I actually own a toshiba HD-A1 player as I bought it off dvdworldusa.com (player package,6 disc's as well) a while ago and the only crumble I have apart from the loading times is it only plays region 1 dvd's (normal dvd disc's) as it is not coded for pal and if you put any dvd's that are pal it comes up with region error message, I have recently bought a cheap uk HD-DVD sampler so I will see when it comes if my player will play my country hd dvd's or if the pal issue will come up.
at the moment I can only play the hd-dvd movies I have imported from the usa and my region 1 dvd's and I suppose it will play any japanese hd-dvd's as they will be ntsc like the usa disc's and being HD will be region free unlike the blue ray disc's that are region A.
I haven't come across any region hacks for the A1 yet that will let me play my uk dvd's.
I have found out that all hd dvd's can play on any hd dvd player no matter what country the disc is from or what country the machine is from as I have tried both usa and uk hd dvd's in my toshiba hd-a1 from the usa and both work so in respect the hd dvd disc's are region free and not pal or ntsc coded unlike the blue ray disc's that are region a and region b.
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I actually own a toshiba HD-A1 player as I bought it off dvdworldusa.com (player package,6 disc's as well) a while ago and the only crumble I have apart from the loading times is it only plays region 1 dvd's (normal dvd disc's) as it is not coded for pal and if you put any dvd's that are pal it comes up with region error message, I have recently bought a cheap uk HD-DVD sampler so I will see when it comes if my player will play my country hd dvd's or if the pal issue will come up.
at the moment I can only play the hd-dvd movies I have imported from the usa and my region 1 dvd's and I suppose it will play any japanese hd-dvd's as they will be ntsc like the usa disc's and being HD will be region free unlike the blue ray disc's that are region A.
I haven't come across any region hacks for the A1 yet that will let me play my uk dvd's.
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I have found out that all hd dvd's can play on any hd dvd player no matter what country the disc is from or what country the machine is from as I have tried both usa and uk hd dvd's in my toshiba hd-a1 from the usa and both work so in respect the hd dvd disc's are region free and not pal or ntsc coded unlike the blue ray disc's that are region a and region b.