Dual Disc / Great for Double feature / or Movie then some music...

None that I can find.

The absolute best DVD player my money could buy!

For $335 I bought a dvd player that crushes players 5 times the price. I love the on screen menus. It has more than enough inputs and outputs. Adjacent to my HK-AVR110 and Klipsch surround system, I am one very happy music listener and movie watcher!

For those of you who paid $600 plus for this player, you still got one heck of a deal! I would have paid it, but in that case I saw an SD-9200 for $599 on Ebay and was torn between the two. These units are built like TANKS!

And don't be badmouthing the remote. I for one LIKE IT.
Backlighting would have been nice, but that is a very minor consideration.

A+ across the board from me.

I am actually posting regarding to the new toshiba SD5700. The model was introduced in end of June, with a listed price of 399. But for a modestly priced player, seems to pack a lot of features. It has roughly all the capabilities of the discontinued 6200, plus a DTS decoder, MP3 compatability and DVD-Audio.

Although I can find internet sites that carry it, I can not find one in my local stores. So my question is, does anyone own it or has demoed it? Is it any good?

Any help greatly appreciated.

great picture, love the sound. best picture ive ever seen on a dvd player

slight pause on some movies

If anyone can help me if it is something that can be remedied. everytime i watch a dual layer dvd there happens to be a half second pause. this is longer than any other player ive ever had. there has always been some sort of pause but it was never this long. does anyone know what i might be doing wrong? or how to maybe remedy this? i dont want to give up the player because quite frankly the picture quality is the best ive seen. if anyone can help me pleas email me.

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panasonic

Incredible progressive scan picture. No scan line are visible in progressive mode. Excellent zoom. Dual trays.

Joystick on remote imprecise.

Viewed on a Sony 32XBR400, the picture is stunning , you can stand less than a foot from the screen and still not view any scan lines. I have used this player every day now for the last 8 months and it has performed flawlessly.
The price has dropped considerably over the last six months and I would recommend this unit more than ever before.
I have also used it thru the S connection and the picture is also excellent. The value rating at the time of my purchase is reflected below. Now I guess it would have to be 5 stars.

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Progressive picture quality, component video out, sound quality, multiple forward/reverse modes.

Can not go to previous chapter (only goes to the beginning of the current chapter)

Overall good sound and picture. I have the Pioneer 53 non-Elite HDTV and it looks wonderful with component video out (didnt try S-Video or RCA). I like the jog remote. I don't need the dual tray.
The sound produced seems to be better than my old Panasonic A110.

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Panasonic A110

Progressive scan for a reasonable price. Dual trays. Component outs.

Bad remote.

I've had this unit for 8 months. I have a Panasonic Tau HDTV ready TV which has its own line doubler mechanism that switches on/off based on the type of signal coming in via component in's.

My opinion is that, in some ways I like the way DVD's look when I turn to interlaced mode on the DVD player and use the line doubler in my panasonic. Things look sharper and I don't get any artifats/pixelization that seems to some along with progressive mode, although a much "softness" picture like in the theaters. I prefer the sharper one...yes you see the jaggies, but there is something about the softness of the progressive mode that bothers me.

Also, there's somthing funky going on dark scenes...some pixel movement or whatever it is...movement on walls in dark scenes etc. I don't get that when I switch to interlaced mode.

The remote is terrible. Enough said.

So I'm starting to wonder about buying a "budget" progressive scan DVD player for those of us who have high-end TV's with line doublers built in.

I also have a Sony XBR450 TV which also has a line doubler they call DRC. What makes me think that a line doubler in the DVD player in this price range(including the new Sony budget players with P-output...not the ES ones) would be better than the TV's? I can understand this for regular TV's but, wouldn't it be redundant to have it both in the TV and DVD player, unless you are getting a super expensive and kick-ass DVD player?

So, that's something I'm going to think about when buying another one.

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Excellent picture, especially in Progressive Mode
HDCD feature

No DTS decoding
Weird remote

I bought this because of the great price (especially since it cost $1200 when first released) and I wanted a progressive player when I bought a new TV. I finally did the later a few days ago and the Sony 36XBR400 really showed off the advantages of the progressive mode. The colors were much fuller than in Interlaced on the same set. It was very obvious when I switched between the two modes on the main menu screen of Cast Away. The interlaced picture was even better using this player than the Pioneer, which I guess should be expected given the original price difference between the two. The HDCD feature is also a good one; I could definitely tell the difference between an old Joni Mitchell CD (Blue) and the remastered HDCD version. The HDCD catalogue isn't that extensive though, so that wouldn't be a major selling point. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of DTS encoding, especially since it had an internal Dolby Digital decoder. I'm not sure I would have bothered hooking up the 5.1 analog output anyway. My only major complaint is that the remote isn't particularly responsive. The joystick on the remote for the Sony TV seems much better. I realize this model will be history soon, but at $329, it is still a steal.

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Pioneer 525

Great Picture

don't like the remote. No backlit. Joystick is poor.

Well, I have a Toshiba 40H80 Widescreen T.V. and I thought I would get a progressive DVD Player. Don't regret the purchase since it is replacing a badly wounded ProScan player. However, I can barely tell the difference between Interlace and Progressive mode on the DVD player. I have not had my T.V. ISF Calibrated yet and maybe this will help improve overall picture quality. But, I'm struggling to find any major picture improvements between Progressive and Interlace Mode.

I may have paid more than I needed to for a DVD player because of this. Dunno.

Fit with Toshiba line, ease of use, loaded with features

No difference vs. "standard" DVD output on my 65H80; gimmicky dual tray

I am in the process of boxing up this player and sending it back after many hours of comparison to my Panasonic DVD of 3 years. I happened upon this site, and thought I would seek advice from users on this forum before shipping it back. I have the 6200 hooked to a Toshiba 65H80 using monster cables to the appropriate ColorStream (component/HD) connections. I spent six hours comparing the non-component Panasonic to the pro-scan 6200 using the identical DVD played simultaneously (had two copies of The Matrix) and other DVDs. Also compared True Lies, Saving Private Ryan, and Inspector Gadget (don't ask). Zippo difference. Only thing I have to say is that the 6200's artifacts and occaisional pixelization were WORSE than my old Panasonic. And, yes, I did hook it up correctly and I knew to set it for Progressive output. In fact, switching from Progressive to Interlaced and back yielded virtually no difference.

However, reading of the generally happy users on this site has given me pause. While I tend to lean Vincent's way in thinking the 65H80's existing upconversion already does really well, I wonder if the fact that I left the output type setting on "auto" instead of "film" will make a difference. I will give it a try this weekend. Can anyone else provide feedback? I would like to give it one last try. For this kind of money, I'd like to at least see SOME improvement. Otherwise, it's another Panasonic at less than half the price.

Thanks in advance for the input.

PS: simplycheap.com's service was outstanding! Combining the cost, I find it hard to beat these guys

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Wow!! Picture quality, Menu setups

None yet, The dual tray really doesn't bother me.

I have a pioneer 3 disc tray system. I just got a Toshiba 65h80 widescreen. I compared the two. I wanted to see if the quaility difference justified keeping the Tosh. The progressive scans ability was appearent in the movie 5th element and jurassic park. It is a keeper.
If you don't have a hd ready tv then I don't recomend getting a progressive scan dvd. The sony was just too much money $1299. That is more than 13 the price of my tv.

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