Toshiba BDX3300

Good media format support, Solid pictures, Low price, Smart features and DLNA

Lightweight build quality, Basic onscreen presentation, Fiddly remote, No DivX playback

Low price ; Smart content ; DLNA streaming ; Blu-ray picture quality

Basic interface ; Lacks 3D disc handling ; No MKV file support ; Poor remote control

Aside from the odd show-off product, such as the Toshiba Excite 13, Toshiba is a brand that's largely been focused on good value rather than breaking new ground, and the Toshiba BDX3300 Blu-ray player is a spectacular example of its signature...

it is very easy to use and does what it says on the tin

remote a bit small for us older boys

Price, image quality, built-in wifi

Annoyingly small and awkward buttons on remote, need to either have no disc in situ or have tray open if using wifi, as it seems disc ops have priority. Weather its peculiar to Toshiba or blu ray players per se, but compared to dvd players there is a...

Handles the Blu Rays without stutter or pause. Easy to set up.

Small, less defined buttons on remote

Very good for the price paid

Wifi works, but weak signal. Remote control a bit unresponsive.

Handles the Blu Rays without stutter or pause. Easy to set up

Small, less defined buttons on remote

Very good for the price paid

Wifi works, but weak signal. Remote control a bit unresponsive

Plays Blu-rays well enough and once playing a programme iPlayer works well and the picture is good. DLNA works ok streaming from a Windows laptop.

The user interface is really slow : iPlayer works but starting up and navigation to a programme takes forever. DLNA only worked once wirelessly with my Mac, the set up seems to be very hit and miss. (I use the same Mac to stream to ps3 which works...

picture quality is brilliant

the on screen menu is bit difficult to navigate.