Toshiba SD6100 1080p Upconverting DVD Player

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 16.9 x 1.6 inches ; 2.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 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: B001415EQ4
• Item model number: SD-6100
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,924 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Progressive Scan DVD Player with 1080p Upconversion

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost blu-ray, April 25, 2008

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B. Pettepiece "B" (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba SD6100 1080p Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

I'm impressed with the picture quality coming out of the 6100. I only expected it to be slightly better than regular dvd but sometimes watching a movie I can almost forget that it's not a Blue-ray. I give it a 9/10 for picture quality and I am pleasantly surprised.

As for the "Regza-Link" I don't know. You are supposed to be able to control the DVD player with the TV remote if you have a Toshiba Regza television which I do but I still had to program the code for the DVD player in to the TV remote, which I would have had to do anyway. It turns the TV off when you turn off the DVD like a blue-ray but doesn't turn on the tv when powered on.

These things aren't as important to me as the picture quality and for that I give it a 9. Only way it could be better is if it were a Blue-ray.
I'm running the 6100 with an HDMI cable to a Toshiba 47" Regza.

*Edit 9/7/08*
Still happier than ever with the 6100 and am still considering whether I really need a blu-ray player. The new DVD's that are being released are so much clearer than those even released a few years ago and really look fantastic upscaled to 1080p. Read an article that Toshiba's answer to Sony after losing the format war between Toshiba's HDDVD and Sony's Blu-ray is to offer 1080p upscaling so good it's hard to distinguish from blu-ray. After using this DVD player I believe it and look forward to seeing what Toshiba has in store for the future.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice dvd player, June 12, 2008

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Jany Scheffel (Bushkill, Pa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba SD6100 1080p Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

First, it is very light and small in size, so you don't really need a lot of space for it. Mine sits in front of my 42 inch lcd tv. It does not have a clock but unless it's a dvd burner, you don't really need one. Second, it does not play homemade dvds, I get the message"bad disk" while I have no problem playing them on two of my other dvd players (Panasonic). I gave my daughter a Toshiba dvd player and she too, has the same problem so it must be the Toshiba technology. But the price was right for a HD player, about $52 so I'm not complaining. I do like Toshiba products so I tend to stick with the brand.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great picture, no frills, January 25, 2009

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M. Pena (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba SD6100 1080p Upconverting DVD Player (Electronics)

This upconverting DVD player's picture is fantastic, but the options are limited. It's front display is sophomoric, and buttons are few. The REGZA connections however, make up for it's simple controls. When you insert a disk, the TV automatically changes to DVD intputs, nice. Picture is amazing, and clear. It is, however, a little louder in operation than I thought. I read the reviews about it making a little noise, but motors sound louder than my 10 year older player sitting next to it. Oh well, just turn the volume.