This player is PERFECT for US Customers who want to be able to view ANY DVD (PAL or NTSC, regardless of Regional Code), on their normal USA DVD Player. In addition to this model being black color, it is also a recognizable brand, "Toshiba"

Many of the rare DVDs you'll find in our catalog require a special player such as this to play them in the US and Canada. If you've already read the "DVD 101 Tutorial", you thoroughly understand the reasons to own a player like this.

We STRONGLY recommend owning a Region Free DVD player so that you can play DVDs from anywhere without having to concern yourself with regional coding. We do NOT sell the cheapo models, but you can get a low end model on eBay, and even though shipping will probably be most of the total cost, you can still get them dirt cheap.

Since we specialize in DVDs, we are very critical of various potential shortcomings.

We were impressed with even additional features on this model in choosing to make it available to our DVD customers, but even when we first began evaluating various region free players and wholesalers, we used several additional, premium "requirements" beyond the "cheapo" models that play DVDs with any regional coding, and beyond PAL/NTSC "compliant":

Our ADDITIONAL PREMIUM Requirements:

1) Non Distortion of Widescreen Image on ANY DVD - this is a big issue with many widescreen PAL DVDs hooked up to a full screen US TV.

2) Progressive Scan / Image Quality- A standard DVD player's 480i output displays 30 frames (60 fields) per second, a progressive-scan player's 480p output displays 60 full frames per second.

3) All Desirable Connection Options (including not only RCA jacks and S-Video, but also optional digital outputs to hook up to a surround sound receiver).

4) User friendliness & no fancy codes to remember - The tendency for many cheaper models to need to be reset to be region free on occasion is one of the biggest hangups that make buying a premium model like this one so important.

5) Overall Quality

6) Superior Firmware for high compatibility with homemade DVDs that many DVD collectors have accumulated

This model EXCEEDED our Premium Requirements

Your DVD Player, which is still in the box, is BLACK and will be shipped directly from our wholesaler. In addition to meeting the premium requirements that we had and described above, there are several additional special features that made this premium player stand out for our recommendation to you, who we primarily value as our DVD customer. Please remember that these are only things we felt were worth mentioning for going beyond our standards for a worthwhile region free player.

Digital Cinema Progressive Scan (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, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture

Colorstream Pro Component output

Built-in 16MB PAL to NTSC video converter allows playback of PAL movies on a NTSC TV. Basically this DVD player will play any region DVD movie on an American TV without any extra equipment, even RCE and REA movies.

High video quality! This model has a 10-Bit, 54 mhz Video Digital to Analog Converter

Plays DVD, DiVX, Audio CD, DVD-R, DVD+R, Audio CD, MP-3 and WMA on CD-R/CD-RW

JPEG Digital PhotoViewer

Video Black Level Expansion and PLUGE

3D-DNR (Digital Noise Reduction)

Dolby® Digital and dts® Digital Outputs

10-Bit, 54 mhz Video D/A Converter

24-Bit/192 kHz PCM Audio Compatibility

Zoom 4x-Power Picture

Parental Lock

Dynamic Range Control

Multi-Camera Angle Select

Multi-Language Select

Multi-Subtitle Select

Wide screen, Letterbox and Normal Picture Set-up

Bit Rate Meter

With a Bit Rate Meter display, featured on all Toshiba DVD players, videophiles can monitor picture quality.

Icon-Based On-Screen Display

Easy to navigate, colorful on-screen menus allow for easy operation.


Additional Specs/Connections:

S-Video Output
Component Video (Y, Cr, Cb) Output
Coaxial Digital Audio Output
Analog Audio Output

DIMENSIONS:
Width: 17"
Height: 1.9"
Depth: 8.7"