Philips DVD727 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
The almost perfect DVD player!
I honestly do not understand these people who say the unit is bad. Either they just have had the badluck of getting a defective unit or some are just doing something wrong. Its a fantastic unit ESPECIALLY if you have some DVDs that are in PAL Format or are in another Region. It actually has an NTSC to PAL converter and the other way around as well! Nice crisp clear picture and sound! Another explaination about the poor picture is mainly because some DVDs are coded badly OR you have an HD TV in which you clearly see the pixels from DVDs. This is why there is a new type of DVD which is to be released either in 2005 or 2006. This is another reason why I say &quot;almost perfect&quot; because once you start buying the new format, you need to buy a new player which can read that type of format. The image converter can be easily accessed and the region changer? Just open the tray with no DVD on it, press 9999 and the region number you wish to select using the remote. You can try the ZERO Region but I have heard from someone that once you use this option the DVD player locks up. I am not sure wether this is some sort of security lock but it is just best to do the changing. It only takes 2-5 seconds to do the changing anyways! Kudos to Philips for making such an incredible DVD player yet.