[QUOTE="instantdeath999"]Ill ask this question here instead of making a new thread.... should I buy the hd dvd player or a stand-alone?TimothyB
A stand-alone would cost twice as much or more, depending. Though, I heard of a deal of Circuity City having the HD-A2 Toshiba player for $399, with instant 4 movies and then 5 more by mail from toshiba. That would be pretty good, $399 for a player and 9 movies. Here's a thread on it, which I haven't checked recently to see how confirmed or false it is: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=824578
Though, it all depends on your setup. Stand-alones offer HDMI, which then in turn offers upscaling of DVDs (which the Toshiba players get great reviews for), better audio decoding, regular player design. While the add-on, that would save you space, cheaper, it comes with one movie, but you are limited to component/vga that will never ever support HDCP, can't do advance audio. Though, then again, it is the cheapest 1080p player if you can do it over VGA or get an Elite HDMI 360, and it starts instantly compared to the slower stand-alones. I could go on, but that should give you an idea.
I'm also thinking about getting one, need a new dvd-player. Problem is I have a lot of region 1 dvd movies I like to able to watch on it. (I'm in R2).. If you use it with a VGA cable it will also upscale right? What does it mean practically that it doesn't support HDCP? Is that because it's not connected through the hdmi connection? But with the xbox 360 Elite it will be...
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