Imagine how your friends and relatives would feel if you were able to bring the most intense and lifelike movie theater experience right into your living room. Imagine how they’d react to a picture that’s sharper than laser disc and twice as sharp as standard VHS. Imagine how the value of your couch would increase if it were enveloped in Dolby Digital Surround Sound? This is what happens when you have Toshiba DVD.Toshiba includes performance-enhancement and convenience features throughout its entire DVD line, and the SD2800 DVD player exemplifies the company’s commitment to high-performance and high-value. It is PLUGE compatible. PLUGE (Picture Line Up Generation Equipment) delivers the black as well as below black signals to a television. With this functionality, consumers can use a PLUGE chart to accurately set their TV’s black level. This then becomes the reference point for all other colors.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Reliable and straightforward DVD player
For the 5 or so years I’ve had this player it’s been a real trooper. It’s been easy to setup and use.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Solving the Disc Error Problem.
I have “fixed” several of these units.
The problem is the exceptionally poor quality rubber shock mounts in the rear of the Laser/drive motor assembly.
1.0 out of 5 stars
WARNING – Class Action Suit
See this site before considering Toshiba:
http://www.dvdnotice.com/
Like 80% of the reviews here, my player died within 18 months – after playing approximately…
4.0 out of 5 stars
6+ years and going strong
We’ve had this player for over 6 years and after some 500+ DVD’s played, it’s going just as strong as the first day. We’ve never had any trouble with it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Toshiba SD-2800 DVD Player – DISC ERROR
I had my Toshiba SD-2800 DVD player for 18 months. It worked well up until the other day, when “Disc Error” appeared after I put a movie in that I had rented.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mechanical flaw???
This DVD player generally plays well however disks tend to come dislodged from their slots as the carousel spins.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Update: Just retired, but still going strong!
This is an update of my previous review (Dec. 2002). I bought this DVD player in May ‘02, very nearly 2 years ago.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, real trooper, works great!
This player is excellent, feature loaded, cheap, high quality. I’ve had it nearly 2 years and have yet to have a single problem or even the slightest hint of a problem.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Strike 2
I had a previous Toshiba DVD (sorry don’t remember the model number)and after about 1.5 years a little stepper motor that moves the read head stopped stepping.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fancy Features but Unreliable
Consider this before you buy: Is it more important to buy cheap now (and pay more later for replacement/repair)? Or is it more important to get a machine that lasts?