Panasonic DVD-CV51 5-Disc DVD Player
Everything's Perfect - Except...
Approximately four months ago I have purchased the Panasonic CV51 DVD/CD Changer and everything is top notch ao far with the new  player.   The player even plays back all of my burned music,   and this is a big advantage because my first generation Toshiba 3006 DVD player could not perform such a task.  However, even though I am satisfied with the 5 disc playback convienience, audio detail (analog stereo and Dolby Digital/DTS performance), video detail, and remote, I was expecting a time-remaining indicator for movie playback via either on screen or on the machine's display panel.   I got acquainted with time-remaining with my second Toshiba player.   This is possible only with CD playback.   Also, with the advent of DVD-Audio I was having a difficult time trying to determine if I should have purchased this player when I did, or delayed the purchase until DVD-Audio becomes more widely accepted.   Because let us face it folks; the player is on the cutting egde of perfect except for the fact that it lacks a feature as such.   This is an expectation though, considering the price of the unit.   My advice is to let those 5.1 channel analog audio inputs on the back of you receiver lay dormant until the war is over with DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD and witness the public's response.   In the meantime, these two audio formats will co-exist together and increase in title selection.   Perhaps when the time arrives when we are financially stable enough to aquire one of these multi-channel audio devices, the prices will have decreased sufficiently and we can have our 5-disc Panasonic CV51 back with a different model number, same price tag, and a new time-remain feature.   Meanwhile, the player is a demonstration that Panasonic may make some of us audio and videophiles think we are schizophrenic.   For my current home theater system set up, this player was made just for me.   Was it for you?