Cheap High-Def and DVD upscaler (Toshiba HD-EP35)

Member Name: non_sense

Product:	Toshiba HD-EP35
Date:	01/10/08 (144 review reads)
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Advantages: Plays standard DVD's nicely

Disadvantages: There won't be any more HD-DVD's coming out!

It may seem strange to write a review on an obsolete product that uses an obsolete technology, but if you find one of these players cheaply somewhere then you may like to consider buying one.

I had no interest in HD-DVD as a format as I was happily enjoying Blu-Ray on my PS3 and thinking about maybe getting a standalone Blu-Ray player at a later time. Then these players started to become available at lower and lower prices.

For around £80 I was lucky enough to pick up one of these with 5 movies. Now you can pick up extra movies for £2.99, including some recent and older classic titles.

The picture quality is excellent, the connection is easy via HDMI and possibly the best bit is that this player is a very good standard DVD player. It upscales nicely and is easy to use.

One problem with this player however is the startup speed. It seems it has a lot of stuff to load into memory on startup, so it can take what seems like a minute.

So if you want to make use of some cheap high-def movies and a decent standard DVD player, then consider one of these, if you're strictly Blu-Ray then definitely look elsewhere!

Summary: Buy to take advantage of cheap high def movies

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