Panasonic DVD-S35K Ultra Slim Progressive Scan DVD
Price is good but quality is a bit lacking
My two and a half year old Sony DVD player broke suddenly. Needed a replacement. <BR>After reading all the good reviews about this  Panasonic player, I bought one. I was very happy with the price <BR>considering that it is less than 1/4 of what I paid for the old Sony, even before the $$ rebate.<br />After watching a few DVD's and listening to a few CD's, however, I had this feeling that neither the video nor the audio quality <BR>was as good as my old Sony's. To make sure it was not just my imagination, I went out and bought a Sony DVP NS725P. Did a <BR>side-by-side comparison of the two players using same DVD's and CD's and same audio receiver and TV display. Both my wife <BR>and I observed lower video and audeo qualities from the Panasonic comparing to the Sony. Subtle music and vocal details as well as<BR>the richness of video colors simply did not come through with this Pansonic as they did with the Sony. <BR>The end result was very noticeable degradation of both video and audio qualities. <br />Finally we played a favoriate VCD disk. The Panasonic skipped frames and video was jittery and blurry at times while the Sony<BR>played the same VCD smoothly and perfectly with vivid and detailed colors. This was the last straw. I promptly returned <BR>the Panasonic and kept the Sony.<BR> <BR>For the price it is selling and its long list of features, the Panasonic is indeed a very good deal for the money. <BR>But if budget is not your only concern and you are picky about video and audio qualities, I'd suggest that you skip this <BR>Panasonic and look at step-up models from major manufacturers. This Panasonic simply won't cut it.