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STARDUST and BLADE RUNNER are the most recent HD disc I watched on this RCA player. You will lose the RCA menu screen and get the TOSHIBA screen if you do this but the player controls are the same.When I first got this player last year I did have some disc that would not load before I did the firmware update but they work fine now. If they do just use the TOSHIBA A1 updaters.
they will send you a disc ( mine was V.2 and took about 3 days after I called ). Your watching TRANSFORMERS or KONG yes the 1080p disc will play back in 1080i player and your HD TV will input the 1080i back out as 1080p if it is a 1080p HDTV and this will happen so fast on a good set-up that you would never know that a 1080p image was cut into a 1080i and back into a 1080p. Call RCA, the phone # is in the box right on the sheet about updating the firmware on the net under the part about "If you do not have internet we will send you a disc".
Will RCA stop making updates for this. This is a HEAVY DUTY UNIT , nothing cheap about it. Pop CD in the player.
5 minutes later your done.
So now you can not only see the movie, but feel it too. What I suggest is contacting the seller to see if they have updated the units or simply buy one from me because I update each unit so that the buyer can start using it out of the box. Reading the cons on this unit, I find it to be the lack of updating the unit as RCA suggests in doing. Yes, the unit is a bit bulky and heavy (reminds me of the first VCRs that came out back in the days) but for the price here on Amazon, well, it is well worth it considering that they retailed at almost $499. All this with free shipping :) The loading and boot up is slower than your typical DVD player, but it is well worth the 45 second wait. The picture is clear and the surround digital dolby is unbeatable especially in conjunction with a surround sound system.
Excellent picture, excellent sound (requires DTS decoder in the receiver for either RCA or Toslink 5.1 audio with HD DVD) and I find the remote control responsiveness to be satisfactory (rapid button press sequences are not advisable). To give an accurate current picture, I just took measurements and here is what you can expect with firmware version 2.4:Time from standby to drawer open: 45 secondsTime from drawer open to picture start with SD DVD: 35 secondsTime from drawer open to picture start with HD DVD: 65 secondsAs I said, I have owned this player since July 2006 and it continues to perform well in my setup. I use it for both SD DVD and HD DVD playback and it provides excellent picture and sound with both (I use both Toslink and HDMI for audio, and component and HDMI for video).As far as delays are concerned -- true, it certainly isn't the quickest player imaginable, but it was NEVER anywhere NEAR as slow as those particular "reviews" state -- obviously written by people who never spent time with the player, let alone owned it.
In fact, you will be hard pressed to identify any titles at all that are NOT recorded as 1080p (though the HDV5000 will indeed play those as well). All that's required is the firmware be up-to-date (can be performed either by internet update or CD-ROM update from RCA).Finally: I own an HDV5000 which I purchased in July 2006. First of all, completely ignore the "cannot play 1080p discs" and the "obsolete" nonsense spewed in the guise of "reviews".First: The HD DVD discs were recorded as 1080p from the very first handful released back in April 2006, and the HDV5000 can play EVERY one of them.
It is going strong at the center of my home theater setup and is currently running firmware version 2.4. Build quality is excellent and appearance, as always, is a matter of personal taste -- I consider it a good looking player. (Note: The player will not output 1080p, though absolutely all of the original 1080p video information is, in fact, delivered to the HDTV.
This means that it will fully meet the needs of the VAST majority of HDTV owners, though probably not all).Second: Every feature provided on any HD DVD released to-date is fully supported on every HD DVD player manufactured to-date.
THE RCA TOSHIBA VENTURE. SONY & SAMSUNG NEED TO STAY AS DEPENDABLE AS TOSHIBA. I'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS. I'VE A SAMSUNG BD-P 1200 . THE HD DVD ALWAYS PLAY. he says he would do the same again. I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE SO NEGATIVE ABT.
I THINK TOSHIBA IS DOING A BETTER JOB OF STAYING ON TOP OF THEIR GAME. BEST OF VIEWING .
@ 8' TO 10' MY SAMSUNG LN-T 4053H (720) LOOKS EQUALLY DETAITED AS MY FRIENDS LN-T4061F . LASTLY , USE HDMI OR NO LESS THAN COMPONENT CABLES.
ONCE THE MACHINE IS READY TO DISPLAY PICTURE , IT'S EXCELLENT . REMEMBER YOUR FIRMWARE UPDATE .
I ENJOY BOTH FORMATS. THE PICTURE IS EQUAL IN DETAIL TO ONE ANOTHER.
BUT HE SAYS I'M LUCKY @ PRICE & PICTURE QUALITY.
At the time I bought it (last November) I paid 423 dollars, so I am still bleeding from this unit. They going to ship the third unit, so let's see how long it lasts before becoming non-operational. The first one did not function correctly, neither the replacement.
They do not have online assistance nor email address to complain. High price, low quality. So, I am stuck.
This is my second unit. Worst part is that these people do not want to refund my money. Do yourselF a favor, DO NOT BUY IT.
Every time I have sent the unit is around 50 dollars in shipping, so do the math. Besides, this particular model is sooooooooooo slow, it takes forever to upload the disk.
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