My XA2 arrived today, I hooked it up, tried out some HD DVD's, and it's working perfectly. It had Firmware version 2.5, so I went ahead and updated it to firmware version 2.7. The update went through without a hitch, and is now version 2.7 and all is great! Tried out some DTS-HD MA and TrueHD titles and everything is working! So I now have an excellent HD DVD back up player.
Seth