Toshiba announces new and improved XDE600KE DVD player
By Donald Melanson 
posted September 3rd 2009 1:12PM
posted September 3rd 2009 1:12PM
Toshiba may have finally bitten the bullet and announced a Blu-ray player, but it's not about to give up on the XDE DVD upscaling technology borne out of the format war, and it's now rolled out its latest XDE player alongside its Blu counterpart to balance things out a bit. As with the previous XD-E500 model, the new XDE600KE player promises to upscale your DVDs to full 1080p with noticeably better results than a standard upscaler, and give you all the features you'd expect from a non-bargain priced DVD player, including a full complement of outputs, and Toshiba's own Regza Link technology for all your Regza needs. Also new to this model is a USB port, which will let you view pictures, play MP3s and, yes, even DivX movies. No word on a price just yet, but Toshiba says it'll be available sometime this fall -- in Europe, at least. Head on past the break for a few more pics.
Upscaling DVD players....go away!
You will NEVER compare to true 1080P & uncompressed 5.1 surround sound.
sometimes though when i watched a upscaled dvd at a distance..and then sit closer for a bluray....i can't really tell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaS028GN7ss
maybe at 720p but not at 1080p i can see the difference
Hey look. Another ... DVD player.
With a USB port, to watch downloaded media without the need to burn a DVD--great!
More importantly, will Toshiba's upcoming blu player incorporate this technology???
The upscaler on the HD-DVD units worked pretty well, and believe it or not, there are people with HDTVs who may not feel like upgrading their whole movie library to blu. Less ridiculous than watching blu movies on a standard def television (aka, same as watching a dvd ~ 480p max).
will this have 24p ?