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Ruined · 08-22-2007, 05:07 AM

Samsung BD-UP5000 is the best one. It is the only hybrid that officially supports both formats (the LG one is a piece of crap that does not officially support HD DVD and fails HDi - LG's also has probs with numerous movies and omits special features due to lacking HDi). However, there are some caveats. First its MSRP is $1k. Second, for that money though it supports all the features of HD DVD it is similar to a gen2 Blu-Ray player (does not support profile 1.1/BD-Live).

You are probably best off keeping your PS3 for BD and buying a Toshiba HD-A35 for HD DVD for now - then replace the HD-A35 with a hybrid player when they come down in price and Blu-Ray gets its interactivity spec in order. The HD-A35 will likely be SoC based; meaning it will likely be faster, less noisy, and more stable than gen1/gen2. Also, it supports HDMI 1.3, 720p/1080i/1080p60/1080p24, has all the necessary decoders, and can even pass DTS-HDMA via bitsteam. If you don't need all that jazz, save $100 and get an HD-A30.

If you don't want to go the "HD DVD standalone -> eventual hybrid replacement down the road" route, though, the Samsung BD-UP5000 is really the only sensible hybrid choice of the near future. Its going to cost you, though.

08-22-2007, 05:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ruined It's Good to Play Together Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NJ, USA	Samsung BD-UP5000 is the best one. It is the only hybrid that officially supports both formats (the LG one is a piece of crap that does not officially support HD DVD and fails HDi - LG's also has probs with numerous movies and omits special features due to lacking HDi). However, there are some caveats. First its MSRP is $1k. Second, for that money though it supports all the features of HD DVD it is similar to a gen2 Blu-Ray player (does not support profile 1.1/BD-Live). You are probably best off keeping your PS3 for BD and buying a Toshiba HD-A35 for HD DVD for now - then replace the HD-A35 with a hybrid player when they come down in price and Blu-Ray gets its interactivity spec in order. The HD-A35 will likely be SoC based; meaning it will likely be faster, less noisy, and more stable than gen1/gen2. Also, it supports HDMI 1.3, 720p/1080i/1080p60/1080p24, has all the necessary decoders, and can even pass DTS-HDMA via bitsteam. If you don't need all that jazz, save $100 and get an HD-A30. If you don't want to go the "HD DVD standalone -> eventual hybrid replacement down the road" route, though, the Samsung BD-UP5000 is really the only sensible hybrid choice of the near future. Its going to cost you, though. __________________ For every shadow, no matter how deep, is threatened by morning light. Last edited by Ruined : 08-22-2007 at 05:17 AM.