Yamaha DVD5750 Progressive Scan DVD Player
Stellar player for the price...
I bought this unit at Best Buy in San Francisco almost a month ago and WOW!Thank you Macrohn for your review of this product at Amazon. This player saved my life.<br /><br /> This unit surpasses my older TOSHIBA model SD-3750, although the Toshiba was great for the time I bought it(yes, the Toshiba lasted this long, about 5 years and still going.), the YAMAHA DVS 5750 plays all the dvds that I had some problems with playing on the Toshiba and Sony Players. Some import dvds from Asia would skip or freeze in my other players, but on the Yamaha, I never experienced the same problems even when my other units were new. This is a must for me since I buy a lot of IMPORTED Asian dvds. Also, this unit converts PAL to NTSC!! Plus, it can be converted to a multi-region player.<br /><br /> Picture quality far surpasses my expectations, I hooked it up to my Sony HDTV and to my Sony audio receiver hooked up by Component video and fiber optic cables and I was blown away! Make sure Black Level is turned on when playing on an HDTV. My HDTV has a HD wideband amplifier so I had to adjust the settings so it doesn't over-enhance the picture. As for Natural sound, I agree! I put in RETURN OF THE KING, STEALTH(this movie is mediocre, but the video/sound is great), WAR OF THE WORLDS, SPL, SHINOBI HEART UNDER BLADE and AZUMI with the DTS audio track and WHOA! It sound and looks amazing!! I put the same dvds on my friend's player hooked up with HDMI to a JVC HDTV, and well, let's just say, he said the movies looked much better in my system.<br /><br /> It costs around $ 145.00 for this dvd player, It is worth every penny!!