Reviews
Toshiba SD-5980 Progressive Scan DVD Player with HDMI Output
- Upconverts DVD signals to either high-definition 720p or 1080i
- HDMI direct digital AV output and progressive-scan ColorStream component-video outputs for ultimate DVD and JPEG image quality
- MP3/WMA CD playback; 9-in-2 card reader supports nearly every known type of flash media
- Offers 3:2 pulldown, black-level expansion, power picture zoom
- Optical and coaxial digital-audio outputs pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround (to compatible AV receiver and speakers)
Product DescriptionToshiba’s SD-5980 incorporates HDMI output with video upconversion to 720p/1080i and a HD JPEG viewer. The combination of the HDMI output and specialized MPEG Decoder/Scaler chipset, provides consumers with a solution that maximizes viewing of high resolution digital images, realizing up to six times greater resolution than component video on a 1080i display. In addition, the model also features a Memory Card slot that supports nine different formats (Secure Digital. . . More >>
Toshiba SD-5980 Progressive Scan DVD Player with HDMI Output
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about 2 years ago
This machine had great potential-if only it wouldn’t shut itself off after playing for 5 minutes. Maybe I just got a lemon but buyer beware.
Rating: 1 / 5
about 2 years ago
This DVD Player will not play +R DVD’s. The menu displaying DivX files on DivX DVD’x is horrible. The menu did not display well, the file names were shortened and the filing system was not how I had made the files when I made the DVD. Don’t be fooled by the HDMI connection either, it makes absolutely no difference in picture quality. Toshiba should be ashamed to put their name on such an un-user-friendly product
Rating: 1 / 5
about 2 years ago
This unit is great in environments where noise is not a concern. Picture quality is great using component or HDMI connection. The issue I have is with noise. The whirring sound coming from the unit during playback is a little annoying during quieter movie passages and CD’s.
Rating: 3 / 5
about 2 years ago
I bought this DVD player about a year ago. It worked ok until about a month ago when it started stuttering. I kept hitting the play button over and over again until it got over that trouble spot. It was not the DVD because I played it in my portable and the “rough” spot played just fine. I got this player because I heard great things about the name brand. I agree with the other reviewer that it looks cheep looking. For a player that cost me 150. 00 dollars I really thought I was getting my moneys worth. Today it finally just quit playing. When I discovered it was sputtering, I cleaned the lens with a disk cleaner. That did not seem to help. I have a digital TV and that is the reason that I bought this player to begin with. Now I am stuck with buying another one. Very disappointing.
Rating: 1 / 5
about 2 years ago
Followup 11/07 ————–
Still going strong, but seems to have developed an annoying habit of going to sleep. In the middle of playing, suddenly playback stops and the blue Toshiba screen saver screen comes up. Hit play and we’re off and running again. Never happens more than once per DVD and not on every or the same DVD.
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I got this because it had a great price/feature tradeoff. I needed an HDMI-type player for a Samsung DLP TV. It works well for this, but does have it’s quirks. The most annoying is the occasional glich when changing chapters in the DVD program – a momentary freeze frame, then it moves on.
Playing still images from a card (SD in this case) is kind of a joke, especially when the files are larger (7 MP camera) – it seems the machine needs a faster processor and a better algorithm for reducing to the display size. Anyway, I didn’t buy it for that – but thought I would try it for fun.
As a DVD player it’s decent, especially if you need HDMI and have a TV capable of 720p or 1080i resolutions. Like another reviewer, I found that it took awhile to get it dialed in to both the TV and AV receiver but once set, it’s a capable player.
This is the 4th Toshiba player I’ve had and the only problem I’ve had is the first one (new in 1999) died after a LOT of use after nearly 5 years. I’m sure my next player will be a Toshiba.
Followup: Sorry Toshiba – going to Blu-Ray I have become a Panasonic fan!
Rating: 4 / 5