Toshiba SD-3990 Progressive Scan DVD Player

Toshiba SD-3990 Progressive Scan DVD Player
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Why settle for an also-ran when you can get a high-quality Toshiba DVD player that offers exceptional value for your budget. Toshiba is one of the leaders in the electronics industry, known for high reliability and advanced technology. Did you know that this DVD video player can also play all formats of CD audio discs. It can even play CDR discs that have recorded MP3 files that were downloaded through a computer. In addition, the SD3990 is also DiVX Home-Theater compatible. DivX is a global digital media format (somewhat similar to a DVD) that has been gaining popularity. Toshiba SD3990 also offers Digital Progressive-Scan which delivers 480p images on a 480p-compatible TV / EDTV model. So why compromise for an unknown brand when you can own a Toshiba? This slim style DVD player is something you'll be proud to own, use, and enjoy. S-Video Output Composite Video Output 1 Pair Analog Audio Outputs 3 - 2 Pulldown Digital Picture Zoom Screen Saver Front LED Display Unit Dimensions - Width - 16.93? x Height - 1.65? x Depth - 7.87? Toshiba USA 90 Days Labor/1 Year Parts Limited Warranty
Amazon.com Product Description
Nicely affordable yet packed full of powerful video and audio playback features, the Toshiba SD-3990 single-disc, progressive scan DVD player has a stylishly silver, super-slim profile that measures just 1.65 inches high. It's also 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-3990 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 favorite digital photos and create custom slideshows with a few simple clicks of the player's remote control. The interactive Digital Picture Zoom feature allows you to select an area of the video from a DVD and magnify it. Other DVD playback features include fast scan, slow motion, multi-angle selection, multi-subtitle selection, and parental lock.

You get vivid, realistic sound, thanks to Toshiba's 24-bit/192 kHz pulse code modulation (PCM) audio processor. PCM audio translates digital signals from your DVDs and CDs into warmer, natural sound. The DVD player offers Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, and you can connect to a multi-channel home theater surround sound system via the coaxial digital audio output. It also produces 3D virtual surround sound from two speakers. It features the following video and audio connections:

Composite A/V: 1
S-Video: 1
Component Video: 1
Digital audio: 1 coaxial

Tech Talk
DivX is a compressed digital video format (like MP3) that's based on the MPEG-4 video compression standard. It can reduce the video from a DVD (MPEG-2) to around 10 percent of its original size while still retaining good video and audio quality, enabling you to store several two-hour length movies on burned DVD media.

Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.

What's in the Box
Single-disc DVD player, remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions

Average customer rating: 3.5

Excellent PDA for the Price
Nino Better than the Rest
Nino - No wonder they quit making it
poor cradle design
Philips NINO still the best bet!

Philips Nino 510 Windows Organizer

Manufacturer: Philips
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00000J1OU

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Product Description

For the more experienced palm PC user, Philips has expanded upon the standard features of their previous Nino's to bring you the most comprehensive palm PC ever - the Nino 510! The Nino 510 has the same lightweight, expandable, easy sync Palm features as the Nino 200 and 300 series and much more! One of the most advanced features of the Nino 510 that makes it stand out from other palm PCs, is the color touch screen display. You may not realize how important color is on your palm computer but in comparison to a palm computer without color, the benefits are tremendous. The Nino 510 display supports 256 colors, making your palm experience fun and pleasurable. The color advantage will provoke you to use your Nino 510 more, increasing your productivity and making your purchase a valuable one. Backlighting and contrast control ensure easy readability and brightness with no strain on your eyes! Automatic synchronization transfers your calendar, contact, and to-do list between your Nino 510 and your Windows 95, 98, or NT personal computer. Then everything you need on the road is in the palm of your hand for instant portable access. The Nino 510 automatically recharges its AA NiMH battery pack while it syncs so you don't have to worry about losing power! The Nino 510 also communicates wirelessly with other infrared and Windows CE 95/98 or NT 4.0 devices through its infrared transceiver. This means you are able to sync information with other Palm PC users, and utilize the service of other IrDA devices including PCs, printers, scanners, and mobile phones. With the Nino 510, your critical business and personal data is right at your fingertips. As your pool of information grows, the Nino accommodates with memory expansion possibilities. A color screen makes your Nino experience as pleasurable and productive as it can be. Nothing keeps you more connected to the office while you're on the road. Who says you can't bring your PC with you everywhere?!

Amazon.com Review

Computing power doesn't have to rest on your desktop; it can travel with you. Keep yourself informed and organized with the Philips Nino 510. The Nino 510 manages your calendar, business contacts, and to-do list; recognizes voice commands; and records voice memos. It also sports a beautiful, razor-sharp color display.

Setting up the Nino 510 was easy--we just inserted the battery pack, connected the Nino dock to our PC, dropped in the Windows CE CD-ROM and followed the setup wizard. The process was entirely straightforward as we followed the instructions on the Quick Start card.

The 510 has a crystal-clear LCD display with 256 vibrant colors--among the brightest, sharpest displays of any handheld PDA we've tested. You navigate through the Nino's applications by either pressing several side-mounted buttons (designed for one-handed operation), by speaking voice commands, or by tapping the stylus on the backlit display. The Nino is especially comfortable to hold and operate. For text input, you have your choice of tapping the on-screen "keyboard" (standard or Tegic T9) or using one of the handwriting recognition systems (Jot or CalliGrapher).

In our tests, we trained NinoVoice--the voice command recognition system--to recognize our commands for common applications (for example, saying "Note Taker" to activate Note Taker). We found NinoVoice no more or less convenient than the more conventional buttons or stylus, but it's still a cool feature. Also included is CalliGrapher, the sophisticated handwriting-recognition software from ParaGraph. CalliGrapher does not require that you train it to recognize commands, although you can for improved accuracy. This software also recognizes cursive writing.

With its attractive, ergonomic design, digital audio abilities, terrific software suite, and beautiful color display, we highly recommend the Nino 510--the PDA that can keep you both organized and entertained.

Pros:
<UL> <LI>Beautiful color display <LI>One-handed ergonomic controls </UL> Cons:
<UL> <LI>Slightly larger than other PDAs <LI>Does not include 9-to-25-pin serial adapter </UL>

Customer Reviews:

Excellent PDA for the Price.......2004-02-20

Excellent PDA, I got much use out of it. The price for these is amazing... you wont find a cheaper, color, internet ready PDA on the market. THis thing is excellent!

Nino Better than the Rest.......2000-03-03

First, let's cut to the chase. The Nino is the best Windows CE device on the market. It's sturdy and easy to use and the new color display is clearest there is. The Casio device looks as if it would crack if you touched it the wrong way and HP's new PDA is too bulky to be practical.

A constant criticism of Windows CE devices are the multitude of software options that aren't really useful. But, I love the voice recognition software and the digital messaging. I use it to recap sales calls all the time.

I too had some problems with installation, so I sympathize with the previous comments. If Philips has indeed discontinued the Nino, I hope their replacement is even better.

Nino - No wonder they quit making it.......2000-02-16

Dealing with Philips customer service is like pulling teeth...and since I just had a tooth pulled, I know what I'm talking about. The docking system for the Nino 510 is terrible-50% operational rate. A crack formed on my touch screen and grew all the way accross it. Of course it had to be my fault (even though Nino is always in my hand or in its case). When I ask if 100% of the Ninos coming of the Korean assembly line had no cracks form in the touch screen, the answer was no. But anyway, $177 to fix a $300 unit. Don't buy one.

poor cradle design.......1999-12-13

I bought the nino because I thought it was a great bargain. Well...I guess like with everything else you get what you pay for. When I took it home and tried to sync it with my desktop nothing happened. 6 hours later and hours of frustration with customer service and we (Phillips cust. service) and myself came to the conclusion that the problem was with the docking cradle. I brought the product back and exchanged it for another one. I took it home and had the same problem. Needless to say I switched to the Cassiopeia and it worked fine. Anyway could have been bad luck but 3 products that don't sync make me question the product's engineering. Conclusion: Pay the extra money and go with a product besides the Nino

Philips NINO still the best bet!.......1999-12-08

Although the NINO 510 lacks 'stereo' mp3 for example, it is still the best bet out there.

When the NINO first came out,it was a dramaticaly different palm size pc and it was widely accepted as the best. Now most Palm-pc manufacturers have copied Philips success.

First off, the NINO is ergonomic. I did the review for the 312 and the same goes here, it is easy to hold and access information with ONE HAND. Compared to others (like the stupid Compaq 2150 I have) that are trying to copy the 3Com Palms. You can scroll, enter and exit with one hand and access your favorite applications as well with one hand!

The 510 includes the latest software package for the NINO series and if you look at the reviews from the major magazines and online computer sites they love it because it is HIGH END software. (even the voice recognition software which is fun to use, but you'll be quicker using the buttons).

The color ppcs are nice, however most windows ce basic applications don't really use it, it's still mostly gray. However add on packs and software are using it and when you want to view pictures (I have all my pictures on my ppc instead of in a wallet) you can pop it on and show your friends...they love it because they are seeing it on a ppc.

Final word, you'll love the NINO 510. Philips provides great customer service (I used them before and they were very quick in helping me out) and they are sturdy. I used my NINO in a hectic retail environment for months where it got banged around, stuck it in my BACK POCKET, dropped it, etc. It only gave out when I hit the screen with a metal beam (which would kill virtually anything anyways.). It actually still did work after that with the big crack in the screen but I couldn't use it because the touch screen was damaged...talk about takes a licking and keeps on ticking! Get extra insurance or extended warranty though because the screen is your most expensive part of the ppc.

There is a new windows ce 'active sync' which is what you use to connect your ppc to your computer. It works great (version3)

You'll find plenty of places on the net to sync your ppc and computer such as yahoo!, etc. where you can maintain your address book, calendar,tasks, etc. Place PCS cell phone notification like I do and even when you don't have your ppc you'll be notified! Connect a palm pc modem to your NINO 510 (get it before january 2000...50 buck special offer from microsoft also on the windows ce website) and you'll be surfing the web.

There is no way Palm operating system pcs can match what windows ce can do. Windows CE operates just like windows so there is a 0 learning curve...besides, there is more flexibility and tons of future add ons that only windows ce can offer that the palm os lacks. Palm pcs are ok if you want a bland, 'basic', palm size pc. If you want the best, stick WindowsCE though.

They are sturdy little machines and are truely fun to have!

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