Toshiba SD3805 5-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player

by Toshiba

Product Details

Product Manual [1.12mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 17 x 4.6 inches ; 12.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00006F6ZY
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,349 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Toshiba's SD3805 DVD-CD changer is bursting with quality, features, and nice design touches that enhance movie watching and listening to music. In our evaluation, the SD3805 won points for its ColorStream Pro progressive-scan video, quality analog-audio outputs, good MP3 navigation, convenient "top menu" feature, and detailed picture zoom (up to 6x!).

Whether your living room is currently home to a high-definition-ready or full HDTV, or you're merely thinking of "someday," the SD3805 is equipped to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The "top menu" button zips past the FBI warnings, previews, and other pre-menu annoyances written into many commercial DVDs. Disc marker lets you set up to seven points on a disc for easy reference, and the player recalls the points with beat accuracy, but resets the memory as soon as you load a new disc.

With a surround receiver capable of receiving a 96 kHz digital input, the SD3805 can be set to output a full 24-bit, 96 kHz audio signal, whereas most players down-convert to 48 kHz at the digital output. When the unit plays MP3 CDs, its onscreen display shows just enough of a track's title information for you to see the artists' names and the song titles. Direct track selection is inactive for MP3 discs (use the menu-navigation buttons to select tracks), but the repeat feature works fine. Direct-track access is lightning-quick on audio CDs.

The player's only serious drawback is one common to many multidisc changers: it's a little slow when loading discs, changing discs, and even powering up. And because there's no direct-disc access from the remote, you have to hit "disc skip" repeatedly to go from disc one to disc five. But for patient souls seeking a beautiful combination of features, quality, and affordability, the SD3805 is a great choice. --Michael Mikesell

Pros:

• Easy setup
• Exceptional progressive-scan video output
• Quality analog and digital audio outputs
• Top Menu function a real time saver
• Good MP3 disc navigation
• Simple remote control design

Cons:

• Slow to switch and load discs
• No direct-disc access from remote
• No MP3 direct-track access

Product Description

CONSUMER ALERT: This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the U.S.'s transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322), or visit the commission's digital-television Web site at: htttp://www.dtv.gov.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, November 20, 2002

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David J. Barrett (Gahanna, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba SD3805 5-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)

Great Player so far. Have watched a couple movies--Lord of the Rings, Star Wars--flawless viewing. It plays DVD-RW (have had success with Sony and Memorex DVD-RW discs burned from Sony DRU500A). I have it hooked through a Sony Receiver and the surround sound is excellent. Have yet to try the MP3 function. Appears to be a great buy. Highly recommended.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Buy, December 9, 2002

By 

Mike (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba SD3805 5-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)

A word to the wise- research, research, research. I bought a Phillips and it was really bad. i returned it for this one, and its way better. The zoom is by far the coolest feature. It looks nice, its fully navigatable w/o the remote, and it says 'hello' when you turn it on. The only downside is its kind of slow, but its not annoying. Also, the remote is comfortable, with open/close,and disk change. DTS for great sound (if you have a DTS receiver). All in all, its a good cd/dvd changer for the price. Good luck.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I would give it a 10 if I could!, January 22, 2003

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S. Hochman (Florida, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba SD3805 5-Disc Progressive-Scan DVD Player (Electronics)

This was my first Toshiba product ever. And I am most satisfied with it.
I saw that Toshiba was one of the developers of the DVD and it shows with their fine players.
This player is excellent. Great video with progressive scanning, incredible sound with very realistic surround sound effect, well laid-out, ergonomically designed remote control, and solid craftsmanship on the player.
Probably the best thing about this player and all Toshiba's is their ability to ZOOM on a picture. I have a standard TV and I get really annoyed when DVD's are only made for widescreen. And with my old player I would only see half the screen and get those annoying black lines at the top and bottom of the screen.
No more. This player has a zoom that eliminates that problem, and now I get the whole picture.
Furthermore, now I can finally see why DVD is so much better than video.
Toshiba does not have the name like SONY and Yamaha, but their products are fantastic and a lot less money. This unit is [$$$]less than a comparable SONY (which does not even offer a ZOOM feature)
Buy this DVD, it maybe the best player on the market with no exceptions!