TOSHIBA SD 5000 REGION FREE UPCONVERTING 720p/1080i HI-DEF DVD PLAYER. PLAYS DVDs FROM ANY COUNTRY ON AN AMERICAN TV.

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.5 x 2.2 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• ASIN: B0013IFXYG
• Item model number: TOSHIBA SD5000
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,075 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 5, 2008

Product Description

Progressive Scan: Multi-Camera Angle Select, Multi-Language Select, Progressive Scan Video Output: Component Video, Composite (RCA), HDMI, S-Video Media Supported: Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DivX, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW Video Upconversion: 1080i (HDTV), 720p (HDTV) Audio Output: Digital Coaxial, RCA Product Type Audio Output: Digital Coaxial, RCA Video Output: Component Video, Composite (RCA), HDMI, S-Video Video Quality Video DAC: 14 Bit Video Features: DVD Resume Playback, Motion Zoom (2x, 4x), Slow-Motion, Title/Chapter Search Video Upconversion: 1080i (HDTV), 720p (HDTV) 24 Bit On-board Decoders: Dolby Digital 5.1-channel, DTS Other Features Remote Control: Basic Remote General Features: Multi-Camera Angle Select, Multi-Language Select, Progressive Scan. Some DVD-R/DVD-RW and CD-R/CD-RW discs may be incompatible due to laser pick up and disc design. CD-R/CD-RW discs must be recorded using CD-DA method for CD audio playback

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but it isn't region-free, March 7, 2009

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Missapple "Linda Cameron" (Tri-Cities, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TOSHIBA SD 5000 REGION FREE UPCONVERTING 720p/1080i HI-DEF DVD PLAYER. PLAYS DVDs FROM ANY COUNTRY ON AN AMERICAN TV.

My older DVD players (2) were both having different problems with some DVDs. Usually, I could play the DVD on one of them if the other didn't like it. One day while I was out at Circuit City, I saw this DVD player marked down to $60 and on impulse, I bought it. Now I had an upconverting DVD player (which only works if you have HDMI cables and a TV to connect it to) but more important to me, I was able to play almost all the DVDs that were problematic in the other older players.

I don't know why this is advertised as being "region-free" because I put in a Region 2, PAL DVD yesterday and a message came up telling me it was the wrong region. There are no instructions on how to make this player region-free that I can find. The PAL format is supported, but that doesn't do much good if you can't change the region.

All in all, for $60, I am pretty happy with this player.