Just a quick update this morning on HD DVD firmware update 2.0, as of early this morning 08/25/2006 2.0 is live and ready for ethernet updates.

No word on the official contents of the update but considering that a disc image of the update has been floating around the internet for several days, we can make at least a few educated guesses as to what’s included.

?Dolby TrueHD support
?Improved 720p Performance
?Miscellaneous ethernet connectivity improvements

I’ll update once the official release notes are updated.

–Update– Official release notes updated:

“This firmware update adds support for certain anticipated network delivered content in future HD DVD discs, improves certain video and audio processing capabilities, as well as addresses certain disc playback and HDMI/DVI related problems identified by Toshiba.”

–Second Update–

I’ve verified Dolby TrueHD audio support is working.
720p does indeed appear to have been improved. (although I still prefer the image at 1080i)
There are new Ethernet options in the setup menu. (connection speed, cookie handling etc.)

R.Hollis

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