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DVD Players Toshiba XD-E500 DVD Player - Benchmark
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| Toshiba XD-E500 DVD Player - Benchmark |
| Written by Brian Alvarez and Adrian Wittenberg |
| Thursday, 19 February 2009 16:00 |
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Conclusions The Toshiba XD-E500 is an exceptionally good low cost up-converting DVD player when used via HDMI and it received a perfect score under the HDMI section of the Secrets benchmark. In stark contrast was its de-interlacing performance using component video outputs which was some of the worst performance we have seen. With XDE modes engaged, the picture always possessed a hyper real look. Picture can be very subjective and there may be some who find the almost hyper real image appealing. For those individuals this player is a great fit. For those of us that seek a film like, deep, three dimensional image, present in Blu-ray media, the Toshiba falls a bit short. If your budget is 100 dollars then this up-converting DVD player is a great choice. The Toshiba is only outclassed by players like the Oppo DV-981HD that cost nearly three times more. Fine praise indeed. Review System Receiver: Denon AVR-3808CI Comments (9)
Uhm... WOW
written by Kieran Coghlan , February 23, 2009 Isn't this only the second player ever to score 100% on the Secrets bench test? Impressive, indeed. Other than music playback and component video where/how else does the Oppo beat it?
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written by Brian Alvarez , February 24, 2009 The Oppo in my comparison had better depth and subtlety to the image. The Oppo looks more film like and a bit softer. The Toshiba, even with the XD-E500 sharp mode OFF was slightly sharper.
toshiba xd-e500 review spot on
written by stuart elliott , February 24, 2009 i have this players hdmi output feeding an optoma projector.xd enhancements definitely worsen the resultant image.this is very disappointing and toshiba need to re- examine this feature which is poor when in use. i also tried it out on a new 1080p samsung 40" lcd tv with same results. with xd features "off" though it is very good indeed as per the excellent review. sound is also very good with plenty of depth/clarity. if toshiba cannot greatly improve the xd feature then they should bin the idea altogether as at present it does nothing but ruin a good picture. i differ in my appraisal in that i just couldnt see anyone being happy with the xd enhancement in operation. the player though is still easily worth the money in my opinion.
check some non-ht reviews
written by Kieran Coghlan , February 24, 2009 Plenty of people are ecstatic about the xde feature in the reviews on amazon.com... go figure. Apparently there are still lots of people out there who think that in-store "torch mode" is the way movies should be viewed.
I LIKE IT
written by W. Glover , February 25, 2009 I have one, as well as the Panasonic BD35 Blu-ray player. I think the BD35 is brilliant, but I find on many well encoded DVDs the Toshiba is not far behind. I have both players set to 1080p (the Toshiba 'defaults' to 1080i on my 768p Panasonic 42PX60 set to cinema) On good DVDs the sharp mode is brilliant, but can be fooled. The 'off' mode is also very good, and beats my Denon 1730.
Why it defaulted to 720P
written by Stephen Dawson , March 05, 2009 The article says: 'Strangely the XD-E500 in auto mode chose 720p as the output resolution. My Panasonic TH-50PX60U 50” plasma actually supports 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p60. Why the Toshiba defaulted to 720p is baffling.' Most HDMI-equipped displays include an Extended Display Identification Data block (search EDID on Wikipedia for all the techical stuff). This specifies that various resolutions that the designers of the display think it can handle, and sets a default. Generally, HDMI source devices with an 'Auto' resolution setting read that default resolution and sets the output to match. The Panasonic TV has a resolution vertical resolution of 768 pixels. Chances are Panasonic has set its default EDID entry to 720p60.
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written by Brian Alvarez , March 08, 2009 I'll try and look into that. Though my BDP-S550, and Oppo player both automatically defaulted to 1080p as well as my XBOX 360 and PS3.
Mine won't play the
written by Jim Moore , April 22, 2009 I was sitting on a rainy day and saw on TV was the Matrix on TNT. I got out my old copy of The Matrix. I got to chapter 19 and it started to trip up. Weird first there minor green blocks they disappeared and the lip synch was way off. Then it skipped to the next chapter for 2 minutes then it went to the default XDE screen and wouldn't play. I figure the authoring was off and the flags tripped up the player. Why flawless to chapter 19 and then the collapse?
Toshiba quality is inconsistent
written by Pete , August 10, 2009 My uncle got an xde-500 soon after they came out. We tried it on our 60" Pioneer plasma and we were very impressed. The picture was much sharper and more detailed than the previous toshiba upconverting player we have. Now, a year later, since prices have come down, I bought one for my family, and I swear the picture is not as sharp/detailed with this one. It still looks good, sharper than the other toshiba upconverting player we have, but I'm just not impressed with the sharpness and detail like I was with the first one we tried a year ago. Back then we used a 4 ft hdmi cable. Now I'm using a 12 ft hdmi cable. Could that be the difference? I doubt it. I think Toshiba changed something in the build. Also, I noticed this new one does a very poor job deinterlacing (I get less flicker setting it to 1080i and letting the tv do the deinterlacing than setting it to 1080p/24). With the first one, I didn't notice any flicker in any mode. I also own a Toshiba dvd recoder who's clock runs fast and can't keep the correct time. Toshiba's quality is not very good in my experience. Write comment
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