November 10th, 2010
Toshiba SD280E – DVD Player
Toshiba DVD Player SD280
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Review by Mr. Derek J. Hawkins for Toshiba SD280E – DVD Player
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Good little player. Excellent picture and sound quality on standard shop bought DVDs. Easily converts to multi-region as reported by other reviewers so I can play my 30+ DVDs sourced in the USA. Does struggle with DVDs from other recorders though. DVD-Rs can ‘jump’ and sometimes pixelate. Warning! this player will NOT play DVD-RW ‘VR’ or DVD-RAM discs. So all the discs I created and edited to remove the adverts, will not play. I confirmed this with Toshiba technical support. Still a nice well-built player for the money though.
Review by The Wanderer for Toshiba SD280E – DVD Player
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Having been very happy with Toshiba products in the past- a microwave oven which finally had to be replaced after 24 years and my Toshiba rear projection tv, I decided to replace my Phillips player which died exactly one week after the 12 month expiry. As I have a huge collection of dvds from diferent regions, the first port of call was the multi-region hack. This was accomplished in seconds. The box says that it will play dvd-r’s that are recorded on a dvd recorder but might not play others. However it plays the several PC recorded dvd-r’s I’ve so far tried perfectly. Highly recommended. I just hope Toshiba are still building their products with the same durability I’ve come to expect and appreciate.
Review by Mr. S. Harvey for Toshiba SD280E – DVD Player
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Was looking for a DVD player to replace a nasty cheapo Currys one that refused to play burnt DVD’s, ended up buying this Tosh SD270 and i have to say its a great little player.
As i haven’t yet succumbed to the “posh telly” influences on the high street the lack of HDMI port didn’t affect my decision, it has component connections if and when i do require something to upscale to 720p/1080i (don’t worry, i don’t really understand that last bit either)
To get this machine to perform as a multi region player simply follow the following instructions
The Hack Procedure:
- Power On
- Open Tray
- Press 9879 0 (0 stands for Multiregion, you may press buttons 1 to 6 to choose a specific region)
- A Message appears stating that “The Reg.No was changed to: [insert whatever region (0-6) you selected here]”
That’s all, now you can watch every DVD you please… :)
All in all, for £30Toshiba SD280E – DVD Player ish delivered within 3 days, i refuse to grumble, it looks nice, has played everything i’ve tried including some DivX stuff burnt straight from my PC, and all in all i’m a very happy bunny
Now if someone could help me find a 32″ LCD for around £100 i’ll be even happier
Review by Venividicarpediem for Toshiba SD280E – DVD Player
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If you are not after top-of-the-range DVD player with HDMI upscaling go for this one but bear in mind that the price reflects its abilities. It played my DivX movies brilliantly, as well as the rest of my DVD’s.The quality of the music coming out from this player is just right. Do not expect any extras. The display can only show the number of the chapter when playing DVD’s and it also has a limited buffer memory when playing your pictures, therefore if you store your “precious moments” on DVD discs do expect that it can only display about 1000 images in less than 256 folders and cannot display files larger than 10 MB (info from Toshiba helpline, who by the way were really helpful and responded to my query within two days).You can also make this little player play your discs from different regions by using the same hack as used in Toshiba SD-270E.
Review by William J. D. Johnstone for Toshiba SD280E – DVD Player
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As other reviews have stated this is a very good dvd player – great value for money.
I was thinking of getting a more expensive player with upscaling abilities but, after reading an article in a av forum which said that the difference was very small and that average consumers would probably only be able to identify the upscale dvd player when viewing side by side with a cheaper one, I decided not to bother and save my money.
Whether this is true or not I don’t really know, Anyway this cheap(ish) Toshiba player provides an excellent picture and sound.
But a couple of points to remember – (1) it connects to your tv via a SCART to SCART connection cable and NOT a HDMI cable. There is no HDMI connection on the player. (2) the same article as above said it was worth buying a good SCART connection to ensure optimum picture/sound quality.
I “invested” in a relatively expensive THOR scart to scart cable. Apart from the tv quality aspect, the THOR cable looks and feels as though it’s built to last – maybe even longer than the player or the tv !!