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(11 customer reviews) 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Many problems.,
April 15, 2006 This review is from: Toshiba SD-K850 DVD Player with HDMI and DIVX (Electronics)
I purchased this player from Costco at a great price. I was excited to try it out with my new HDMI LCD HDTV.
Unfortunatly, DVD playback freezes and skips occasionally, and it is not a disk problem -- even brand new DVDs don't play correctly.
The resolution upconversion also seems to have problems. Video quality is fuzzy when a DVD is upconverted to 1080i. Honestly, it looks best when the DVD player outputs 480p, and the upconversion is done by the TV.
Then, after 3 days of use, the unit froze and locked a DVD inside. All buttons were useless and it wouldn't even power down. Everything seemed to 'reset' after being unplugged for a few minutes.
I had two reasons for buying this DVD player: play DVDs and upconvert video. Since it cannot do either, I will be returning it.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Great bang for buck!,
March 5, 2006 D. Trinh "Technology Fan" - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toshiba SD-K850 DVD Player with HDMI and DIVX (Electronics)
At $79.99 (at Costco), this player is a steal! I haven't seen much press/reviews for this particular Toshiba player - seems like all the focus has been on the Toshiba's SD-x980 line (which, btw are horrible and overpriced). After playing with it the past week, here are some details:
Testbed:
- Syntax Olevia LT37HVS - 37" LCD
- Toshiba SD-K850
- LG LDA-511
- Cyberhome progressive scan (unknown model, circa 2002)
* Player comes with an HDMI cable! This is great considering a good deal for one will set you back around $20. Some of the Sony, LG, and Samsung models make you buy the HDMI cable separately.
* DVDs tested: Star Wars III, Matrix 2, Return of the King
* All played flawless - I expected nothing less than perfect.
* Picture quality is comparable to the LG LDA511 (also an HDMI upconvert player). I got this at Best Buy just for the purpose of comparison.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Freezes several times when playing DVD,
March 27, 2006 J. Louie - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toshiba SD-K850 DVD Player with HDMI and DIVX (Electronics)
Got unit from Costco too. Read about this problem on A/V forums but thought it was an isolated problem. I guess not because the unit I got does the same, pauses at several random points for 1 to several seconds. Decided to return this unit because it couldn't do its basic function, play a DVD correctly.
Otherwise, this unit would have gotten 4 stars, a very decent unit for the price. HDMI was good with the free HDMI cable, the remote buttons were laid out good and much more responsive than the slow Samsung HD755 remote I tried.
One annoyance- a bright blue light shines out of the DVD tray slot. You can maually turn it of but it defaults to ON after power down.
