Hi all, I bought this Tosh for the bargain price of £49 from Amazon so I shouldn't really complain, but.......it works great with HD-DVD's and upscales SD-DVD's brilliantly (IMO). Having said that about the upscaling, the fact is that the player will not run properly with approx half of SD-DVD's that I try to play. The problem/fault is that the picture (and sometimes sound) disappear for approx half a second and it does this approx every 5-10 seconds! Obviously when this happens I have to use my non upscaling HD/DVD recorder which is OK but not as good as the Tosh (when the Tosh can be bothered to work, that is) I have already upgraded from the freebie HDMI lead but it didn't cure the fault. Has anyone else with this player experienced this? I suspect the Tosh may be faulty but I would appreciate any feedback from you guys and gals before I contact Amazon.
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Toshiba EP-30 problem
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Try updating the firmware for the player,you`ll find the web address in the manual,there`s been 2 updates since I got mine.
Yep, firmware can either be downloaded from the Tosh website, or if you phone them they'll send you a disk.
On previous dealings with Amazon they too have been extremely helpful, so basically I'd get in touch with either asap!
On previous dealings with Amazon they too have been extremely helpful, so basically I'd get in touch with either asap!
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Hi all, I bought this Tosh for the bargain price of £49 from Amazon so I shouldn't really complain, but.......it works great with HD-DVD's and upscales SD-DVD's brilliantly (IMO). Having said that about the upscaling, the fact is that the player will not run properly with approx half of SD-DVD's that I try to play. The problem/fault is that the picture (and sometimes sound) disappear for approx half a second and it does this approx every 5-10 seconds! Obviously when this happens I have to use my non upscaling HD/DVD recorder which is OK but not as good as the Tosh (when the Tosh can be bothered to work, that is) I have already upgraded from the freebie HDMI lead but it didn't cure the fault. Has anyone else with this player experienced this? I suspect the Tosh may be faulty but I would appreciate any feedback from you guys and gals before I contact Amazon.
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Have you got it set to the highest setting 1080p/24 by any chance? If so, turn off 24 so it is only 1080p when playing DVD. The latest firmware fixes this I think.
Hi all, I bought this Tosh for the bargain price of £49 from Amazon so I shouldn't really complain, but.......it works great with HD-DVD's and upscales SD-DVD's brilliantly (IMO). Having said that about the upscaling, the fact is that the player will not run properly with approx half of SD-DVD's that I try to play. The problem/fault is that the picture (and sometimes sound) disappear for approx half a second and it does this approx every 5-10 seconds! Obviously when this happens I have to use my non upscaling HD/DVD recorder which is OK but not as good as the Tosh (when the Tosh can be bothered to work, that is) I have already upgraded from the freebie HDMI lead but it didn't cure the fault. Has anyone else with this player experienced this? I suspect the Tosh may be faulty but I would appreciate any feedback from you guys and gals before I contact Amazon.
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Have you got it set to the highest setting 1080p/24 by any chance? If so, turn off 24 so it is only 1080p when playing DVD. The latest firmware fixes this I think.
Hi all,
I received the latest (generally available) firmware update and applied it, but it didn't make any difference. I also double checked my resolution setting. Is set to 720p (my TV is a Tosh 37WLT66 which is only 1080i max). I have spoken to Toshiba's technical chaps about this. Turns out that the EP-30 is known to have this fault on the WLT66 series tv's! The latest firmware fix does nothing for this problem. In fact, they do have a firmware fix specially for the problem, but you have to phone up and ask for it. It isn't available as a download on the net.
So, anybody out there with a Toshiba WLT66 series TV and a EP-30 HD DVD player, be aware, you need to contact Toshiba directly to get the correct firmware update.
I received the latest (generally available) firmware update and applied it, but it didn't make any difference. I also double checked my resolution setting. Is set to 720p (my TV is a Tosh 37WLT66 which is only 1080i max). I have spoken to Toshiba's technical chaps about this. Turns out that the EP-30 is known to have this fault on the WLT66 series tv's! The latest firmware fix does nothing for this problem. In fact, they do have a firmware fix specially for the problem, but you have to phone up and ask for it. It isn't available as a download on the net.
So, anybody out there with a Toshiba WLT66 series TV and a EP-30 HD DVD player, be aware, you need to contact Toshiba directly to get the correct firmware update.
I find it odd when a company doesn't make firmware available for download, had this been on the support site you may have found it and fixed it yourself in a matter of minutes. What's the harm in putting it on the support site with a bold statement saying for WLT66 owners only.
Nice to see that Toshiba products work well together, not! 🙂
Nice to see that Toshiba products work well together, not! 🙂
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