Review of Toshiba BDX2000
January 25, 2010
In technology sector, it is rare to see a competitor develop and sell a competing manufacturers technology. Losing out in competition usually means death knell for the company in technology sector. However, it is entirely different matter when it comes to format war. Sony readily manufactured and sold VHS over their own defunct Betamax format. This time around, Sony’s Blu-ray won over the Toshiba’s own HDDVD format. With the defeat, Toshiba officially announced the end of HDDVD format on February 19, 2008. Since the announcement, Toshiba has taken nearly 18 month to bring out their first Blu-ray player. It feels like Toshiba is begrudgingly releasing their first Blu-ray player. It has to feel somewhat irritating to release a Blu-ray player after its own HDDVD was killed off by it. Even so, Toshiba is an excellent manufacturer with long history of producing great electronics.
Features
Unlike Samsung or Sony, Toshiba has opted to release only one model so far. Instead of releasing higher end model, Toshiba opted to stay with entry level model for their first Blu-ray player. Arriving late to the game, Toshiba BDX2000 doesn’t suffer from performance issues like the earlier Blu-ray players. It also doesn’t add anything new to the Blu-ray player market. The core set of features are present on BDX2000. Like all new Blu-ray players, BDX2000 is BD-Live compatible player. You will have hard time finding any new Blu-ray player that is not Profile 2.0 compliant. On par with other players, the BDX2000 comes with onboard decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats. The onboard decoding was somewhat high end feature on the first generation Blu-ray players. However, it is common feature on all the latest Blu-ray players. The lack of any internet streaming service is somewhat surprising as most new Blu-ray players have some type of internet streaming services. Overall, it lacks some of the features that are present on the competition players like WiFi and onboard storage.
Design
Toshiba has decided to go with faceplate design. This gives the player more polished and sleek design. When closed, the right side has see-through space for the LCD display. Otherwise, the faceplate has solid black finish. The tray is located in the middle of the player with playback function to left of the tray. The LCD is located on the right with the SD card slot. The choice of going with SD card over USB drive might upset some people as most have a USB drive lying around. However, with the faceplate design, it is more convenient and logical to have SD card instead of USB drive sticking out at all time. The back of the player houses the HDMI, component, composite, Ethernet port, digital audio output, and analog audio output. The BDX2000 lacks 5.1 or 7.1 channel analog audio output. A USB port in the back would have been nice addition.
Visual
The overall video imaging quality was outstanding. I don’t think you can find a better player at this price. The BDX2000 went as low as $80 during the Black Friday. You can usually find BDX2000 for around $120 right now. The BDX2000 produced crisp video images throughout the testing. It did not suffer from any video defects like the other first generation players. Although this is Toshiba’s first Blu-ray player, I can’t really compare this player to the first generation player from other manufacturers. As such, I did not expect to find any problems that plagued the first generation players. Tested with three different movies, the BDX2000 displayed no noticeable defects. All the action sequences had no problem with moiré or choppiness. Also, I did not notice any jaggies even when I paused the movies. If you still have large DVD collection, you will appreciate the DVD upscaling quality. While not good as the top tiered players, BDX2000 provides very good upconversion. The regular DVD movies looked very sharp and had no problem with defects. Overall, I had no problem with video processing. On the other hand, the overall speed of the player was not comparable to some of the newer players from Sony or Samsung. The second generation players from most manufacturers greatly increased the overall speed of the players. The BDX2000 was not close to replicating the overall speed. However, it was still adequate and not a big drawback for the price.
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Audio
There were no problems with the audio decoding. The onboard decoding had no problem with any audio formats including Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, or DTS Master Audio. The overall audio performance will depend on your home theater set up. If you own a good set of speakers, you will definitely appreciate all the decoding option found on this player. You will also appreciate the MP3 and WMA playback capability. You can load SD card with your favorite music in these formats and play them without any problem. Overall, the audio output quality was excellent.
Overall
The Toshiba BDX2000 is without a doubt one of the best Blu-ray player for your money. While you can find a better player, you will be hard pressed to find it for the BDX2000’s price range. If you are lucky, you can pick one up for under $100. Even so, the lack of internet streaming and internal memory might be problem for some consumers. If you absolute must have internet streaming, you can check out the base models from Panasonic or Samsung. Otherwise, BDX2000 should satisfy most consumers in terms of quality and price.
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Features
- 1080P Video Content
- Promotes Blu Ray Live
- HDMI output
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great !
bought this on sale at a great price. plays regular dvds great. blu-ray naturally great. only problem is no zoom like the old toshiba I have. remote is very good. would recommend this.
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Excellent entry model
I wanted a low priced Blu-ray player primarily for the upconversion of my existing dvds and the occasional Blu-ray rental. My first two purchases (other models) went back to the store for interminable wait times at power up and menu, and freezing while playing dvd’s. I’ve had this Toshiba for several weeks now and I love it. Unlike some other reviewers I haven’t encountered the whine on loading discs and the response time of the remote and disk load is fantastic. My dvds look so good that the kids want to use the television in my room instead of the family television now. I rented a few Blu-ray discs to test out the players lag time on those discs and was really impressed. There seemed to be no difference at all. I hooked it up with an HDMI cable and it was ready to go. Better performance than a higher priced model I tried. If you’re looking for a low cost everyday unit without needing all the possible bells and whistles, this is definitely the way to go.
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Great Player, Great value
This player is one of the best looking models on the market as far as appearnce.
When playing Blu-ray movies, the picture quality is perfect.
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Nice!
The picture quality is great and the upconvert works fantastic. It is a very sharp looking player too. It can make a somewhat loud sound loading the disc but then not a sound from the player during a movie. The remote is very responsive too. We are extremely satisfied with this, I am still amazed at the clarity in the picture and would buy this again.
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Good in price.. even better in performance
I was a bit scared of actually buying this BD player… Mainly because I live in Chile and several factors had to be taken into consideration, but BD player here are way too expensive (over $350 dollars).
As soon as I tried this BD player in my HDTV it started playing my movie right away, it took only seconds before I started watching the movie and sound was aazing too.
Upscaling is not bad at all. But one bad thing, for me (because I live in Chile) is that it won’t play dvds other than sector 1 (here is 4) but that’s not the BD player’s fault, but over all I’m very happy for my purchase.. I got a great deal for low money.
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Blu Ray
I’ve used it a few times and it works well. It was a free bonus when I bought my TV so the price was right.
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Best Bang for the Buck!
I’ve had this player for a couple weeks now and I love it. I tested it with Planet Earth BD and it loaded fairly quickly and it plays beautifully. SD DVDs also load quickly and are unconverted very nicely. I don’t really care that it does not have Wifi or Netflix streaming. I just want the option to play a blu-ray discs and this fits the bill perfectly. The ethernet port and SD card slot are more than enough for me.
Keep in mind that this machince will not play Xvid format. You need to convert it to DivX which is kind of annoying. The formats are pretty similar so I just don’t see why they didn’t just add the codecs for Xvid. This complaint is very minor since no blu-ray player in the price range plays Xvid.
My only real complaint is the cheapness of the remote. This is not really a big deal to me though since I have a universal remote.
Overall, I highly recommend this blu-ray player and think it is the best player in its price range. If you are patient you can probably buy this for less than $100. I paid $79.
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Love this player!!
As a HD-DVD and Toshiba fan I held off on getting a Blu Ray player but as everbody around me was getting one I knew it wouldn’t be long before I jumped to the blu ray camp. I waited for this player and I’m glad I did. The design is nice though the remote looks like frankenstien. Loading times are about the same as my HD DVD player, the menus and options make this player easy to set up and the picture quality is excellent!! I’m Watching Ghostbusters on blu ray and it looks amazing. Thank you Toshiba for joining the blu ray camp!! 5 stars!
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Very nice for the price
I purchased this from Amazon.com on Black Friday (caught it in that small window of opportunity when the price was $79.97). While it doesn’t appear to be a true Toshiba product (its made by Funai, as are Magnavox, Sylvania, Philips and some Onkyo and Denon Blu-Ray players), its still from a proven, reliable source. The load times are quite short, but the unit is a bit noisy while it does the preparation (lots of whirring and buzzing). Blu-Ray playback is great – crisp and clean with no freezing or hiccups that seem to plague many other players (fingers crossed). The remote is large and lightweight and is the same intuitive Funai design found on many other company’s players. The player responds to commands from the remote almost as fast as a DVD player, much better than most Blu-Ray players. The only stumbling point is SD-DVD play back. I own a Toshiba XDE-600 DVD player and its head and shoulders above this Blu-Ray in upscaling image quality. With the pair of them I have the best of both worlds.
While the BDX2000 isn’t the most feature-rich player on the market (no streaming options of any kind) that is of no consequence to me. I don’t plan on using the BD Live feature it does support and have no interest in streaming video. For a simple, solid player I’m very pleased with the price I paid. Basically, watch and catch it on a good sale.
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welcome to the game toshi!!
hey toshiba i knew that one day you will join the bluray bandwagon, i mean seriously, why miss all the fun.
anyway you guys made a great decision to support sony’s bluray technology. now that’s the real spirit of a true samurai!
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The best Blu-Ray player for the price
Just got one as a gift from my friend. Everything is good compared with my another Sony S360 Blu-Ray player.
Highly recommended.
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SHORT OPEN LETTER TO TOSHIBA’S CEO
Mr.Toshiba’s CEO: I don’t know your name but I know what your company did. I’m a HD DVD owner and I can’t watch movies in HD anymore. There’s no HD DVD new movies since almost two years. Do you send me a Blu Ray Toshiba now? there’s a lot of them to rent, buy, trade. etc.
I bought your HD DVD device here, at Amazon.com you can check it out. Give us a little respect, give us something to redeem your company.
Regards,
Myself
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