If there’s one thing we understand by reading your valuable comments, it’s that HD DVD fans are still very happy with their players, very vocal about it, and still snapping up what are now bargain discs.
Toshiba might have thrown in the towel earlier this year, but we’re giving them props for at least keeping the HD DVD players in people’s homes up to date by continuing to release firmware updates. Sure, this seems like a no-brainer for the company, but it also recognizes that Tosh is using feedback from its engineers, and it wouldn’t surprise me if it came from actual customers too.
The latest release is firmware update 4.0, which the company says: “This firmware update improves support for Addresses certain disc playback related issues identified by Toshiba, Play state specification is changed (Advanced playback function) When ‘pause state’ continues 3 hours.”
Even if updates are minor, anything to help the experience, right? This is at least the second update, by my count (and my own home mailbox), that’s come out since Toshiba stopped production of HD DVD players. It’s for the gamut of models: HD-A1, HD-XA1, HD-D1, HD-A35, HD-A2, HD-A2W, HD-A2C, HD-D2, HD-A20, HD-XA2, HD-A3, HD-D3, HD-A30.
And thanks to all the posters who noted some of the places to get cheap HD DVDs! Keep ‘em coming.
Thanks for keeping these updates Toshiba. Great player - just too bad they did not win the fight. I have both and by far I like y Toshiba and HD DVD much better over Blu Ray. Keep up the good work on future products.
I’ve had my PS3 for a little over a year. There’s been at least 3 updates…maybe 4.
I don’t have my HD-A30 permanently connected to the Net, I’ll have to attach it soon. Too bad it doesn’t have wireless like the PS3
They better update the PS3. It’s a unit that still in production, unlike Toshiba’s HD-DVD players.
Thank you Toshiba for the great support.
Sony updates the Firmware for the Ps3/Blu Ray player as well! Question is, when does the Toshiba Blu Ray player come out?
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Rocky, Maybe I can suggest some glasses for you. Blu Ray will always look and… 
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Since Toshiba receives a royalty payment for each DVD that is sold I can’t see Toshiba supporting blu-ray at all. Why would they help defeat DVD? I can’t see that happening.