Toshiba XD-E500 1080p Upconverting DVD Player with Enhanced Detail Review

I have a second player; The first just froze after a week. Unplugging fixed the problem - at least temporarily - but I wasn't sure how long it would last so I changed it. (Yes I have the same model. I haven't learned my lesson.) So the new one was fine for 3 months. It now intermittently doesn't output an HDMI signal on startup - Power Cycling fixes that issue - and occasionally makes a huge burp through the audio (which I don't have on the HDMI output). It looks a bit cheap. and feel even…

This Toshiba has a very good picture quality. the converted image with the highest quality of all. However, the XDE500 will not properly format 4:3 sidewall DVDs for playback on a 16:9 TV. Instead, the image on the TV screen is stretched. The aspect ratio settings on the device do not affect this issue. After researching, I found that this is a common problem with (cheaper) upconverted DVD players. Don't try. Another problem (common to all devices) is that HTML connections do not carry…

To be honest the Toshiba XD-E500 I bought has been around for quite a while but has never had a disc in it. I only use it to watch NetFlix. This is a wireless device which made setup very easy! The remote even has a dedicated button to go directly to NetFlix. The Toshiba XD-E500 also offers a range of other internet cinema services, both free and pre-programmed with a subscription for easy access. Since I've only had a classic tube TV so far, I can't say anything about the quality of the…

The Toshiba XD-E500 is the best upscaling DVD player I've tried, it works wonders with all types of DVDs. This is definitely a keeper for those who watch a lot of movies on DVD and have HDTV 720p or better, especially on the big screen. " to "300" to "The Simpsons" (TV) to children's videos like Thomas and Dora. I've also played mini DVD-Rs that I recorded on my Panasonic DVD camcorder everything worked great. You can connect the player to the TV via HDMI (obviously the best connection)…

BENEFITS: XDE detail enhancement is very effective and brings standard DVDs to life and detail; Excellent upconverting player even when XDE is off. CONS: Doesn't automatically display 4:3 footage in pillarbox format. Pioneer 220 4 year old progressive scan player, no upconversion. Why? The reason for this is that my 32" HD LCD TV already has an equally good upconverting processor (all Pixel TVs have built-in upconverters), so the TV does its job well whether I give it a standard 480i Send /p…