Toshiba SD-5109 DVD Player

Pros: Price, Progressive-Scan, detailed remote, quality, dual tray, plays DVDs, CDs, and HDCDs.
Cons: Somewhat slow load times, beeps every time a remote button is pushed.

The Toshiba SD5109 is my second dedicated DVD player (for a short intolerable period I used my Home PC with output to my TV). My first player was the Sony DVP-S360. This player was replaced due to excessive spin noise from the disc tray as well as...

Pros: Great Player for under $400
Cons: Won't play "extended features" in 480P

Originally purchased an open box SD5109 for $399 to hook up to my Mitsubishi WS55857 (55" 16:9 ratio) through a Yamaha RX-V3000 receiver. Everything is connected via Monster Z cables (don't by cheap cables when spending good money on great...

Pros: Feature Packed - Great Output!
Cons: Just a very minor remote control quirk.

FIrst off, this DVD player is NOT for everyone. If you have an average and standard TV set, you may be better off savings a few hundreds dollars and buying a good DVD player in the $200-300 range. That being said, if you have a new TV - especially one...

Pros: All
Cons: Really need an HDTV to appreciate it

If you have an HDTV with "component in" connections you'll see an image that's close to a high-def image.I bought a standard Mitsubishi DVD player with a Mits HDTV last year.After Direct TV with HBO high-def and an outside antenna receiving...

Pros: value, 480p component video, dual disk tray
Cons: fixed power cord

Provides 480p component video outputs, excellent picture clarity, and a dual disk drawer. The product operates flawlessly to expectation. I find that dual disk drawer is very convenient, but the mechanism can be a little on the slow side (but not as...

Pros: features
Cons: doesn't play all DVDs, so features are no good

I did buy a Toshiba SD5109 and it did not play all the new DVDs I bought. But my entry level Sony($300) does. If my cheap, entry-level Sony($300) can play all DVDs, I expect a retail-priced $1000 DVD player to play all DVDs!!! What good is a very...

Pros: great pictures
Cons: costly

I don't know much about DVD players, and what makes a $1000 unit different from a $200 player. I remember 15 or 20 years ago, when CD players just become mainstream audio equipment, I had no prayer of hearing the difference between a $1000 CD player and...

Pros: had great features, like progressive scan
Cons: could not play all dvd's

After reading the reviews for the Toshiba SD-5109, I thought this was the player for me. So I bought one on May 25, 2000. I buy new DVD's and found out the SD5109 could not play all my new DVD's. The DVD's were new and nothing special. One DVD that...

Pros: unmatched picture quality
Cons: somewhat expensive

I bought the SD-5109 to complement my new TW40X81 wide screen projection TV. VCR tapes are simply not adequate when using a high-quality output device such as this. Its like looking at a bad diamond through a microscope. Using the DVD is like viewing...

Pros: Progressive Scan, 5.1 output
Cons: Price tag for enthusiasts and prosumers only

Sony may be associated with all things Electric, however other brands like Panasonic, Phillips, and Toshiba all breakthrough with amazing products. This DVD player is one of the most impressive DVD players I've reviewed. The features on this which are...

Pros: easy to use, good picture quality
Cons: read the directions before you use it

Did I say the DVD was not for me? Well, for several weeks I couldn't figure it out and although my husband kept telling me to "read the book", it still looked pretty complicated and I didn't really try it. After all, he always turned it on...

Pros: excellent features, easy to use, and lowering retail price
Cons: cannot play or recognize CD-Rs/CD-RWs

The Toshiba SD-5109 is one the better DVD players buys you can make. Now, believe me when I say it is: I know, since I bought one for my father this past Christmas. It possessed everything he wanted in a DVD player. And my father has been trying to...

Pros: progressive scan display, dual tray flexibility
Cons: none

I recently purchased Toshiba's SD5109 DVD player. The most attractive feature about this unit is it's ability to display digital progressive scan video images. Video scanning is done either using interlaced signals or progressive signals. The basic...

Pros: 480p (Super-Hi-Res) Output; Excellent Audio Features
Cons: Price vs ability to utilize features; availability.

As the prices on lower-end DVD's fall off the table, many people are in the dark as to what makes a $300 DVD different from a $500 DVD from a $700 DVD; in many cases, far less than one might imagine. Here, however, is a DVD player with a genuine...