Toshiba DVD player ($69) crowned the King of budget players.

[Smokey]

Bought a Toshiba SD-3960 couple of months ago, and I must say the picture quality is outstanding ;)


1. Toshiba - SD-3960 $69
2. Daewoo - DVN-8100N $69
3. Coby - DVD-515 $59
4. CyberHome - CH-DVD300S $39
5. Terapin - TT-2600DVD $69
6. Vivo Vision - DVDP-1500 $46
7. Sanyo - DWM-400 $59
8. Philips - DVP-642 $79
9. Magnavox - MDV458 $59

10. Sony - DVP-NS575P $89
11. JVC - XV-N44SL $79
12. Panasonic - DVD-S27 $79
13. RCA - DRC232N $89
14. Kenwood - DVF-3080-S $119
15. Zenith - DVB-412 $59
16. KLH - SVP500 $54
17. Liteon - LVW-5001 $206

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=119

[N. Abstentia]

Too bad they didn't review the Samsung that Best Buy sells for $59 (forget the model). I liked it much better than the Toshiba. I also notice that Pioneer and Onkyo were for some reason not included....

[Smokey]

I also notice that Pioneer and Onkyo were for some reason not included....

May be they couldn't find a Pioneer or Onkyo DVD player that was under $200 since only budget players were allowed in this particular shootout :)

What made Samsung DVD player a better player?

[N. Abstentia]

They must not have looked very hard!

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-cKwDMNDduO5/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=6&g=54400&I=130DV275S&o=p&a=0&cc=01&avf=N&search=

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-cKwDMNDduO5/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=6&g=54400&I=580DVS301S&o=p&a=0&cc=01&avf=N&search=

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-cKwDMNDduO5/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=6&g=54400&I=130DV578AS&o=p&a=0&cc=01&avf=N&search=

And that's at Crutchfield where prices are higher than normal and selection is limited.

As far as the Samsung, it had a slightly richer picture quality but it's so close it's not worth aruging. However the Samsung handled DVD-R and CD-R better than the Toshiba which was the most important thing to me since I was getting a player for my parents and I would be burning movies for them to watch.