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Summary
Review summaries for Toshiba HD-A20 from expert dvd player reviewers.
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Excellent image quality on HD DVD in 1080i mode."
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Excellent signal quality"
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The HD-A20 also had no problem displaying all the detail of DVDs, as demonstrated by its solid performance on a resolution test pattern"
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Soundtrack support is solid, with onboard Dolby TrueHD decoding."
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It has onboard decoding for standard Dolby Digital and DTS surround soundtracks and also has onboard decoding for the two new, high-resolution Dolby formats: Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD"
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connectivity is reasonably complete"
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the HDMI output is capable of transmitting multichannel, high-resolution audio."
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good upscaling performance"
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Provides full 1080p resolution"
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Average performance"
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ethernet port"
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inactive USB ports"
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remote is difficult to use in dim light."
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We were able to minimize some of the jaggies by switching to 1080i mode, which might provide better video quality, depending on your TV."
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standard analog stereo output"
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Excellent image quality on HD DVD in 1080i mode."
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Soundtrack support is solid, with onboard Dolby TrueHD decoding."
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two new, high-resolution Dolby formats"
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good upscaling performance"
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Those connections can certainly be useful, but they're not huge omissions if you have an HDMI-capable receiver and don't need the RS-232 functionality."
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the HDMI output is capable of transmitting multichannel, high-resolution audio."
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It's frustrating that you have to upgrade to the HD-XA2 ($800) to get analog audio."
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which the upscale HD-XA2"
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The USB ports have potential for gaming controllers or hanging hard drive storage off the player, among other things."
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capable of independently scaling both horizontal and vertical resolution simultaneously for better picture quality."
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the image was often
atrocious."
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The HD-A20 also supports all of the current Dolby and DTS surround sound processing formats, including the new Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD, which are said to produce surround sound performance equal to the original studio masters."
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The HD-A20's remote is sleek and well laid-out"
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we have tested it on a range of displays and its performance has been consistently remarkable, particularly with HD-DVDs."
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The image reproduction of HD-DVDs was marvelous."
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gorgeous 1080p output"
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