Last year when I tried an HD DVD player I thought it didn't look much better than SD DVD. I had an HD-A1 and the Last Samerai was the only title I could watch. Now with my XA2 and watching Sahara and Planet Earth I can say its a night and day difference. Last Samerai must be a soft transfer. The VC-1 codec is just amazing! I did not see one artifact in Sahara or Planet Earth. I have a copy of Natures Colors that uses Mpeg2 video and although it looked very good I could see classic Mpeg artifacts in some scenes. VC-1 rocks!

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