No comments about Toshiba SD-4000 Progressive Scan DVD Player.

1 comments about Jwin JDVD519 5.1-Channel Progressive Scan DVD Player With HD Upconversion.

1. It would stop in the middle of movie, freeze, skip. I really hate this player. I bout in the store. If you trying to play computer files, it's starts nicely than it freeze and go to another file. And keeps telling unsupported codec. Do not recommend it. Waist of money.

3 comments about Yamaha DVDC750 5 Disc DVD-Video/SA-CD Changer.

1. Ever since I discovered this player in the summer of 2005, I have been highly impressed with how much it met both my normal and oddball demands. As a student of Musical Theatre, Opera, Classical vocal and choral literature, and Jazz and Classical piano, DVD-AUDIO and SACD capabilities are of great importance to me because there are a lot of titles especially in the Classical genre available in these formats. One thing that sets this player apart from the other manufacturers' players is Yamaha's CD UpSampling feature. For those titles which are currently only available on CD and possibly will never be released on DVD-AUDIO and/or SACD, this option converts standard CDs to the quality of DVD-AUDIO. On the Musical Theatre, Opera, and choral side of things, this player is capable of playing both NTSC (North American) and PAL (European) DVDs on corresponding as well as opposite TVs. For certain titles in these genres, the North American editions are either four percent slower in tempo and picture movement and flatter in pitch than the European editions due to the method of PAL-to-NTSC conversion used by the distributors of such DVDs, or do not include as many bonus features as their original European counterparts. Sometimes, it can be the other way around, except the European editions might be four percent faster and sharper and have less bonus material than their original North American counterparts. On both ends of the spectrum, if the audio pitch is corrected without changing the audio speed to keep the picture and sound in synch, a subaudible breaking-up effect may be noticed as the result of slight artifacts from slightly bending or stretching the pitch in the conversion process. However, because of this player's bicompatibility with both color systems, I have the freedom to choose and purchase whatever editions are the best. Although it is not in the manual, this player can be made multi-region compatible including RCE DVDs. Turn on the DVD player. Make sure there are no discs loaded. With the tray open, using its supplied remote control, slowly press 99990. Wait for the 'Region 0' message to disappear. Close the tray. Now you can play any kind of optical disc without thinking about it. The only little flaw with this player's firmware is that when the 'All Discs' repeat mode is selected, when playing DVDs, after playing through all the titles, instead of moving on to the next disc, it returns to the home menu. If Yamaha could do a minor revision to the firmware which engages that same menu bipass as when repeating a single DVD, the machine would change DVDs automatically. I discovered this by reauthoring DVDs without any of their menus using DVD Shrink Version 3.2. In conclusion, if you are looking for a DVD player with one hundred percent compatibility all across the board, you have come to the right place!* In fact, I currently use one of these in my bedroom, and by the spring or summer of 2006, I plan on either going the separate component route and getting another one for my livingroom, or more than likely, getting its integrated home cinema counterpart, the Yamaha DVX-C700 because of how great Yamaha's DVD technology is. *Others have reported problems playing 'Dual Discs'--a type of disc which includes DVD-VIDEO on one side or layer, and CD DIGITAL AUDIO on another, also known as 'Hybrids.' However, big names, such as Panasonic, Sony, and Pioneer, do not recommend using these discs in their players. This is not to be confused with 'Hybrid' type SACDs, which many, including the Yamaha DVDC750 will support.



2. I found the performance and control options of this DVD changer to be superb, but I've owned it for little over a month and have had in in for service three times. The problem is that the tray holding the DVDs is very shallow, and if the device is jarred the individual DVDs may slide around and jam the mechanism. Even without jarring, the device sometimes jams when trying to load (read) one of the DVDs, and becomes unresponsive to any of the control buttons or the remote. In this case, I found, the machine can be "rebooted" by unplugging it for a half-hour. I would hope there are better alternatives available, but haven't found one yet.



3. Total Jucking Funk. I've suffered through this player for almost a year; it's getting noticeably worse as the time drags on.
   
   Brand new discs without visible flaws won't play without lock-ups; I'm sick of this player and can hardly wait to get a different one.
   
   My biggest concern is getting one that's actually BETTER. I'm scared they're all this bad.
   
   Yamaha--like Sony--USED to be a good brand name that deserved some respect. Both companies now seem to churn out Communist Chinese GARBAGE that barely functions.

5 comments about Panasonic DVD-S53S Up-Converting 1080p DVD Player Silver.

1. I bought this DVD player at Circuit City earlier this yr for about a $100. I hooked it up to a 47" Vizio LCD (which by the way has an awesome picture) using a HDMI cable. After fine tuning this product, I was very, very, very diasppointed. The picture was very "grainy" (lots of pixels). I have a $35 DVD player that only utilizes an s-video cable that produces a much more crisp picture. Be warned, the picture stinks.



2. I bought this DVD player to feed some HD signal to my newly purchased HDTV since I was not ready to spend close to $500 for a bluray player even though it looked pretty clear bluray would not be on the losing side of the format war (maybe universal players win in the end).
   
   The set-up of the S53S is pretty complicated and made worse by the fact that they give you many choices but do not tell you what they are supposed to do in the manual. I had two DVD players already, one standalone and the other built-in the home theater system. Both have progressive scan (convert 480i standard signal to 480P). Because my HDMI cables arrived a couple of days after the S53S, using component cables, I first compared the 480P images from my old players with the S53S. The S53S is much worse. After I received the HDMI cable and 30 minutes of "tuning", it was still a little hard to convince myself that the 1080P image from S53S was really better than the 480P from my old players. The last straw was when I discovered my home theater (also a panasonic) had an HDMI output, and once I connected it, I was amazed to realize that my home theater was capable of doing 1080i conversion already and there was definitely no difference between the 1080P from the S53S and the 1080i from the home theater. I eneded up returning the product.
   
   Bottom line is, take a hard look at what you already have and maybe enable the 480P (or higher) before purchasing. If there is no DVD player that does any up-conversion, this is a good unit to own. Otherwise, you should bear in mind that the up-converted signal is still nowhere near real HD signal. Also, get the HDMI cable. It is less than 10 bucks if you browse Amazon for market place sellers. I do not understand why some people suggest to get a "gold plated" one. HDMI cable is used to transfer digital AV signals and for digital product, the product either works (passes all the "1" and "0"s correctly) or simply does not work (messes up the "1" and "0"s), there is no such thing as noise, degradation, etc any more.



3. This is Panasonic's only DVD player that can play MP3's on DVD's. All the others (and all the units I happened to see from other manufacturers) play MP3's only on CD-R/RW's. Being Panasonic, it also plays DVD-RAM's which I want because I use DVD-RAM's on my PC a lot (most people just don't seem to understand why DVD-RAMs are so useful). The low price is nice but honestly I would pay twice that or more for the audio playing capabilities.



4. Player was delivered in a timely manner. The player is everything they said it was. I have purchased many Panasonic products in the past and have yet to be disappointed.



5. Plays everything ive thrown at it so far. Quality is nice. The remote is user friendly. Only thing is that I cant seem to change my display from 480p to 720p or 1080i.. my 32" westinghouse lcd can display up 1080i resolution too.. Other than that great player

4 comments about Yamaha DV-C6860BL DVD Changer.

1. Ever since I discovered this player, I have been highly impressed with how much it met both my normal and oddball demands. As a student of Musical Theatre, Opera, Classical vocal and choral literature, and Jazz and Classical piano, 192-KHz, 24-Bit conversion is of great importance to me. One thing that sets this player apart from the other manufacturers' players is Yamaha's CD UpSampling feature. For those titles which are currently only available on CD and possibly will never be released on DVD-AUDIO and/or SACD, this option converts standard CDs to the quality of DVD-AUDIO. On the Musical Theatre, Opera, and choral side of things, this player is capable of playing both NTSC (North American) and PAL (European) DVDs on corresponding as well as opposite TVs. For certain titles in these genres, the North American editions are either four percent slower in tempo and picture movement and flatter in pitch than the European editions due to the method of PAL-to-NTSC conversion used by the distributors of such DVDs, or do not include as many bonus features as their original European counterparts. Sometimes, it can be the other way around, except the European editions might be four percent faster and sharper and have less bonus material than their original North American counterparts. On both ends of the spectrum, if the audio pitch is corrected without changing the audio speed to keep the picture and sound in synch, a subaudible breaking-up effect may be noticed as the result of slight artifacts from slightly bending or stretching the pitch in the conversion process. However, because of this player's bicompatibility with both color systems, I have the freedom to choose and purchase whatever editions are the best. Although it is not in the manual, this player can be made multi-region compatible including RCE DVDs. Turn on the DVD player. Make sure there are no discs loaded. With the tray open, using its supplied remote control, slowly press 99990. Wait for the 'Region 0' message to disappear. Close the tray. Now you can play any kind of optical disc without thinking about it. The only little flaw with this player's firmware is that when the 'All Discs' repeat mode is selected, when playing DVDs, after playing through all the titles, instead of moving on to the next disc, it returns to the home menu. If Yamaha could do a minor revision to the firmware which engages that same menu bipass as when repeating a single DVD, the machine would change DVDs automatically. I discovered this by reauthoring DVDs without any of their menus using DVD Shrink Version 3.2. In conclusion, if you are looking for a DVD player with high video compatibility*, you have come to the right place! *Others have reported problems playing 'Dual Discs'--a type of disc which includes DVD-VIDEO on one side or layer, and CD DIGITAL AUDIO on another, also known as 'Hybrids.' However, big names, such as Panasonic, Sony, and Pioneer, do not recommend using these discs in their players.



2. It's true, it may say region 1 but put in the code while the tray is open press 99990 and wait for 5 seconds "it should say all region" or something like that. your ready to go. seems like a good buy but I've only used it for a day so far. Yamaha is a quality name so it should live up to the rep. I'm stoked.



3. This DVD Changer is a PIECE OF GARBAGE. I have had it for only TWO WEEKS and it has siezed up on me FOUR TIMES. I had to unplug it just to turn it off when the picture froze on a scene. Unfortunately the scene that froze had a loud noise at that point so instead of just a muted picture, I had to deal with a sustained squeal until I unplugged the DVD Changer.



4. I gave this dvd player four stars since it does not have an optical digital out jack. This is the superior cable for the audio signal. It does have a coaxial digital out jack which is the next best cable. Other than that this is a great five disk dvd/cd player for under $200. It does play burnt cds. The main reason I purchased thid player is because I wanted it to match my Yamaha receiver.

5 comments about Pioneer DV C503 - DVD changer - black.

1. First of all, I've read a number of reviews for this unit that mention some issue with laser pickup functionality loss over 1 year of use. In response to this, I have to ask, "what in God's green earth are you doing to your DVD players?" If your laser pickups are failing after a year, maybe you should stop keeping your DVD player on a unit/table/slab next to your subwoofer. No subwoofer? Then stop throwing it around the house like a frisbee.
   I've had this unit for at least 3 years now, and I have not experienced a single loss in quality. I use it daily for DVD production, and I've given it a number of discs (from a well-produced Hollywood release to my crapped-out test productions to scratched Whitesnake CDs) all of which, it's read properly, and without failure. This player is a bad-ass, yes, but it's not tuned to take the severe beating some of the reviewers have given it. Ignore the 1-star reviews on here (because I said so) and buy this puppy.



2. I own Pioneer DV-C503 that I bought for about $250 in 2001.
   
   Pros:
   * I have played endless hours of audio and video and it plays all commercial disks & burned disks (CD-R, DVD-R)
   * Audio sound (coupled with my Yamaha receiver) is simply great
   * Remote hasnt given me any trouble, lots of buttons, so easy menu, subtitle, browse, chapter, etc. buttons
   * Player also works with universal remote (after adding the code) however you dont have the option to change disks
   * I like optical output for hi-fi audio, and the component + coaxial + s-video output is great!
   * Size and color matches other components I own
   * DTS and 5.1 Dolby Surround is exhilarating
   * Plays VCD and DVDs I own, havent tried DVDs from another region
   
   Some cons:
   * For the last 2 years, the tray retracts when I click open, so I have to hold it and put disks...
   * Scratched disks dont play (newer DVD players have better logic of skipping)
   * MP3 support is missing (cant complain a lot as I bought this 4 years ago)
   * Continuous disk spinning/ reading noise, although low, can be heard between pauses in audio/video tracks. I have not compared this with any other player in a quite environment - so I cant compare.



3. I'm using this as the CD player in my studio with a Pioneer VSX-D411 receiver, I needed a Pioneer DVD changer because the VSX-D411's remote is not a universal and has controls for only a Pioneer DVD player, so I had to look to find a Pioneer DVD changer that was cheep as it is not in my primary system.
   
   The sound quality is good, unfortunately it has the typical "bright" Pioneer sound to it, although, when I had it hooked up to my Yamaha receiver, the sound went from bright to flat.
   overall I like it, and the video is dang good too (had it hooked to my TV for a few days).
   
   Perhaps you are wondering why, if I like it, the three stars?
   Well... half the buttons on the front don't work, and at times it refuses to play CDs.
   
   If your not heavy in to sound this should be a good choice.



4. Great for DVD's and playing music. I never had a problem the entire time I owned it!



5. Received this for Christmas in 1999. It has been demoted to bedroom use, however it gets plenty of play and I have not had one problem with it. You'll obviously never find one, but if you do for a few bucks, pick it up! You won't be disappointed!

5 comments about Toshiba SD-3990 Progressive Scan DVD Player.

1. I've had this DVD player for almost a year and half and all of a sudden it just says "No Disc" whenever I put something in. Going through the setup menu I tried reseting it even went to Toshiba's website and found that a similar model number: the SD-3980SU2 reaches its life span after a short while and gives the "bad disk" error. They should extend that problem to this model number, because its the same problem. Needless to say I'll have to buy a new one for the holidays.



2. total piece of junk. It worked for a few months and then started to give the bad disk error.
   
   Worst yet, too light to use as a boat anchor... so it is not even good enough to be used for that.



3. The DVD player broke after one use. The DVD player reads no disc everytime i insert a disc. If you call customer service they will replace it with the SD 4000. Seems as if this was a common problem.



4. I received this as a gift about 14 months ago and earlier this week I suddenly got the "No Disc" message everyone else seems to get. I searched every corner of the internet for a solution. I opened it up and unplugged things and replugged them (yes, I did the ribbon thing that worked for some people) but nothing fixed it, not even shaking it or hitting it. Because of this, I will never buy Toshiba. How about a recall???



5. Ok, I barely watch DVDs at home, however it is always nice to have a DVD player to suite your entertainment needs every once in a while.
   
   Please don't buy this one, you want something that will last forever and will not just break all of the sudden even if you don't use it. I used to think that Toshiba was that leader brand in "home entertainment" systems but not anymore. This DVD player was a tease, it looked perfect, simple and user friendly, but just the fact that so many people are having the same issue is an offense to all customers. One DVD player braking is understandable but when you browse in Google or just in this site and find out that many people are going through the same hassle, it says that quality control did not do their job.
   
   I will stay loyal to other brands such as Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp or LG as a last resource.
   
   Sorry if I am harsh but enough is enough.

2 comments about Coby DVD-536 5.1 Channel DVD Player with Progressive Scan.

1. When it arrived it looked cheap. I would like to say it worked well but I had a problem. No matter what I did, the tray would not open. Don't buy this unit.



2. This stopped working 2 months after the purchase.Amazon does not accept returns after 30 days. Ill try to reach out to COBY

5 comments about Sony DVP-NC85H/S HDMI/CD Progressive Scan 5-Disc DVD Changer, Silver.

1. This product was bought at an excellent price and in my opinion the best. Fast shipping. Excellent value. What a deal!!



2. There is a button on the clicker -- no need to get up to change the disc that is playing.



3. I bought this because my home theater (Denon) came with a single play CD/DVD player, and I like to "rack 'em" while we're in the pool listening to CD's - so you don't have to come in every 50 minutes to change music. Also because of the silver finish, which complemented my current system. Very slow disc start up, no multi-disc shuffle as far as I can tell, and very average in every way. Great price, you can beat it - however if you are serious about movies and music, I would buy something more expensive.



4. I don't understand why we can't recieve DVD Players over seas but we can order DVD's from the same site...



5. excellent service, super fast delivery time (2 days w/normal shipping). The product is exactly what I wanted. I recommend both it and the supplier, crutchfield audio.

5 comments about Pioneer DV-F727 301-Disc DVD Changer.

1. We have two of these units connected to enlarge the capacity even more. With our smaller kids it enables us to load the DVD's when purchased and no one has to handle them again. No more scratches or lost discs. We love these, I just wish I could find something similiar for the playstation and computer games.
   We have had our first one for 6 years with no problems to date.



2. I purchased both the Sony DVPCX995V and the Pioneer and compared them side by side. I took the Sony back and kept the Pionneer. This was to simplify the kids life (load all their DVD's and not have to worry about finger prints, scratches etc). The menu is fast and easy and compared the Sony, this thing quickly rotates the the chosen disc. Having to constantly re-enter titles on the Sony was what did it in for me. I haven't had any issues at all with the Pioneer. Remembers all the disc titles even when I am shuffling the discs around for better organization. Well worth the money!
   
   Pros: Quick and easy menu, remembers DVD titles, quick searching for DVD titles.
   
   Cons: Only enter 12 characters for titles, no HDMI, or other High Def output.



3. I bought this unit and set it up with component video cables, most movies play well although some movies with dim scenes are blacked out losing many details. Adjusting the gamma, brightness, and other settings did not help. I contacted Pioneer email support I was referred to their M-F 8-5 phone support, called the tech and he stated 'it's broke, send it back' with the perceived intent of finishing the call as soon as possible. I called back and got the same tech who seemed put out that I called back and putting me on hold for a few minutes the stated 'it's broke' again and wouldn't diagnose further. Working with email tech support after this I got much better support and more detailed diagnostics steps to take (has helped some). Aside from darkened imaged and poor phone support this is a nice product.
   
   Pros: easy of setup and use, good quality image with component video
   Cons: darkened images on some movies, no HDMI output, and poor phone support.
   Overall a good product that has reached end of production cycle. I'd advise waiting until Pioneer released the new version of this unit before purchasing so that you get the HDMI abilities. Many poor reviews of the Sony models steered me away from that manufacturer.



4. We've had one of these units for several years to hold our CD/DVD collection. We just added a second slave unit to increase the capacity from 301 to 601. The two units work flawlessly as one with decent performance.



5. I've owned the Pioneer DV-F727 for at least 6 years and have been VERY pleased. I still remember the first Universal movie we fired up. It had the new (well, new then) logo rotating into view around the Earth. With a component video hookup it looked so good it almost passed for 3-D. It still looks as good today.
   
   Frankly, I'm surprised to see this model still for sale considering how quickly most electronics come and go. I suppose that says something about it, too. To be balanced, there is a small gripe. Only 12 characters can be entered for each disk title. I suppose it's limited by what can fit on the front display. It helps that there's also an artist field. It doesn't display on the front but does appear on screen when display is pressed on the remote. Oh, and the remote isn't backlit.
   
   The very minor gripes certainly don't amount to more than a small fraction of a star rating. Therefore, I still rate it as a solid 5 stars.