- Progressive-scan ColorStream Pro component-video output for ultimate DVD picture quality (with an HD or HD-ready TV)
- MP3- and WMA-CD playback; JPEG photo viewer displays digital photographs and slideshows on your television
- Offers 3:2 pulldown, black-level expansion, Power Picture Zoom
- Bookmark memory for up to 9 points lets you review favorite moments at the press of a button
Reliability. Performance. Technology. Leadership. The Toshiba name means all this and more. Toshiba builds upon this heritage by delivering the industry’s most innovative, high-quality solutions.PRODUCT FEATURES:ColorStream Pro Progressive Scan Component Video Outputs compatible with today’s finest analog and digital televisions for delivery of stunningly colorful images;10-Bit/54mHz Video digital-to-analog conversion with High Resolution Filter for maximum color purity, detail, and resolution;24-Bit/192kHz PCM Audio Compatibility delivers warmer, more natural-sounding audio from many types of discs;DVD-Video/CD/Video CD playback. DVD-R/CD-R/CD-RW Compatible playback ensures discs made with personal recording devices;JPEG Viewer enables a user to display digital photographs on a television set in the JPEG digital format.Get the most from DVDs and CDs with Toshiba’s SD-3950 single-disc DVD player, whose ultimate progressive-scan ColorStream Pro component-video outputs produce seamless, flicker-free images with high-definition and HD-ready TVs. Built-in MP3 and WMA (Windows Media Audio) decoding let you compile music on a PC and listen to it on a stereo or TV, and you can even watch customized digital-picture slideshows using recordable CDs filled with standard JPEG image files.
Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “someday,” the SD-3950 stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
The SD-3950 also performs 3:2 pulldown. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion. Conventional composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television. The “expanded” mode in the player’s black-level setting produces richer, deeper black tones in every image. PLUGE (Picture Line Up Generation Equipment) delivers black as well as below-black signals to a television.
A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player’s digital-audio output (coaxial) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. The player’s internal digital-to-analog converters work at 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution to ensure optimum sonic quality from a range of digital program material.
Enhanced Audio Mode (E.A.M.) offers three sound settings: normal (off), 3-D (virtual surround sound enhancement), and dialogue expander (which enhances center-channel frequencies in the range of human voices during playback of multichannel content). Other playback options include Power Picture Zoom (which lets you magnify a select area of an image), bookmarking (up to nine marks), and parental lock.
What’s in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote batteries, a user’s manual, and a stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable.
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March 12, 2010
#1
My Toshiba SD-3950 was DOA out of the box. Bought at Fry’s Electronics (not Amazon). In the process of working with Toshiba for a replacement unit. It’s a hassle. Beware.
March 12, 2010
#2
ANOTHER WINNER FROM TOSHIBA. THE J-PEG VIEWER IS A GREAT FEATURE AND THE LOOK OF THIS UNIT IS HOT. OVERALL, I GIVE THIS UNIT A 10.
March 12, 2010
#3
I’ve owned two Toshiba DVD players before, and have generally been happy with them. But this one arrived damaged (vertical bands of “snow” on the screen when playing DVD or DVD-R media).
March 12, 2010
#4
I have had 3 Toshiba players,including this one and 2 were DOA and after replacement from Toshiba, none have lasted for 2 years. Even at this price it isn’t worth having a player that works one day and is garbage the next day.
March 12, 2010
#5
I originally purchased a Toshiba SD-1200 back in 2000. It had excellent playback and audio, but it finally died in 2003. It still plays cds, but it is unable to read DVDs. I chalked this up to 3 years of heavy use. Satisfied with the performance of the first Toshiba, I bought an SD-3900 to replace it. Now, a little after a year(and out of warranty), the second Toshiba is struggling in the same manner to start DVDs and access certain menu items. I have also experienced “trapped” DVDs that lock out the controls and force me to unplug the player. Some cds malfunction on the player as well. The cd begins to play, the index numbers start to jumble, and the sound stops. Very strange. I have kept the player more or less dust free and regularly used a lens cleaner, so it has been reasonably maintained. I am just going to avoid Toshiba DVD players from now on.