TOSHIBA SD350E - what you guys think?

KiNETiK · 21 Mar 2006 at 11:57

Hey guys
Anyone seen one of these DVD players in action or own one? If so what are your views on it?
I was thinking of getting one since it has HDMI on the back and would be probably output a better picture to my projector than a standard s-video etc..

KiNETiK · 21 Mar 2006 at 12:10

actually i think i might not get one

Just read some review that says toshiba don't upgrade the firmware on it so divx/xvid films in future are unlikely to work!

pinkaardvark · 21 Mar 2006 at 13:29

I have one and it works quite well, but sometimes the pause between layer changes can be quite long. For the money though it's a great player and doesn't suffer the lipsync problems of the denon 1920. If you want a cheap upscaling dvd player at the moment there's not a lot of choice.

I have seen toshiba firmaware updates so not sure where your info comes from.

KiNETiK · 21 Mar 2006 at 15:02

Ah ok,
it was from one of the user reviews for the product. The guy said that he had contacted toshiba and they had no plans to support any firware upgrades for it! Anyway i've read a few other problems with it - primarily bad divx playback which is a pity, the best sub £100 dvd with HDMI i have read about so far is the philips dvp5900

9761 · 21 Mar 2006 at 15:18

what about the samsung dvd player agoose cataloogs sell for £99, it too has hdmi aswell

Bear · 21 Mar 2006 at 15:37

Aye the Samsung HD850 I think plays Divx and has HDMI connection etc and is under £100

KiNETiK · 21 Mar 2006 at 15:49

I've read better thing about the Philips one that the Samsung, but I can't remember off hand what. I did a quick search around an the philips and samsung can both be found for about 75 quid.
I've been slowly reading through this 50 page thread on the philips and everyone seems to really liek it
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273616

pinkaardvark · 21 Mar 2006 at 22:53

KiNETiK said:
Ah ok,
it was from one of the user reviews for the product. The guy said that he had contacted toshiba and they had no plans to support any firware upgrades for it! Anyway i've read a few other problems with it - primarily bad divx playback which is a pity, the best sub £100 dvd with HDMI i have read about so far is the philips dvp5900

Have watched a good number of DivX and Xvid recording on it without too much bother, but as it's the first such player i have owned I probably can't compare. For £60 it's hard to beat though and with HD-DVD coming out I simply picked it up as a stopgap. Mine has actually now been replaced with a dedicated HTPC so it will become a bedroom player shortly.

ps. it did receieve the what home cinema best buy award and 5 stars for what it is worth.

KiNETiK · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:28

are you talking about the philips player yea?

pinkaardvark · 22 Mar 2006 at 11:47

KiNETiK said:
are you talking about the philips player yea?

no i have the sd350e

Rizz · 22 Mar 2006 at 23:45

I had one, not impressed, stupid blue light at the front, froze in every film for 5 seconds usually twice, common problem with them and hdmi output is worse than the component output.