastic (considering its the first ever player to play HD format).
Personally I am gutted HD format is a thing of the past now and Blu-Ray has won the battle. Whats going on? I think the people (including myself) who have parted with hundreds if not thousands of pounds to aquire this new format should be refunded there money back by Toshiba. This is wrong to the consumer as now its a dead-end road. No more Discs or players are being made so we are stuck with expensive hardware with nowhere to go! I mean its not the consumers fault is it? -We didnt know this would happen did we? So now we are FORCED to buy a Blu-Ray player to keep with the times. Im sorry but for me I refuse to pay SONY. Deep down this is between the PS3 & the XBOX360. I'l tell you why...
When the XBOX360 was outselling the PS2 by 3-1, Sony decided to install Blu-Ray in there new console (PS3) - leading Microsoft to bring out HD as an add-on for there console - fine, Why isnt Microsoft putting up a fight? Nobody is going to buy that add-on anymore are they? The cheapest Blu-Ray player around is the PS3 and SONY knows it. They assume people will buy it as you get the console too! -NOT ME. I want my money back.
I personally thought HD format would be the obvious choice to millions because of the name HD. Blu-Ray just confuses people who dont (and rightly so) have the knowledge. Its all WRONG. Sorry for going on, and on but i feel totally ROBBED.
A Sad Day For Democracy and Freedom of Speech! - 19 Feb 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
In case you are looking at this product and have not heard the news - Toshiba announced world-wide today (19th Feb 2008) that it is ceasing the production of HD DVD players and discs. In a re-run of the VHS versus Betamax battle, Blu-Ray has won the battle - Sony learned from it's defeat the first time.
It's a great shame too for a couple of reasons: unlike HD DVD, a licence to create Blu Ray discs costs tens of thousands, thereby stifling the creative output of small indy production houses. Is it a coincidence that they compete increasingly with the big studios, two of which are owned by Sony?!)
Secondly, and again unlike HD DVD, Sony are on record as refusing to licence any producer whose content they do not morally approve of (such as adult films for one example) Who are Sony to appoint themselves as the new world censors? What I choose to think and view is no business of a multi-national corporation. High Definition DVD was a format open to the masses to create their own content cheaply. Blu Ray is tightly controlled and can only realistically be used by large and wealthy studios. With the dropping of HD DVD the creative world will now find it very much more difficult, if not impossible, to output their media in a high definition format. Big corporations win again. I for one will refuse to buy a Blu-Ray until the licence to create media in this format is made available as freeware! This is an important issue for democracy and freedom of speech. It's such a pity that Toshiba have thrown in the towel.
Discontinued - 19 Feb 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful.
This product along with all other Toshiba HD DVD players will be discontinued as of April as announced by Toshiba on the 19th February.
This is because of poor sales and gaining support for the other HD format Blu Ray. I advise people to purchase a Blu Ray player instead of a HD DVD player as of now because by the end of the year it is likely no studio will be releasing any of their films of HD DVD and all will be being released on Blu Ray.
HD DVD - no longer supported - 19 Feb 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful.
Anyone buying this should be aware that toshiba have announced that they are no longer supporting this format - Blu-Ray is the HD format to go for. HD will be the Betamax of the dvd format wars