This information is somewhat buried in another thread, but I thought it deserved mentioning. Had a look at the new Toshiba SD-3750 DVD player the other day. Above all else, there is some good news: Toshiba has finally improved their downconversion algorithm! What I saw was a nicely detailed image with no annoying "jaggies" as often seen on other Toshiba players when downconverting an anamorphically-enhanced DVD. The image was very smooth - but not too soft, a complaint from some of Sony DVD players, which have no downconversion artifacts but tend to suffer from a softening of detail. It is nice to see this finally corrected by Toshiba. ---- Jeff ------------------ "They're coming to get you Barbara..."
One day, I'll be able to buy a player that's under $200US and has: 1) Movie time remaining in the display. 2) Custom memory, including zoom settings, for up to 200 movies. 3) No chroma bug. No flickering bug. 4) On the remote prog/interlaced switching. 5) Aspect ratio control. 6) A super quiet transport. But not today. [Edited last by Kwang Suh on October 15, 2001 at 12:04 AM]
