Toshiba SD-4990 Upconverting Progressive Scan DVD Player

Toshiba SD-4990 Upconverting Progressive Scan DVD Player
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Product Description
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 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
HDMI: 1
Digital audio: 1 coaxial, 1 optical

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.

HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver) with your TV--all over a single cable. HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It supports all ATSC formats--standard (SDTV), enhanced (EDTV), and high (HDTV).

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
Upconverting single-disc DVD player, remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions
Product Description
The Toshiba SD4990 DVD Player gives you better DVD player. It accepts various disc formats, to broaden the functionality of standard DVD players. The video upconversion displays a pure digital signal at both 720p or 1080i -- eliminating signal-degrading A/D-D/A conversion, matching the resolution of the HDTV monitor. The HDMI connection includes both digital audio and video signals in one convenient cable. It's DivX Home Theater Certified, for DivX, AVI and MPEG4 playback. HD JPEG provides images in their enhanced resolution when using HDMI and an HDTV display device. Progressive Scan HDJPEG Camera Angle Select Digital picture zoom Multi-camera angle select Multi-language & multi-subtitle select D/A 24-bit/192kHz audio Video D/A 14-Bit/108MHz Dolby Digital/DTS Compatible Virtual Surround Sound WMA & MP3 playback DivX Home Theater certified Parental lock Bookmark tool HDMI w/ Dolby Digital and DTS Bitstream Output Connections - S-Video, RCA in, L-R in, Y/Pr/Pb (1 set) Outputs - Coaxial, Optical (1 each) Dimensions(WxHxD) - 16.93 x 1.65 x 8.11

Average customer rating: 4.0

Great product!
doesn't work
Works Perfectly
Best on market, but not that good
Nothing wrong here

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Fits these Nokia models: 8860, 8890, 3360, 3390, 8260, 8290

Customer Reviews:

Great product!.......2004-08-28

I just ordered two headsets because the one I got with my phone stopped working. Mind you, I didn't treat it very well and even after stepping on the ear piece twice (and keeping it held together with a rubber band) the thing was still working! It was only after repeated abuse that it finally fell apart. I figure that with two I'll cut down on having to transport it to and fro, as much. This is my first time ordering from Amazon and I'm hoping I won't be disappointed. Oh, and in response to the review dated 2-27-03 (cell phones and brain cancer in mice), the two studies mentioned have not been corroborated by any future studies conducted on the matter. See the FDA's reports (www.fda.gov/cellphones) and extensive international research compiled in a report by the Medical College of Wisconsin (www.mcw.edu).

doesn't work.......2003-08-18

doesn't work with my kyocera.

as for the rat thing above, yeah, if i was a rat I guess I'd be using my headset alot, too.

Works Perfectly.......2003-03-31

(This review is based on use with the Nokia 8260)

About the best thing I can say about this hands-free set is that no one can tell I'm using it (or at least when I switch to it, I've never gotten a comment from the person on the other end that I suddenly sound different). Reception through the ear bud is equally clear (you'll probably want to turn the volume down on your phone when using it).

I don't have much more to say except that I'm very satisfied with the product. I use my cell phone as my primary phone, so for long conversations either walking or sitting it's been a great relief.

Best on market, but not that good.......2003-02-27

I would agree with most other reviewers in saying that this is probably the best hands-free set for this phone on the market. I'm buying my third one. That said, I'm buying my third one in less than three years-- yes, this is not a durable headset. Because cell phones were recently shown to cause brain cell death in rats after only two hours of (GSM) use (Leif Salford, Lund University Hospital, Sweden as published in Environmental Health Perspectives), I use my headset all the time. I am very careful with the headset and its cord, but even if you're careful you should expect a high burn rate with frequent usage.
The microphone is sensitive to wind and to mid- and high-pitched noises, more than a cell phone without the attachment. So beware if you're planning on using it outside.
With all of its drawbacks, it still seems to be the best product on the market.

Nothing wrong here.......2003-01-24

This is the perfect earpiece for the 8260, 3360, and 8265. It sounds fine, the mic works well, and it has the answer/hangup button inline with the cord. A little expensive yes, but it's great for driving and the earbud isn't too big, unlike some other Nokia models.

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