Very good sound and picture quality, good 24/96 DAC, great value for money. Region/macrovision free mod available.

Flimsy disk tray and lightweight construction.

I have been very impressed with the playback quality of both DVD and CD disks with this player. Pictures are sharp and clear and audio is detailed though perhaps not quite as good as an equivalently priced CD player. I have watched quite a few movies and not encountered any problem areas yet. A bit more solidity and this would be a truly exceptional player however it is a very good buy for the price and highly recommended.

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1st DVD player owned

multiregion, easy to use, CD-r playback, component output

CD playback, pan/scan transfer, tray noise

For the price payed, it's a good player. On 28 inch TV it gives good picture quality. It's easy to setup, and to use.

As I don't have a DD/DTS amp, I use mine in plain stereo. The sound quality is below avarage. My SVHS scores much better. But I'm sure this is due to cost savings in a budget player as this one. I'm confident that the digital output will deliver good sound quality.
DON'T use this player as CD player. (use a marantz-DVD)

Also the player makes a lot of noise, which can be annoying during quiet parts of a movie. (simular as a video-recorder)

Pan/scan function seems not to work properly. From the manufacturerI got the answer that is due to the disk and is not a fault of the player.



System :
Monitor audio studio6 speakers
Rel Stata II sub
Arcam alpha 10 amp
Panasonic 28inch 4:3 TV
JVC 7500 S-VHS.

Overall performance, versatile

Remote, noise, weight

After using it for almost 7 months now, I think it is a great DVD-player. It reads almost any disk you feed it (had a small problem using the region 2 James Bond movies License to kill and The living daylights, but after a reload everything worked like a charm), has a crisp clear picture and great sound. I use it in combination with a Philips wide screen television, a Yamaha RXV596RDS receiver, two B&W DM110i main speakers, a solid center speaker,two B&W DM601 rear speakers and a Yamaha YSTSW90 subwoofer which gives me great sound and a good image.

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