A Detailed Comparison of Panasonic vs Toshiba

[mickmmd]

You have to spend time with BD and HD DVD to really get an idea of what is right for you. I spent 3 weeks with Hd DVD and two weeks with the new Panasonic . Evaluated both and updated the firmware on the Toshiba.
Yes the Tosh is cheaper, but that is about all it has going for it. For people looking for a seamless addition to a nice hometheatre the Tosh is NOT the answer.
The Panasonic has better build, seamless integration into a hometheatre and better picture than Hd. Some people think the HD is sharper, in reality that is a lot of vidoe noise you are viewing.
A little bit about my rig: I have dedicated power lines going to the outlets. These use industrial electrical wire. The audio part is powered by Shunyata, Synergistic Research and Transparent Ultra, I use Three Krell power amps for the Seven Speakers. They are all Dynaudio Contours. The Front main speakers weigh about 120 lbs each. All speakers are top of the Contour line. Rear four are wired with Analysis Plus oval nines
For video I go from electrical outlet to Equitech then Synergistic Research for DVD player . I have both Algolith devices Mosquito and Dragonfly with the new HQV processor. The TV is a Mits 65" Hi Def with 9" CRT caliberated by ISF.
Cabling is Wireworld Silver starlight 5 , Golden Eclipse 5 all round. The regular dvd player I use is a Krell DVD Standard. and the surround processor is the HTStandard, also by Krell. I like to use Component outputs and the Analog digital output.
The Panasonic outsmarted the Tosh in sheer sound presence and the REL Stadium sub deliverd more accurate bass on the Panasonic on all sound formats.
I was also impressed by the Panasonics internal image processor in that it rivalled the Dragonfly, infact I had to send the Dragonfly back to Algolith to properly caliberate it to the new Hi Def formats. The BD pic may appear softer to the untrained eye but it is definitely more accurate in rendition of depth than the Tosh. Much less noise in picture.
A major problem the Tosh has was with reading non Hd sources and HDMI out. Neither could be corrected by the upgrade. The Panasonic takes about 7-8 seconds to recognize non Hd sources and locks on to them perfectly.
I hope this brief review helps all of the undecided ones. I feel that Blu Ray will have more longevity and the Panasonic player is expensive but offers much much more than any HD DVD outing out there. If quality matters then the Panasonic is your answer.
Give me some feedback and your comments on what you think
Thanks