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Summary: Remote [is awful]
Review: The remote control on Toshiba SD3750 [is awful].
First of all the remote does not control tv(volume, channel etc). For the price the remote should have been a universal one. Anyway who wants to watch a DVD and not control the TV. Also the LED that transmits the IR from remote to TV is visible. There is no cover so it looks ugly and in future break if you drop it on the floor.
Second of all the on screen menu is slow and very confusing and pain to go through. However one good thing is that while you are traversing the menu, you can continue to watch the DVD and the menu items move to the sides.
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Summary: Cut to the Chase - Its a good cheaper PScan Unit...
Review: The unit functions well. Chasis and disk drawer are a bit flimsy, but that is to be expected at this price range. Audio and Video DAC performance is optimal. 540 PScan picture quality is optimal on my Toshiba 65X81 " HDTV. The only feature missing that I would want would be the center voice amplification enhancement that some newer models offer, but then again my Sony ES tuner takes care of that for me, so it really doesn't bother me. Not remotely interested in playing MP3s, which is what other folks complain about. Why in the world would anybody want to play MP3's on a proprietary home unit anyhow, its not a computer folks? To save a few bucks, get over it. Play the accepted widestream format, CD!!! Overall can't beat the current $179.00 price tag for the included features. End of story...
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Summary: Better get something that works!
Review: This player has come down in price almost 50% since I bought it 1 year ago. It has superb picture quality and sound quality when playing either CDs or DVDs. The features are unmatched in this price range and all work really well. Occasionally (not on all DVDs) I have noticed it hesitate in the middle of moving from one chapter to the next but I have also seen this problem on most DVD players my friends have - some of those players are a lot more expensive than this one too. Navigation is easy either with the remote or the on-unit controls. Both give you quick access to the features you want. It will auto-power off if you leave the tray open and always shuts the tray when it turns off. The drive inside this thing is ultra-quiet. The remote is probably one of the easiest to use - I'm almost sad to be replacing it and the other 4 I have with a universal learning remote. I really bought this unit for its assortment of compatibility with DVD/VCD/CD, MP3, CD-R, DVD-R, and CD-RW as well as the impressive stats for the 54MHz video DAC, 192kHz/24-bit audio converter, optical and coaxial digital audio outputs with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel pass-through, component-video, composite-video, and S-Video terminals. All of which live up to their claims. Unfortunately, Macrovision protection prevented me from copying DVDs to video tape for playing on my kids TV/VCR combo - oh well.So the only real disappointment is the MP3 playback. The manual comes with a detailed explanation of the limitations of the MP3 playback. MP3 CDs must be 650MB, use DOS-style 8.3 names and files cannot be listed in sub-directories. It also does not extract ID3 tags so you are limited to the file name for determining what MP3 is being selected. You can also only have up to 254 MP3 files on any CD you put in the Toshiba 3750. I was successfully able to compile an MP3 CD that met all of these criteria including the 128-kbit 44.1kHz sample rate and the MP3 playback was horrible. Pops and crackles and a very dull tone made the MP3 feature useless to me. So, instead I have a Creative Nomad now. Still highly recommended for DVDs - hopefully my next DVD/MP3 CD player will be better.
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Summary: Great value in a DVD player - don't use it for MP3s
Review: This player has come down in price almost 50% since I bought it 1 year ago. It has superb picture quality and sound quality when playing either CDs or DVDs. The features are unmatched in this price range and all work really well. Occasionally (not on all DVDs) I have noticed it hesitate in the middle of moving from one chapter to the next but I have also seen this problem on most DVD players my friends have - some of those players are a lot more expensive than this one too. Navigation is easy either with the remote or the on-unit controls. Both give you quick access to the features you want. It will auto-power off if you leave the tray open and always shuts the tray when it turns off. The drive inside this thing is ultra-quiet. The remote is probably one of the easiest to use - I'm almost sad to be replacing it and the other 4 I have with a universal learning remote. I really bought this unit for its assortment of compatibility with DVD/VCD/CD, MP3, CD-R, DVD-R, and CD-RW as well as the impressive stats for the 54MHz video DAC, 192kHz/24-bit audio converter, optical and coaxial digital audio outputs with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel pass-through, component-video, composite-video, and S-Video terminals. All of which live up to their claims. Unfortunately, Macrovision protection prevented me from copying DVDs to video tape for playing on my kids TV/VCR combo - oh well. So the only real disappointment is the MP3 playback. The manual comes with a detailed explanation of the limitations of the MP3 playback. MP3 CDs must be 650MB, use DOS-style 8.3 names and files cannot be listed in sub-directories. It also does not extract ID3 tags so you are limited to the file name for determining what MP3 is being selected. You can also only have up to 254 MP3 files on any CD you put in the Toshiba 3750. I was successfully able to compile an MP3 CD that met all of these criteria including the 128-kbit 44.1kHz sample rate and the MP3 playback was horrible. Pops and crackles and a very dull tone made the MP3 feature useless to me. So, instead I have a Creative Nomad now. Still highly recommended for DVDs - hopefully my next DVD/MP3 CD player will be better.
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Summary: Awesome DVD Player - It's about time!
Review: This Toshiba SD3750 is the 4th DVD player I've purchased, and this blows all the others out of the water! First I had a Phillips (...) player (I forget the model) which worked okay except that it was slow playing MP3's, and the power button started only working sometime after a few months (doh!). My second player was a TEAC 5 disk changer, but this one refused to play DVD's or CD's right out of the box and only played my MP3 disk. After about an hour of use, it stopped working completely and my disks got stuck in it! My third player was a Panasonic RV21U-K which was okay except that the display was a bit flickery, it didn't display MP3 song names, and it didn't zoom. The Toshiba is by far the best machine! It has all the features I've wanted:
- very nice, readable menu system
- MP3 playback is quick and it shows the names on the TV
- CD playback shows names on the tv AND on the actual dvd player LED display. This is pretty cool!
- zoom in/out feature with DVD movies
- nicely designed remote control
- large, descriptive manual Anyhow, I'd highly reccomend this player. Other Toshiba models that also look good are the 2710, and the 4700.
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Summary: Best Value and Quality!
Review: Toshiba Progressive-Scan DVD Player Model: SD-3750 This high-tech player has progressive-scan output with 3:2 pulldown capability, for the ultimate DVD-movie experience, and MP3 playback capability for hours of tunes from a single disc. What does this mean? It means that my purchase of this particular DVD player means that I get a totally awesome deal because it has what most of the higher priced models of other brands have (such as Sony, JVC, Pioneer, etc.) but at a lower cost. I couple this with my 27" flatface TV with digital filter and the end product is that I have one sweet home audio/video system! Here are the specs: *ColorStream Pro 480p progressive-scan video output, employing a 10-bit/54MHz D/A converter and component video outputs, for smooth, fluid images
*5.1-channel analog, and optical and coaxial digital audio outputs provide a great connection to your home theater receiver
*480i ColorStream component video output for a great connection to an analog TV *Plays DVD video, CD, CD-R, MP3 files, DVD-R and video CD discs
*4-power zoom - x2, x8, x30, and x100 forward and reverse scan
*DVD and CD Text compatible
*Video black-level expansion
*Angle viewer
*24-bit/192kHz audio D/A converter
*Simulated surround sound
This is my first DVD player (besides the ones in my PC's.) It was purchased in Dec. 2001. I wanted quality without breaking the bank. This did the trick. It's easy to figure out. The remote is easy to use. However, I do with it was easier to memorize where the buttons are in the dark. It's sorta hard to figure out unless you look at it in the light. That's my ownly qualm. If that's the only qualm, seems to me that this product is well worth the price I paid! I also rip my CD's on my computer to MP3's so that I can play my own personal mix on the DVD player. I have a 5 disc CD changer but the mixes or amount of albums I can put on one CD rival having to change the CD's. Very handy feature!!! Sounds great too... Highly recommended!!!
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Summary: Better get something that works!
Review: We bought this DVD a year ago, and it's absolutely not worth what we paid for it. The DVD picture and sound are Ok, but this is the case with most DVDs. Now for the fun part: the remote is not designed to be used - there are rows of buttons, similar in size, and not very conveniently placed, so if you want to fast forward, pause etc. without looking at remote - forget it. It does not play SVCDs. I've gladly replaced Toshiba's remote with the universal, never to touch it again. But i can't do anything with mp3 playback - it totally lacks features: you can't program, you can't go directly to a certain track, you can't fast fast forward, it doesn' show titles etc. Finally, it comes with a disclaymer about what types of mp3s it is supposed to play. Well, it doesn't play even those, and it comes down to the fact that it won't play most of my mp3s at all. So, if mp3 is even slightly important to you, you will be better off with something else
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Summary: Good player, but don't buy it for the MP3 feature...
Review: When I bought a new DVD player, I was looking for a wide range of formats, because there's no stereo in that room. This player is advertised as being able to play MP3 files. That's not quite true, as I discovered. It can play <128Kbps, old-style 8.3 filenames, and not always perfectly. I agree with some of the other reviewers that the remote could have been better designed; I find that it's difficult to do by touch because the buttons are very close together. Also, the arrow navigation is a little awkward; you have to use Up/Down/Left/Right the way Toshiba wants you to (keep hitting right, and it won't go to the next line, for example). In the grand scheme of things, though, these are relatively minor flaws. I bought this unit to play DVDs, and it does that well--good picture and sound quality. I don't use the progressive-scan feature (I bought this model because it seemed to offer the most features in my price range; the PS was a bonus) so I can't comment on that. If you want to play DVDs, and maybe some CDs and CD-Rs, this is a good unit to buy.
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Summary: Give it One Year...
Review: Worth twice the price? Not when it quits. This unit played DVD's very well, sound was clear, pictures were crisp, and operation was simple. I can recall only three times when a movie froze, and we watched lots of movies on this little machine. CD playback was fine as expected, but CD-R's and especially MP3 discs rarely played up to par. Many errors and garbage noise made it not worth the trouble. But the biggest downfall for me was the customer service. After eleven months of faithful service the player gave up the ghost, (literally, no reason, no explanation, no damage, it just stopped working, even had a CD stuck inside), and Toshiba was not, in the least, prepared to satisfy this customer. The cost to repair the unit was estimated at least 50% the original retail price.... With no interest in fixing a time-lapse factory "defect", I chose to purchase a new unit, with a REAL warranty, from a different company. If you currently own one of these, or are thinking of buying one, think twice or be prepared to deal with the consequences.
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Summary: Excellent player!!!
Review: You can not go wrong with this very nice DVD player. It has everything you could want except for DVD-Audio, which is okay since the selection of them is so limited. By the time the selection is better, this DVD player will be old and in need of replacement anyway. This player has an excellent picture, good sound, and a nice menu and button layout. The remote is good. For the money, this player is a winner!
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