Toshiba released firmware version 2.5 for their second generation (HD-A2, HD-A20 and HD-XA2) HD DVD players today.

The new firmware enables 1080p24 output. All HD DVD discs are encoded at 1080p24, but until now they converted to television-friendly 60 Hz. With more and more televisions and projectors supporting the native film framerate of 24 Hz, Toshiba has finally addressed one of the complaints of HD DVD users who wanted to utilize this output mode.

Owners of the above models can download the firmware via the player's ethernet connection, or can download an .iso file here to burn on cd and install via that method.