Philips DVD724AT Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Incredible!
This is a wonderful machine I have had it a month or two but I have tested every feature they work better than I thought they would.<br />I am using cables I bought later on that are gold plated plugs and shieled wire. There is such a difference in the quality of sounds and picture with the better cables.<br />PROS:<BR>-Sharp clear picture<BR>-Crisp clear audio<BR>-Easy to navigate menus<BR>-Easy to use remote that is not as cumbersome as other brands<BR>-Quick disc loading time<BR>-Component video, S-video, and composite A/V outputs <BR>-Optical, coaxial, and A/V audio outputs  <BR>-Virtual surround sound for use with 2-channel audio systems<BR>-Built-in Dolby Digital decoder with 5.1-channel analog outputs <BR>-Compatible with MP3 audio files <BR>-View digital still images (in JPEG format) from Picture CDs<BR>-Easy to view and change images when viewing JPEG images from CDs<BR>-Multistandard-compatible: plays both NTSC (American) and PAL (European) DVDs<BR>-480p progressive-scan video output (courtesy of a Faroudja 12-bit/54MHz processing chip) with 3-2 pulldown<BR>-Plays DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, CD-DA, CD-R/RW, HDCD, MP3-CD and Picture CD formats<BR>-Zoom feature so you don't have to watch it in widescreen<BR>-Inexpensive, compact, and lightwieght<BR>-I compared it feature for feature to a Toshiba SD4800 and it was much more inexpensive the only feature the Toshiba had that this didn't was an onboard DTS Decoder which I don't think is nessecary.<br />CONS:<BR>-To use the menus and other features you have to use the remote there are no buttons on the player besides Power, Eject, Skip Backward, Skip Forward, Play, and Stop.<br />I highly reccomed this player for a great DVD Player with incredible audio and picture at a much lower price than any other player on the market.