In response to Vincent below, he's dead wrong with his assumptions about a progressive DVD player performing the same as a cheap DVD player on a TV with a line doubler.

I hate to be hostile but it so enrages me to see this type of ignorance! This DVD player ships with progressive scan turned off. You have to hit a button on the remote control to switch. I bet anything that Vincent neglected this step and was watching 480i upconverted off of both his DVD players. That would lead me to believe the same things.

Here's the truth:

Your TV, I don't care if it's a Pioneer Elite, Runco, or whatever -- anything with a built-in line doubler/de-interlacer/whatever -- will never do as good a job de-interlacing as a true progressive scan player. Fact.

The DVDs are encoded for interlaced TVs (I wont go into any 3:2 pulldown discussion), when your DVD player outputs 480i the TV senses this and will activate its internal line doubling hardware to upconvert this to 480p. Here's where the fun begins... you have added a *huge* analog step here. That signal has to get from your DVD player to the TV where it is going to be upconverted in an analog domain for display on your TV set. I am sure you are all aware of what type of signal loss this will introduce.

The Toshibas (and other progressive scan players, sans the Pioneer 434 which does not do 3:2 pulldown), on the other hand, do everything digitally. The image buffer is built entirely digitally right from the source material. The 3:2 pulldown is done digitally in hardware (again, the Pioneer 434 does not do 3:2 pulldown). Color sampling is done digitally. No signal loss. No noise introduced. Everything done with incredible precision. It then outputs this pure, 480p signal to your TV.

Now, your TV just has to display 480p. No mucking around with the signal for upconversion. Absolute minimal signal loss.

Compare the Toshiba 6200's 480i and 480p output on any HD set, and you'll see the difference. The difference is *night and day* here, folks. If you have an HD set, you're doing yourself a severe disservice by not getting a progressive scan DVD player.

I'll step off my soapbox now... ;)

Professional look and feel, great menu system, incredible sound and picture, quiet playback.

None found yet. Maybe the remote leaves something to be desired.

Well, I finally got my 6200 a couple of days ago. Seeing as how it isn't available in CAN, I had to order it over the Internet. Took about 7 days from Dynadirect, and I saved about $500 (taking into consideration the exchange rate)..!!! I LOVE this player so far. No, I don't have a proscan TV yet (that's next), but I still find the picture incredible on my old Toshiba 33". I've used both the Sony 650 and 670D models, and this one blows them away for simplicity of design, quality, and intuitiveness. Don't blow your money on bells and whistles, folks! Sony players are noisy, they're NOT proscan (yet, anyway), and they look and feel like a toy you bought for your kid, albeit an expensive one. What's with that new cheap POWER "push" button on the Sonys anyway?
Those who know will go Toshiba - I've used and compared, and this one rocks!!! Sony can have my TV business... XBR... drool, pant...

Similar Products Used:

Sony 650D, 670D

This is a follow-up to my review below...
I've had quite a few inquiries from Canadian customers who are getting frustrated with the unavailability of this amazing DVD player in Canada. Well, being as how I've had nothing but good things to say about my experience purchasing the 6200 from Dynadirect, I'll give some details:
Dynadirect is a Yahoo affiliate. Their Web site looks very professional, and there was always someone there to answer my call. For the Toshiba 6200, I paid $573 US. With the exchange rate (1.54) and shipping ($16 US, which is pretty good), the CANADIAN price charged to my credit card came to $922.70. Seeing as how the lowest price for the 3209 I could find from a local dealer was $899 CAN (!), I'd say I got a DAMN GOOD DEAL!!
Anyway, it took 7 business days to ship the product to my office. Dynadirect uses UPS. UPS has an awesome web tracking system, so I was able to track my DVD player as it made its way to my living room. The box was in great shape, too. What about duty, you ask? Well, here's the tip: put the name of a COMPANY that you're shipping to, and then a C/O with your name. It doesn't matter whether the company is real or not. When a package is shipped from the States to a Canadian residential address, the brokers will get picky, and charge you duty. HOWEVER, they usually leave companies alone. I WAS NOT CHARGED ANY DUTY. HAH!
So what about the bad news? The warranty. Though the DVD player came with a Canadian warranty card, it says that you must have purchased it in Canada. I sent off the card anyway, and put Dynadirect as the place of purchase. But, honestly, I hope nothing goes wrong with the player! I have faith, though, the 6200 just feels like a solid piece of machinery, compared to the Sonys I've used.
Hope this helps out my fellow Canadians! Don't settle for the 3209, when you can get the 6200 for cheaper!!