Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35507 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: XDE500
• Released on: 2008-09-24

Manufacturer's Description
Toshibas new groundbreaking upscaling DVD player, encompassing the new XDE (eXtended Detail Enhancement) technology.

The XDE DVD player provides more than just upscaling, it takes DVD picture quality to a whole new level. By enhancing video and detail closer to the HD (Higher Definition) experience, XDE technology lets you enjoy your existing DVD collection in a whole new way. The XDE includes three additional video processes to deliver sharper, cleaner images with richer more vibrant colours & contrast.
	The XDE includes three additional video processes to present clearer images with richer, more vibrant colours and contrast- Detail Enhancement, Intelligent Colour & Contrast Enhancement. The three video processes produce three different modes: Sharp Mode: Uses Detail Enhancement to create sharper edges and makes details in movies more visible. Colour Mode: Combines Intelligent Colour with Detail Enhancement to improve the overall colour balance of the picture. Contast Mode: Combines contrast enhancement with Detail Enhancement to improve contrast in dark areas whilst maintaining brightness in others- perfect for darker scenes.
	The DVD technology converts a standard 480p signal on a standard DVD to 1080p signal for optimum picture quality on a High Definition Screen, enhancing your viewing experience.
	A HDMI output allows you to connect to a compatible HD ready TV/ Laptop for true high definition content, as well as multi channel audio. It delivers perfect picture and sound quality. There is no requirement to program your multimedia devices- simply plug in and play.
	The regza link feature allows for your Toshiba XDE DVD and TV to be controlled via one remote control when connected via a HDMI. There is no need to input commands via several remote controls, sit back and control your multimedia via one source.
	Surround Sound Technology used for home theatre systems that enhances audio. The Technology used produces true to life audio. The premium sound quality allows you to enjoy the sound in parallel with near high definition picture quality, ensuring a enjoyable entertainment experience.
	A video compression software that allows high quality video to be compressed into small files and played back onto your XDE DVD player. All Divx encoded tracks/footage can be played back via CD-R or CD-RW. There is no requirement to buy specially formatted CD’s to view Divx files â€" so you can just about virtually view anything.
	View all your digital camera images on the bigger screen via your XDE DVD player- see all your captured memories in true resolution.
	MP3 encoded tracks can be played back via CD-R or CD-RW- use your XDE as a multi purpose system not only is it the perfect viewing experience its great for playing back your favourite music.

Box Contains

• Toshiba XDE500 DVD player
• HDMI lead
• Remote control
• Batteries for remote control
• Manual

Customer Reviews

Very Good But....
This player does indeed have the ability to make a good quality DVD look really good but can make a poor quality one look even worse.

However....
It can not play back a 4:3 aspect DVD unless you set the HDMI to the lowest video mode and in that mode (and several others), the XDE functions are not available.

How they managed to miss the correct playback of 4:3 material is beyond me...

My Toshiba HD-DVD player can do it....

Next, as already mentioned by others, there is no resume playback unless you leave the disc in with the unit on.

Not the end of the world but if you are watching TV programs on DVD with several episodes a disc resume comes in handy if you only want to watch one episode at a time without having to remember where you were.

Unit front display.
It only shows the chapter number on the front LED display. Extra DVD info can only be displayed on screen.

I must admit with the units flaws I was close to sending it back but for viewing my anamorphic good quality discs it does a good job and of course can be made region free...

- open the tray
- type 2403960
- press 9
- close the tray
- put the player in standby and back on again

Great picture quality, but Philips TV owners beware
There is currently a compatibility issue between the XDE player and Philips televisions - well, certainly mine which is one of the latest LCD models, a 37PFL9603. These televisions can't display anything from the player when connected via HDMI cable. Toshiba are aware of this and are shipping a software update for the DVD player which will hopefully solve the problem.

Frustrations with getting it to work aside, I've had a go at viewing the picture from the XDE player on my DELL 24" PC monitor. I must say that the improvements are amazing and in SHARP mode, you can almost believe you're watching a BluRay disc. It's certainly good enough for me to look forward to bringing new life to my collection of film DVDs, although you won't see much improvement on DVDs of older TV shows.

Others have commented that it's quite a cheap looking device and certainly the disc tray and remote are poor and the display on the front of the player not particularly informative. Still, value for money counts at this end of the market and so I'd wholeheartedly recommend it - especially if you've got a huge DVD collection and want to avoid being tempted to replace them all with BluRay discs!

All your existing films again - only better!!!
In a word - Fantastic!!!

Just bought the new XDE player and it's great. We've had a HD TV for quite a while but have been using our existing DVD player. Value for money this has to be the best DVD player you can buy. Since we had it, we've been watching all of our existing DVD's because it's like watching a different film. Everything seems that much better.

I'd seriously recommend this to anyone looking for a new DVD machine. We had almost bought a Blue Ray player but I'm glad we didn't - not only is this machine cheaper, we're able to play all of our existing DVD's on it and I can't imagine they could look much better than they do now!