Toshiba SD-4990 Upconverting Progressive Scan DVD Player

Product Description PROGRESSIVE SCAN DVD PLAYER W/HDMI DIVX .com Watch your favorite DVDs on your high-definition flat screen television with no loss of video quality thanks to the Toshiba SD-4990 upconverting, single-disc DVD player. Using the HDMI connection and a compatible TV, you'll get uncompressed digital video up to HDTV level resolutions of 720p or 1080i. And since this conversion is performed within the player, the signal remains free from excessive digital-to-analog conversion artifacts. You'll also be able to view your high-megapixel digital camera snapshots in enhanced resolution via the HDMI connection. Measuring just 1.65 inches high, this stylishly silver, super-slim player is compatible with a wide variety of disc and digital file formats, including DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, and VCD discs as well as MP3, WMA, and JPEG (Kodak Picture and FujiColor CDs) content burned to disc. It's also DivX Home Theater Certified, meaning that it's compatible with video burned to disc using both the DivX video format. The SD-4990 performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture. With the JPEG Viewer, you can easily display your

Highlights: Slim-profile, single-disc upconverting DVD player; measures 16.9 x 1.65 x 8.2 inches (WxHxD) Upconverts 480p DVD video to high defintion 720p/108i via HDMI connection Compatibility with DVD movie, CD audio,CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-R/RW, and VCD discs; DivX, JPEG, MP3 and WMA files Outputs: 1 composite, 1 S-Video, 1 component, 1 HDMI DVD offer Dolby Digital/DTS decoding; coaxial and optical digital audio outputs

What you can expect: Slim-profile, single-disc upconverting DVD player; measures 16.9 x 1.65 x 8.2 inches (WxHxD) Upconverts 480p DVD video to high defintion 720p/108i via HDMI connection Compatibility with DVD movie, CD audio,CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-R/RW, and VCD discs; DivX, JPEG, MP3 and WMA files Outputs: 1 composite, 1 S-Video, 1 component, 1 HDMI DVD offer Dolby Digital/DTS decoding; coaxial and optical digital audio outputs

Customer feedback: 3.1/5 average rating.

Review snippets: This DVD player is very compact and lightweight, which may be reason for some here to have called it 'flimsy'. I have had no problems at all with this unit, and the picture and sound quality are excellent. I'm very / The box came as fast as represented in the advertisement, but after using it for about 4 DVD movies, it would no longer play. I contacted the service department of Toshiba and was informed it had to be returned at