Typical price: £550
What is it: 1080p HD DVD player with plenty of advanced features
What we think: An excellent HD DVD player that will blow you away with its superb picture quality
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 2 March 2007
Tags: toshiba, dvd player, remote control, blu
We like:
Picture quality; remote control; Dolby TrueHD support; good quality DVD upscaling; build quality
We don't like:
Blue lights everywhere; basic front panel display; still fairly expensive
You might also need:
HD DVD movies
CNET.co.uk judgement:
For getting the very best out of HD DVDs you really can't go wrong with the Toshiba HD-XE1. The extra audio outputs, 1080p support and HDMI 1.3 make this one of the best next-generation DVD players on the market. The only thing it needs to make it the perfect player is Blu-ray support
Toshiba HD-XE1 History
19 Oct 2007 in Crave
CNET.co.uk Editors' Choice Awards 2007
It's that time of year again, when the badinage flows as smoothly as the champagne -- yes, it's the impossibly glamorous CNET.co.uk Editors' Choice Awards
24 Aug 2007 in Crave
The week of HD DVD: Toshiba cuts prices on players
If the news that Paramount and Dreamworks are exclusively supporting HD DVD wasn't enough to persuade you to pick up a next-gen player, Toshiba is hoping that some hefty hardware price cuts will do the trick
6 Jul 2007 in Crave
Toshiba HD DVD players: A couple of tasty updates
With many people writing the format off as dead, Toshiba has waved two fingers and announced two updates to its HD DVD players that add Web interactivity and 24p support
31 May 2007 in Digital Living
This is the player the HD DVD camp has its hopes pinned on, but is it better than what the Blu-ray faction has to offer?
9 Mar 2007 in Digital Living
This is the player the HD DVD camp has its hopes pinned on, but is it better than what the Blu-ray faction has to offer?
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