Rating: 
Summary: Dead in the Water
Review: A wonderful product that worked right out of the box for all of
four months! Now it is stone cold dead (it died in the middle of
an instructional demonstration lesson with a room full of evaluators leaving me sweating it out for a full forty minutes) and now I am stuck between everyone ( Amazon, credit card company, Toshiba ) trying to get the warranty honored. Obviously, I am not happy with this [money] purchase and cannot recommend that anyone else buy it. Something that was supposed to be very good should last maybe five months?
Rating: 
Summary: Actually It's 4.5 stars
Review: After doing extensive Internet and local store research I settled on this player for a number of reasons. 1) Progressive scan to stave off obsolecence.
2) It actually read and played my burned MP3 discs
3) Company reputation
4) High ratings accross the Internet and from store salesmen
5) Several others. I have had the player now for nearly a week, have watched several olderer (Matrix) and several newer (Shrek) DVDs with the player. Layer changes are almost completely transparent, menu navigation is easy and fairly responsive, video image is crisp, and audio is noticeably superior to VHS. The audio and video reviews are based on RCA connections as I have yet to get real cables for the device, so I expect both the audio and video to improve another notch in the near future. MP3 playback is heavenly, with random capability. The only limitation is the limited 8 character display on screen. Once I upgrade cables, I won't even turn the TV on to listen to MP3, so this is a non-issue for me. Set-up was a breeze and operation is self-explanatory. The only drawback, 0.5 star, is the remote. All the buttons are roughly the same size, closely packed, and the grip is anything but ergonomic. The odd thing is, the remote in my box is nothing like the remote that Toshiba shows on their web site as coming with this player. In reality, this is only a minor quibble as I will soon be transferring all my remotes to one universal remote and should not have to use the stock remote ever again. All in all, the player is top quality at a very affordable price and does everything that it should with aplomb.
Rating: 
Summary: Finally...A well made player!
Review: After having a nightmarish experience with the Panasonic CV50, I decided to go with a different brand of player. I couldn't have made a better choice. This player delivers all it claims and more. I found CD-R, MP3, and DVD's all play flawlessly on this player. It even plays CD-RW's, although Toshiba dosen't recommend it. I found layer changes to be almost seamless, and the player "warms" up quickly. The remote is easy to understand, and the player will even beep to let you know you've pushed a button on the remote (this can be turned off, if you wish). Anyone out there who is considering trying to save themselves fifty bucks or so by buying a cheaper player should think again...the Toshiba is definately a bargain at under 200 dollars!
Rating:
Summary: Well Worth the Price
Review: Buying my first DVD player was a big deal for me. I did a lot of research, and everything pointed back to Toshiba for the best value. This player was very easy to install and get running. It loads DVD's in about 10-15 seconds, and the picture quality is incredible, even without using the component hook-ups. The best news is, as I upgrade my TV, I won't have to upgrade my DVD player. Get this player while it lasts!
Rating:
Summary: Awesome Movie Experience, Mp3 needs minor improvements...
Review: First of all, I'd like to start by saying that this DVD player does a awesome job on playing DVD Movies! Picture and sound are excellent.... For the 4-stars :
I took away 2 stars because my primary use of this machine was MP3 playback.....There are lots of improvement to be made in the MP3 portion of this machine:: Positive : 1.Attractive on-screen mp3 layout
2. Program, Repeat and Random features... Negative : 1. On-screen display only shows the first 8 characters of the song filename. (Which sux!) 2. No fast forward or rewind during MP3 playback...Which is insanely disturbing to me... 3. The player has problems playing CD-RW discs. I regularly hear pops, clicks and zips during playback. Im not sure if this is only on CD-RW discs... That's it!! If you'r an audiophile like me and into MP3....You might turn your head towards the JVC XV-S60BK. But if your into mostly watching movies....GO FOR IT!!!
Rating:
Summary: Worth Twice its Price
Review: For my newly-acquired HDTV, I knew I was going to have to move up from my much-beloved interlaced player for something progressive scan. I had pretty much figured I was going to hold out for a Marantz or Pioneer Elite, because I wanted the best possible picture on that huge, detailed screen. Fortunately, my older receiver, which I wasn't planning to replace until I could go all-out, required that whatever DVD player I buy have an onboard Dolby Digital decoder, thus limiting my options. I looked at several high-end machines, but I had happened to see the SD5700 demonstrated, pretty much by accident. The picture quality was up there with the pricey models, and the machine had a surprising number of attractive features -- the ability to play MP3s, HDCDs, and DVD-Audio, plus a better-quality zoom and on-screen menu. So, knowing I'd have the option of returning it, I tried one out. Seven months later, it's still on my audio rack. The picture quality is outstanding -- a high-quality DVD, such as "Monsters, Inc.", looks nearly as sharp as high-definition -- and low-quality discs don't look bad, either. There honestly is little quality difference between the progressive picture from this machine and that from many of its more expensive cousins. An especially nice feature is the progressive output which allows you to adjust the picture on an HDTV which won't change picture formats with a progressive feed. The practical upshot of this feature is that if you have a non-anamorphic DVD, you can set the progressive feed at 4:3, use the DVD remote to zoom in on the picture, and it's almost as if the disc were enhanced for 16:9. You can't control the zoom as exactingly as you could with a normal picture, but as someone who has a number of early, non-anamorphic movies in his library, this feature is a godsend. The picture quality is near-anamorphic. Also, it's a good tool for viewing 4:3 pictures (such as a DVD of a television program) in their correct aspect ratio, without any stretching or distortion of the image. It windowboxes the picture, producing black bars on the sides, which is better for the TV than than the bright grey bars the TV would produce on its "narrow" setting. It's not great for the TV, but it's no worse than viewing a 1:2.35 movie with bars on the top and bottom. The sound is high-quality as well, though most of the cons in playback come from this feature. I have to set the receiver volume higher than I would with my old player, and I'd swear (though others disagree) that the player cuts off the first half-second of sound when switching to a new screen in the menus. But it still sounds great, especially when you're letting a good receiver do the work (as I do now with my DD-EX/DTS-ES machine). I've had no complaints. I have tried only one borrowed HDCD on the machine, as music is not my primary purpose for owning my equipment. I'm not the best person for judging its merits, but to me, it sounded wonderful. Likewise the DVD-Audio, which I've used a little more often. It's true; you do have to switch to the analog 5.1-channel outputs to use the DVD-A feature, which can be a bit of a pain, but the sound quality is good. I would tend to agree with those who say it could use a little more kick in the bass, but I let my receiver and speakers take care of that. I enjoy playing MP3s on this thing -- it'll find the songs wherever they're buried on a CD-R, and will even play them at random. The on-screen (TV screen) MP3 title menu screams "1985," though, and the big clunky letters won't show you the entire song title. But navigating among the titles is easy, and it's incredible to be able to play 200 songs without changing discs. The onscreen menus for the player are intriguing. You can do from a button on the remote, while a disc is playing, a lot of things that other players require you to stop the disc and find a menu to do. The NAVI function gives you a full function menu while keeping the picture going in the center of the screen. Some unexpected and useful functions include a title menu which will show the first scene from every title on the disc (though it won't always let you play every title -- like the hidden blooper reels on the "Star Wars" discs -- you can see them, but you can't access them from there). It will similarly show you each chapter or each time interval of your choosing. As with other machines, you can capture screen images and use them as your background, or as your screen saver. At the factory setting, the player beeps every time you push a button or navigate on the remote, which I found rather irritating -- but quickly found you can turn that function off. The remote leaves some to be desired. It's cheapish in looks, and the navigation is done with a thumbstick . . . which would be a good feature if the top of the stick didn't have raised dots which will redden your skin until you develop a callus. Yes, as others have said, the manual is poor, hard to read through, and not very explanatory. I had to learn some of the features from others and from the Internet. Overall, this player has been an outstanding buy. It's hard to believe it cost so little -- and is out there for even less than what I paid in May. The picture quality is exceptional, and the pile-on of features makes this the best value for the money I've seen. It's a player which compares to those priced at [money].
Rating:
Summary: Great DVD player for the price
Review: Great DVD player for the price. Got it for 180 bucks (shipped)
from another e-tailer. Plusses: Zoom-zoom, great picture/colors on my non-HDTV flat screen Toshiba TV, CD/CDR/VCD/DVD compatible (not interested on MP3 at the moment), ease of setup, progressive scan (although the chroma bug might be there--can someone with an
HDTV monitor confirm?) Minuses:
The chroma bug -- I can not confirm this since I do not have an
HDTV (yet). But I thought I will upgrade later anyway since
all DVD players at this price point has some trade-off. So I
took the bargain and hope that the chroma issue would be fixed
by the time I buy my next player.
J~ has no chroma bug but has subtitle issues
P~ has that great Sage chip but build quality is questionable. The remote - I have a remote (with joy stick) from a 3-year-old Panasonic DVD player. There is no comparison. The sound - I play 70% CD/R and 30 % DVD so the sound matters to me. The lowest basses and the highest frequency seems rolled off.
I'm using the Bitstream output that goes to my NAD receiver which
then outputs to my NHT speakers.
Rating:
Summary: Great player, controls could be a little more intuitive.
Review: Great player, especially in progressive scan mode. I was more interested in this unit as a DVD player, but I have played several CD-RWs without a hitch. Only complaint is that remote could be better laid out, but that's really a quibble.
Rating:
Summary: toshiba sd3750
Review: Great replacement for a Panasonic DVD-31 that died only 7 months into the purchase (and out of labor warranty of course....grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!) I like most of the features except the remote which seems to be a problem with Toshiba dvd players regardless. Anyways very happy, no problems during playback, zoom, etc. MP3 quality on CD-R media is excellent, never used MP3 on CD-RW. Great sound quality using the Yamaha Amp. Also great for the future for the progressive scan output. Forget Panasonic, they don't have zoom feature. Menu selection a little slow to change screens but good layout otherwise.
Rating: 
Summary: Give it One Year...
Review: Had for 1 year. Plays DVD-R's and DVD-v's perfectly. mp3 sound quality does not come anywhere near my awe64 gold sound card. I dont recommend this if mp3's are important to you. Otherwise its been a great player
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