Toshibia DVD player + VCD

[Souka]

I'm looking for a non-fancy Toshiba DVD player and needs to have these features.

Plays DVDs
Plays VCDs
Single disc prefered.....smaller sized player the better
Component Out
New, not refurbished.


Post your recommendations! TIA!

--Souka

Edit: Ohhh, geez....sorry

STAND ALONE DVD PLAYER. To be hooked up to a TV.

Sorry for the confusion.....my bad.

 

[oldfart]

Recommend staying away from Toshiba. They are not good at supporting (S)VCD/MP3/anything other than DVD format.

 

[Brian48]

Say what? I've never had any problems playing back ANY video format with my Toshiba SD-M1212 and SD-M1612 in the 3 years since I started watching DVDs on my computer, including the new SVCD format. I've never heard of anyone I know who has a Toshiba drive had this problem either. Maybe it's your choice of software players. Toshiba's have been very reliable performers for me and I heartily recommend them to anyone.

 

[Pauli]

I think this thread is referring to standalone DVD players, not DVD-ROM drives.

 

[Brian48]

Originally posted by: Pauli
I think this thread is referring to standalone DVD players, not DVD-ROM drives.

Oh, well if that's the case, nevermind. I've never owned a Toshiba stand-alone. I have had two Panasonics and they were crap. I'm using a cheap $75 Memtek now and believe it or not, it played everything I've thrown at it from .mpg's to .avi's (including SVCD).

 

[oldfart]

Yeah, Toshiba Home DVD players dont do much else than standard DVD and CD. The cheap players are pretty good with other formats. I replaced my Toshiba with a JVC XV-S300BK. Plays everything.

 

[Souka]

Ohhh, geez....sorry

STAND ALONE DVD PLAYER. To be hooked up to a TV.

Sorry for the confusion.....my bad.

 

[Workin']

My Toshiba stand-alone plays VCD's (even non-standard bit rate ones) with no problem. It won't play SVCD's though. And the playback of regular DVD's is stellar. It also has progressiv-scan output. I forget the model number, if you really want to know I will look it up for you. It was $180 at Best Buy.

 

[Souka]

Hmmm...ok.

I'm going to go look, but I'll ask anyhow. What's the difference between VCD and SVCD? I have a collection of MPG's (about 650mb each, 1 hour length) that I want to burn to CD. I'm not sure of the format difference.


Thanks for info.

 

[Workin']

VCD is MPEG1, SVCD is MPEG2

 

[tart666]

Why don't you go get the facts from the horse's mouth: here