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    Default Xbox 360 HD-DVD Add-on

    Well, bought the HD-DVD addon last week. Only watched a couple movies (parts of King Kong and World Trade Center) but am so far impressed with the picture quality. KK looked the same as the showing on HBO-HD I saw a couple months back. What's nice is I can rent HD DVDs from Blockbuster.com without any addt'l charges.

    I know this is an audio forum but I haven't really had a chance to give it a workout (have a new 1mo old, so no "ref levels" for me for a while). I'm not too up on the new audio formats, but from what I know, without HDMI or analog outs (I think the add-on converts all audio to DD via optical) cannot get full resolution of DD+, TrueHD, etc. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

    Just thought I'd throw it out there for someone interested in dabbling in one of the HD formats w/o spending an arm or leg (that is, assuming you already have the xbox360).

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    Do you have a 1080p capable TV? That is where the picture quality will shine! It would be better than the HBO-HD showing.
    -curtis

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    I don't have the Add-on, I do have a Tosh HD-A1 though.

    From what I gather, all audio from the add on is DD for now, supposedly DTS is coming via firmware update, but I thought I saw that it was gonna be released when they release alot of other stuff as well(springtime).
    Amir over at AVS has stated a few things along this line.

    I've watched both KK on HD DVD, and HBO-HD, and the HD DVD version is better.
    I compared them, back and forth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by muzz
    I don't have the Add-on, I do have a Tosh HD-A1 though.

    From what I gather, all audio from the add on is DD for now, supposedly DTS is coming via firmware update, but I thought I saw that it was gonna be released when they release alot of other stuff as well(springtime).
    Amir over at AVS has stated a few things along this line.

    I've watched both KK on HD DVD, and HBO-HD, and the HD DVD version is better.
    I compared them, back and forth.
    Thanks for the info. I've read of some similar FW updates too.

    Yeah, I shouldn't have deleted KK from my Tivo, so I could've compared. BTW, how's the audio on the Toshiba? Significantly better than DD/DTS? Like the difference between CD vs DVDA/SACD?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BGHD
    Thanks for the info. I've read of some similar FW updates too.

    Yeah, I shouldn't have deleted KK from my Tivo, so I could've compared. BTW, how's the audio on the Toshiba? Significantly better than DD/DTS? Like the difference between CD vs DVDA/SACD?
    It's hard to describe how much better it is, but I feel TRUEHD is a fairly significant upgrade myself.
    It just seems cleaner,clearer, and more open.

    Sorry for the description, but, like I said, it's hard to describe.

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    HD DVD, at this time, does only 1080P@60hz, folks are awaiting a FW upgrade, that will allow 1080P@24hz, which will matter only to folks that have 1080P/24hz capabilities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by curtis
    Do you have a 1080p capable TV? That is where the picture quality will shine! It would be better than the HBO-HD showing.
    No. Older Pio 768 plasma. I've read you need >50" or so to get max benefit too.

    I'm sure HD-DVD will look better on a 1080p set, but isn't only BluRay transmitted in 1080p? Or does it not matter? I saw a BD setup in a B&M recently on a 1080p set and that definitely looked better than HDDVD on my TV. But, was different movie and larger screen, but can't remember what type.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BGHD
    No. Older Pio 768 plasma. I've read you need >50" or so to get max benefit too.

    I'm sure HD-DVD will look better on a 1080p set, but isn't only BluRay transmitted in 1080p? Or does it not matter? I saw a BD setup in a B&M recently on a 1080p set and that definitely looked better than HDDVD on my TV. But, was different movie and larger screen, but can't remember what type.
    HD-DVD does 1080p too. When it comes to video performance, there is no difference between HD-DVD and BluRay.

    On 1080p output on 1080p displays very nice.
    -curtis

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