Toshiba HD EP30 > Reviews

Advantages: Good Upscaling DVD player, HD Titles are now rock bottom price
Disadvantages: Slow to load, clumsy remote

...myself this Christmas to a Toshiba EP-30 player. I had the HD capable tv and decided to see if it was a major difference. I purchased mine from Amazon for about £190 but with vouchers my outlay was less. Part of the attraction was the fact that you were given two dvd's in the box, namely 300 and The Bourne Supremacy. You could then mail in your receipt and receive a further five titles free. This made the deal fairly sweet and there certainly wasn't ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent pic & sound, easy set up. Great price compared to funny money Blu-ray
Disadvantages: No MP3 or DivX support

...it take a little while. Toshiba says its because the player is more like a computer where the software needs to boot up. Once booted you are presented with a setup screen where you can configure the players settings for picture (TV shape, HD resolution etc.), audio, language, ethernet (honest, I haven't forgot this), and general settings which include time setting, parental lock, on-screen display, HDMI control, maintenance (this means updates) and ... Read review

Advantages: Low cost, great value reliable player great upscaling capabilities
Disadvantages: limited choice of audio outputs if you have an AV receiver

...a firmware update disk from Toshiba ... Read review