The Universal site has now gotten a subtle little addition.

Note the connect your player button.

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Download trailers and exclusive content to your HD-DVD player

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http://www.universalhidef.com/

So there we are, it's starting.
So much for those claiming HD DVD's internet connectivity meant nothing so far.

This isn't actually related to the ArcSoft news item but since hughjars brought up downloadable content:

These are questions that a friend of mine asked me and they have me stumped. He has an HD-A1 and he's wondering:
1. where all this downloaded content is stored,
2. how much capacity does this player have for downloaded content,
3. how does one go about clearing the cache or deleting the files if you're no longer interested in keeping what you've downloaded?

The user's manual isn't really helpful.

Plus someone has to explain to me what's a

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10-foot user experience

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For a minute there, when I read the title, I thought the HD-DVD group was showing off a new version of D-VHS D-Theater (currently holds 50GB of 1080i content on tape). To bad this is about D-Theatre (not D-Theater) and instead is just a new version of some media player...

Originally posted by eatsushi:

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These are questions that a friend of mine asked me and they have me stumped. He has an HD-A1 and he's wondering:
1. where all this downloaded content is stored,
2. how much capacity does this player have for downloaded content,
3. how does one go about clearing the cache or deleting the files if you're no longer interested in keeping what you've downloaded?

The user's manual isn't really helpful.

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- 'Persistent storage' is a feature of both the HD DVD spec & Blu-ray spec.

IIRC the minimum HD DVD storage amount is 128mb.

For Blu-ray the amount differs depending on the spec requirement (this relates back to the 'unfinished' side of BD).

As for clearing the memory?
Good question but I'm sure there's some sort of facility for emptying it.

But I doubt it's as clear with Blu-ray - especially when one considers the implications of BD+.

Found it!

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How to Delete Persistent Storage? (Toshiba Gen 1 Player)
1) Press the “Setup” button on Remote control of the Toshiba Player (It has a slide out remote. The setup button will be visible once you slide out the bottom portion of the remote.
2) Verify the Setup Menu Screen will be displayed
3) Select “General” Menu selection on this screen.
4) Press the “>” right arrow key on remote to activate the menu on the right side.
5) Now select the “Maintenance” option in this menu (6th entry in the menu list)
6) Press “Ok” to now view the Maintenance section
7) Select “Persistent Storage” option and press Ok
8) Now press the “Setup” button on the slide out portion on the remote
9) Verify that you are now on the “Persistent Storage Management Menu” Screen
10) Select the “Fixed Persistent Storage” text on this screen and press Ok
11) Select and delete the contents listed under this section
12) Press “B” button on the remote to go back to the previous screen
13) Press “B” again to end

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http://www.universalhidef.com/HD_DVD_error_codes.pdf

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10-foot user experience

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I was also wondering about this.

The ten-foot user experience refers to a PC entertainment environment that's modified to the living room setting with a television display and the user sitting about 10 feet away usually with a Media Center type OS running. This is in contrast to the two-foot user experience where you have the usual PC monitor, mouse and keyboard and the user sitting 2 feet away.

eatsushi: The persistent storage of the HD-A1 looks to be a partition in the machine's flash disk that's 129.5 MB in size.

http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2006/05/05/77332.aspx

The other Toshiba models and the Onkyo look like they have similar persistent storage sizes: 130 MB.

http://www.film-talk.com/forums/index.ph...=0&#entry404584

Just another upgrade.