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January 2009
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The editors liked
Genuinely sets new upscaling standards
Supports DiVX
Runs silently
Toshiba’s HD-DVD players may have lost the HD format war
But the company’s outstanding up-scaling tech lives on in this smart DVD player. As well as upping the resolution to Full HD
The E500 gives a further boost to either detail (sharpening...
‘Sharp’ mode offers incredibly detailed pictures
Naturally vibrant colours
Smooth
Stable motion
Nice styling
Picture quality
Sound
Holds its own against other upscaling players
Upscaling capabilities
The editors didn't like
Expensive for a DVD player
Rather cheaply built
Doesn’t play Bluray
Toshiba’s so focused on the future it’s forgotten that some of us still watch plain old 4
3 format discs. If you’ve got any old TV shows on DVD
The Tosh can’t upscale them without stretching them to fit widescreen – you&rsqu...
Toshiba’s HD-DVD players may have lost the HD format war, but the company’s outstanding up-scaling tech lives on in this smart DVD player. As well as upping the resolution to Full HD, the E500 gives a further boost to either detail (sharpening...
Toshiba’s so focused on the future it’s forgotten that some of us still watch plain old 4:3 format discs. If you’ve got any old TV shows on DVD, the Tosh can’t upscale them without stretching them to fit widescreen – you&rsqu...
DVD has more lives than a motorway-crossing, chainsaw-juggling cat. The E500 revitalises your digital movie collection once more, giving colour, contrast and especially detail a next-generation pick-me-up. Best offers for the Toshiba XD-E500Bargain Sto...
Published: 2008-09-09, Author: Ian , review by: CNET.co.uk
Picture quality; sound; holds its own against other upscaling players
It's expensive for a DVD player; a pain to use with certain TVs
This is a decent upscaling DVD player that can breathe extra life into your DVD collection. The problem is, it's rather a pain to use at times, and if you own a 32-inch 1080p Philips TV you're going to be bang out of luck with it ...
The Toshiba XD-E500 is a solid upconverting DVD player, even with the extra settings turned off, and the sharp feature definitely adds detail. But due to the players £120 suggested price tag - roughly twice that of other upconverting players but pret...
Picture suffers a loss of detail with HDMI output. Default picture settings cause Sharpening artifacts. Overly softened image quality when displaying JPEG files. Low-resolution menus.
If you dont want to spring for Blu-ray, there are plenty of upconverting DVD players to choose from, but the Toshiba XD-E500 is one to avoid....
Abstract: I can remember a time when Toshiba offered entry level DVD players and also high dollar flagship models like the SD-9200. As DVD players became a commodity Toshiba logically focused on mainstream consumer players much like the XD-E500 reviewed here. T...
Abstract: Toshiba dropped its support for HD DVD nearly a year ago, grudgingly conceding that BD is the de facto high-def optical disc format in much of the world. Still, the company hasn’t exactly embraced Sony’s format quite yet. The XD-E500 is Toshiba’s budge...
Abstract: Toshiba XDE Extended Detail DVD player.For all you video buffs out there this could be a must buy.ESRB: n/a Platform: Home Theater Category: DVD PlayersAuthor: Murray G Toshiba XDE Want to get HD performance without paying Blu-ray prices? Tired of l...
