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Testseek.co.uk have collected 32 expert reviews of the Toshiba XD-E500U and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Toshiba XD-E500U.
 
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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...
  • Sound could do with just a little more refinement
  • It's expensive for a DVD player
  • A pain to use with certain TVs
  • Cant show the technology in action

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  Published: 2009-04-16, review by: gadgetshow.channel5.com

  • 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...

 
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  Published: 2008-09-30, review by: igizmo.co.uk

  • Genuinely sets new upscaling standards, Supports DiVX, Runs silently
  • Expensive for a DVD player, Rather cheaply built, Doesn’t play Bluray

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  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 ...

 
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  Published: 2008-09-04, review by: whathifi.com

  • ‘Sharp’ mode offers incredibly detailed pictures, naturally vibrant colours, smooth, stable motion, nice styling
  • Sound could do with just a little more refinement

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  Published: 2008-08-29, review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • 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...

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  Published: 2008-08-28, review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Upscaling capabilities
  • Cant show the technology in action
  • Toshiba has created an upscaling tech that has the ability to let you forget about Blu-ray for quite some time...

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  Published: 2009-03-12, review by: pcmag.com

  • Energy efficient. 1080p24 output.
  • 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....

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  Published: 2009-02-19, review by: hometheaterhifi.com

  • 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...

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  Published: 2008-12-20, review by: Computerpoweruser.com

  • 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...

 
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  Published: 2008-12-03, review by: game-boyz.com

  • 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...

 
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