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| Sony DVP-NS700H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player, Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $66.51
You Save: $13.48 (17%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 92
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 17 x 8.3 x 1.8
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: DVPNS700H/B
Model: DVPNS700H/B
UPC: 027242733886
EAN: 0027242733886
ASIN: B0015VW3BM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 sony dvd player review May 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sony DVP-NS700H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player Black
I like this DVD player, however I cannot seem to figure out how to upscale dvd quality with samsung 1080p tv.
 Excellent May 28, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This slim upconverting DVP is a very nice piece of equipment. It produces a beautiful picture from ordinary DVDs. Controls on the "pizza-box" itself are the very simplest, but all you need to show a movie. If you want to play around, or actually study part of a movie--read the titles of books on a shelf, say--the track, motion, angle, step, mode, and other fancy controls are on the remote. The remote can control some non-Sony (BRAVIA) TVs or other units. The NS700H has 5 ways to connect to a TV or AV receiver. Check your TV and receiver and make sure one has available HDMI, or Optical Digital, or at least Component Video interconnects, depending on how old your units are. You'll have to get to the back of your dusty AV and relearn all the plugs and options and cable connections. That's the hardest part of setting up this sweet machine. Or maybe it's time for a new upgrade cycle before the $ sinks out of sight for imported electronics? I had to switch some interconnects around among my pre-existing components, and separately buy the cables to do so since only a lowly Composite cable set is in the box. Plan on juggling the TV, DVP, and any AV receiver controls to get the best enhancement, since their functions may overlap (like sound fields, volume, bit rates).
This single-play DVP, of course, is not a carousel for multi-disk extravaganzas. Nor is it an HD or a Blu-ray player. While it can play most CDs and in-region DVDs, and MP3, JPEG, and some recordable disks, it won't play others, for example, PHOTO CDs, DVD Audio, HD layer on Super Audio CDs, disks from AVCHD DVD cameras, DualDisks, paper labels, or some DRM schemes, among others. Get a peek at the manual if in doubt; the outer box says little about disk compatibility.
Good DVD Player May 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good DVD player, and I would definitely recommend it. I'm not a fanatic about picture quality, though I must admit DVDs look better with this player and HDMI than they did on the old DVD player and component out. This player is a replacement for an older Sony, which simply wore out. My annoyance at the old one wearing out was quickly overcome by my amazement that it hadn't happened sooner, given how old it was and how much it got used. Sony definitely knows how to make 'em last.
Excellent DVD Player - But you have to read the manual May 26, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Just hooked-up this player to my new Sony 40" LCD TV via HDMI cable and the results from standard DVDs is excellent. Not HDTV quality, but very, very close and an improvement from my older Panasonic player. By the way, the complaint about this unit not displaying older 4:3 aspect ratio films, ie older classic movies, is not correct. I just watched a portion of the Wizard of Oz and several other older movies in the correct OAR. The answer is on page 56 of the manual. I am always amazed at how people complain about products without reading the manual. After a 15 second click of several buttons on the remote, the player automatically shows both widescreen and old-style 4:3 format films in the correct aspect ratio.
 Upconversion? Can't tell much difference... May 22, 2008
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
I agree with McLendon's review. I was using a perfectly capable Panasonic DVD player/burner outputting at 480p via component cable. After everything I read here and elsewhere, this Sony upconverting DVD player via HDMI was to make a world of difference in picture quality...even approaching HD with standard DVDs.
During a lengthy head-to-head comparison, I was hard-pressed to tell much difference on my Panasonic 50" 720p plasma. In fact, the most noticeable difference pertained to movies more than, say, ten years old. They actually looked worse! This player magnified the flaws: grain, noise, print dirt and specks were all more prevalent. To me, it made watching these "older" films less enjoyable. Of course, the difference with "newer" films was negligible. Disney's "Cars," for instance, still looked stunning.
Bottom-line, if you need a new player then this will do the trick. If you think, as I did, that this player will suddenly render your standard DVD collection near-HD, then you might be disappointed. I believe it will depend on the performance and age of your previous DVD player. Hope this helps.
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