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Summary: Stop Waiting, Panasonic Has You Covered!!!
Review: If you are like alot of people who have been waiting for the industry to decide on one particular format. Or, you've been waiting for prices to come down on DVD players, and for the companies to come clean with all there "new features"... Wait no longer!The Panasonic DVD-S35 plays every format out there, and also plays CD's, Jpeg's, & MP3's. To find anything even close to the features this player holds, and have similar sound and picture quality, you will definitely be paying hundreds more. This is a no brainer purchase, no matter what the parameters of your purchase are. Price, Quality, Features, Brand Name etc!
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Summary: Sweet, my dream dvd player
Review: I bought this one as a replacement for my 3 year old DVD player. So you guess I already have a list of attributes for my dream DVD player. The Panasonic DVD-S35K comes very close to that: Energy efficient, quiet, play all formats from DVD to VCD to SVCD, ability to zoom and crop letter box to fit the screen of a normat TV with 1 click on the remote ( besides the variable zoom), memory so I can go back to where I left off. The picture quality is great. No complaint about audio. I fully recommend this unit. The price.. after rebate, is a steal.
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Summary: No skipping with Netfix DVDs
Review: We bought this DVD player because we wanted to sign up for Netflix. Our old DVD player used to have a lot of skipping problems when we watched rented DVDs. With this one we have not had a single skipping problem with any DVD that we received from Netfix.
Also I love the zoom feature, so for all the Wide Screen editions we can watch a bigger picture on our standard TV (sure, the edges on the left and right are slightly clipped, but that does not really matter in most movies). Marc
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Summary: Great, thin, inexpensive
Review: I really like this DVD player. It's thin enough to fit nearly anywhere (which is a good thing, given the way empty space is at a premium in some people's homes), but feature-packed. But the most beautiful thing about it is it cost me less than a bill. In today's financial climate, quality and value are important. I haven't come across any bugs yet; every DVD has played crisply. One feature I like, but didn't think I would, is the zoom, which increases the size of the picture without a loss of clarity, which is a boon on a tiny set. Yes, you lose a little of the peripheral picture, but, for the most part, it's not enough to damage the viewing experience. I like it.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: I love this DVD Player!!!!
The appearance is beautiful.
The quality is good.
The color is great I'm tired of all my electronics being black.
I had a Dvd player that plays JPEG images but it never showed full screen it was always half the size of the picture.
This dvd player shows the images FULL SCREEN!!!
While watching a movie I could ZOOM up close and I can change the color to a little dark or lighter.
This is a good DVD PLAYER for a good price.
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Summary: never again a Panasonic product for me
Review: On October 12...we bought a Panasonic PV-V4612S VCR...to replace an old VCR. We took the VCR home, hooked it up, and tested it to make sure it worked. We have two VCRs and don't use either one very often, so it wasn't until December that we realized that the new Panasonic VCR would not play or record on older video tapes but instead would spit these tapes out immediately. Our other VCR (and the VCR that the Panasonic was purchased to replace) never had this problem.
I called Panasonic's 800 number and discussed the problem with a Panasonic representative because I thought maybe the VCR was supposed to reject older tapes for some reason unknown to me. The Panasonic representative assured me that the VCR was not supposed to reject older tapes and told me to take it to an authorized Panasonic service center, which in this case was Consumer Electronic Service. I dropped off the VCR at Consumer Electronic Service. However, Consumer Electronic Service (CES) told me there was nothing wrong with the VCR. I brought in one of our older tapes and showed them that the VCR rejected the tape. The CES representative told me that it worked fine with his sample tapes (which appeared to be brand new) and that there wasn't a problem if there was only one tape that the VCR wouldn't work with. I told him it was many tapes, that our other VCRs had no problem with these tapes, and offered to bring in more tapes to show him the problem. He refused, insisting that if he could get the VCR to work with his sample tapes that there was no problem with the VCR. I appealed to Panasonic, but this time a different Panasonic representative told me that Panasonic would have to accept the service center's diagnosis....I am sure that most consumers expect to be able to play their entire video tape collection on a VCR that they purchase. Because this VCR could not play the majority of our videotapes, I believe that this problem certainly does constitute a breach of warranty and consumers who purchase such a machine should have the option of returning the VCR to the manufacturer for a refund....I will not be doing business with either Panasonic or Consumer Electronic Service of Cary in the future.
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Summary: Accepts MANY formats incl DVD-R DVD-RW etc.
Review: Jys a great looking player with a great on screen menu layout. The formats it supports are the best: it will play almost ANYTHING you feed it, inclusive [inexpensive] DVD-R discs.
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Summary: Bad sound quality
Review: I bought this DVD player based on the reviews I saw in amazon.com. This what I have found - The picture quality seems to be good (in HDTV) but I was really disappointed with the sound quality. It produces very noisy sound quality and it was not at all crystal clear. I was hearing some additional disturbing sound which I never even heard in that movie. When I played the same DVD with the other DVD player (different Panasonic model) it was so good. So I returned and looking for a good one with the Progressive scan technology.
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Summary: Superb picture and sound, but not user friendly enough.
Review: The sharpness, color, and audio sound of this DVD player are superb. Even music audio CD's sound excellent. However, there are operating limitations which made it very difficult for me to use this model S35. Although others may not find these limitations quite as bothersome, I returned my machine because of them. First, the remote is too small, the buttons are tiny and close together. I have a normal sized adult hand and could not manipulate the buttons with one hand lest I press the wrong button. The print that identifies the buttons is tiny and dim, not readable in a darkened room. I also had trouble controlling the skip button, moving ahead more than one track if I wasn't real careful. Second, the details of the on-screen display are too small to see except when you get closer to the t.v. screen. And the readout on the unit could also be bigger. The S35 model is touted for its thin styling, and advantage. But perhaps its thinness sacrificed a larger display on the unit. Third, I never had a DVD before, so I needed to learn its various functions. The manual was useless to me. Yes, it showed all functions, but it did not really explain some of them in enough detail for me to understand. For example, the manual showed what buttons to press for "group"but did not explain what a "group" is.
I would rate this S35 ten stars for picture and sound quality but about 2 for convenience of use. I have not tried any other machines and therefore don't know how they compare with this one.
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Summary: New Buyer - Review & Query
Review: I just bought this machine and so far have been very happy with its performance. The many features makes it a great buy for the price. My one complaint is regarding the size of the wording and display when using the features. I understand the desire for not having these feature displays block the movie you're viewing, but the print is so bloody small!! Is it just me? Ok, I admit I maybe aging and maybe my vision isn't what it once was, but I found it kindof annoying. Other than that, I am very happy with this purchase. The picture clarity is great and the machine is wonderfully quiet. I definitely feel like I got a good bang for the bucks.
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