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11-15-2006, 07:37 AM
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Toshiba just couldn't let Sony hog all the high-def DVD spotlight with its <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/20/sonys-bdp-s1-blu-ray-player-delayed-again-again/">delays</a>, so it has pushed back its second generation HD DVD players in the US and abroad. Despite the lack of an official statement from Toshiba US, a dealer on AVS Forum revealed that due to problems with a chip from a third party supplier, the lower-end HD-A2 HD DVD player originally due out right about... now has slipped into the second week of December. The <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/14/2g-hd-dvd-players-announced-hd-a2-and-hd-xa2-499-and-999/">HDMI 1.3-equipped, 1080p displaying $999 HD-XA2 </a>is now scheduled to just barely make a 2006 release in the last week of the year. In Europe Toshiba has officially announced the delay, now anticipating a "quantity of units" of the rebadged <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/02/more-details-on-toshibas-european-hd-dvd-launch/">HD-E1</a> due in December and the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-hd-dvd-players-for-europe-1080p-hdmi/">HD-XE1</a> slated for 2007. Second gen hardware is generally expected to atone for the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/05/12/problems-with-toshibas-hd-dvd-player/">bug-ridden</a> sins of its predecessors, so hopefully a short delay now means avoiding a <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/10/toshiba-hd-dvd-firmware-updated-again/">quick patch</a> later. In the meantime there's always the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/12/installing-and-using-the-xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-with-video/">Xbox 360 HD DVD</a> add-on, or deciding which <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/27/buy-a-toshiba-hd-dvd-player-get-three-free-hd-dvds/">free HD DVDs</a> to get.<br /><br />[Thanks, Max]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=8888363&&#post8888363">Read</a> - AVS Forum<br /><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/5533/6557/Toshiba-delay-hddvd-players-uk.phtml">Read</a> - Pocket-lint.co.uk<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/11/15/toshiba-second-gen-hd-dvd-players-delayed-worldwide/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/702188/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/11/15/toshiba-second-gen-hd-dvd-players-delayed-worldwide/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/11/15/toshiba-second-gen-hd-dvd-players-delayed-worldwide/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr /><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3747|0|0|%2a|u;44404524;0-0;0;13519412;31-1|1;17996600|18014495|1;;%3fhttp://www.fordboldmoves.com/default.aspx?bannerid=%esid!|%epid!|%eaid!|%ecid!" target="_blank">BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD</a> A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time<img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/imp;v1;f;44404524;0-0;0;13519412;1|1;17996600|18014495|1;;cs=g%3fhttp://m.doubleclick.net/dot.gif"></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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Toshiba just couldn't let Sony hog all the high-def DVD spotlight with its <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/20/sonys-bdp-s1-blu-ray-player-delayed-again-again/">delays</a>, so it has pushed back its second generation HD DVD players in the US and abroad. Despite the lack of an official statement from Toshiba US, a dealer on AVS Forum revealed that due to problems with a chip from a third party supplier, the lower-end HD-A2 HD DVD player originally due out right about... now has slipped into the second week of December. The <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/14/2g-hd-dvd-players-announced-hd-a2-and-hd-xa2-499-and-999/">HDMI 1.3-equipped, 1080p displaying $999 HD-XA2 </a>is now scheduled to just barely make a 2006 release in the last week of the year. In Europe Toshiba has officially announced the delay, now anticipating a "quantity of units" of the rebadged <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/02/more-details-on-toshibas-european-hd-dvd-launch/">HD-E1</a> due in December and the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/09/01/toshibas-hd-e1-and-hd-xe1-hd-dvd-players-for-europe-1080p-hdmi/">HD-XE1</a> slated for 2007. Second gen hardware is generally expected to atone for the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/05/12/problems-with-toshibas-hd-dvd-player/">bug-ridden</a> sins of its predecessors, so hopefully a short delay now means avoiding a <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/06/10/toshiba-hd-dvd-firmware-updated-again/">quick patch</a> later. In the meantime there's always the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/12/installing-and-using-the-xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-with-video/">Xbox 360 HD DVD</a> add-on, or deciding which <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/27/buy-a-toshiba-hd-dvd-player-get-three-free-hd-dvds/">free HD DVDs</a> to get.<br /><br />[Thanks, Max]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=8888363&&#post8888363">Read</a> - AVS Forum<br /><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/5533/6557/Toshiba-delay-hddvd-players-uk.phtml">Read</a> - Pocket-lint.co.uk<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">*</p><p><a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/11/15/toshiba-second-gen-hd-dvd-players-delayed-worldwide/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/702188/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/11/15/toshiba-second-gen-hd-dvd-players-delayed-worldwide/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/11/15/toshiba-second-gen-hd-dvd-players-delayed-worldwide/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr /><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3747|0|0|%2a|u;44404524;0-0;0;13519412;31-1|1;17996600|18014495|1;;%3fhttp://www.fordboldmoves.com/default.aspx?bannerid=%esid!|%epid!|%eaid!|%ecid!" target="_blank">BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD</a> A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time<img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/imp;v1;f;44404524;0-0;0;13519412;1|1;17996600|18014495|1;;cs=g%3fhttp://m.doubleclick.net/dot.gif"></p><p><a title="Sponsored By" href="http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=432220&cm_ven=360i&cm_cat=Media&cm_pla=engadget&cm_ite=rsslink" target="_blank">Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System</a> Packs the power to bring games to life!</p>
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