Rating: 
Summary: Good for the price but BAD in Heat tolerance
Review: Basically, I finally broke down and bought a DVD player because Teh PS2 was choppy, and I was tired of Getting up from my couch to control the DVD playing software on teh Computer. With that being said, I decided to purchase a cheap DVD player just for the heck of it. As for teh quality of the equipment, I have a mixed review. The Good:
1. It comes chock full of features
2. Progressive Scan
3. Multiple Formats including MP3, VCD, etc.
4. The Price The Bad:
1. The Control is hammy. The buttons are tiny, (Could also use a backlight). The UGLY:
1. This is the type of equipment that doesn't tolerate heat well. This means that if you do not want your pictures to pixilate, or video to freeze totally, You MUST NOT HAVE ANYTHING SITTING ON TOP OF IT. To the touch, the unit's cabinet feels hot to the touch on the top for the entire surface. If there is nothing on top of it, the unit works fine.
Rating: 
Summary: Excellent value for money
Review: I have the British version of this DVD player; it is identical in every way other than one. We are given a multi-region option so that we can play DVD's from all over the world. Pretty good huh? Anyway, I can honestly say this player is excellent value for money, does the word cheap and cheerful spring to mind? Despite being cheap and cheerful however, this DVD player is attractive to look at, is almost all singing, all dancing, you can play most things on it from MP3s to VCDs as well as frightening your family with those old photos you have scanned onto a disc. I did that recently, I don't think my mother has forgiven for the photo I showed to the world of her in her 1970s garb, along with the BIG hairstyle! The DVDs play crisp and clear, the instruction manual is dead easy to use, an equally easy set-up, I'm no expert and I'm in a wheelchair but I got it up and running with the minimum of fuss. The handset is nice and compact nothing looks shoddy, in fact I think it looks better than some of those expensive models that you see in shops, this is a real budget model, so cost friendly you can afford to give it as a present which I think is pretty cool! A very good buy, and for once the adage if you pay peanuts you get monkeys is totally not relevant!
Rating:
Summary: Great value
Review: I have always favored Toshiba DVD players over all others, mainly due to their superior black reproduction. Black level expansion and PLUGE realy make a difference on any TV. The dialogue enhancer on this model is very effective, and the ability to play just about anything you throw in it is fantastic. You can pay more for a player, but I doubt you would get one significantly better than this.
Rating:
Summary: Good value for the money
Review: I considered purchasing one of the off brand DVD players but decided to spend the extra $20 and get this one. I've had a couple of 4 year old KLH units which have been marginal (although worth what I paid) and decided to go with the Toshiba based on features and mostly positive reviews. I'm very pleased with it so far. It plays everything I have thrown at it including DVD+R and CD-R. One thing that I couldn't find mentioned anywhere is whether there was a random play mode for mp3's. Turns out that there is. This is a really nice feature which many cheap units don't offer.
Rating: 
Summary: Good player, but misleading technical data
Review: I agree this is a good player for the price. Setup is quick and easy. My biggest complaint is that it lacks a digital optical output even though the technical description lists it as available. I contacted Amazon about this error in 11/03, and still no correction has been made to the description.
Rating: 
Summary: Arrived DOA
Review: I've owned two Toshiba DVD players before, and have generally been happy with them. But this one arrived damaged (vertical bands of "snow" on the screen when playing DVD or DVD-R media).
Rating:
Summary: Great player
Review: Sunday, December 14, 2003
I have a HD front projector with an 8'screen. It is easy to separate DVD players that play good or not on this big screen and I must say I do see every little fault that you would not see on a small television. My daughter always says to me "Dad, you're not watching the movies you're watching the pixels".
At any rate I've tried the JVC XV-N44SL and I must say it's terrible for NO player should stutter on panning and this applies to the XV-N55 as reported by Zdnet review. Same problem indicating this is a common problem to most JVC players. Simply unacceptable in this day and age.
I've also returned the Sony 725P for my projector would do a better de-interlacing than this player. So I went for a more expensive player and bought the Yamaha 5650. The initial impression was very good however the progressive scan in darker movies was the one that killed the feeling of an excellent player. No matter how I've tried to adjust the darker scenes, due to the fact there is no black level expansion the picture was just too soft and washed out. The remote is very small and cramped; I kept hitting the wrong buttons all the time. For a more expensive player this clearly is not good. So I've bought my last player the Toshiba SD-3950 and wow, for less than halve the price of Yamaha, I now have 3:2 pull down, black level expansion and perfect dark scenes to boot. Now some people might say it has the chroma bug (maybe yes and maybe no I just didn't test it yet), it's only a flag reader or something like that, but I say my eyes don't lie,
I like what I see and this is the best so far. I give it 5 stars for the remote is excellent, picture quality awesome and a very low price.
Rating:
Summary: Great player but missing one thing.
Review: According to the description, this player is said to have an optical audio out. It does NOT! I have contacted Amazon twice about this. Perhaps they will edit the information.
Rating:
Summary: Great Value and Performance
Review: Toshiba progressive scan at a great price. I comparison shopped other places and Amazon had the best price on this unit. The unit itself performs flawlessly and set up is a breeze. Progressive scan is a must have feature as the picture is much better than that of regular DVDs.
Rating: 
Summary: Beware!
Review: I bought this unit for the mp3 and jpeg capability. I have a 2 year old Pioneer that played all my home made dvd's and vcd's but didn't have the mp3 or jpeg features. To my dismay this unit will not play my vcd's. The owner's manual says it plays vcd's but it won't. I haven't tried mp3 cd's yet and some photos on a disc were skipped over, I'm not sure why. Dvd's played well- picture and sound were fine. Home made Dvd's were fine too. If you are not interested in vcd then add another star.
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