Toshiba SD-4900 Progressive Scan DVD Player
Misses perfection in an ugly way
I got this DVD player in the hope that it would replace my current pair of Toshiba SD3750 and Phillips DVD726.  See, I wanted to be able to play commercial DVDs, DVD+R, and DVD-R.  My SD3750 played DVD+R like a champ and had great ergonomics; the DVD726 had lousy ergonomics (had issues making its remote teach my MX500 too), but read DVD-R just fine.  The reviews say this thing can do DVD+/- in addition to doing multi-region and PAL-NTSC conversion on the fly (just like the DVD726 -- another function I wanted), so I picked it up.<br />Good points:<BR>It's thin<BR>It's got controls on the front which makes it easy to control it w/o remote<BR>It's got a decent remote that taught my MX500 without a problem.<br />Bad point:<BR>Oh, just one really.  When you put a DVD-R in it, it makes a constant and horrible whirring/grinding noise for as long as the disc is in there.  It's ... just bad.  That kills it for me -- I'll be returning it in the next few days.<br />-roy