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Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray Player Coming in November
Toshiba points out that the BDX2000 Blu-ray Player "does not play HD DVD discs. Blu-ray discs with high-definition content required for HD viewing."
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It appears that Toshiba has, finally, put HD DVD behind them, announcing that its first Blu-ray player will be available in November for $250.
The BDX2000, a Profile 2.0 player (BD-Live), outputs 1080p at 24 frames per second and has Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
And just so there's no confusion here, Toshiba points out that the BDX2000 "does not play HD DVD discs. Blu-ray discs with high-definition content required for HD viewing."
Toshiba, of course, lost the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray format war in early 2008 and subsequently suffered a 95 percent loss in profits.
The BDX2000 also doesn't include Toshiba's XDE up-conversion system used in select Toshiba XDE DVD players.
Other features:
The BDX2000, a Profile 2.0 player (BD-Live), outputs 1080p at 24 frames per second and has Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
And just so there's no confusion here, Toshiba points out that the BDX2000 "does not play HD DVD discs. Blu-ray discs with high-definition content required for HD viewing."
Toshiba, of course, lost the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray format war in early 2008 and subsequently suffered a 95 percent loss in profits.
The BDX2000 also doesn't include Toshiba's XDE up-conversion system used in select Toshiba XDE DVD players.
Other features:
- AVCHD playback
- Bonus View
- SD Card Slot
- Energy Star certified
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I don’t know about a trade up program but HD DVD playback would have been nice. Also would like to see top quality video processing for DVDs and hi-rez decoding in the player for all codecs. Maybe they will release a higher end version.
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A trade in program for Toshiba’s HD DVD customers, like a *free* swap of any Toshiba HD DVD player for their new BD player, seems like the least they can do for us.