Can Play CD-R

Lip sync

I bought this DVD player 2 months ago before I discovered
this web site. Since this was my first DVD play I was very enthusiast in the beginging. After a week of two I started
noticeing the lip sync problems. Also some DVD did not play
they simply loop at the main menu. The last title that I remember was "Random Hearts". I went out and rented the same movie from another store but the same behavior. At the end I brought it back and got the Denon DVD-2500. What a difference. Like day and night. My advice "Don't bother look for something else."

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Denon DVD-2500

Picture and sound are great

Fatal flaw: LIP SYNC!

I have already reviewed this item (see below), and I was too kind. I returned the first one because of the lip sync problem. The second unit seemed to be ok for a couple months until I watched the "Insider". The lip sync problem is back. The Denon 1500 has something very wrong with it. Do not buy this product. Take it from me and the others that have complained about the lip sync problem.

I want to smash this thing. Why can't I give it zero stars? Any DVD player would beat this thing. I don't care if the 1500's picture quality and the sound are better than some of the other players. It's like buying an expensive sports car that drives great except that the brakes occasionally lock up on you while you're going 65 mph.

Great Audio
Attractive, well built.

Remote barely acceptable (What's new with Denon)

I like some of the other reviewers have not been able to play Stuart Little. The machine locks up on a menu and won't budge. I have not noticed the lip sync problem. I have yet to contact Denon but am already skeptical that any satisfaction will be forth coming. It is hard to believe a company such as Denon would not make every effort to fix this problem. More to follow ..... I hope.

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First DVD unit

Picture, sound, downsample, ease of use.

Delay when applying command via remote.

WOW! This unit rocks! Of course, there are always issues one must contend with in emerging standards. DVD is still relatively new.

No synch problems! I bought this unit 1/2/00 and rent six DVD's a week (film school brat.) I own just under 40 DVD's and have therefore watched around 100 DVD's on this unit. I have to say that I am extrememly happy with the performance.

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Sony, JVC, Toshiba.

Great CD sound

A little slow to load

I have herd that there is a lip sync problem. I havent had that problem yet . I am very satisfied with this unit I am ussing the Denon AVR 2700 as the power source. The picture and sound is great.

Looks; solid feel

Lip sync problem; poor remote control; way over-priced

I just returned a DVD-1500 to the store a week after I bought it. It had a serious lip sync problem (which was not present at all on my Panasonic A-110). The store checked their other DVD-1500's to see if I just had a bad one. Apparently, all of theirs had the same problem, as they told me they were returning the whole lot to Denon. This episode was particularly disappointing to me, as I have been sold on Denon, owning 4 other Denon products (a DD receiver, a DPL receiver, a CD player & a cassette deck)--all have been perfect. This has shaken my confidence in Denon. (I might also add that the remote control for the DVD-1500 is terrible--makes the much-maligned remote for the A-110 look great by comparison.)

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Panasonic A-110u; DVD-ROM

picture, sound

lip sync problem. takes a long time to navigate between tracks

The picture seems fine on my JVC 32" using S-video. The sound is good as well (using B&K AVR202, coax digital out and JMLab Cobalt 820s), but I have had a lip sync problem on about 75% of the dvds I have played. This is driving me absolutely crazy. I sure hope there is something wrong with my unit, because it doesn't speak well for the product if this is normal.

The only other complaint is the slow navigation between tracks. Speed it up a little, please!

This thing cost way too much ($500 US) for me to endure the lip sync problem, and I would be surprised if it were the dvds that were the issue. It has happened on about 7 or 8 discs.

Great CD playback

Video screwups on complex video scenes

I have a 4:3 50" RPTV, so I need a player that does great anamorphic downconversion. This was my 3rd player in 2 weeks. First the Pioneer 525 - great 5.1 audio, good donwconversion, but my unit locked up on 4 out of 5 disks. Exchanged for Sony 330 - slightly softer picture than 525, not as good of audio playback - in short, not satisfied. Took it back, decided to spend a little more and get the Denon 1500. Great CD playback, better by far than the other two DVD players and better than my CD player. Good crisp picture until I played some complex video scenes: In Contact, a view from a helicopter along a beach of 100's of parked cars - intense shimmying from the cars. In Willy Wonka, a brick wall with serious moire patterns, In Army of Darkness - shimmering when the camera pans across a hillside. Not acceptable. great picture when watching something like You've Got Mail (i.e., people not moving around a whole lot), but on action movies, terrible. I'm sure on a 16:9 tv its awesome, but not on my RPTV.

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Pioneer 525, Pan A120, Sony 330, 550D

Sound & picture quality, well designed (gold one)

remote, long time for CD-R loading

After I had read many reviewes on this page I've decided to wait some time with mine.
I've purchased my unit in December together with Denon AVR 1801 (excellent one).
I spend quite a long time trying to detect problems listed here - unsuccesully.

NO lip-sync problems (at least on noticable level).
All movies (+40) till now played great without any interruption (including Patriot and other listed).
CD-R plays well (it just requires more time for loading - in my opinion too much)
Picture is excellent.

Yes - remote is awful. But you know. My friend has Marantz audio and his remote is even worst. I'm going to purchase "learning one" for all my equipment

Finally.
I'am the person that spend over one month for VCR purchsing. I've tested four different models. After I've selected one for me, replaced it three times to get one that worked without problems.

Till now I'm not going to exchange my Denon. Maybe I'm lucky this time but I DO RECOMMEND THIS UNIT.

excellent audio playback, headphone jack, controls on unit often found only on remote, decent remote design, A-B repeat

loud crack when changing tracks playing CDs, crappy fast forward and reverse

I was very happy when I got this unit at a steep discount from Ubid. But I was quickly very disatisfied.

1. The fast forward for CDs plays like the chipmunks, and then it jumps intervals in the next step - quite a ridiculous design. Rewinding a CD will stop at the beginning of the track and will not jump to the track before - meaning to replay the end of the song means you have to go to the beginning of the song and fast forward. The fast forward and reverse for CDs is quite jerky too, that's not unusual on DVD players other than Sony or Aiwa. There is no high speed fast forward for DVDs.

2. I have seen the DVD player lock up in some strange mode where it shifted constantly between two different angles of the scene. I could not get it out of this mode until I powered off and on.

3. CD-R playback is crappy - lots of skips and there are cracking sounds between tracks. These cracking sounds occur with regular CDs too - even with a brand new U2 disk. I don't have any problem with any of these disks playing back on a Harmon Kardan CD player that is at least 12 years old (long before CD-Rs were around).

4. The remote performs poorly - several button presses are usual before a command is accepted, sometimes even when directly in front of the unit a few feet away.

Contacted Denon service and they told me I have the latest firmware (the label on my EPROM says GEN 1600 16CE). They told me I could ship it to them, but if they can't verify the problem they will just ship it back. They aren't very sympathetic.

In conclusion, with so many choices, STAY AWAY FROM THIS MODEL! The Toshiba SD1600 I had did was a much better unit overall, it just didn't play CDRs.

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Toshiba SD1600