Comments on: Toshiba SD-5980 Progressive Scan DVD Player with HDMI Output http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/ Reviews Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:30:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Middle age tech freak http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Middle age tech freak Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:04:19 +0000 http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/#comment-549 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. ----------------------------- 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 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

]]> By: Eric Moore http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Eric Moore Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:32:28 +0000 http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/#comment-548 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 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

]]> By: R. Riggs http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/comment-page-1/#comment-547 R. Riggs Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:45:00 +0000 http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/#comment-547 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 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

]]> By: Anita Sousa http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Anita Sousa Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:03:04 +0000 http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/#comment-546 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 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

]]> By: W. Key http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/comment-page-1/#comment-545 W. Key Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:44:30 +0000 http://theyearmovie.com/126/toshiba-sd-5980-progressive-scan-dvd-player-with-hdmi-output/#comment-545 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 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

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