Customer Reviews

Toshiba XDE600 1080p Upconverted DVD Extended Detail

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I bought this one on a whim just to try out the extended detail enhancement feature. Of the three (Sharp, Color, Contrast) Sharp worked very well. I have a properly calibrated set, so the other two were pretty much of no use. On newer films Sharp added just the right amount of sharpness to scenes without additional halos or other edge enhancement artifacts (the better the film's cinematography the better it works). With older 4:3 aspect films or non-HD TV shows from the 90s the image is stretch and there is nothing I can do to fix it. My Vizio TV can't adjust for it (it just sees a 1080P image coming from the player and keeps it in its "normal" state - stretched in other words) and neither can the player. That's pretty frustrating and I may end up sending this back for that reason. Need to take stock of how many DVDs I rent that are 4:3. The audio is good/average. Nothing to write home about, but perfectly acceptable. The build quality of the unit is very light. The case of the player feels like a tin can and the remote is as tiny and lightweight as a child's toy. The buttons are very small and unintuitive.

Again, for what its basic purpose is (DVD upscaled playback), it does a great job on 16:9 widescreen material, particularly with Sharp enabled. The image quality rivals at times the Oppo DV-980H (no joke) and is slightly better than the Pioneer Elite DV-49AV. I wished Toshiba had chosen to put the XDE feature into a more quality player from a feature and build standpoint. It would have a real winner then - even at another say, $50 for that quality.

Edit: Well, after a week or so of ownership I feel I was a bit too harsh on the XDE-600, so I bumped the rating up to four stars. The image quality is so good for the low price that I can overlook the deficiencies. Plus I found a work-around of sorts for the 4:3 aspect problem. Set the HDMI resolution to 480p in the player and it will display in the proper aspect ratio on the TV. The only snag is that the XDE settings won't work in anything but 1080p, but since they are mostly older movies (that use that format) I can live with it.

The XDe-600 had one drawback keeping me from recommending it to anybody, it was region locked. However it would play PAL video as long as the sources were not region locked.

Thanks to an intrepid fellow called "hikarushidou" we have a region hack. Although first found for the EU model I checked it tonight on our XDE600 and can confirm it works for the US models as well.

"hikarushidou

Found the following code to unlock this unit to region free, have even tested it & it works!!

- turn on dvd player
- open tray
- press "35147199" on remote
- turn off dvd player
- turn dvd player back on & you should have an open region player!!"

Although the build quality feels slightly cheaper than the XDE-500 the XDE-600 does the same job with a slightly smaller foot print. The remote is a little different than the XDE-500 but once again is essentially the same.

For anyone with an extensive DVD collection this is the player to have. I will be glad when a there are blu-ray players available with DVD performance on par with the XDE line at a reasonable price.

First impression of the XDE-600 are favorable, so far none of the issues that affected our XDE-500(s) have shown up in this player. The coming months will tell for sure as it will be getting a lot more use.

I was in the market for a nice, inexpensive upscaling DVD player for my home theater. I currently own a PS3 for my blu-ray needs, and I didn't want to put the extra strain on the PS3 by using it for my regular DVD's and netflix rentals.

I have to say this thing is GREAT!!!! It has a nice, sleek design and runs very cool. The upscaling is AMAZING (of course connected with a HDMI). I very rarely have any issues with playback. I have had a few occurrences where the sound lagged behind the picture, but testing the netflix dvd's on another player showed that it was the DVD itself and not the player.

I'm VERY happy with this product, and will look to replace it with another when the times comes!

I have had this player for about a month and a half now, and I agree with the favorable reviews I've been reading on Amazon from other owners. I find that the sharpness enhancement options in the 1080p 24f mode may benefit certain HDTV's, but with my HDTV, picture quality and detail look great with those settings left off. I especially like having both Toslink, and coaxial digital audio outputs, as one gets used for my audio CD recorder. I think Toshiba outdid themselves on this model for all of the extra features it has for being a non-blu ray player. All in all, I highly recommend it to anyone who likes lots of choices of different functions.

Researched non Blu Ray DVD players on-line and chose the Toshiba as the best for my system. Amazon had the best price so I ordered it. Came exactly when Amazon said it would. Simple to install. Had it working within 30 minutes of opening the box. Very good quality picture and sound. Remote has pretty small buttons and no back lighting so need moderately bright room light to operate. Pleased with the product and with the service from Amazon.

Great picture quality. Very sleek and very light. I don't like the remote it is totally black and hard to see buttons, it should be white on black like my Toshiba HDTV remote. But so far, very good buy for the $60 or whatever.

A really decent DVD player with everything one would expect at this price point. The included SE-R0313 remote control has buttons spaced out well considering normal finger thickness of an average men in USA or Europe. The DVD player offers an ergonomic remote control, richness of functions (including the very useful zoom and slow), intelligent menus (big and easy to see and navigate through), and a legible display unlike any other player in its class. it is not surprising considering that Toshiba invented the DVD. Though the front panel display has only 4 digits to show only chapter number unlike a 8-digit display in Toshiba SD3950 showing the time of already seen or remaining part. Also, it is lacking the corresponding FL SELECT function to switch between displaying said time and chapter number. However, such lack is compensated since the time of already seen or remaining part can be continuously displayed, as a little distraction, on-screen and also switched to the chapter number.

This dvd player came setup for all region dvd's.
Put in a region 2 dvd( from England) and it played
it perfectly.Tried a region 1 dvd and it played perfectly.
I used an HDMI and optical hookups and got a really great
picture.This dvd player does what it says it will and
it does it very well.
Compared to other 1080P,region free dvd players that are
more expensive,this one gives the best bang for the buck.
Highly recommend.

Highly recommend. It took some researching but then found the code and can now watch any DVDs from all around the world which is a great thing in this household since we are military and move around a lot. Considering buying for other rooms in the house as well

The unit is terrific, looks great. The hand held controller does not work consistently. It eats batteries like crazy - needs new ones almost weekly. This really takes away from the product. I tried calling customer service which was a nightmare and took me through a reset - this did not fix the problem. Very disappointed as this is a brand new unit less than 1 month old. They should have provided an exchange - they suggeted buying another controller - VERY BAD TOSHIBA - VERY BAD CUSTOMER SUPPORT!