A-30 + ethernet 4.0 firmware

has rendered my disc of '300' useless. after the first anti-piracy warning screen the player gives me a 'system error' and LCD readout says "not play"

Sorry to hear that. Have you tried running the data side of the disc under very hot water for about 1 minute? That mat help!

Good luck!

And have you tried deleting the persistent storage? This helps in many cases.

has rendered my disc of '300' useless. after the first anti-piracy warning screen the player gives me a 'system error' and LCD readout says "not play"

I found 300 to be the most finicky HD DVD title I ever bought. I would get that a couple of times, but then the next time I'd try it (later after powering off the player for a few minutes...then returning it on) the thing ran just fine...

The last few times I've tried to load 300, it has done so just fine.

And have you tried deleting the persistent storage? This helps in many cases.

HAHA...worked...:banana::banana::banana:

Thank You

Glad we could help.

I was not aware of a newer 4.0 firmware release. I've never had a problem with 300 HD DVD/DVD combo disc along with the regular HD DVD single version.

I updated my HD-A35 and my HD-A3 to firmware 4.0. Believe it or not my A3 updated no problem. But it wouldn't update to 2.0 or 3.0, it was stuck on 1.1 for a long wile. Toshiba obviously did something right :banana:

I really never had a problem with either player, they both played anything I threw at them before the update, so I will see how things work out with the new 4.0.

I really never had a problem with either player, they both played anything I threw at them before the update, so I will see how things work out with the new 4.0.

Have you noticed better upscaling of standard DVD's, elimination of jaggies etc? I have.

Has anyone here found the ISO file for 4.0? When I google "HD-A3 firmware 4.0" it takes me to the right page but there is no "download" tab anywhere!

Has anyone here found the ISO file for 4.0? When I google "HD-A3 firmware 4.0" it takes me to the right page but there is no "download" tab anywhere!

Here you go - http://tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/firmware/HD-A3-4000N.zip

Here you go - http://tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/firmware/HD-A3-4000N.zip

I was just going to post a link to my post for ALL the updates to all the players I posted in the sticky thread. I will still post the link so others with other models can find them here:

http://www.highdefforum.com/706566-post117.html

thanks PFC5 and Loves2Watch.

This may sound like a stupid question, but how do you burn the ISO with EZ CD Creator 5? It keeps telling me that the extracted file is not a valid ISO file.

It sounds like you got a corrupted download. I would try downloading the file again.

It sounds like you got a corrupted download. I would try downloading the file again.

That was it! Thanks!:)

Have you noticed better upscaling of standard DVD's, elimination of jaggies etc? I have.

In today's mail I received the firmware disk from Toshiba and I upgraded my firmware and noticed quickly the improvement in the rendering of the upscaling of text on regular DVDs. Formerly I had seen blurry letters, for example in subtitles, but today I noticed clear letters. It is hard to assess other improvements, although I was thinking that Toshiba may have shared with us the improved upscaling that they claim to have with their new upscaling DVD player XD-E500.