I think it was a mistake, but I pre-ordered a HD-A30 last week, and I just got it in the mail yesterday. I called Toshiba with a question and they couldn't believe I already had it, because it wasn't scheduled for release yet. The unit is very sleek looking, and better yet, performs very well. Start-up (boot) times seem significantly reduced when powered on, and once this is done HDDVD's can be loaded/ejected and reloaded quickly and start normally seemingly like a regular DVD player. It came with the two free HDDVD's prepackaged so you can play right out of the box. The remote seems a little light and without substance, but I'd rather have a sound working head unit. Ejecting/Loading discs, moving around menu screens rapidly, are all done glich free. Just got it yesterday, but seems VERY nice.
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I think it was a mistake, but I pre-ordered a HD-A30 last week, and I just got it in the mail yesterday. I called Toshiba with a question and they couldn't believe I already had it, because it wasn't scheduled for release yet. The unit is very sleek looking, and better yet, performs very well. Start-up (boot) times seem significantly reduced when powered on, and once this is done HDDVD's can be loaded/ejected and reloaded quickly and start normally seemingly like a regular DVD player. It came with the two free HDDVD's prepackaged so you can play right out of the box. The remote seems a little light and without substance, but I'd rather have a sound working head unit. Ejecting/Loading discs, moving around menu screens rapidly, are all done glich free. Just got it yesterday, but seems VERY nice.