Toshiba Launches XDE DVD

[jenilopaz]

In the US picture quality is barely different from a player costing half as much, swing and a miss Toshiba. Now incorporate this into a blu-ray player so people can play blu-ray AND get some extra use out of their DVD's and we might start listening.

Sharp Mode offers improved detail enhancement that is one step closer to high definition. Edges are sharper and details in films are more visible. Unlike traditional sharpness control, XDE technology analyses the entire picture and adds edge enhancement precisely where it's needed


Colour Mode makes the colours of nature stand out with improved richness. Blues and greens are more vivid and lifelike. Colour Mode combines the improvement in colour with the detail enhancement of Sharp Mode and is ideal for outdoor scenes


Contrast Mode is designed to make darker scenes or foregrounds more clearly visible without the typical "washing out" that can occur with traditional contrast adjustment. Recommended for dark scenes where detail may be difficult to notice, Contrast Mode is also combined with Sharp Mode to provide a clearer viewing experience
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[Rich-n-Texas]

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[GMichael]

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Oh, yeah, and HDMI cable absolutely, and without a doubt ...........
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[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I have thought that there is little (if any) difference in HDMI cables,
digital is... digital.
BUT I have heard repeatedly that the HDMI cable matters, there are several antedotal stories to back up mr P.
I have a 20 buck cable from monoprice, and a 40 buck cheapie
from circuit city (cheapest they had) and the pic is spectacular,
but even a few percent improvement would warrant a better cable

Anecdotal stories are subject to the placebo effect. I prefer science that supports the notion that expensive cable is better than well made cheaper cable, because testing has proven just the opposite. Cables do not produce better digital signals, that is left up to the quality of the D/A converters, whether we are talking audio or video. A poorly made cable at any price will fail the 1080p test, even if it passes 720p or 1080i.

[Smokey]

Anecdotal stories are subject to the placebo effect. I prefer science that supports the notion that expensive cable is better than well made cheaper cable, because testing has proven just the opposite. Cables do not produce better digital signals, that is left up to the quality of the D/A converters, whether we are talking audio or video. A poorly made cable at any price will fail the 1080p test, even if it passes 720p or 1080i.

Very well said sir TT

When it comes cables, quality vs price is not always linear

[pixelthis]

Very well said sir TT

When it comes cables, quality vs price is not always linear

Cheaper cable may be better than some expensive cables,
thats not the point.
Its always been a truism that digital is digital , and I HAVE TENDED TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, however they also said that a digital TV signal
was either there with a perfect pic or not at all, and I HAVE RECEIVED TV signals in widely varying quality when I had an attenna.
The history of "science" is a strong theory being proven wrong, and some cables might be so poorly constructed as to cause signal loss on a minor scale that the human eye can detect that dedicated instruments cant.
This is a repeated theme with sir talky's posts, he relies solely on
"instruments" like an autistic child relies on seing his favorite show
every day.
I know from sad experience that a "technically perfect" signal can sometimes look like crap.

[E-Stat]

Cables do not produce better digital signals, that is left up to the quality of the D/A converters, whether we are talking audio or video. A poorly made cable at any price will fail the 1080p test, even if it passes 720p or 1080i.

Which, like analog cables, may completely miss the point. I'll venture out with this thread and do my first non-experiential theorizing. I have some HDMI cables, but unlike the contingent of "all cables sound the same" guys will readily admit I have not done any direct comparisons myself.

Cables are used in systems. Systems use various components, each of which has its own electrical sensitivities. I can easily see where weakly shielded digital cables used in the real world could affect nearby low and high level amplification stages.

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