This is a quality product all the way around! Best picture I've ever seen. All kinds of outputs! Audio sounds as good as the video looks.

I'm using this player with my 56 Panasonic TV. The two together are a perfect match. Everything looks and sounds WAY better than anything else I've seen. I've had two other Sony DVD players and all I can say is, progressive is the way to go!!!

The 4:3 shrink function is great for watching "full screen" or non-anamorphic movies. I also like the gamma corrections, and the sharpness controls. The build quality of the player is amazing. It's 38 lbs. so it's built like a rock!

This is a very expensive player, but once I saw the output on the screen, I had to have it! But, make sure your TV can utilize progressive scan. I believe that you have to have a SDTV or HDTV.

Everything about it!

No true 96khz output, it downsamples this to 48khz

This is to correct the statement I made in the previous review - it does NOT output full 96khz signal but downconverts it to 48khz as do most others (the only one I have used that puts out true 96khz is Pioneer 09.)
This error came about because the digital out is connected to a Meridian 861 which reads 96khz in the display. But this is the double sampled signal of 48khz which is a trick of the Meridian to make everything sound better, it doubles any 44.1 CD to 88.2, and 48khz to 96khz. The Panasonic does play the discs and lights an indicator in red on the front. Through the Meridian you can't hear the difference anyway.

This unit performs and is of much higher construction than any of the progressive Toshiba's.

Lastly, my model is H1000D, and I don't know if this is an upgrade from the H1000 or not, on the front it says H1000, but the Manual says H1000D as does the back plate.

looking good picture

too much expensive, getting too hot

This player can't now compete in market. Beacause Toshiba and Sony having new players which using same Genisis decoder but also to having SACD (Sony)DVD-A (Tosh). This model is offers less but charging too much money. They all look good...very few artifacts and trues inverse telecine, but this player now outclassed and underprices by better units from Sony and Toshiba. I think the S9000ES is the best player now -- having 12bit color decoder and SACD.

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Toshiba SD 9200, Sony S9000ES

progressive scan picture quality

no screen blanker (that I've seen)

I just wanted to mention that I have been able to get both a downconverted 48K signal AND a full 96K signal to my Lexicon just by changing the lpcm option (I believe that the 'off' setting allows the 96K signal to go through). I tested this with Ultimate DVD platinum which has some PCM tracks in both 48/16 and 96/24 format. The front panel of my processor clearly reads 96K. Is it possible that the 96/24 capability got removed at some point?
I think this is one of the best quality players in existence, but I still find the price hard to swallow.

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I also own a Sony DVP-S7700

Everything.

It broke after 90 Days!

This a follow up to my praise in the previous review. It started to skip, freeze, pixelate, etc. This got worse and then the unit failed to recognize any disc! There is a Panasonic Authorized Repair Center here in town (but on the opposite side of where I am, 20 miles away). They were very friendly, and eager to help. They had never seen a H1000 before, so they didn't know if they: A) could repair it, B) if they had the parts. Turns out the laser was bad and it is the same laser in other Panasonic units. They fixed it while I waited for an hour, and then carried all 38 pounds of it to the car for me. Great service, but I had to pay the labor for the repair. Turns out the warranty is only for 90 days, after that you pay for the labor, and after 1 year, you pay for everything. I don't think this is good enough for a $2,900 upscale player. They should have a separate warranty policy as Pioneer does for Elite, and Sony does for ES products. Plays as beautifully as ever. I just hope it doesn't crap out every three months!

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Sony 7000, 7700, Pioneer 09, Meridian 800.

Truly excellent audio as well as video reproduction. This DVD player will serve any audiophile well as a reference quality CD player.

None discovered so far.

I bought this player primarily based on what I had read was an excellent audio section, and the great price I found on the internet. (I found this price of $1600 the same day my local audio retailer told me that he could get the play for $2600, "rock bottom.") My previous Panasonic A110 was highly regarded for its audio and I could clearly hear the difference between it and comparably priced Pioneer players. But now I have not heard a better DVD/CD player than the DVD-H1000. The greatest difference is immediately heard in the treble range where the increase in detail is marked. Well recorded cymbals, as found in the Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions" sound subtle, distinct, and like musical instruments, not some white noise generator. Transient response and the ability to delineate clearly previously distorted sound is remarkable. Dynamic range and lack of overall distortion are greatly improved. For the first time in my system, crescendos aren't strained and I'm not reaching for the down-volume button when loud ones occur. It truly is as if "a veil has been lifted" or an extra layer or two of electronic haze has been removed between the listener and the music. The bonus then, for me, came with the excellent quality of the video. I read in The Perfect Vision that the progressive video is not the best. I can't speak to that because I do not have a HDTV or component video system yet. The S-video output, I can say, is also the best I have seen from four previous DVD players. I can't say that I had seen great differences between the video output of any of the previous players, but this one is, like the audio in a way, more detailed and more highly resolved. Another reviewer noted that movie credits are tough to reproduce without excessive "twitter" or rough edges. This is the first player I've seen than does this well. Of course, this simply means that the movie itself is better reproduced as well. (By the way, for those out there who have an older CRT front projection monitor, set the video output to 16x9. The video output to a 4x3 set will be distorted or elongated vertically. What you then do is adjust your height setting on the monitor to flatten the picture output to normal proportions and voila' you have line almost-doubling for free! Of course, you'll have to readjust when going back to 4x3 video sources) will be in Finally, to me this appears to be one well-made solid machine. This, without a doubt, after my Martin Logan CLSes purchased about 15 years ago, is the most meaningful upgrade I've made to my system.

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DVD Players: Panasonic A110, Pioneer DVD-434, Pioneer DVD-414; Pioneer Elite DVL-91 LD/CD/DVD player