The picture adjustments should have been grouped into a single menu, as some of the settings overlap – without careful use you can end up spoiling the picture.
Toshiba also missed a trick by not adding its new Toshiba Places internet portal to its player. Wi-fi support (built-in or dongle), network streaming, smartphone control, built-in BD Live memory, a second HDMI output and 2D-to-3D conversion are all absent. The front-mounted USB port provides media playback and supports MKV and DivX HD. Get the settings spot on and the deck delivers impressive 2D and 3D pictures. These let you alter the usual parameters, as well as offering presets, noise reduction and tweaks for individual colours. It boasts a surprisingly wide range of picture adjustments, grouped as Video Processing and Motion Video Processing. Disc loading times are fairly fast, taking 50 seconds to load Terminator Salvation. I had absolutely no trouble using the player, thanks to the uncomplicated menu system and its responsiveness to remote commands. The BDX3200 is easy on the eye, with slim bodywork (42.5mm high) and a sleek black finish.
The BDX3200 is its latest 3D-ready effort and with its £150 price tag should appeal to those on a budget – although Sony’s BDP-S480 costs the same amount and offers much more in functionality. Toshiba’s Blu-ray players have never been cutting-edge affairs, but the company has wholeheartedly embraced 3D. (Pocket-lint) - Toshiba has announced the launch of the world’s first glasses-free 3D laptop, the Toshiba Qosmio F750 3D and Pocket-lint was on hand to check it out at the rather subdued UK launch. Toshiba’s feature-light 3D deck fails to excite Danny Phillips