Toshiba SD-4109X 6-Disc DVD Player
Great at some things, poor at too many others.
Having used the 4109X for the past six months, I must say that I'm disappointed with the product and would recommend buying from a different manufacturer.  (I've heard that Onkyo makes these for Toshiba, so watch out  for their products as well!) <br />First, the good:  Picture quality is  fabulous, and so is sound reproduction.  The &quot;enhanced black&quot;  mode makes the picture especially rich while colors remain vibrant.   The  carousel feature is great, especially if you have kids -- you can jump from  Tarzan to Pocahontas without putting the baby down (and without letting  your older ones put fingerprints all over your discs!)<br />Now for the bad:    1) The 4109 gets confused when switching from CDs to DVDs, and I've  frequently had to shut it down and restart to get discs to play.   2)  Sometimes it thinks it's playing a DVD even thought it's not, and at those  times it won't let me swap a disc out of the carousel. (I've heard a number  of other users complain about these same functional items, so I'm sure it's  not just my unit that has problems.) 3) The carousel may be quiet, but the  unit itself hums loudly during playback.  This is very annoying if you  don't have your unit in a closed cabinet. 4) The remote is HORRIBLE.  True,  it is loaded with features, but the layout is illogical and the small  buttons are not friendly to anyone with normal-sized fingers.  Plus, it  lacks backlighting -- just try finding those tiny function buttons in the  dark. 5) The lack of random multidisc playback is annoying, but can be  overcome by programming the tracks you want to hear.  (And no, it's not  because the machine can't distinguish between CDs and DVDs as someone wrote  below, as the machine does have a &quot;CD only&quot; mode that ignores  DVDs during playback.)<br />With its great picture quality, this could easily  have been a five-star product.  Adjusting for Toshiba's spotty quality  control and that darned remote, it only gets three.  As such, I'd probably  go with the 3-disc Pioneer or the 5-disc Sony instead.