Deal Alert: Toshiba HD-XA2 HD-DVD – Now $449.88 Delivered

When our home theater editor Chris Boylan reviewed the Toshiba

HD-XA2

HD-DVD player, he called it the "last DVD player you'll ever buy." And now, just in time for the holidays, Amazon has dropped the price all the down to $449.88 with free delivery. Combine this with the mail-in rebate for five free HD-DVD movies, and you've got yourself an excellent deal on a great next generation high definition disc player.

Toshiba HD-XA2 Second Generation HD-DVD Player on Amazon.com: $449.98

(pricing current as of November 23, 2007)

In addition to its excellent performance on HD-DVD titles, the player does high definition upconversion of standard definition DVDs like nobody's business, thanks to its integrated Silicon Optix Reon-VX video processor. Also, fulfilling an earlier promise, Toshiba has delivered a recent firmware upgrade for the player (version 2.7) that allows the HD-XA2 to support native 24 frames/second output (1080/24p) as well as bitstream support of next generation audio codecs, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

View complete details of the player in our

HD-XA2 Review

.

HD-XA2 Specifications from the Manufacturer

:

Video

“¢ 1080p Video Output (1080p/60Hz)

“¢ DVD Video

“¢ DVD VR

“¢ Twin format Disc

“¢ DVD-ROM (Video)

“¢ DVD-R (Video)

“¢ DVD-R DL (Video)

“¢ DVD-RW (Video/VR CPRM not supported)

“¢ 297MHz/12-Bit Video DAC

Audio

“¢ CD, CD-R, CD-RW, CD (CD-DA)

“¢ Dolby® Digital Plus (5.1ch)

“¢ Dolby® TrueHD (5.1ch)

“¢ DTS® (5.1ch)

“¢ DTS® HD (core only) (5.1ch)

“¢ Digita/Analog Out simultaneously

Convenience

“¢ Fully Backlit Remote Control

“¢ TV Control (preset)

“¢ AV Cable (Video/L/R)

“¢ OSD Language English/French/Germany/Japanese

Inputs/Outputs

Video Outputs:

“¢ Composite 1 (gold)

“¢ S-Video 1 (gold)

“¢ Component 1 (gold)

“¢ HDMI Output Ver. 1.3 for Deep Color

Audio Outputs:

“¢ Analog 2ch 1 (gold)

“¢ Analog 5.1ch 1 (gold)

“¢ Digital Coaxial 1 (gold)

“¢ Digital Optical 1

“¢ HDMI Output Ver. 1.3 for Deep Color

Other Inputs/Outputs:

“¢ Ethernet (10/100BASE) 1

“¢ Control (RS-232C) (Bi-directional)

“¢ EXTENSION Terminal 2

Dimensions

“¢ Dimensions 17.2" x 13.58" x 2.91"