Toshiba HD-D3 HD DVD Player - Includes 2 - HD-DVD's + HDMI Cable

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• ASIN: B000ZMY24I
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,671 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 22, 2007

Product Description

The HD-D3 delivers the excellent picture, sound and interactivity features of HD DVD, and adds a new, sleek compact chassis. The combination of stellar high-definition picture quality up to 1080i, near high definition picture-quality of up-converted standard DVDs output through HDMI and leading edge audio (including Dolby TRUEHD and Dolby Digital Plus) provides a new level of home theater experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HD-D3 PLAYER WORKS PERFECTLY, December 3, 2007

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Gerald Schoenburg (MOORPARK, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba HD-D3 HD DVD Player - Includes 2 - HD-DVD's + HDMI Cable (Electronics)

This model HD-D3 is the Costco version of the HD-A3...It's identical.

I had the same problems with this model as the previous reviewer did. I hooked my unit up to the internet via the ethernet port and downloaded the firmware update. It was a very large update. Following that upgrade, the unit worked perfectly.

The only problem I have with HD DVD players in general are the disk themselves. They must be perfectly clean before you view. I find even brand new disks need to be cleaned. I never get the pauses, skips, and stoppages if I clean the disk first. If you rent from a box store, or Netflix, they are especially vulnerable.

I also have an A20 as my 2nd tv is 1080P. It works great providing the the disks are clean, not damaged, the and firmware is current.

I am also getting a BLU Ray since finally the prices are coming down. This way I have more titles to choose from, and if either fails, I'll have a player for either! Enjoy!!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Value, December 28, 2007

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T. J. Wittenberg "tjw914" (Olympia, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba HD-D3 HD DVD Player - Includes 2 - HD-DVD's + HDMI Cable (Electronics)

Comes with a 6' HDMI cable, 2 HD movies in the box and a mail in coupon for 5 more HD disks. I downloaded firmware version 1.3 from the Toshiba website, burned a CD and popped it in before I played any DVD's. It automatically detected the new firmware and loaded it. I have since played both old and new disks. No problems at all. Would recommend.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for the $$$, December 12, 2007

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Daniel Pratt "Sacdjp" (Sacramento, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba HD-D3 HD DVD Player - Includes 2 - HD-DVD's + HDMI Cable (Electronics)

I picked this up when it was on sale for around $150. It also came with 10 movies. So far I have had no problems. The HD movies are really nice. It also makes regular DVD's look really good too. I'm actually thinking of buying another if the price is right.