Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD Player Wins Sound & Vision Product of the Year Award

[Banjo]

WAYNE, N.J., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound & Vision, the world's largest entertainment magazine, has selected Toshiba's HD-XA1 HD DVD player to receive its prestigious Product of the Year Award, recognizing it as the most outstanding consumer electronics product of 2006. The Toshiba HD-XA1, along with Toshiba's HD-A1 HD DVD player, was the first High definition DVD player to be introduced in the U.S. market.

"We're quite pleased to honor Toshiba with this award," said Mike Mettler, Vice President/Editor-In-Chief of Sound & Vision. "The flagship HD-XA1 totally fulfilled the promise of the high definition disc player by delivering both picture and sound with unmatched purity, detail, and punch. We're very impressed."

Ranking at the top of 22 products chosen by the magazine's editors and reviewers from those tested throughout the year, the Toshiba HD-XA1 was selected by Sound & Vision's staff for its innovation, performance, build, quality and value.

http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/arti...fterinter=true

Hmm... really?

What about the fact that Toshiba's HD-DVD players currently out on the market are unable to output the movies at 1080p? I know they have one coming out this year, but we're talking about 2006.

This is why I don't subscribe to these types of magazines. Half of the time, they don't know what they're talking about. It seems like people don't know what to write about these days.

I just can't get my mind around the fact that this particular player got such an award.

Toshiba's HD-XA1? From what I know, a lot of people already has replaced it with HD-XA2 and it still can't output 1080p. Not only to mention the slow speed when it come to loading movies.

What is this world coming to?

Misinformation. What a powerful weapon it can be if used right.