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Summary: It was great until it stopped working
Review: A couple of months into owning this DVD player, it started to skip on some DVD's. Eventually it got bad enough to where it wouldn't play any disc's at all, it only gives me an error on the front saying "disc error" even with brand new dvd's.doh!
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Summary: Best for the Money
Review: After several hours I came to the conclusion that I am going to wait until I am sure what features the Toshiba SD3755 actually has! No where in any of your ads is there mention of a player having DVD, DVD-R, CD, CD-R and MP3 capability in the same place. Maybe you should check your advertizements.
I liked the 'Progressive-Scan' feature, I wanted a multi-disc player and I wanted it to be capable of 'DVD-R, CD-R and MP3' in the same player. I would have been more tempted if it had 'HDCD'. It would be easier to play MP3's if the filename was more than 8 characters. On the SD3750 there is mention of an 'Advanced Menu System' and an 'Advanced Remote' where there is no mention of these features on the SD3755, are they there?
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Summary: Good value
Review: Among 5-disc players with progressive scan, this is definitely among the cheapest. I agree with the other reviewers who complain about the slow time to power up or change discs and the remote being non-intuitive in design. But I was willing to sacrifice those things to get the 5-disc capability and excellent picture and sound quality. I am completely satisfied with my purchase; I've had it for about 2 years and don't plan to upgrade for a long time. If you're thinking of buying this machine, keep in mind that it's not perfect but I think the tradeoff in price is worth it.
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Summary: Top Notch Features for the Price
Review: Can't beat the features in a progressive scan player. No, it isn't perfect, but you get your money's worth out of this. Picture is great, plays MP3s including an entire page of directions, plays CD-RWs, a few different random modes, etc.
Most importantly, it plays DVDs very well. I had a Panasonic before and it would hang-up to the point where it was unwatchable on about 40% of the movies I tried watching. This machine has none of those issues.
Yes, it is slow to power up...so what, who cares if it takes 10 seconds instead of 5.
The on-screen menu is a bit annoying...can't just read things off of the player itself, you have to have the TV on.
Bottom line: name brand, good quality, great features, all for [a good price]. It has features that Panasonic and Pioneer cannot touch and JVC and Sony want a lot more money for. I'd buy it again
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Summary: Nice but not great
Review: I got this Toshiba SD3755 for about 2 months now. I won't go into the spec of this unit but I will note its bad points. 1) It powers up very slowly (about 10 seconds) so be patient and don't press the power button twice. I did because when the power button is pressed...nothing seems to happen for awhile then your patience runs out. 2) Changing a from one DVD to another is also very slow compare to Pioneer DV-C503 that I have. 3) No direct access to DVD so you must use the to scroll through dics after dics to get to the one you want. 4) For a PROGRESSIVE SCAN player, the picture is almost worse than the regular DVD player that I have. 5) All buttons on the unit feel cheap. You know what I mean when you push the button and it feels cheaply made. 6) Forwarding speed is only X2. 7) Would I bought it again if I have a second chance? No.
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Summary: Good picture, overall quality poor
Review: I have had this DVD player for 15 Months. About 3 MOnths ago, it started to take to skipping. It does not happen on all DVDs, but most. Usually it takes about 30-40 Minutes, and then you have to turn the playe off and on to get it to stop if you are lucky. Also, it sometimes does not read DVDs in the tray. Pretty poor in my opinion. That being said, the one positive I will give it is that the Picture is really nice. I don't know that I would buy a Toshiba DVD player again.
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Summary: Reliable, good value
Review: I have owned this DVD/CD 5 disc changer for nearly 2 years and used it daily for both DVDs and CDs. No reliability problems with the machine or the remote. It is true that the remote is not very intuitive, and some time needs to be invested in reading the owner's manual. It's also true that automatic disc changing and programming is not speedy. If you master the remote, you rarely have to touch the machine except to change discs, so the "cheap button feel" mentioned in other reviews becomes a non-issue. I disagree with the few reviews that note poor picture quality. I do agree with most of the other reviewers who approve of the picture quality. It's important to understand that the progressive scan won't help the picture quality unless you also invest in a component video output cable, HD-ready TV, and know how to use the remote to set up the progressive scan feature. The price on this unit makes it a very good value.
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Summary: The Actual Specs For The SD3755
Review: I just bought this player and I thought it would be a good idea to list the actual specs at the end of this review. It was very difficult to track down any specs at all for the SD3755. The ones I did find were not all correct.
Now for the review:
I think this player is well worth the money for all the features you get. It had almost everything I was looking for. However, one major feature it did lack, was HDCD support.
All the DVDs, CDs, and MP3 CD-Rs I have played so far, have worked fine.
As far as the MP3 support goes, it's ok. I was worried that it wouldn't play MP3 CD-Rs that had the files placed into sub-directories. But it actually scans the entire CD-R & caches all of the MP3 files alphabetically so you can view them onscreen. The bad part about that is that you see them in a single list as opposed to having them organized. (So yes, it does read MP3s that are placed in multiple directories / sub-directories on a CD-R)
Here are some of the other features / issues I have found when using the MP3 capabilities:
MP3 Pros:
- you can program what songs to play (up to 60 tracks)
- you can repeat the programmed list, a single track, or the entire mp3 CD-R (containing 100s of songs)
MP3 Cons:
- no random or shuffle feature (why this is the case, I have no idea. Those features are allowed for normal audio CDs)
- can't program lists across mp3 CD-Rs (again, this is a feature for audio CDs)
- does not continue to the next mp3 CD-R after the current one is finished playing (again, this feature works for audio CDs)
- only the first 8 characters of the filename are displayed in the onscreen menu (which can be very annoying trying to figure out what song to play).
Overall, I love the player and think it's well worth the price. With the exception of HDCD support, it has all of the features found in much more expensive DVD players.
For example, it had all the features that another player I was looking into had (the Harman Kardon DVD 50) for half the price.
Toshiba SD3755 Specs:
- Silver case (as far as I know, it does not come in Black)
- 5 disc carousel. Plays, DVD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, Video CD, MP3 (on CD-R or CD-RW). You can swap discs in/out while another is playing.
- ColorStream PRO progressive scan. 540 horizontal lines of resolution (500 interlaced with progressive scan). 8:8:8 oversampling of interlaced color signals.
- 10 bit 27 MHz Video D/A Converter
- 24 bit PCM 96 KHz
- x2, x8, x30, x100 forward & reverse scans
- 6 power zoom
- MP3 Support: Yes (sampling freq. should only be at 44.1 KHz, bit rate can be anywhere from 32-320 kbps)
- Dolby Digital output: Yes
- DTS output: Yes
- Dolby Digital decoding: No
- DTS decoding: No
- HDCD decoding: No
- Random/shuffle disc play: Yes
- Repeat play: A-B, all, disc, track
- Resume play: Yes
- Frame advance, multiple camera angles
- Remote control type: Full feature, non-backlit. (offwhite/light gray color, with dark gray buttons)
- Parental lock: Yes
- ColorStream Pro component video outputs
- 1 S-Video output
- 1 Composite Video output jack
- 2 Pairs of Analog L/R Audio Outputs
- 1 Digital Optical Audio output
- 1 Digital Coaxial Audio output
Comes with 1 pair of RCA audio cables, and 1 RCA video cable.
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Summary: Toshiba is a winner with me
Review: I keep buying Toshiba products because I have NEVER had a problem with any of them. I have two 36 inch TVs, a VCR, a single disc DVD player, this 5 disc DVD player, and a laptop computer - all Toshiba. I don't own stock in the company, either. As far as this DVD player is concerned, I wanted a 5 disc player and looked at nothing but Toshiba's offerings. I picked this little gem up and have been very happy with it for over two years. I honestly can't think of a single instance when this thing didn't do what it is supposed to do. Of course, I did read the manual before I hooked it up.
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Summary: Good but slow response to commands
Review: I purchased this for the same reason most other folks had: I wanted a 5 disc changer. While it functions well, skipping from disc to disc could be smoother/faster. Remote control commands usually take several seconds to illicit a response. The remote layout is also poor. If I had a Universal Remote that had a disc skip button, I'd have tossed out the Toshiba remote a long time ago. Other than these gripes, I love my DVD player. I watch anime occasionally and it helps that I don't have to get up to switch the DVDs. I can put a whole set in the changer and watch all at one sitting. Cool.
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