To Chuck below:
I have to highly recommend Toshiba's new 40H80 HDTV. It's a RPTV, but the quality of picture is amazing. It passes 480p and 1080i signals natively (that means no line doubling). Trust me, your 6200 coupled with this television will blow you away (I use that combination at home). Just make sure you've chosen Progressive as your output, and that your using the Film setting on your 6200. And, of course, component video cables. I personally couldn't believe how clear it was. Then wait a couple of months, and have the TV ISF calibrated. I'm letting mine burn for a little while longer, and then doing just that! Oh, and the 1080i will ensure that this TV will do you just fine for the next 10 years.

Progressive scan, Ability to play CD-Rs, DTS, HDCD, Dual Tray

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Originally purchased Toshiba 3109 last year for DTS ability and was a bit disappointed that it would not play back CD-Rs. Otherwise was happy with it. Purchased a Mitshubishi HD-RPTV in November and heard about progressive scan DVD players. I investigated a number of sites including the reviews here and decided on the 6200. I found it brand new for $480 with a $40 rebate ($440 final!), and could not pass it up. I am amazed at the difference the progressive scan makes on the quality of the DVD images. I had thought about the Toshiba 5109 but after seeing that it did not play CD-Rs, I had to get the 6200.
It took me a bit to find the right settings and actually do a comparison between the 3109 and 6200. As others have said, be sure to set progressive scan to on, blacker than black to on and progressive conversion to Film. I compared Matrix, MI:2, Titan AE, and Fantasia 2000. I could not believe the difference in the Matrix. The colors and images are so much clearer it is amazing. Animation images no longer have the jagged edges when compared to the 3109 or normal scanned DVD. The colors in the animation DVDs is also so much clearer and cleaner.
I have not had any troubles playing CD-Rs in the unit. I have a lot of them, and now I may actually be able to replace my stand alone CD player.
The Dual tray is nice but was available on the 3109 as well.
The remote control is easier and nicer to use than the 3109. The addition of the toggle on the side of the remote is a great touch.
The sound quality is great as was the 3109. I have noticed little difference so far with music playback between these two units.
Looking forward to having friends over and amaze them with the improved quality of the DVDs.

My system:
TV - Mitsubishi WT46807
DVD - Toshiba SD6200
Receiver - Yamaha RX V995
Speakers - Def Tech Pro 100 Cinema system

Similar Products Used:

Toshiba 3109

Progressive Scan, CD-R Playback, 4:4:4 Processing, Dual Tray

Remote Control

I've got this unit hooked to a Sony 36XBR400 through component video inputs. I'm assuming those of you who are reading this understand that you must have a progressive scan television capable of displaying 480p to take full advantage of this and other progressive players. If not, don't waste your money-buy a regular DVD player. If you're fortunate enough to either have a progressive 16:9 widescreen television or a progressive 4:3 TV that performs the anamorphic squeeze like the XBRs you will be blown away at the picture quality when setting the SD6200 on 16:9 (TV shape). Even still when set on 4:3 (TV shape) the picture is incredible, albeit there is noticable flicker in this mode (you'll have this with non-progressive players as well).

The player is feature-rich with super slow motion,zoom, and angle capabilities; and a dual disc tray that plays CD-Rs flawlessly. You can load the second disc while the first disc is playing. The set-up menu is intuitive. The player is capable of 'capturing' any image and applying that image as a background when making set-up adjustments (sort of like wallpaper on your PC)

The remote control is well-intended yet poorly designed....the joystick used to navigage DVD menus is not always responsive. Likewise, the mini-jog shuttle on the right side used to go forward/back is also not responsive at times.

One other irritating quirk happens when the player is stopped and you have at least one disc in. If you open the other tray, empty or not, the player will automatically load the other disc and begin playing. This is annoying but not the end of the world.

I concur with previous recommendations to set the Progressive Conversion to FILM however, I believe the Blacker-than-Black setting should only be ON when using a video calibration disc/test patterns to adjust the brightness on your television. Otherwise it should be left OFF.

Overall, when compared to other progressive scan DVD players the TOSH is tops for the features it delivers and the picture quality as well. Other progressive scan players in this price range that I looked at were the JVC 723D and the Harmon Kardon DVD50.

progressive scan, overall quality

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Great player with phenomenal picture quality when
hooked up to a progressive scan TV.
To those still skeptical about progressive scan, and who already own a progressive scan TV, you should seriously consider this relatively small price difference compared to your TV set. As someone has said before, the improvement from interlaced to progressive is as substantial as VHS to DVD.

The setup:
TOSHIBA 6200
PANASONIC 32xf-56
ALTEC A5+511b's (VOTs)
HARMON KARDON citation 12 power amp
DAYTON-WRIGHT preamp

Now if I could only find a way to mix the centre channel
with my main altecs, I could use surround mode and add some rear channels... but the stereo sound is still better than all the systems in I've heard in stores.


Mark.

Hi Guys,

Sorry to come in here under false pretenses, but this seemed the best way to get some advice. I do not have this unit but am considering it. I'm not technically savvy on video, being somewhat new to it after a long history of being in the audio hobby.

Anyway, my questions: would I gain anything using this player in conjunction with my Pioneer 510 HD set, or would whatever benefits the player confers be "lost" because the Pioneer's line doubler is so good? Does the unit truly do a good job on the digital sound? (Thought there were a couple dissenting posts here about the audio quality.) Does a progressive scan player handle layer changes any better than the "non-progressive"(?) Any problems with audio dropouts? (Get that occasionally on my 2108.)

I apologize if some of these questions are boneheaded, but I'm trying to learn more about video. Will genuinely appreciate any sage advice you folks can offer. Thanks in advance.

Just got the 6200 and am having some problems with it, with little support success. I have a Mitsubishi ws55807 and the Toshiba 6200 won't send the progressive signal --- i have found the Progressive/interlaced button, and have set up the mitsubishi for the 480p display, black screen, it's on component 2 input source.

Anybody got any thoughts on how to get the progressive to work -- interlaced works fine and is an exceptional picture as it is, but want to get the progressive to work.

Do i need to send the signal through a dtv receiver, or use the dtv input source on the mitsubishi?

thanks for any help

Dual disc, progressive scan

Remote, navigation,

I bought this as a demo primarily to compare to my interlaced Sony DVD player, to see if there was a real difference between progressive and interlaced on my Mitsubishi 55857.

As most tech articles mention, the difference between interlaced and progressive is not terribly striking. However I always noticed annoying defects while watching interlaced in very detailed images and panning scenes, and this player does the trick pretty nicely, although by today's standards it's considered at best a mid-range progressive player. The dual disc feature didn't impress me because I haven't ran across any dual disc dvd's, and the other issues is covered in drawbacks...

Now for the drawbacks:

The remote sucks. Maybe mine is defective, but the navigation doesn't work well, and the little joystick is kind of annoying. Half the time the player/remote beeps to indicate the direction I pushed, and it doesn't go. It is not intuitive at all, so plan on getting a new remote for the player.

Another more serious drawback is the fact that it thinks it needs to play whatever DVD is in the drive whenever it is turned on or one of the DVD's is ejected. If you turn it on to insert a new one, it starts playing the other, so I wind up hitting stop before play every time I'm putting in a new DVD. I've also had problems getting it to play a DVD with small scratches. I stopped a movie I watching last night, and turned it on this morning, but it wouldn't start at the same scene. I had to eject it, and play from the beginning and skip to the scene I wanted to go to.

The Sony is far superior in remote, navigation, bad dvd handling, and user features. The good progressive reproduction and dual disc are the only positives in my opinion to owning this player.

Similar Products Used:

Sony DVP-S550D

Not much(compared to others)

Remote (Terrible)

Don't pay over $400 for this, retails for $1200, the hi price must be $400 for DVD player, $800 for remote, I've read other peoples comments about the remote before I bought mine and couldn't understand all the fuss, believe me they are right, remote is awfull, absurd.

Can tell the difference in the progressive scan, but other companies are coming out with progressive scan models at a much cheaper price.

Reason for low ratings is the retail price for this, totally unjustified (makes you wonder why it's being sold for under $400)

Similar Products Used:

Sony, Toshiba

OOOOOOOPSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! This is a correction. Yes this player does play CD-R, CD-RW, and VCDs.

Sorry about that guys and gals.

I goofed up. I was writing a bunch of reviews and got mixed up.

The SD6200 PLAYS CD-R, CD-RW and VCD formats!!!

It does not play SVCD disc formats.

My previous rating still stands.

Price droppped yesterday to $399 at Tweeter
they are clearing them out get them while they still stock them!!!!!

excellent