Toshiba BDX1250 Pro Reviews

Yet again we’ve been presented with a player that really has no major weaknesses in terms of its primary purpose of playing Blu-ray discs, artefact free and with no underhand processing adversely affecting the signal sent to the display. The Toshiba BDX1250 simply gets the job done and, for the prices at which it’s available, it represents a bit of a steal.

A disappointing player from Toshiba – this budget Blu-ray won’t win many admirers

After testing out the BDX1250, we can’t help but come away feeling a little underwhelmed. Yes it’s designed as a simple deck for those coming to Blu-ray for the first time, and we’ve rationalised the BDX1250’s lack of features on the basis of its ‘budget’ price. But after a bit of online window shopping, we found that the Tosh’s £150-ish price tag isn’t actually that cheap, not when you can buy more generously equipped entry-level players from Sony and Samsung for under £100. There’s no web content, DLNA support, 3D or even DivX playback, which leaves USB media playback as the headline feature. In the plus column, the BDX1250 is easy to use and delivers impressive pictures, but that probably won’t be enough to stop your money being spent elsewhere.