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Summary: Is it possible to fall in love with a DVD player?
Review: Is it possible to fall in love with a DVD player? If it is, then this is the one that will grab your heart. Let me say it plainly - the Sony DVP-S7700 is an awesome player. I've used several different models, but this is definitely my favorite of the bunch. And that's saying a lot, because I was extremely surprised when I was able to watch home video authored on DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. Except for DVD-RW media, I use the S7700 as my reference player to check the quality of burned DVD's, which leads me to believe that if the S7700 can play the disk, then 99.9% of all second generation players will play the same disc too. Let's talk picture quality - I was really impressed. The image (via both S-Video and Component) was tremendous. Rich, vibrant colors and deep, detailed blacks. I saw no artifacting at all - the player just crunched right through even the toughest scenes. The hyperdrive scene of Lost In Space looked phenomenal. The whole sequence is white-washed with bright sunlight, yet no artifacting was visible, and plenty of detail was still apparent. On the other hand, the dark interiors of Star Trek: First Contact were nicely conveyed by the 7700, with a good range of contrast and plenty of shadow detail. The warm hues of The English Patient were beautiful in appearance, with lustrous golds, reds and browns rendered, and nicely accurate flesh-tones. As I've seen with DVD in general, the S-Video picture looked to have a slightly crisper, edgy quality to it, and very slightly more saturated color. The Component signal, on the other hand, was more film-like, and had more accurate color rendition - I definitely preferred it. So how about the audio performance, you may be wondering? It's equally good. There are dual analog outputs, as well as a coaxial digital and an optical digital out (there are no on-board audio decoders). The player features the much-loved Sony Audio Priority selection feature, whereby the player automatically finds the 5.1 track on most DVDs (with the exception of some titles from Paramount, for example, where this feature has been software-disallowed on the disc itself). The 7700 also reads the proper flags on DTS-encoded DVDs, allowing you to output the sound data to an outboard DTS decoder. I saw no problems with audio sync whatsoever. As for audio CDs, believe it or not, the 7700 performed as well as my stand-alone Sony CD player. The sound was rich and full, with little of the edgy quality that some DVD players add to CD audio. I was really surprised at this too. The Sony DVP-S7700 is simply the best DVD player I've yet had the privilege to use. kambizm@msn.com
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Summary: Rock solid DVD player
Review: It's hard to put into words how this player performs. The Digital Bits, an online DVD review site has posted a review of this unit. Read the review from the Digital Bits and decide for yourself.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/dvps7700.html
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Summary: Rock solid DVD player
Review: It's hard to put into words how this player performs. The Digital Bits, an online DVD review site has posted a review of this unit. Read the review from the Digital Bits and decide for yourself.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/dvps7700.html
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Summary: It doesnt get any better than this.
Review: Love it. Easy to use, exceptional image and sound reproduction.
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Summary: It doesnt get any better than this.
Review: Love it. Easy to use, exceptional image and sound reproduction.
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Summary: SONY DVPS7700 DVD Player
Review: Plays audio and video CD and DVD media ...spectacular video performance with MPEG-2 video Compression (MPEG-2 provides superb video Output using minimal Processing bits of memory)...DVD stores a movie up to 133 minutes long on 1 disc...Smooth-scan picture search using a 32 bit RISC microprocessor ...Dual, Discrete optical (Optical refers to optics which, among our products, commonly refers to lenses. Among visual recording applications, the camera lens is an essential component in the process. A lens captures the light that is integrally associated with the image. Colors and shapes are determined by light waves. Optics refers to the composition of the lens and its perspective. A lens may be designed to have a wide, a normal, and a telescopic perspective. Many perspectives can be combined in a zoom lens) pick-up for ultra-precise and stable A/V performance...10 bit Digital to Analog converter helps assure image quality as close to the original movie as possible...AC3 Compatible (Most commonly referred as Dolby Digital Surround Sound, AC3 represents a new 5.1 channel system of home theater reproduction. Like Dolby Pro Logic, it offers 5 channel surround sound from 3 front channels (Left, Center, Right) and 2 rear channels (Left, Right) but also adds dedicated signaling for a subwoofer. This adds an authentic depth and dimension that virtually duplicates the sound in a quality movie theater. Requires a decoder or properly equipped A/V component - Which This Is...Some PC units offer this)
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Summary: Superb quality with exceptional picture and sound!
Review: The best DVD player I have ever seen. Expensive but worth it! Superb picture and sound quality. Dual discrete lasers. Precision Drive System enables this player to play discs that are warped or otherwise less than perfect. The Quick Access Drive allows very fast- virtually instantaneous- access to DVD chapters and CD tracks. Great remote control that glows in the dark. The Sony is vastly superior to the Panasonic DVD player I also (unfortunately) own.
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Summary: Only half a player!
Review: There are many similar purchasers of the Sony S7700 that are extremely disappointed in the sound quality of this unit and have had another piece of equipment previously who's audio was far superior and cost less money. For example, my previous player was a Sony S-530D which had within 6 months lip-sync problems, an audio that would periodically cutout, and a picture that froze and broke-up into pixels (similar to satellite broadcast problems), however, its' audio was excellent when it worked. Now that I have moved to the top-of-the-line in Sony DVD players, I am again disappointed and am of the opinion that they can not make a quality product that is complete. Thus far, I have contacted Sony to see if they are willing to do anything about the situation and to determine if the reported down-sampling of the digital output from 97 MHz to 48 MHz is the cause for the poor sound quality or, if not, whether they will do something about this issue. At this point I am not very optimistic about Sony satisfactorily addressing this issue and offering a fix via a service center. Unfortunately, out of all the buyers who have this same issue and want good sound quality, none have posted results of pursuing the down-sampling fix by MSB to address this issue-does it work or is it something else. This unit was supposedly designed to be a top quality audio player since it has dual discrete pickups with separate lasers for CD and DVD at the optimal frequencies, however, the audio output is dismal at best for both. If I were the manufacturer of this product, I would be so embarrassed about my top-of-the-line product, I would move heaven and earth to rectify this issue, we can only assume that they are either incapable or don't care.
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Summary: Simply amazing.
Review: This DVD player is amazing. Simply amazing. Yes, it does cost a pretty penny, but it is worth every one. The only drawback? The lack of a built-in 5.1 decoder. The other features more than make up for that, however.I HIGHLY recommend this DVD player.
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Summary: Has It All
Review: This dvd player is top notch quality and has everything you need! DTS, excellent sound, incl. 24/96 audio, and easy to operate remote with a job shuttle that exhibits the best scanning effects. Also has unique features in a display, such as bit rate.. Superb in every respect-
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