This review is from: Toshiba SD2010 DVD Player with USB (Electronics)
For its price it is good. The DVD worked fine and the USB works with JPG pics and AVI/DIVX movies. There is an LED display on the front which shows you how long you have watched the DVD. The hack mentioned by Duncan converts it to multi-regional. The remote could be larger and more ergonomical. I am thinking of buying a second one for my other TV. I did not need to read the very small manual. It does not support HDMI, so use a SCART instead (not supplied). It has a magnify function, which I found very usefull when viewing films on my old 4:3 TV (i.e. good for your dad or Grandma). It also supports the American NTSC system as well as PAL, so you can play American DVDs once you have made it multi-regional, which makes it great value for money.
NB. You have to enter the standard Toshiba hack to make it multi-region; use remote to open the tray; enter 98790 and there you are (then it will play your USA DVDs).
The weakest link, will be the DVD tray, it is mechanical, could last 1, 2 or 3 years…
Endnote (Dec 2011): After over a year of owning this DVD player it is still working fine. I am buying this player for my mum for Christmas, she is now 80, so she can play my James Garner DVDs.
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The first review was so glowing i wondered if it had been written by the seller! What a relief, i just tested 3 different region DVDs in it and everything plays, so if you want a multi that really IS a multi that you don’t have to mess about with this is it.
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I’m very pleased with DVD player but was confused as on box it said Region 2 only and I specifically wanted a multi-region player. So I emailed for advice. Still waiting for a reply. Decided to use DVD player and found that it does play my other region DVD’s. What would have happened had I had a more serious problem. so can recommend Player but not customer service.
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Does what it says on the box, even better, it supports NTSC.,
For its price it is good. The DVD worked fine and the USB works with JPG pics and AVI/DIVX movies. There is an LED display on the front which shows you how long you have watched the DVD. The hack mentioned by Duncan converts it to multi-regional. The remote could be larger and more ergonomical. I am thinking of buying a second one for my other TV. I did not need to read the very small manual. It does not support HDMI, so use a SCART instead (not supplied). It has a magnify function, which I found very usefull when viewing films on my old 4:3 TV (i.e. good for your dad or Grandma). It also supports the American NTSC system as well as PAL, so you can play American DVDs once you have made it multi-regional, which makes it great value for money.
NB. You have to enter the standard Toshiba hack to make it multi-region; use remote to open the tray; enter 98790 and there you are (then it will play your USA DVDs).
The weakest link, will be the DVD tray, it is mechanical, could last 1, 2 or 3 years…
Endnote (Dec 2011): After over a year of owning this DVD player it is still working fine. I am buying this player for my mum for Christmas, she is now 80, so she can play my James Garner DVDs.
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The first review was so glowing i wondered if it had been written by the seller!
What a relief, i just tested 3 different region DVDs in it and everything plays, so if you want a multi that really IS a multi that you don’t have to mess about with this is it.
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|Multi-region DVD player,
I’m very pleased with DVD player but was confused as on box it said Region 2 only and I specifically wanted a multi-region player. So I emailed for advice. Still waiting for a reply. Decided to use DVD player and found that it does play my other region DVD’s. What would have happened had I had a more serious problem. so can recommend Player but not customer service.
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