Toshiba announces HD-EP30 / HD-EP35 HD DVD players

While there’s certainly been quite a few new Blu-ray players to emerge from IFA, Toshiba is making sure the HD DVD faithful (at least those in Europe) aren’t slighted by launching a new duo for that crowd. The standalone HD-EP30 and HD-EP35 players will both tout “REGZA-Link (HDMI, CEC-Link) connectivity and native 24 frames per second playback support,” and moreover, the HD-EP35 also supports High Bit Rate Audio and Deep Color via HDMI. Additionally, both October-bound units play nice with Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, and DTS HD formats, and while the lower-end iteration is set to launch between €349 ($477) and €399 ($545), the EP35 will demand between €449 ($613) and €499 ($682).