Brand NameToshiba
Product Specifications
Technical Details
- Slim-profile, single-disc upconverting DVD player; measures 16.9 x 1.65 x 8.2 inches (WxHxD)
- Upconverts 480p DVD video to high defintion 720p/108i via HDMI connection
- Compatibility with DVD movie, CD audio,CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-R/RW, and VCD discs; DivX, JPEG, MP3 and WMA files
- Outputs: 1 composite, 1 S-Video, 1 component, 1 HDMI
- DVD offer Dolby Digital/DTS decoding; coaxial and optical digital audio outputs
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Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Watch your favorite DVDs on your high-definition flat screen television with no loss of video quality thanks to the Toshiba SD-4990 upconverting, single-disc DVD player. Using the HDMI connection and a compatible TV, you'll get uncompressed digital video up to HDTV level resolutions of 720p or 1080i. And since this conversion is performed within the player, the signal remains free from excessive digital-to-analog conversion artifacts. You'll also be able to view your high-megapixel digital camera snapshots in enhanced resolution via the HDMI connection.
Measuring just 1.65 inches high, this stylishly silver, super-slim player is compatible with a wide variety of disc and digital file formats, including DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, and VCD discs as well as MP3, WMA, and JPEG (Kodak Picture and FujiColor CDs) content burned to disc. It's also DivX Home Theater Certified, meaning that it's compatible with video burned to disc using both the DivX video format.
The SD-4990 performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture.
With the JPEG Viewer, you can easily display your favorite digital photos and create custom slideshows with a few simple clicks of the player's remote control. The interactive Digital Picture Zoom feature allows you to select an area of the video from a DVD and magnify it. Other DVD playback features include fast scan, slow motion, multi-angle selection, multi-subtitle selection, and parental lock.
You get vivid, realistic sound, thanks to Toshiba's 24-bit/192 kHz pulse code modulation (PCM) audio processor. PCM audio translates digital signals from your DVDs and CDs into warmer, natural sound. The DVD player offers Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, and you can connect to a multi-channel home theater surround sound system via the coaxial digital audio output. It also produces 3D virtual surround sound from two speakers. It features the following video and audio connections:
- Composite A/V: 1
- S-Video: 1
- Component Video: 1
- HDMI: 1
- Digital audio: 1 coaxial, 1 optical
Tech Talk
DivX is a compressed digital video format (like MP3) that's based on the MPEG-4 video compression standard. It can reduce the video from a DVD (MPEG-2) to around 10 percent of its original size while still retaining good video and audio quality, enabling you to store several two-hour length movies on burned DVD media.
HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).
Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.
What's in the Box
Upconverting single-disc DVD player, remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions
Product Description
PROGRESSIVE SCAN DVD PLAYER W/HDMI DIVX
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
For just upscaling and producing a picture and even Divx playback, this DVD player is okay. However, it has a ton of negative aspects that make this upscaling DVD player more worthless than a regular DVD player. Here are some of the problems I have with it on a regular basis.
Some divx files just won't play.
DVD player won't turn on or off.
Player freezes up and you have to unplug it to turn it off.
Won't eject disc.
Randomly stops many times per play for 2-5 seconds while playing a DVD.
Changing output settings can be difficult and won't always save.
Doesn't always scale pictures to fit my HDTV.
To explain, sometimes there is black on all sides of the video. It doesn't always fill the screen like it should. Some movies have black above and below because of scaling issues but if a movies is supposed to be full 16:9 it should have no black to the left or right, this DVD player doesn't always display full screen.
I would not purchase this player. I would still stick with regular DVD players with progressive scan. I haven't tried other upscaling players but none of them seem to work as well as a regular DVD player.
Some divx files just won't play.
DVD player won't turn on or off.
Player freezes up and you have to unplug it to turn it off.
Won't eject disc.
Randomly stops many times per play for 2-5 seconds while playing a DVD.
Changing output settings can be difficult and won't always save.
Doesn't always scale pictures to fit my HDTV.
To explain, sometimes there is black on all sides of the video. It doesn't always fill the screen like it should. Some movies have black above and below because of scaling issues but if a movies is supposed to be full 16:9 it should have no black to the left or right, this DVD player doesn't always display full screen.
I would not purchase this player. I would still stick with regular DVD players with progressive scan. I haven't tried other upscaling players but none of them seem to work as well as a regular DVD player.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I play both Divx (and Xvid) files and DVDs, and I have had several Toshiba DVD players due to their excellent picture quality for a low price, and this one is no exception.
They upgraded from 12bit video processing on the 4980 to 14bit on the 4990, and the picture quality is indeed yet better.
I won't detail all the Divx playing features that are described in other reviews, but suffice it to say that is plays a wider variety of files than the Philips 642 (which I also own) with better picture quality.
I recently upgraded to an LCD HDTV, and selected a somewhat more costly model because the upconverting of SD content was better than the entry model. However, the upconverting on this Toshiba player is better yet, and both Divx and DVD content upscales very well.
In summary, the picture quality, upconverting, and Divx playback compatibility are all excellent.
One flaw of the player is that it has some sort of "memory leak". In order for the player to work well, it has to be unplugged (not just turned off) when you are done using it. This clears the memory. If you start a session by plugging it in, it works fine 99% of the time, and the other 1% of the time, just uplug it again for a moment. That is definitely inconvenient - but there is a fix for that. Simply plug the 4990 into a cheap $5 power strip and plug the power strip into your usual outlet. Put the power strip in an easy to access place, and simply turn off the power strip using its switch after using the 4990. Then flip that switch right before inserting a disk. This should cure all the problems that people report with the one star reviews.
PS People talk about HDMI cables costing as much as the player. They are a ripoff ! There is a place called monoprice that has HDMI cables for under ten that are high quality.
They upgraded from 12bit video processing on the 4980 to 14bit on the 4990, and the picture quality is indeed yet better.
I won't detail all the Divx playing features that are described in other reviews, but suffice it to say that is plays a wider variety of files than the Philips 642 (which I also own) with better picture quality.
I recently upgraded to an LCD HDTV, and selected a somewhat more costly model because the upconverting of SD content was better than the entry model. However, the upconverting on this Toshiba player is better yet, and both Divx and DVD content upscales very well.
In summary, the picture quality, upconverting, and Divx playback compatibility are all excellent.
One flaw of the player is that it has some sort of "memory leak". In order for the player to work well, it has to be unplugged (not just turned off) when you are done using it. This clears the memory. If you start a session by plugging it in, it works fine 99% of the time, and the other 1% of the time, just uplug it again for a moment. That is definitely inconvenient - but there is a fix for that. Simply plug the 4990 into a cheap $5 power strip and plug the power strip into your usual outlet. Put the power strip in an easy to access place, and simply turn off the power strip using its switch after using the 4990. Then flip that switch right before inserting a disk. This should cure all the problems that people report with the one star reviews.
PS People talk about HDMI cables costing as much as the player. They are a ripoff ! There is a place called monoprice that has HDMI cables for under ten that are high quality.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Basicly this is a cheap upconverting dvd player with divx, picture quality is 9 of 10 on my westinghouse 32 lcd, besides dvd disc, it can play .avi and .wmv files. So far I haven't had any problem like pause during playback. The appearance is ok, not fancy. One thing worth mentioning is that this unit requires to connect by composite (or s-video) first to set up, if you connect it by hdmi or component, it wont work. After you change the settings to HDMI or component, it will work with hdmi or component.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
firmware solution
True does need firmware upgrade, doubt toshiba will be supplying one as unit has been archived by manufacturer, anythow since i only paid $40 for it at a discount store why not... Read more
Published on January 14, 2008 by Jules Raven
Flawed but fixable
I picked up one of these (SD-K860 version) at Goodwill for $27, with a 14-day return...So it was worth taking a chance... Read more
Published on January 10, 2008 by elric van buelken
I own this, and it rocks! GET IT NOW! It's a good alternative to the...
I don't know why or how this has such a low rating, maybe because it is mostly idiots on here who know NOTHING about HDTV's.
See I am the technical type! Read more
See I am the technical type! Read more
Published on November 9, 2007 by Alic Stone
Waste of money
You have to use component cables to connect to the TV in order to switch it to HDMI...... did they not think about this before releasing this product? Read more
Published on November 8, 2007 by Peptalk
Completely died in 8 months
I got this as a Christmas 2006 present. I probably watched 1-3 DVDs a week. It is now August 2007 and it won't read any disks I put in it. I have to buy a new DVD player. Read more
Published on August 20, 2007 by NY READER
Wish I could give it zero stars
This DVD player has been nothing but trouble. It freezes up and skips constantly. I get the message bad disc all the time. Read more
Published on May 2, 2007 by Jay Bird
Bad DVD player!
Got this to upgrade the Philips DVP642 for a new HDTV. I really want to stay with Philips. However, their DVP5960 doesn't have optical audio out (it has only coaxial out) - can't... Read more
Published on February 24, 2007 by Nhan Le
Lousy Product, Lousy Service
We bought this product in late 2006, it stopped working about 4 months later. We called Toshiba customer service, as advised in the manual, and after trouble-shooting, we were... Read more
Published on February 12, 2007 by Enders_Shadow
Freezes when playing audio cds
Everything else seems to work ok. Had the same buggy stupid problems with HDMI cables like everyone else at first, but thanks to reviews and research I quickly fixed that... Read more
Published on January 31, 2007 by M. burnham
An Excellent player.
After reading the reviews I didn't want to buy this player.
Any way, since, I must to buy a 1 region player (PAL+NTSC), this was the best in the market for the... Read more
Any way, since, I must to buy a 1 region player (PAL+NTSC), this was the best in the market for the... Read more
Published on January 21, 2007 by Y. Atad
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