Trusted Reviews posted a feature titled "nVidia PureVideo HD - HD DVD Preview"
HD DVD has got a head start on Blu-ray in the US with Toshiba leading the pack with its HD-A1 consumer HD DVD deck. However, it has been widely reported that this actually uses a Intel Pentium 4 processor rather than a the usual task specific processors used in consumer electronic players of this type and a PC-like architecture explains the reports of very slow start-up and disc loading times.nVidia PureVideo HD - HD DVD Preview