Toshiba XD-E500 DVD Player
Fall in love with your movie collection all over again with the XD-E500. The XD-E500 not only upconverts standard DVD up to 1080p to match the resolution of your HD TV, but also enhances your viewing experience thanks to three user selectable XDE modes: Sharp for enhanced edge detail, Color for richer blues and greens, and Contrast for enhancement of details in darker scenes.
What It Is and Why You Need It
Great to use in any bedroom or family room
Provides richer viewing experience with video upconversion to 1080p
Detailed Features
Features
Video Upconversion: 720p/1080i/1080p
XDE Modes: Sharp, Color, Contrast
XDE Modes: Sharp, Color, Contrast
Benefit: Viewing experience is enhanced thanks to three user selectable modes: Sharp for added edge detail, Color for richer blues and greens, and Contrast for enhancement of details in darker scenes.
A Closer Look
Toshiba XD-E500 DVD Player
Reviewed By Our Editors
With a next-generation HD format like Blu-ray still trying to gain a more stable foothold in our country, Toshiba plays it safe and wants you to meet the advanced Toshiba XD-E500 DVD Player. Consumers have embraced the DVD format like no other technology and invested in sizeable DVD movie collections. As the market moves towards high definition, the XD-E500 lets them experience their existing DVD library in a whole new way. The XD-E500 offers consumers the chance to watch their existing DVD collections at near-HD resolutions, replete with enhanced detail and richer colors. Toshiba is delivering to consumers what they want: a high quality experience at an affordable price.
The Toshiba XDE-500 DVD Player has Toshiba's new XDE technology on board along with Sharp, Color and Contrast Modes to provide added detail, rich colors and deep blacks. Its DVD up-scale feature lets you watch your standard definition movies in 720p, 1080i or 1080p. An HDMI connection allows for seamless flow of both video and audio data from the DVD player to the HDTV. The HDTV also plays host to 3D Virtual Surround Sound technology, for audio that’s as pleasing as the visuals. Support for JPEG display and MP3 Playback round out its list of surface-level features. Undoubtedly, although the Toshiba XDE500 doesn't play HD DVD or Blu-Ray, it will make the very most of your standard definition DVDs and create a whole new movie experience for you.
The Toshiba XD-E500 looks like a little black box with a minimalist design philosophy. The size of an old VHS player and sporting a new look from Toshiba, it is something you’ll be proud to put in your living room. During operation, you'll get a glowing white Toshiba logo, and a clear green display giving you the chapter numbers and other info about the DVD you are watching. There are hard playback buttons along the front panel that are refined and easy to use. While watching though, it’s doubtful that you’ll be using the said buttons as virtually all the player's controls are operated via the well laid out remote. The remote, which is also black, gives you all the controls you want and is dedicated to the DVD player. The DVD player supports playback of standard DVDs, CDs and DivX, MP3 and JPEG, while audio formats from Dolby Digital and DTS get support too.
While there are no options to turn the new up-scaling technologies on or off, what you do have though is three options to control the picture with three presets: Sharp, Color and Contrast. Sharp will sharpen the picture where needed rather than the whole picture, Color ups the blues and greens, while Contrast deepens the blacks. The result is a noticeable visual improvement, making your DVD collection sharper whatever you opt to play.
The Toshiba XD-E500 is an impressive up-scaling DVD player that is not only affordable but will go a long way to giving new life to your DVD collection. It’s like watching your favorite DVD movies in a new light!
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Value
4.4
Features
4.4
Quality
4.3
Performance
4.3
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Great deal!
Reviewer:
Misty on
Oct 28, 2009 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Totally happy with this purchase. It does exactly what it's supposed to do.
Perfect DVD Player...
Reviewer:
Rick on
Aug 18, 2009 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This is the DVD player I should have bought when I bought a cheaper one.It does exactly what it says it will do.I did not want to spend big money on a blu-ray player.I couldn't be happier with this product!..."PERFECT PRICE..PERFECT PERFORMANCE"!
Another Exceptional Deal
Reviewer:
Dr. Boss on
Jun 21, 2009 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Great price. Great product.
Good deal for quality product, but...
Reviewer:
noahv on
Jun 04, 2009 Customer Rating:
4.8
Value
5.0
Features
4.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
...I don't like the big lit-up logo on the front of it. If there was a way to get rid of this distracting illumination, this would get all 5s from me.
Great value
Reviewer:
Jon on
Jun 04, 2009 Customer Rating:
4.8
Value
5.0
Features
4.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Worked right out of the box with no tweaking. This player replaced an older Toshiba that was purchased with a Toshiba Cinema HD TV and it brings new impact to the TV in better color, contrast and sharpness - Great job!
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Toshiba XD-E500 DVD Player - 1080p Upconversion, HDMI, S-Video
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XD-E500 UPC No:
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20, Depth:
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