Toshiba BDX3300 Pro Reviews

The obvious cost cutting measures that Toshiba must have implemented to produce a competent Blu-ray player at this price-point come in the build quality of the unit, lack of outputs and nasty little remote. The unit is lightweight and plasticky; connections are limited to solitary digital video and audio outputs and the controller is far too small to be easily usable. The menu system is also quite simplistic but that’s not necessarily a minus point and items are readily accessible thanks to sensible design. The Toshiba BDX3300KB is a Smart box, however, and despite the limited nature of the online content – there are just 4 choices – the solidity of the streaming media player leaves the version found in Toshiba TVs in the dust. At least the staple BBC iPlayer and YouTube widgets form part of the internet content – both of which work well.

It may lack finesse and at times appears a tad archaic, but we can't find it within us to criticise anything on a super-slim Blu-ray player that combines the best of the smart TV landscape with a price that hovers under £80/£120. For a simple 2D Blu-ray upgrade with some YouTube goodness, we can't recommend the Toshiba BDX3300 highly enough.