Toshiba SD-1800 DVD Player

Pros: Toshiba quality. Affordability. Compactness. Style. Connectivity options and ease. User friendliness. Media compatibility.
Cons: CD-RW incompatibility(?). (But CD-Rs are OKAY!). No "automatic" (i.e., continuous) track-number display.

FINAL UPDATE AS OF 09-06-2007: After ailing for several weeks, my Toshiba SD-1800 DVD player finally expired yesterday (wouldn't "load" discs anymore). Today I replaced it with a Philips model DVP5982, which, aside from being cheaper (i.e., $60 ...

Pros: Brilliant performance; perfectly arranged, superb remote; easily accessible, desirable features, wonderful build. Plays CD/DVD+/-R/RW.
Cons: Region1/NTSC-locked: completely unhackable. JPEG, progressive scan, DivX not yet invented.

Over six years after the fact (as of this revision Feb. 10, 2009), it is revealing to ruminate on the progression in the DVD player market. I feel that no better example for comparison is the Toshiba SD-1800 of 2002-3. As reviews on this and every other ...

Pros: Small; great quality for its price
Cons: Design feels a little shabby

I was in need of a cheap (yet decent) DVD player for my basement. When I went to buy this player at my local Best Buy, I didn't really do any preliminary research on DVD players. My main goal was to find a cheap enough DVD player that had a recognizable...

Pros: Light, Compact, nice lit, and easy to read display
Cons: Feels flimsy... unknown sturdiness

I recieved this DVD Player as a present, because I had an extremely good report card.

At the time, I had already had a DVD Player, a crappy Funai product, that would never play anything...

So, one day, my mom and I walk into Best...

Pros: Multi-format capabilities. Compact. Excellent price. Component video and digital audio outputs.
Cons: Remote could be designed better. Some picture breakup with copied media.

I was searching for a good DVD player in the $100 range and found this gem at a local electronics store. The DVD player should play multiple formats if needed, but compatibility with the VCD format was an absolute must. I was pleasantly surprised at ...

Pros: Compact, looks, Quality sound and picture.
Cons: Lots of buttons that feel the same on remote.

I received this DVD player as a Christmas present from my parents. I think it was ordered from the JCPenney catalog for around $100. So far I have been quite happy with this DVD player.

It offers a lot of features for the price and if you...

Pros: Small slim attractive design
Cons: Does not play all formats

My husband and I purchased this for my teenage daughter for Christmas. The unit has good video and sound quality. It also has a nice slim, attractive design, and fits nicely along with our VHS player. Recently, she has allowed the entire family to use...

Pros: Very light, so it is easily transported from room to room.Very "user friendly".
Cons: Does not play burned cd's.

This is a very nice DVD player to buy if you just want the basics. I got mine for christmas, and hooked it up right away. I take it back and forth from the living room, to my room, and it is very easy to hook up and carry around. I've also dropped it a...

Pros: Good image quality and ease of use.
Cons: No auto-play straight to the movie and short life-span.

After less than 3 years, this player is dead. It was actually the 2nd unit, for the 1st one made a loud noise when spinning the disk. I find this short life-time unacceptable.

Pros: Good features for the price. By a brand we trust. Subtle style.
Cons: None.

It was November, 2002: Generous parents had sent us some Christmas money and we were envious of our friends' Lord of the Rings DVD box set. We did not have a DVD player yet. So off we went to Wal-Mart to find a cheap DVD player.

We chose Toshiba because of a good history with Toshiba products.

It's a great machine. Loads of good features. Has had no problems playing DVDs, video CDs and audio CDs, including some of the lower quality ones. I particularly like the zoom feature. I love costume and set detail in movies and this feature is perfect for getting a detailed look at such subjects. Another helpful feature: the machine remembers your place in a movie if you have to stop the movie and leave it for a while. The remote control is well styled, with good sized buttons. Connections were easy.

The styling is very simple and subtle. Fits in anywhere.

I've recieved everything that i have expected from the player. The picture quality is amazing, and the sound will through you out of your seat (when using good speakers). The menu is really easy to operate. The controller is fairly simple, but it does not glow in the dark. The user manual is very clear and helpful and you should not have any problems following it.