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Toshiba XDE500 DVD Player is it any good?
I`m now thinking about buying the
Toshiba XDE500 DVD Player what are the plus/minuses of it thanks for any advice
RE: Toshiba XDE500 DVD Player is it any good?
Check out the avforums.com. Try this link :
http://www.avforums.com/forums/dvd-players/862923-dvd-upscaler-toshiba-xde500-review.html
Not sure what current best price is(and where). I`m looking for a DVD upscaler but in no rush. On the Toshiba front the SD390 is meant to be good - so the same probably goes for SD490/590, as always there`s plenty of choice.
Pete
RE: Toshiba XDE500 DVD Player is it any good?
thanks, ebay have this model going for about £40 inc p/p have a looksee!
RE: Toshiba XDE500 DVD Player is it any good?
I`ve seen quite a lot of negative reviews from professional sources, but user opinion seems to be better. of course this could be because a lot of users have never seen a proper HD source. If you look at the images in this article you`ll see what I mean:
http://hcc.techradar.com/features/the+future+of+XDE+revealed
I don`t know about you, but the resulting image looks terribly over-processed to me. XDE Introduces more visible edge ringing and highlights compression artefacts. I prefer the look of the non-XDE image. Toshiba`s claims that it upscales to `near HD quality` are highly dubious; you only have to look at the Blu-ray cap in that article to see how much better it looks - more detailed, less artefacts, better colours etc.
RE: Toshiba XDE500 DVD Player is it any good?
My old Ferguson VHS recorder use to have this feature back then it was called a sharpness control. :¦
Mr Basbat
This item was edited on Thursday, 7th January 2010, 15:48
RE: Toshiba XDE500 DVD Player is it any good?
I notice in the setup menu it has hmdi 1080i and 1080p which is the best and whats the difference, cheers.