Comments on: Toshiba HD-EP35

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:37:25 +0000

Responded via e-mail.

By: Martyn

Martyn — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:38:58 +0000

Will the EP-35 or the EP-10 play Hi Def camcorder footage edited with Pinnacle 11 and burned with an Ordinary DVD burner onto SD DVD-R discs?

By: bertha

bertha — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:07:41 +0000

Hi there – not sure if you are aware but there is a firmware created to make the ep35 and ep30 models region free for sd dvds. The author of the firmware is looking for 200 people who are willing to pay for it, you can find out more here

http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=65405&pid=1053747&st=120&#entry1053747

The idea is that once people have paid for it they won’t be as inclined to share it for free as he got grief before for his firmware being shared openly instead of by PM, anyway – if you are interested check out the link for more info.

All the best – Berth

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:59:15 +0000

No problem Andrew! I still think that the higher quality DVD upscalers like your Denon (great choice!) and my Pioneer are a real step up from the EP35.

All of my cheapo discs are finally starting to arrive, at least its a way of getting a good library of flicks.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:37:15 +0000

And then Tosh ‘gave-up’ the battle!!

A brand new EP35 for around £120/£130 (still with two discs) seems like a no-brainer! Especially since the discs should just keep dropping in price now, even if they do eventually fizzle out…

PS: Thanks for pointing out that the EP35 is NOT multi-region, akes me feel better about having bought my Denon DVD-1940 upscaler (multo-region) deck last year……

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:44:48 +0000

Sadly, no. The DVD side of things is region locked to 2. The only reason I still keep my Pioneer DVD player in the rack now is because its multiregion.

By: Renato

Renato — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:48:46 +0000

i know these players are region free on the HD side but will they play my normal
region 1 or 3, dvd’s

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:39:07 +0000

Hi, I have the Onkyo receiver, and it decodes from the Tosh fantastically. I think the load time is not an issue; its about 15 secs, so what.

By: Crob

Crob — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:43:47 +0000

Oh dear,if i decide to treat myself to a new EP35 looks like i’ll have to upgrade my reciever in the near future aswell!Just have to see what Santa brings,eh?!

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:42:34 +0000

Sadly, no. The HD audio streams are only capable through HDMI. New receivers all round!

I’m actually looking very seriously at the Onkyo amp that What Hi Fi have given numerous awards to.

By: Crob

Crob — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:55:50 +0000

Is it not possible to get Dolby true hd or DTS hd via the 5.1 analogue outputs fed to an older reciever,e.g a Denon 1906

By: Bush Mackel

Bush Mackel — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:16:57 +0000

@Pete – Ah ha! Well aside from the amp/receiver, you taught me something new with those HD audio formats. *nod* Thanks for the lesson Pete – Next time I’m in your neck of the woods your drinks are on me. (#):)

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:45:52 +0000

Ah yes indeed, a tomato/tomatoe thing there, receiver and amp are one and the same

By: Bush Mackel

Bush Mackel — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:00:16 +0000

@Pete – Well I’m glad I asked! (#):)

So do you not have a receiver in your setup? I’m curious as to where your speakers are hooked in then…I mean, it looks like your do have a receiver in your setup (from your pics) or are you calling that your amp? (As in it has a built-in amp or something)

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:52:49 +0000

Bush, the amp is the all important thing here. To obtain Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD you need an amp that is capable of handling those signals, and that is only achieveable over HDMI.

You take your HDMI from the player, into the amp and then output another HDMI cable from amp to your TV. Like I said, this is the only way to get uncompressed HD audio.

Connecting the player up via a regular optical output will take the HD audio output and downsample it to regular Dolby Digital or DTS audio. It still sounds ten times better than regular DVD audio, but you’ll need a nice amp (and speakers, of course) to get the best of it.

By: Bush Mackel

Bush Mackel — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:11:52 +0000

Oh, I forgot that I had a question. So you say that this player supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD… In your setup do you have the player decoding those signals and then pass them processed to your receiver, that simply plays them or does the player just pass the audio to your receiver which than processes it?

Sorry if that’s a bit of a n00b question, but I’m feeling more and more out it home theater wise so I thought I’d ask. *nod*

By: Bush Mackel

Bush Mackel — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:09:13 +0000

Great review Pete! I can’t wait ’till I finally get myself together HD wise and finally can allow myself to buy DVDs again. (#):)

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:09:35 +0000

Nice one homey! Great review. After I pay Christmas off I’ll look at this to replace my 360 add-on player.

Good choice!