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Toshiba SD-3990 Progressive Scan DVD Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
List Price: $69.99
Buy Used: $34.12
You Save: $35.87 (51%)
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 22555
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 16.9 x 1.7
MPN: SD-3990
Model: SD-3990
UPC: 022265411926
EAN: 0022265411926
ASIN: B000EBRLHK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Slim-profile, single-disc multiformat DVD player; measures 16.9 x 1.65 x 8.2 inches (WxHxD) | | • | Compatibility with DVD movie, CD audio,CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-R/RW, and VCD discs; DivX, JPEG, MP3 and WMA files | | • | 3:2 pulldown detection adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps progressive scan video | | • | Outputs: 1 composite, 1 S-Video, 1 component | | • | DVD offer Dolby Digital/DTS decoding; coaxial digital audio output |
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Product Description
The SD-3990 DVD player features ColorStream Pro Progressive Scan Component Video Outputs for enhanced color purity and image detail. DivX Home Theater Certified allows playback of DivX, AVI and MPEG4 (.ASF) compressed files downloaded from the internet from a personal computer and stored on a CD-R/RW. The convenient JPEG Photo Viewer enables users to seamlessly display digital photographs from disc onto their televisions. Play back MP3 and WMA files effortlessly from compatible CD-R and CD-RW discs. Virtual Surround Sound recreates dynamic multi channel surround sound from two stereo speakers.
Amazon.com Product Description
Nicely affordable yet packed full of powerful video and audio playback features, the Toshiba SD-3990 single-disc, progressive scan DVD player has a stylishly silver, super-slim profile that measures just 1.65 inches high. It's also compatible with a wide variety of disc and digital file formats, including DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, and VCD discs as well as MP3, WMA, and JPEG (Kodak Picture and FujiColor CDs) content burned to disc. It's also DivX Home Theater Certified, meaning that it's compatible with video burned to disc using both the DivX video format. The SD-3990 performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture. With the JPEG Viewer, you can easily display your favorite digital photos and create custom slideshows with a few simple clicks of the player's remote control. The interactive Digital Picture Zoom feature allows you to select an area of the video from a DVD and magnify it. Other DVD playback features include fast scan, slow motion, multi-angle selection, multi-subtitle selection, and parental lock. You get vivid, realistic sound, thanks to Toshiba's 24-bit/192 kHz pulse code modulation (PCM) audio processor. PCM audio translates digital signals from your DVDs and CDs into warmer, natural sound. The DVD player offers Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, and you can connect to a multi-channel home theater surround sound system via the coaxial digital audio output. It also produces 3D virtual surround sound from two speakers. It features the following video and audio connections: - Composite A/V: 1
- S-Video: 1
- Component Video: 1
- Digital audio: 1 coaxial
Tech Talk
DivX is a compressed digital video format (like MP3) that's based on the MPEG-4 video compression standard. It can reduce the video from a DVD (MPEG-2) to around 10 percent of its original size while still retaining good video and audio quality, enabling you to store several two-hour length movies on burned DVD media. Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound. What's in the Box
Single-disc DVD player, remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions
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| Customer Reviews: Read 50 more reviews...
 Subtitle Features Work Poorly January 3, 2009
This DVD player handles both Region 1 and Region 2 films, but the subtitle feature is a problem. Changing the settings on the screen during initial setup of the movie doesn't translate to changes while watching it - only pressing the subtitle button on the remote affects that. But more annoying is that often the subtitles appear too low to be read completely. Resizing the screen made no difference in my ability to see them. The same films work perfectly on my Mac, which is set to Region 2; the subtitles are clear and easily viewed. So I'm retiring this DVD player and trying a Philips DVP5990, which got better reviews. Here's hoping....
Great for a while December 30, 2008
We bought this player a couple years ago and it worked great up until a month ago. Out of the blue it wouldn't power up if you pushed the power button on the unit. We had to use the remote. Then after a week or so it wouldn't power up at all unless we unplugged it. Then again after a few days I had to unplug it several times to get it to power up. Finally a few more days later it died all together.
We also have the sister model SD-3960 which works well except the door won't open on it's own most of the time.
 piece of junk October 15, 2008
This unit convinced me not to buy Toshiba ever again.
After about 6 months of infrequest use, it now will not load standard store-purchased DVD's or the DivX disks that worked fine a few months ago. It displays "Loading..." until the disk is ejected or the unit turned off.
Just prior to this, it would play, but hang-up abould 1/2 of the way through.
I feel I was ripped off. The purchase price of this unit new should give me more than a total of 10 - 15 hours of playing time.
 Toshiba SD-3990 September 19, 2008
I have owned this player for almost 2 years and have been very satisfied. Many other reviewers seem to have had a ton of problems. This player has played everything I have thrown in it, including downloaded .AVI files and PAL formatted DVDs from Europe. My DiVx DVDs play flawlessly. By reading these reviews, I am wondering if I got the only good one Toshiba made. Either way, I love this thing!
Nice Christmas present, but disposable. March 17, 2008
Ok, I barely watch DVDs at home, however it is always nice to have a DVD player to suite your entertainment needs every once in a while.
Please don't buy this one, you want something that will last forever and will not just break all of the sudden even if you don't use it. I used to think that Toshiba was that leader brand in "home entertainment" systems but not anymore. This DVD player was a tease, it looked perfect, simple and user friendly, but just the fact that so many people are having the same issue is an offense to all customers. One DVD player braking is understandable but when you browse in Google or just in this site and find out that many people are going through the same hassle, it says that quality control did not do their job.
I will stay loyal to other brands such as Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp or LG as a last resource.
Sorry if I am harsh but enough is enough.
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