The on-screen display works well to make it easy for anyone to get what they need accomplished. The remote I got is quite nice, but it wasn't the one that came with the player. Best Buy just found a toshiba remote and gave it to me. Operation is quiet, and the display is very easy to read in the dark when a movie is playing.

The remote is not universal. There isn't really any bass managment in the player itself.

The main reason I purchased this player was for the playback of the ALL-NEW! and IMPROVED SOUND QUALITY! of DVD-Audio. I have no regrets about my purchase of the player at all. However, I am beginning to wonder if DVD-Audio will ever take off. (If only people could get it in their cars, man, they would HAVE to have it in their homes!) My home theater leaves alot to be desired because I don't have a TV capable of using the progressive-scan feature. The player plays almost every 5 inch disc on the market, and I appreciate all the features available. I have no real complaints and would have no problem recommending this player to my friends.

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None. I really wanted a DVD-Audio player and this was the only one that Best Buy had at the time.

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Everything

Do not buy this DVD player!!!!! It has serious problems with audio dropouts and skipping. Imagine spending thousands of dollars on speakers, tv and components only to have the DVD player skip more than the CD in an old pickup. Performs as if someone is shaking the player throughout the entire movie. Look elsewhere. This thing is a piece!

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Denon 3802 Paradigm Ref 100's A new DVD player

picture quality progressive, component, toslink out mp3 capability "NAVI" menu

remote not backlit but so far so good

I'll admit this, I bought this DVD for playing DVD movies. So, let's just forget about the CD, DVD-A, mp3, etc, qualities and just focus on DVD movies. DVD player = DVD movies. With that said, let's review... I paired this DVD player with my Toshiba 42H81 and WOW!!! The SD-4700 provides very clear and sharp pictures. Place it in progressive mode and the movies comes straight at you. Let's just say flesh tones, details, sceneries are all infinitely better. This performs well for the price that you pay. The remote is a little large and not backlit but very easy to use. The "Navi" menu is graphical and is very good added bonus. As for the connections, digital audio, coax optical, component video, and RCA are all available. This is a very good buy for an entry level DVD player. If you want a cheap player that performs well, purchase this one. Oh yeah, works well with karaoke DVD's.

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Sony Samsung

Excellent Picture

Clumsy Remote that beeps, bad DVD-Audio track skipping problem.

I purchased this player along with three DVD-audio discs mainly to try out DVD-Audio as my home theater already has a fine DVD player. Out of the box, the picture was a bit over the top in contract but was easy to adjust once I figured out the clumsy remote. Once adjusted a bit, it was a fine picture overall. Now to the DVD-Audio. I was initially impressed with the sound for the price. While the depth and soundstage were not up to the standards of my reference CD player, it was decent. However, the third DVD-A disc I tried had a big problem. The first three tracks have no breaks, they flow from one track to the next. This player inserted a 2 second break between tracks with a loud pop EVERY time. Since this was a hybrid disk with a dolby digital track, I tried it on my other DVD-player and it tracked fine. I found out the next day that this is a problem a lot of recent players are having with DVD-A. As a result, I took the player back for a refund the next day. If you don't care about DVD-Audio this is probably a good machine for the money but I cannot recommend it for audio use at all.

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razor sharp picture 3:2 pulldown for cheap money Best color I have seen from any dvd player

The remote is not programable to control anything else. Time mode is missing (time track left, total time left)

For cheap money this is a fantastic progressive scan dvd player. Right now you can get these for clearance prices. Get em while they last. I tried out a few of the cheap progressive scan units sony dvp700, pioneer 444 and jvc 60. I bought the jvc and took it home hooked it up and did not notice much difference from my old sony 360 player. Hmm what I did notice was the poorer sound...I am starting to think that not all dvd digital sound outs are the same. The pioneer 444 was a little better color but the picture did not improve much The I bought the sony and thougth it was great...then I saw the toshibas on sale. Went and bought the toshiba and did a a/b comparison. The sony and tosiba had about the same sharpness of picture but the color from the toshiba was incredible. Returned the sony 700p and Kept the toshiba 4700. This does not make any more noise than any of the other DVD players I have tried.

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Sony 360, sony ns700p, Pioneer dv444, jvc s60

Great job at what it''s designed for - play DVD''s. Excellent value.

Don''t throw out your CD player - just doesn''t do a great job of playing back standard CD''s (or other straight audio formats from what I''ve read/heard). Noisy operation. Remote absolutely sucks!

The guy who stated that this was an excellent model for what it was designed to do was right on - play DVD''s. Picture is amazing and DVD sound is unreal (I''m using an IXOS digital cable hooked up to my Yamaha RX-V995 with Mission speakers and a Velodyne sub). It does NOT replace a high-end cd player for sound quality. In a side-by-side comparison with my 10 year old Yamaha CDC-715 CD changer, the Yamaha blows it away. While the Toshiba has a wider sound range, it just does not have any depth (sound appears 2-dimensional) or richness and lends itself to listener fatigue. The salesman that said I''d be throwing out my CD player is dead wrong. I''ll keep both for what they''re designed to do!

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Various Sony, Pioneer, JVC.

Progressive picture quality, overall audio abilities.

Noisy

Fantastic audio and picture quality. Use component for video and optical for audio. As close to perfect as I''''ve witnessed.

everything scan

beeps everytime you touch the remote

best dvd ive seen yet. tons of features. i hooked my yamaha dvdc996 player and the sd4700 to my 50h81 toshiba widescreen and flipped back and forth with the same movie in. wow the sd4700 blew it out!!

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yamaha dvd c996

unique conrol,exellent zoom feature,great sound in every aspect of the word.

none so far

ijust bought the sony dvp700 and took it back the same day to get a toshiba this one cost the same but the features are much more convincing that it took me buy suprize im here jumping up and down in relife of what is a much better all around dvd-audio player.has an exellent zoom feature that can be moved anywhere on the screen and still has a detailed look that is heaven sent to the eye.i am pleased with its audio I havent even tried its digital outputs yet,but it doesnt get any better than this i have it hooked up to a yamaha RXV-395 and is blasting my living room to shreds sound life like also very powerful,its engineered to perfection every bodys saing what they have it hooked up to havent you noticed,I think its just too good and its perfect no matter what your using it with 5 stars all the way through for me!

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Picture quality, colors, Stable and no artifacts, excellent value

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SD-4700 is the best progressive scan DVD that I have seen so far. I have a higher price non-progressive Sony DVD player and I also have tried another progressive brand, which I returned after not seeing a big difference compared with my Sony’s. SD-4700''s picture is incredible on my 42H81 RPTV. Everything works, as it should. I highly recommend this DVD.

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