It works.

Don't like the 'absolute off' power button.

Well, I recently upgraded to this player from my Sony S360, and wow, there is a difference! I don't use the progressive output, but the picture from this player is an improvement over my S360. I like the cool silver finish. The tray is alot quiter and alot smoother than my older player. Haven't had a single problem with it yet. The only thing that I DON'T like about it is the 'hard' power button. When you turn the player off with the button, it is OFF and you can't turn it on with the remote. I just with it would go into 'standby' mode when you turned it off on the unit. Not really a big deal...

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S360

Progressive scan

CD audio can be "bright"

Setting up my home entertainment system took quite a while. Once I was familiar with the tweaks required and idiosynchracies of the various components, I was very pleased with the result, and this includes the 480p progressive capability.

I have a Panasonic 36HX41 HDTV and there is red push, but I am unable to determine if that is a function of the TV or DVD player. Also, the extent depends on the DVD itself or the cable channel being watched. It is not enough of a problem for me to spend excessive amount of time or energy solving it.

The big test was when I bought the Superbit version of The Fifth Element. The quality of the picture was superb, I would say that it is better than the HDTV channels (some of which are 1080i) I get through Rogers Cable. The litmus test was when we had friends around for dinner and I did a demo. They were awe struck at the level of detail, especially in the opening scene where you can see all the pock marks in the stone making up the temple (Aziz, Light!). My wife says at least once a week that "the picture quality is excellent".

Previous reviewers state that the progressive capability is terrible. My experience is quite to the contrary.

I know that this is not an audiophile CD player, but I have found the sound to be bright, again only on certain CDs. Spacing, imaging and depth compensate.

I would recommend this DVD player, especially for the price.

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I used this player for a week with my Panasonic 36HX41 HDTV. The color was too green, picture was too soft (even with the edge sharpenss on the DVD at its highest level), and the 3:2 pull-down was worse than the 3:2 pull down that is built into the Panasonic TV. There was so much pixelation and jaggedness in the image when outputing in progressive mode, that I had to switch it to interlaced and and the TV do the progressive line/frame doubling. The remote that comes with it is also a bad design. My friend that has the Sony 570 DVD player and the remote that comes with it is much better.

I returned the NS700P for the Pioneer DV-37 ($700). The picture quality for the Pioneer DVD player is much better. The color looks more natural, the image is not as soft, and the progressive scan in the DV-37 does a much better job than the Sony. There is also many adjustments that you can make to picture settings in the Pioneer that are unavaliable in the Sony. The remote that comes with the DV-37 is also easier to use and has more functions.