I bought this one on a whim just to try out the extended detail enhancement feature. Of the three (Sharp, Color, Contrast) Sharp worked very well. I have a properly calibrated set, so the other two were pretty much of no use. On newer films Sharp added just the right amount of sharpness to scenes without additional halos or other edge enhancement artifacts (the better the film's cinematography the better it works). With older 4:3 aspect films or non-HD TV shows from the 90s the image is stretch and there is nothing I can do to fix it. My Vizio TV can't adjust for it (it just sees a 1080P image coming from the player and keeps it in its "normal" state - stretched in other words) and neither can the player. That's pretty frustrating and I may end up sending this back for that reason. Need to take stock of how many DVDs I rent that are 4:3. The audio is good/average. Nothing to write home about, but perfectly acceptable. The build quality of the unit is very light. The case of... Read more

The XDe-600 had one drawback keeping me from recommending it to anybody, it was region locked. However it would play PAL video as long as the sources were not region locked.

Thanks to an intrepid fellow called "hikarushidou" we have a region hack. Although first found for the EU model I checked it tonight on our XDE600 and can confirm it works for the US models as well.

"hikarushidou

Found the following code to unlock this unit to region free, have even tested it & it works!!

- turn on dvd player
- open tray
- press "35147199" on remote
- turn off dvd player
- turn dvd player back on & you should have an open region player!!"

Although the build quality feels slightly cheaper than the XDE-500 the XDE-600 does the same job with a slightly smaller foot print. The remote is a little different than the XDE-500 but once again is essentially the same.

For anyone with an extensive DVD collection this is the... Read more

I was in the market for a nice, inexpensive upscaling DVD player for my home theater. I currently own a PS3 for my blu-ray needs, and I didn't want to put the extra strain on the PS3 by using it for my regular DVD's and netflix rentals.

I have to say this thing is GREAT!!!! It has a nice, sleek design and runs very cool. The upscaling is AMAZING (of course connected with a HDMI). I very rarely have any issues with playback. I have had a few occurrences where the sound lagged behind the picture, but testing the netflix dvd's on another player showed that it was the DVD itself and not the player.

I'm VERY happy with this product, and will look to replace it with another when the times comes!