Toshiba SD4700 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • much better than your average progressive DVD player
  • Rest In Peace
  • Just a fair DVD player
  • top quality in a top of the line dvd player
  • Fantastic Picture and sound
Toshiba SD4700 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:
  • Super ColorStream Pro progressive-scan component-video outputs (deliver stunning visuals on HD-ready TVs)
  • DVD-Video/DVD-Audio/CD/video CD/CD-R/DVD-R compatible (also displays CD and DVD Text)
  • 24-bit, 192 kHz high-resolution, multi-channel DVD-Audio decoding and playback (for unparalleled realism and immersive music mixes)
  • Video black-level expansion and PLUGE (for optimizing theater-like conditions in your home)
  • Aspect ratio control and NAVI menu simplify setup and picture adjustments

ASIN: B00005AY8R
Toshiba SD4700 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Product Description

Imagine how your friends and relatives would feel if you were able to bring the most intense and lifelike movie theater experience right into your living room. Imagine how they'd react to a picture that's sharper than laser disc and twice as sharp as standard VHS. Imagine how the value of your couch would increase if it were enveloped in Dolby Digital Surround Sound? This is what happens when you have a Toshiba DVD.As a developer of the DVD format, Toshiba consistently leads the industry in the introduction of technological breakthroughs and convenience features. Toshiba proudly offers the DVD Player SD4700 featuring 10-Bit 54 MHz Video D/A Conversion that provides rapid processing of the video signal with less signal loss, ensuring maximum image resolution and images free of artifacts. Super ColorStream Pro Progressive Component Video Output with Cinema Mode delivers the highest level of picture quality by allowing the video signal to be transferred and processed in separate elements. The SD4700 DVD Video Player not only delivers superior video and audio performance, it has all the connections necessary for a growing home entertainment system. The inherent quality and flexibility of Toshiba's SD4700 sets it apart from the competition.

Amazon.com Product Description

Toshiba offers enhanced digital technology for a minimum price with its high-end SD4700 progressive-scan DVD player. Capable of DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, CD, MP3, CD-R/RW and DVD-R playback, this player is great for movies, music, and DVD transfers of your home movies.

A 10-bit, high-sampling 54 MHz video digital-to-analog converter quickly and accurately reproduces video for high-quality pictures, abetted by Toshiba's top-of-the-line Super ColorStream Pro progressive-scan component-video output with Cinema Mode (3:2 pulldown), not to mention the company's Super Anti-alias Filter and 8:8:8 processing. The player offers parallel video outputs (interlaced) for serving multiple rooms, and a distinguished 540 lines of horizontal resolution.

Likewise, a 24-bit, 192 kHz audio digital-to-analog converter runs at twice the frequency of conventional DVD player audio DACs to provide superior sound reproduction from DVD-Videos, DVD-Audio discs, and CDs. Optical and coaxial digital-audio outputs facilitate hookup with a surround receiver for either Dolby Digital or DTS decoding, while decoded Dolby Digital sound is also available through the 5.1-channel analog outputs required to appreciate the full resolution of decoded DVD-Audio programs.

Additional features include progressive-scan video, which displays non-interlaced video with compatible TVs for smoother pictures with reduced flicker. Toshiba's Spatializer N-2-2 Virtual Surround Sound system simulates a four-speaker surround system using only two.

The SD4700 offers plenty of playback options as well, including an onscreen menu, strobe display, preview, multiple angles, 4-power zoom, and four scan speeds (up to 100x playback).

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars much better than your average progressive DVD player.......2004-05-11

In response to the reviewer who felt this product is only fair: a little maintenance can go a long way. A $10-$20 lens cleaner might get your player to read discs again. But if yours is defective, it doesn't mean the model is not a very good performer, with excellent features. As another reviewer mentioned, Alon, I too have an HDTV that does not allow for aspect ratio control when viewing thru the progressive inputs. But the SD-4700 has a "full/4:3" setting in the menu to adjust for standard or widescreen DVDs, without distortion. It does have a problem with alignment of icons on the menu pages, but it's trivial and I'm used to it. The letterboxing on a 2.35:1 DVD (like Gladiator), can be easily eliminated by the easy-to-use zoom feature, if you don't mind losing a little side content and picture resolution. But if you want to watch a "super widescreen" release on a widescreen TV, what else can you do? Nothing's perfect, at least not at these prices. I wasn't aware of the cropping of pixels (thanks Alon), but overall, most DVD movies look fairly amazing when played on my Toshiba (CW34x92) 34". They seem to be a perfect match. The colors seem to be true without tweaking, and the definition is very impressive. That's what a progressive scanning DVD player can do when hooked up to a good HDTV 16x9 monitor.

2 out of 5 stars Rest In Peace.......2004-03-31

Procured: November 2001
Disposed: March 2004

It was a work-horse while it lasted. DVD's still look terrific, but CD's no longer play. It does not pay to repair the unit.
To Toshiba: Unplugging the unit did not work. Two years plus 5 months is too young to malfunction. For shame.

3 out of 5 stars Just a fair DVD player.......2003-07-26

This player performed very well for the first 3 month although I did not get a chance to test all of the formats, but only some new original DVDs(DVD region 1). We were pleased with the picture and digital sound.

However, after 3-months of operation playing about 3 DVD a week the unit started stalling on scenes. Shortly thereafter, it would load a dvd or VCD (even new ones) then give the message "insert disk" or " wrong or bad disc. Some times it could not read the CD-RW like it was specified in its specification.

Apparently the player is unable to detect that the disk is already loaded. The unit appears to be fully operational except that it will not recgonize the disk just loaded.

First, we managed to get the disk playing after opening and closing the tray repeatly four or five times like some other reviewer. Especially for some low quality DCD or VCD, the player always ignored the disk or showed worse quality than if I put the same VCD or DVD into cheaper DVD player ( that I bought for about 40 dollars )I can get better picture quality. To me it seemed ridiculous. About some days later it refused to recgonize any DVD or CD that had been loaded into the tray and no amount of cycling the tray door helped. The message "insert disk" seemed appear alot of time.
At this time of reviews before purchasing unit, I haven't read anyone else who has encountered and reported this problem. Then I recognized that some others got the same situations like we do.
Finally, I am not so happy with this player.

5 out of 5 stars top quality in a top of the line dvd player.......2002-11-12

I've had one other dvd player which was a entry level player, However when I saw the performance of the toshiba 4700 In a electronic store, I was blown away......So I bought the 4700 hooked it up to my dolby digital reciever and wow and double wow
you can set your center channel with this player so all dialogue comes through clear and crisp......Plus the fact you can put in your own screen savers etc etc.........buy it you'll love it........Owen

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Picture and sound.......2002-09-30

I have a 50in Toshiba HD TV with this DVD plaver and it is fantastic. For half of what others want for features this DVD plaver is more than worth it.

LTO2 Tape Drive 9124-5755
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    LTO2 Tape Drive 9124-5755

    Manufacturer: IBM
    ProductGroup: CE

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    Product Features:
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    • LTO2 Tape Drive 9124-5755

    ASIN: B000MRGY7E
    LTO2 Tape Drive 9124-5755

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    LTO2 Tape Drive 9124-5755

    LaCie 301199U Big Disk Extreme+ 1TB External Hard Drive
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • garbage
    • Have around 30 Lacie's working solidly.
    LaCie 301199U Big Disk Extreme+ 1TB External Hard Drive

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    Binding: Electronics

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    • Capacity - 1TB
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    • Interface Transfer Rate - FireWire 800 up to 800Mbits/s (100MB/s), FireWire 400 up to 400Mbits/s (50MB/s), USB 2.0 up to 480Mbits/s (60MB/s)
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    5 out of 5 stars Have around 30 Lacie's working solidly........2007-10-22

    All my Lacie's have been running solid for a long time. In four years I've had one drive failure and another had a bad FW interface. So I swapped the good drive into the good chassis and I guess I'm only one down.
    These are used at our editing facility moving large files day in and day out on Apple G4's and G5's. They get man-handled a lot but have stood up well. I recommend to anyone not to "hot plug" any devices even if they are "hot pluggable." And don't leave your FW cables hanging off your equipment, all it takes is a little static electricity and the interface can get zapped.

    1GB Gizmo Overdrive with Security Software
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      ASIN: B000EW3V3M
      1GB Gizmo Overdrive with Security Software

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