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I made an account on that website...
Today it doesn't seem to work anymore... failed login etc....
I didn't spend much time investigating the site but it look to be a hard nut to crack :lol:

Did you manage to discuss something on it?
I love Hddvd so any info on the format is more than welcome.
Got myself a HD-XA1 and 2 spare units HD-A1 and I must say altough they are first gen they are built like a tank and work superb with 4.0 firmwire.
Now selling my remaining HD-EP10 and EP-30
The XA-1 and A1 are beautiful players to look at.

kris wrote:

I made an account on that website...
Today it doesn't seem to work anymore... failed login etc....
I didn't spend much time investigating the site but it look to be a hard nut to crack :lol:

I was barely able to login as I could not see what I typed in for user id. When I moved to the password field, I saw that I had made a typo in my user id. I moved back to the user id field and it went black leaving me wondering where I was in making a correction. After a number of tries, I was able to login. Navigating the site is impossible because you cannot read the text. I had posted on the site in the past; but, the site was readable then (different color background and text then presently).

I have a Toshiba HD-A3 player running 4.0 firmware and it works very weil. I paid ~$20.00 for the player and $20.00 for shipping off e-bay. The first HD-DVD I bought was Santana, Hymns for Peace which was not recognized by the player. It turned out that the disc was at fault. I bought U-571 and it played very weil.

I have a Sony BR player (BDP-S360) and find that it boots in half the time that my Toshiba does. I find that kind of odd.

I do notice that normal DVD's played at 480p on the Toshiba seem to have a clearer picture than my other DVD players. I wonder if it is related to the upscaling that the Toshiba player can do when it plays normal DVD's at 720p, 1080i and 1080p.

I have a Sony BR player (BDP-S360) and find that it boots in half the time that my Toshiba does. I find that kind of odd.

and my HD-DVD Blade Runner set is completely unplayable - only the 2 DVD's included in the set still work. So, I'll have to get BD's of them.

Many of Universals HD-DVD's use the same 1080i transfer used for their Hi-Vision MUSE LaserDisc releases.

disclord wrote:

Hello Disclord,

My BD Oppo BDP-83 boots within seconds, while my Toshiba XE-1 needs a minute or so, and sometimes refuses to work at all (the famous WELCOME bug).

So while I have to admit my HD-DVD collection is small (around 60 titles), I never once ran into a HD-DVD that froze or refused to work.
Let me try my Blade Runner set for a second...
Blade Runner: 5-Disc Complete Collectors Edition (1982) [118573]
So I quickly scanned through the three HD-DVDs, and everything is fine.
Guess I am a lucky fellow. I don't have Aviator, so cannot try that one.

About those Universal 1080i discs that have the same transfer as MUSE LD's... could you make a list?
Because I have never come across a 1080i Universal HD-DVD at all.
The only 1080i Discs I got are Virtual Trip series and "The Sound of High Definition".

Cheers!

I know about The Thing because I wrote to Universal when I got the HD-DVD and they told me it was the same master used for the Japanese Hi-Vision LaserDisc release (which, as far as I know was never released).

Author:	dumbchemist [ 03 Feb 2013, 16:24 ]
Post subject:	HD-DVD new forum
Has anyone tried the HD-DVD forum at http://hddvd.fullboards.com/login? I find the site very hard to read as the text is very light white on a black background. Logging in is an adventure as you cannot see what you typed for a user id and can only read it when you move the cursor to the password field. Navigation of the site is nearly impossible. If the admin for that site reads this, please change text and background colors so that you can read what is on the site.

Author:	kris [ 03 Feb 2013, 17:39 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
I made an account on that website... Today it doesn't seem to work anymore... failed login etc.... I didn't spend much time investigating the site but it look to be a hard nut to crack Did you manage to discuss something on it? I love Hddvd so any info on the format is more than welcome. Got myself a HD-XA1 and 2 spare units HD-A1 and I must say altough they are first gen they are built like a tank and work superb with 4.0 firmwire. Now selling my remaining HD-EP10 and EP-30 The XA-1 and A1 are beautiful players to look at.

Author:	dumbchemist [ 03 Feb 2013, 20:29 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
kris wrote: I made an account on that website... Today it doesn't seem to work anymore... failed login etc.... I didn't spend much time investigating the site but it look to be a hard nut to crack Did you manage to discuss something on it? I love Hddvd so any info on the format is more than welcome. Got myself a HD-XA1 and 2 spare units HD-A1 and I must say altough they are first gen they are built like a tank and work superb with 4.0 firmwire. Now selling my remaining HD-EP10 and EP-30 The XA-1 and A1 are beautiful players to look at. I was barely able to login as I could not see what I typed in for user id. When I moved to the password field, I saw that I had made a typo in my user id. I moved back to the user id field and it went black leaving me wondering where I was in making a correction. After a number of tries, I was able to login. Navigating the site is impossible because you cannot read the text. I had posted on the site in the past; but, the site was readable then (different color background and text then presently). I have a Toshiba HD-A3 player running 4.0 firmware and it works very weil. I paid ~$20.00 for the player and $20.00 for shipping off e-bay. The first HD-DVD I bought was Santana, Hymns for Peace which was not recognized by the player. It turned out that the disc was at fault. I bought U-571 and it played very weil. I have a Sony BR player (BDP-S360) and find that it boots in half the time that my Toshiba does. I find that kind of odd. I do notice that normal DVD's played at 480p on the Toshiba seem to have a clearer picture than my other DVD players. I wonder if it is related to the upscaling that the Toshiba player can do when it plays normal DVD's at 720p, 1080i and 1080p.

Author:	disclord [ 04 Feb 2013, 04:10 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
dumbchemist wrote: kris wrote: I made an account on that website... Today it doesn't seem to work anymore... failed login etc.... I didn't spend much time investigating the site but it look to be a hard nut to crack Did you manage to discuss something on it? I love Hddvd so any info on the format is more than welcome. Got myself a HD-XA1 and 2 spare units HD-A1 and I must say altough they are first gen they are built like a tank and work superb with 4.0 firmwire. Now selling my remaining HD-EP10 and EP-30 The XA-1 and A1 are beautiful players to look at. I was barely able to login as I could not see what I typed in for user id. When I moved to the password field, I saw that I had made a typo in my user id. I moved back to the user id field and it went black leaving me wondering where I was in making a correction. After a number of tries, I was able to login. Navigating the site is impossible because you cannot read the text. I had posted on the site in the past; but, the site was readable then (different color background and text then presently). I have a Toshiba HD-A3 player running 4.0 firmware and it works very weil. I paid ~$20.00 for the player and $20.00 for shipping off e-bay. The first HD-DVD I bought was Santana, Hymns for Peace which was not recognized by the player. It turned out that the disc was at fault. I bought U-571 and it played very weil. I have a Sony BR player (BDP-S360) and find that it boots in half the time that my Toshiba does. I find that kind of odd. I do notice that normal DVD's played at 480p on the Toshiba seem to have a clearer picture than my other DVD players. I wonder if it is related to the upscaling that the Toshiba player can do when it plays normal DVD's at 720p, 1080i and 1080p. The Toshiba HD-DVD players had better than average up-scailing circuits - especially the XA-1 which was a stunner with its Realta chip. Toshiba had announced that they were going to introduce Super Resolution scailing, which is where multiple frames are analyzed and combined to extract true detail and higher resolution from standard def sources to create 1080 signals. Super Resolution is what is used by IMAX to create IMAX versions of 35mm films, and unlike simple scailing, it truly extracts more detail than can be seen in a standard def source. It's very, very processor intensive though, and for whatever reason, Toshiba never introduced a player with the feature. It's a shame no other company has stepped up to the bat and introduced a BD player that used Super Resolution processing for DVD - it could even be used on BD's to create true 4k signals for the new Ultra-HD standard that Japan is getting ready to introduce. Anyway, the Toshiba players had very good DVD playback - it was very sharp and detailed with excellent vertical chroma resolution and no chroma bug - their HD playback didn't suffer from the chroma bug either, unlike some BD players. I still use my Toshiba A2 player for many DVD's, even though I have a Panasonic BD player with their own excellent deinterlacing and scailing system and a DVD player with Faroudja processing (it's Faroudja Flying-P certified). The Toshiba just looks better on some discs - and I still think the disc interface on HD-DVD's works better than any BD or BD player I've ever seen. Unlike BD, HD-DVD got it right, right from the start - their only misstep was in the size of the disc and max bitrate. I just wish HD titles made by Technicolor didn't suffer from failure so badly - discs made by Panasonic and others for Universal and Paramount, and the few European HD's I own, are all fine - its only Warner discs made by Technicolor that have failed or delaminated (one copy of Rumor Has It actually came apart - the DVD side came apart from the HD-DVD side). And I've never been able to get a good copy of The Avaitor on HD-DVD, and my HD-DVD Blade Runner set is completely unplayable - only the 2 DVD's included in the set still work. So, I'll have to get BD's of them. The Thing on HD-DVD is a wonder to behold, unlike the BD - Tremors suffers from too much edge enhancement, but the sound is amazing. Many of Universals HD-DVD's use the same 1080i transfer used for their Hi-Vision MUSE LaserDisc releases. My television has a 1080i film mode to deinterlace 1080i to 1080P, and it works wonderfully, so I don't care that my A2 player only outputs 1080i.

Author:	lons_vex [ 04 Feb 2013, 10:41 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
disclord wrote: I have a Sony BR player (BDP-S360) and find that it boots in half the time that my Toshiba does. I find that kind of odd. and my HD-DVD Blade Runner set is completely unplayable - only the 2 DVD's included in the set still work. So, I'll have to get BD's of them. Many of Universals HD-DVD's use the same 1080i transfer used for their Hi-Vision MUSE LaserDisc releases. Hello Disclord, My BD Oppo BDP-83 boots within seconds, while my Toshiba XE-1 needs a minute or so, and sometimes refuses to work at all (the famous WELCOME bug). So while I have to admit my HD-DVD collection is small (around 60 titles), I never once ran into a HD-DVD that froze or refused to work. Let me try my Blade Runner set for a second... Blade Runner: 5-Disc Complete Collectors Edition (1982) [118573] So I quickly scanned through the three HD-DVDs, and everything is fine. Guess I am a lucky fellow. I don't have Aviator, so cannot try that one. About those Universal 1080i discs that have the same transfer as MUSE LD's... could you make a list? Because I have never come across a 1080i Universal HD-DVD at all. The only 1080i Discs I got are Virtual Trip series and "The Sound of High Definition". Cheers!

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Author:	disclord [ 04 Feb 2013, 17:36 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
lons_vex wrote: disclord wrote: I have a Sony BR player (BDP-S360) and find that it boots in half the time that my Toshiba does. I find that kind of odd. and my HD-DVD Blade Runner set is completely unplayable - only the 2 DVD's included in the set still work. So, I'll have to get BD's of them. Many of Universals HD-DVD's use the same 1080i transfer used for their Hi-Vision MUSE LaserDisc releases. Hello Disclord, My BD Oppo BDP-83 boots within seconds, while my Toshiba XE-1 needs a minute or so, and sometimes refuses to work at all (the famous WELCOME bug). So while I have to admit my HD-DVD collection is small (around 60 titles), I never once ran into a HD-DVD that froze or refused to work. Let me try my Blade Runner set for a second... Blade Runner: 5-Disc Complete Collectors Edition (1982) [118573] So I quickly scanned through the three HD-DVDs, and everything is fine. Guess I am a lucky fellow. I don't have Aviator, so cannot try that one. About those Universal 1080i discs that have the same transfer as MUSE LD's... could you make a list? Because I have never come across a 1080i Universal HD-DVD at all. The only 1080i Discs I got are Virtual Trip series and "The Sound of High Definition". Cheers! I don't know all the titles - I know about The Thing because I wrote to Universal when I got the HD-DVD and they told me it was the same master used for the Japanese Hi-Vision LaserDisc release (which, as far as I know was never released). While the original transfers were done at 1080i, they were not vertically filtered for the interlaced medium, so for HD-DVD, Universal deinterlaced them back to 1080P (with no loss in vertical resolution) and made the HD-DVD masters from that. Backdraft is another title that used the same transfer for HD-DVD and the MUSE LaserDisc - and unlike The Thing, I've seen copies of it and on lists of MUSE releases, so I know it was issued on HiVision LaserDisc. The only 1080i HD-DVD I own is a dual-sided DVD/HD-DVD scenery disc of fish that I bought for my cats - they totally ignore the DVD side when it's playing, but the HD-DVD side gets their attention and they behave as if the television was a real fish tank - I guess that's a good endorsement for HD being "as real as life". I also have a 1080i Blu-ray of steam engines and other locomotives - it was shot with Sony's 1080i Cine-Alta HDCAM system and released on BD with a BD-R instead of a pressed disc - the small companies that release train/railroad p0rn discs haven't embraced HD too quickly... I think because most of their stuff comes from Super 8 home movies that Railfans took back in the 60's. I really prefer the Dolby Digital Plus implementation on HD-DVD to that of Blu-ray. The high bitrate of DD+ on HD-DVD is, for all intents and purposes, transparent, unlike DD+ on BD which uses standard Dolby Digital for the front channels and the DD+ system as an extension only for the surrounds. I like the Toshiba players capability of mixing all the audio streams as needed and outputting them via HDMI as lossless LPCM streams - I don't care if the final decoding to LPCM is done in my receiver or in the player, as long as its transmitted losslessly.

Author:	takou [ 04 Feb 2013, 19:55 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
disclord wrote: I know about The Thing because I wrote to Universal when I got the HD-DVD and they told me it was the same master used for the Japanese Hi-Vision LaserDisc release (which, as far as I know was never released). It would not have been that great, being most of the time in the dark... but I would have bought it anyway.

Author:	kris [ 04 Feb 2013, 21:40 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
"my HD-DVD Blade Runner set is completely unplayable - only the 2 DVD's included in the set still work. So, I'll have to get BD's of them." I own those Blade runner versions on hddvd. Have been watching the different versions lately. No problems found during playback. Blade runner 5discs edition cat.nr.: 118573 Blade runner 2discs epecial edition cat.nr.: Z9 Y18468 (not found on lddb) dutch back cover and subs Both releases work fine on the hd-xa1 and hd-a1 I find that "european" released hddvd's don't suffer from "bugs" i own several WBros titles like The matrix etc... never had an issue with them Only two Dutch releases I went : 2001 ASO and Full Metal jacket.... poor stanley Found another 2001 ASO and it works great. Full metal jacket is the only one left I have to replace. freezes up half way the movie....

Author:	flcl4evr [ 05 Feb 2013, 00:58 ]
Post subject:	Re: HD-DVD new forum
Funny, after hearing about how rough the Muse discs were, the first HD DVD I watched on my new 27 inch HDTV in 1080i was The Thing and I was really impressed, even more so now learning that it came from a 90s high def master means that it's phenomenal.

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