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Summary: A Lot of Player For the Money
Review: I spent around (dollar amount) for a Sony DVP-S300 DVD player in November of 1998. When it died unexpectedly last week I decided that it might make more sense to shop for a new one, as opposed to paying for a potentially expensive repair.Am glad that I did, the Panasonic DVD-RV31K fills the void left by the Sony player nicely, for less money! Am especially pleased with the player's downconversion of anamorphic widescreen titles. The resulting letterboxed image is sharp and detailed, unlike the Sony, which produced disappointingly soft images when viewing widescreen titles such as "Ghostbusters," (which actually has discouraged me from buying anamorphic DVDs with 2:35 to 1 aspect ratios). Switchovers from one disc layer to the next are quite good--a slight pause is evident, nothing more--another improvement over the Sony player, which had a tendency to stutter at the changeover point on films like "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Rocky Horror Picture Show." Onscreen menus are colorful and quite detailed. The remote, while a bit small, is thoughtfully laid out and quite easy to use. The player becomes only mildly warm while running, which will hopefully contribute to reliability. Special features such as Dialogue Enhancer (boosts the center channel volume on Dolby Surround titles) and Virtual Surround (widens the soundfield if you don't have rear speakers) are icing on the cake. The unit can even play VCD, CD-RW, and MP3 discs. The DVD-RV31K has a high-tech handsome appearance that belies its modest price tag. The brightness of the display can be dimmed, thank goodness, but cannot be totally turned off--a feature that I wish had been included. The on-screen display CAN be disabled, though--a welcome feature that was once again omitted in the older Sony. An ultra-slim cabinet makes the unit easy to fit almost anywhere. In closing, this is a heckuva buy--a lot of player for a modest sum. Throw in component inputs and you have a product that would have easily sold for (dollar amount) just a couple of years back--am amazed, and am happy now that my older DVD decided to die.
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Summary: DVD-RV31K
Review: I went to shopko to buy a cheap player, and they had this one. I brought it home plugged it in, and it blew me away. I was amazed at the picture quality even on a 7 year old Bell and Howell TV. I think the the 100x scan feature is a big plus, for finding scenes. The analog audio out is excellent.
In summary, i would highly recommend this player for anybody looking for a first time player... Earl
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Summary: Great Features for a Panasonic
Review: For the price and features it has. This a great DVD player. This unit can play most CD format. CD, DVD, MP3, VCD, CD-R, and CD-RW. It also have a jog dial for scanning which makes it more convenient to access. I have a problem with the delay it has when changing tracks when playing CD. It is not the same with my other players where it is instant when the tracks are changed. I have to virtual point the remote at it to respond to my command. Other than that, this is a great 1 disc machine.
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Summary: Good buy for the money
Review: This DVD player is a good buy for the money. The player has been able to play every movie I have, Including The Matrix. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is Panasonic players have a problem with the laser failing after a year or 2. I had an older Panasonic A120 that this is replacing, Panasonic wanted $90 in labor plus parts to fix it. If you can, buy the player with an extended warranty.
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Summary: Great Mid-Range DVD Player
Review: The pluses: - good remote access
- MP3 playback
- Component video, optical audio
- Quiet operation
- Reliable playback
- multi-format ability (VCD, DVD, etc.) The minuses: - Cinematic features are worthless with a good receiver
- MP3 playback has no menu or TOC Overall, I would highly recommend this DVD player for anyone who just needs a reliable player. Although it does not have progressive scan, it has great component video output and digital audio output as well.
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Summary: great
Review: don't get fooled by the Matrix movie review. I saw this movie
yesterday on it, view with all the action is simply great :-)"
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Summary: arrives broken
Review: the machine didn't read the dvd. Panasonic told us to send it back and the turn around time would be 7 to 10 days. a month later no dvd player no way to get a date on when it will be returned and no way to find out what was wrong. I think repair and service is an important part of the equipment. Panasonic needs to do better.
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Summary: Great Player !
Review: I Bought this player recently and so far it didn't give me any trouble. It plays mp3's fine but yes it does not show file names. If you want to play mp3 and want to see files names, then go and buy a MP3 player instead of a DVD player. There are couple of features that comes with this player but it will take some time to figure them out.
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Summary: Well designed
Review: I use this for the bedroom 20inch Sony TV without external speakers. One of the first things that impressed me was the sound quality afforded by the TV's small speakers with this player. The surround sound option literally projects the sound out into the room. Sound effects like I'm only used to hearing on a home theatre system are discernable with this player. It also has a powered subwoofer output, which tempts me to buy one for this TV. Since I'm using it with just a 20inch monitor, there's not too much I can say about the picture quality: it's fine. The remote control is intuitive and easy to use (I found myself reaching for reading glasses every time I wanted to use the Philips remote for another machine). I've had no trouble playing disks, even badly scratched rentals. This player has a memory feature that allows you to resume play on a single disk after turning off the unit. This took a couple tries to figure out (not that intuitive), but I use it often.
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Summary: Meets my needs!
Review: This is good DVD player with all features including MP3 playback capability. As many have mentioned, sound is good but changing sound modes have no effect. Its all the same! I am still happy with it as I wanted a DVD player which plays CD-R, CD-RW and MP3 in addition to DVD....
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