Toshiba SD3750 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
The Mysterious Toshiba SD3750 Progressive Scan DVD Player
I would love to know more about this DVD player.  Amazon has almost no description of it, but the Toshiba site has even less.  I called their customer service number yesterday and had to prove to them that they had mentioned this player in a press release.  Pretty sad.  <br />I went into one of my local brick and mortar stores that distributes Toshiba so I could learn more about the SD5700 and HDCD.  They had no clue about either one.  After I explained HDCD and that the SD4700 and SD5700 were progressive scan DVD players that were supposed to come out this summer, I was ready to bolt and find more info on the net myself.  They persuaded me to wait while they called their distributor.  They relayed the message that the distributor had just came from a trade show in Vegas where he had been told that the 5700 had been canned before it hit the market and that it had been replaced by the SD3750.  They said the 3750 and all subsequent Toshiba DVD players would be equipped with HDCD and the 3750 would be $249.99 plus tax.  They also told me the distributor said not to buy a SD5700 even if I found one since Toshiba was replacing it with the SD3750.<br />I found a mention of the 3750 in a June 28, 2001 Toshiba press release and as an item on Amazon.  Other than that, you would think this product does not exist.  <br />I called the Toshiba customer service/contact number.  After I proved to them that they were marketing this product, they gave me a few specs.  I was told the 3750 plays DVD, VCD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3 formats.  DAC is 10/54mhz.  Resolution is 540 lines. Has N 2 2 surround.  They said it does not have Dolby Digital (I asked if that meant that it did not have a built in Dolby Digital decoder or it does not support Dolby Digital ....but they had no clue what it meant).  They also had no idea about DTS capability.  Optical Audio out, S-Video, Component Video, and Composite Video outputs.  Toshiba said this product will be in stores on August 29th and so will the SD4700 and SD5700 ... so much for the replacement theory.<br />The most disturbing thing is that they said it does NOT have HDCD.  I told them what the brick and mortar company said.  Toshiba said the specs they had there were not set in stone and that it may have HDCD after all.  That calls everything they said about the 3750 into question.  How can customer service for a company not know \\"set in stone\\" specs for a product that will hit the shelves in one week?  I love Toshiba DVD, but they must be pretty dense.