Toshiba SD-P1000 Portable DVD Player
Toshiba SD-P1000 Portable DVD Player
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Product Type: CE
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Amazon.com Review
Toshiba's first venture into portable DVD is a remarkable success. The SD-P1000 pulls ahead of the portable pack with high-quality audio and video and the unique ability to double as a DVD-ROM drive for your PC. The unit is lightweight, and the built-in anti-glare screen--though smaller than the now-common 7 inches diagonally--offers an astonishingly good picture, clear and bright with deep blacks even in bright environs.
We found that the portable SD-P1000 also works exceptionally well as a home player, thanks to Toshiba's extensive hookup options, which include digital and decoded analog and surround-sound outputs, plus the company's famous ColorStream Po progressive-scan component-video outputs. State-of-the-art progressive-scan offers an image of seamless near-perfection that has to be seen to be believed. (It also has to be viewed on a compatible monitor to be appreciated.)
When setting up the component-video input, be sure to select the type of component-video--interlaced or progressive scan--that matches your TV (Y/Cb/Cr for interlaced, Y/Pb/Pr for progressive). According to Toshiba, the fluorescent tube that illuminates the front panel from inside will deteriorate with use. The standard life is about 10,000 hours of continuous use at normal room temperature; that's 1.4 years of non-stop playback or, at a generous 10 hours a week, 19 years. (Hand it off to your five-year-old when he or she heads off to college and call it a good deal.)
While the SD-P1000 doesn't offer screen-adjustment controls, we found the factory settings to appear surprisingly well balanced under many conditions, from sunlit rooms to nighttime bus rides. Blacks are always a deep, satisfying black, even during daytime viewing. We do recommend changing the background screen color from bright blue (the default setting) to gray, which is not as flashy but much more screen-friendly when you're listening to CDs and the screen is still technically "on."
The assumption with this unit, of course, is that you'll be using it primarily as a portable. The quality of the supplied component-video cables is merely average, and because of the multipin connection at the player, you can't upgrade to better cables. Also, be warned: like all portable DVD players, this puppy gets mighty warm during use, as do your discs.
Audio quality is excellent from the various inputs. However, the supplied headphones, as with most portables, leave much to be desired and don't begin to do justice to the quality of the main unit. We recommend picking up a good closed-ear set (which will block sound from without) for portable use.
Use of the SD-P1000 as a DVD-ROM drive requires an ATAPI card and connection cable (not included), but this will greatly expand your uses of the device, granting access to encyclopedic DVD-ROM discs and exciting software. --Michael Mikesell
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