I own a Tosh 210e and have just started to play VCD's on it which I have authored using tmpgenc and burnt with VCD Easy. I have been getting poor results with playback eg picture freezing & poor sound. I rang the Toshiba helpline and found that the firmware on my model is 2.10. Without any prompting I was offered a replacement item with firmware version 2.30. This means either Toshiba have the best customer relations department in the world or (cynically) there was a known problem with earlier model 210e's.

So, anyone out there that has problems playing VCD's on an older 210e I suggest contacting Toshiba customer services & seeing what they have to say. (My machine is less than 12 months old)

You can check your firmware version by pressing "zoom" 606 "zoom" on the handset (no disc in the machine) and reading the text. Toshiba customer services is 0115 976 6958 (UK).

Hope this helps with anyone suffering playback problems & I would appreciate any further updates from anyone that has any problems with firmware 2.30.