Dan Ramer at DVDfile got a chance to see all the fuss Toshiba is making on the HD DVD roadshow.

First of all, take a moment and be jealous for a bit. He has a Sony VPL-VW100 (a.k.a. “Ruby”) SXRD projector. Mmmmm…..

Anyway, he notes that the picture quality of HD DVD is quite good indeed. Good colour, remarkable illusion of depth, great detail, and finely grained textures. Of course, much of this is due to the display, but the source format is just as important.

And contrary to some other reports I’ve noted, the players will be fully functional:

Toshiba assured me that when its first two players come to market, they would have full interactive capability; they will not have a partial feature set that must be updated later with a firmware upgrade. This also confirms a reported quote from Toshiba spokesperson Junko Furuta to Macworld.co.uk, “Toshiba’s first HD DVD players will support the advanced content features called for by HD-DVD.”

He concludes by saying HD is “true eye candy”. If you’ve been watching the Olympics in HD, then you know he’s right.

DVDFILE.com - A Report From Toshiba’s HD DVD Road Show