Toshiba third-gen HD DVD players at CEDIA, 2nd gen 1080p24 firmware update

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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070905/new135.html?.v=8"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/09/9-7-07-a3.jpg" alt="" /></a>The constant stream of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Toshiba/">Toshiba</a> news continues to flow in, and this go 'round its focused on the firm's newest generation of HD DVD players. After Amazon <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/02/third-generation-hd-dvd-players-on-october-1st/">revealed</a> most of the deets on these units, Toshiba seemed pressured to <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/06/toshibas-hd-a3x-third-generation-hd-dvd-players-get-official/">release the official details</a> sooner than they wanted to. As expected, Toshiba is showing all three new models at CEDIA, like the low-end A3 that only supports 1080i, and the latter two that handle 1080p24 and CE-Link, but all three will reportedly be "approximately 1/4-inch slimmer than second generation models," which Tosh isn't forgetting about, as the <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/04/toshiba-hd-xa2-hd-a20-hd-dvd-players-to-get-24p-update/">long-awaited</a> 1080p24 <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/firmware/">firmware</a> update for the HD-XA2 and HD-A20 models is also going live, and it should be rolled out in "mid-September."<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://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070905/new135.html?.v=8>Read</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/09/06/toshiba-third-gen-hd-dvd-players-at-cedia-2nd-gen-1080p24-firmw/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/982712/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2007/09/06/toshiba-third-gen-hd-dvd-players-at-cedia-2nd-gen-1080p24-firmw/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></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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