I have posted a few review on other dvd products. I must say that the Panasonic is the unit I intend to for the time being. It is missing many functions that I came to expect from my Sony530. But,the sounds come out when the mouths are moving. The picture quality is very crisp and clear. As far as sound, I can no longer stand to listen to my cds through my kenwood cd changer. too bad it will not play cdr disks. Of the units I have auditioned, this will be the one i keep. Most likely it will end up in my son's room, but it is definately a keeper. At this time, there are really only two points in DVD player: reference series, consumer series. It seems reference series starts at $800+ and consumer series is from there to $200up. in the consumer series, the only accurate differences appear to be between quality and flaws.For this reason, I chose the pana120. No it does not have all the options, but its playback quality is very acceptable. It gets 5* from me in this price range

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This is my first DVD player, and I would say I'm more into the movies than the equipment, but overall, I've been thrilled with the medium (which means I'm thrilled with the player). By reading this and other sites, I was able to not only figure out that this model is an excellent value, but that the $279 retail the first Best Buy I went to was too high (I went to another a few miles away and got it for $239!).

That said, I've got otherwise decent but not necessarily top-of-the-line equipment (a 10 year old Sony component stereo, and 4 year old GE 32" TV) and I'm expreiencing one glitch, which I have not identified as coming from the DVD player (though that is likely).

Here's the symptom: after about 15 minutes to 1 hour of DVD viewing, the right audio channel will drop out. It took me a couple times to figure out the workaround, but if I pause the DVD, the sound comes back full stereo upon resuming play.

Anyone else had this problem? The stereo has no other channel problems, though it could still be the TV. Just thought I'd ask before I start in on Best Buy or Panasonic, which I don't look forward to doing. Thanks! Feel free to write if you have thoughts.

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This player has problems with reading dual layer disks. At first I thought that the disks I was renting were scratched. However, I just bought Saving Private Ryan (which has dual layers because it has over 3 hours of content) and the player intermitently fails to read the disk at all.

Picture & Sound Quality

Remote is a bit hard to operate

I've had the Panasonic for about 2 months now and have had no problems with lip-sync or pixelation. The sound and picture quality are superb. I paid around 279.00 for the unit at Circuit City but probably could have done better on-line

Excellent DVD player. My music CD sound better on it than my Nakamichi CD player.

Will not play CDRs'.

Excellent player but will not play CDRs'. So, now I have got to keep my CD player.

Quick loading, excellent overall quality.

Remote could be improved.

For the low price, I would consider this one of the must-have low end DVD players on the market.

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Blacker than black

No zoom feature

Great DVD player. Owned since Feb. 1999, and never had any compatibility problems or artifacts show up on my player. Very easy player to use. Very reliable.

GREAT PICTURE,QUICK LOAD, HAS ALL IN & OUTS NEEDED.

REMOTE BUTTON SMALL AND HARD TO USE AT TIMES.

I HAVE USED THIS PRODUCT FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS NOW. WHAT CAN I SAY THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SAID. SIMPLY THE BEST UNIT FOR THE MONEY HANDSDOWN. PAID 279.00 NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER.

component video out, dd & dts out, excellent picture, quiet, fast loading

small buttons on remote

This player has handled all of the dvd discs so far, including the Matrix. Great player for the price.

system:
Mirage and Paradigm speakers
Harmon Kardon A75 receiver

Excellent picture/sound quality; fast start; easy hook-up; optical and coax.

I must agree with everyone else - the remote is less than stellar

For the price, this unit is going to be difficult to beat. Both picture and sound quality are outstanding. I have run several movies through it (including The Matrix and others known to have problems on some players) and have not experienced a single glitch: no artifacting, no pausing or skipping, no stopping, and definitely no audio sync problems. All discs so far have played flawlessly. And if you haven't experience Dolby Digital in your home, you're missing an experience. This unit rocks in the sound arena. Hook-up is easy, changing settings using the on-screen menu is intuitive . . . what more could you want, especially under $300?

For the value I give it 5 stars. I have to give it only 4 stars for overall due to the remote - it needs work. Hey Panasonic - how about larger keys, better layout, a jog shuttle, and backlighting?

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