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Category: Electronics
Brand: Toshiba
Model: SD4900
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Toshiba SD4900 Review by
I have played with this player for about a week now. It's a nice player for the money but barely. The only major issue I encountered was that for me, the vcd's play in 16:9 only. So on my 16:9 enhanced tv it looks stretched and bad. My Apex does what it should on all vcd's and svcd's. This one just doesn't want to listen. Another issue I had was that you could only set progressive scan on and off in the menu. The Apex I own had it on the remote itself. Speaking of the remote, the layout is HORRIBLE. Buttons are just thrown everywhere. The main reason I purchased this player was for the region free mod. There are lots of movies out there that we don't get and can only import. It is lame that they can't just play on any player you have. I read the review "Blank Screen Booby". In it, they write that Toshiba booby trapped the player by not allowing you to restore the default video settings. I don't think you should write a review when you don't read anything. 1. The manual tells you not to turn on Progressive Scan if your tv is not compatible. 2. If you do manage to do such a thing anyway on page 14 in the bottom right corner it tells you how to set the player back to the default settings. I could not find the booby trap you speak of.If only my Apex AD-2500 was region free. It would be the perfect player for me.
I would hold out and try to find a better player.
Toshiba SD4900 Review by
Kenneth Simon (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I bought this DVD player to replace an irritating Go Video model that wouldn't play audio CDs and loved to skip at the slightest scratch in a rental DVD. Overall, the Toshiba SD-4900 has been a worthwhile replacement, especially considering its low price! It has performed very well with almost every DVD I've rented, even ones that are a bit scratched up. It plays audio CDs perfectly and I've had no need for a separate CD player component in my stereo system.
The remote is a little annoying -- some of the buttons aren't grouped in an intuitive way -- but once you've used it for a while, you do get used to it, and it's no big deal.
I'm not an audiophile or digital video expert, so I won't comment on the technical specifications. I actually have the signal routed through a tuner that dates back to 1986! Obviously, this means I sacrifice the clarity of a digital signal, but I have to say the picture still looks great -- it's only going to get better if you're using quality, modern equipment to go with this player.
So what is the one big annoyance? On my old DVD player, if I was interrupted and stopped playing a DVD, I could come back later and pick up where i left off, as long as I didn't eject the disk. Not so with this model. Unless you leave a disk paused (which isn't supposed to be a good idea for lengthy periods of time), the DVD player will shut itself off automatically after several minutes... and it will lose your place in the movie, even though the disk was never ejected. Very annoying if you get interrupted even once or twice.
Still, on balance -- I recommend this model for its excellent performance for the price.
Toshiba SD4900 Review by
Roy Rapoport "SF/Fantasy Junkie" (Brisbane, CA United States)
I got this DVD player in the hope that it would replace my current pair of Toshiba SD3750 and Phillips DVD726. See, I wanted to be able to play commercial DVDs, DVD+R, and DVD-R. My SD3750 played DVD+R like a champ and had great ergonomics; the DVD726 had lousy ergonomics (had issues making its remote teach my MX500 too), but read DVD-R just fine. The reviews say this thing can do DVD+/- in addition to doing multi-region and PAL-NTSC conversion on the fly (just like the DVD726 -- another function I wanted), so I picked it up.Good points:
It's thin
It's got controls on the front which makes it easy to control it w/o remote
It's got a decent remote that taught my MX500 without a problem.
Bad point:
Oh, just one really. When you put a DVD-R in it, it makes a constant and horrible whirring/grinding noise for as long as the disc is in there. It's ... just bad. That kills it for me -- I'll be returning it in the next few days.
-roy
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Toshiba SD4900::Description
CONSUMER ALERT: This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the U.S.'s transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322), or visit the commission's digital-television Web site at: htttp://www.dtv.gov.
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