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Progressive Views: 4 Progressive-Scan DVD Players
Al Griffin  |  Oct 16, 2001  | 

When progressive-scan DVD players first emerged almost two years ago, the already excellent picture quality we'd come to expect from standard players suddenly got a whole lot better. That's because the new models could convert video signals to a progressive-scan format for display on a TV or monitor with progressive-scan capabilities.

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Doing The DVD Combo
Michael Antonoff  |  Dec 21, 2001  | 

A DVD player is already a terrific bargain - an inexpensive black box that can play discs full of razor-sharp images, immersive surround sound, and fascinating extras. But what if you could wed a DVD player with another popular entertainment device like, say, a TV, VCR, or game console? Well, it's already being done.

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DVD Combo - In The Lab
Michael Antonoff  |  Dec 21, 2001  | 
Go-Video DVR4000
DIMENSIONS 17 inches wide, 4 inches high, 14 inches deep WEIGHT 11 5/8 pounds PRICE $349 MANUFACTURER Sensory Science, Dept. S&V, 7835 E.
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Denon DVM-4800 DVD-Audio/Video Changer
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 05, 2002  | 

At least some things in life are predictable. And one of them is the progression of value-added features in consumer electronics.

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Opening Moves
David Ranada  |  Jan 21, 2002  | 

The players are in position, and the pieces are now on the board. But this is not a chess game, and the stakes are even higher than in the richest of Grand Master tournaments. This is the beginning of another video-recorder format war, but unlike the VHS vs. Beta conflict of the late 1970s and early '80s, there are three competing formats.

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Pioneer Elite DV-47A DVD/SACD Combi Player
David Ranada  |  Apr 18, 2002  | 

Wouldn't it be great if you could just go out and buy the surround sound music titles you're interested in without having to worry about whether they're on DVD-Audio or Super Audio CD (SACD)?

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DVD Deals
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jul 21, 2002  | 
Photos by Tony Cordoza
Feel like some shopping? How about a brand-new Porsche 911 for $10,000? Or an Armani suit for $200? Or maybe a vacation in the Swiss Alps for $1,000? I'm sorry, but those items are not available.
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The DVD Variety Show
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 09, 2002  | 
Photos by Tony Cordoza

Jump ahead: Features Checklist In the Lab

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Pansonic DMR-HS2 DVD-RAM Recorder
David Ranada  |  Oct 21, 2002  | 
Photos by Tony Cordoza

At a glance, you'd probably think that Panasonic's $1,000 DMR-HS2 looks pretty much like every other DVD recorder out there-including the Panasonic DMR-E30 that I reviewed just last month. But the DMR-HS2's chassis carries clues that something more is going on here.

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A DVD Christmas
David Ranada  |  Nov 10, 2002  | 
Photos by Tony Cordoza

Like Santa descending a chimney every year with an ever-larger bag of goodies, DVD players have been coming down in price while their bundles of features have expanded.

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Marantz DV8300 Universal DVD/SACD Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 18, 2002  | 
Photos by Tony Cordoza

Back in the Stone Age of Digital Audio (circa 1990), discerning audiophiles paid big bucks for elegant-looking CD players. Today the emphasis is on performance rather than looks. Most DVD players are visually boring, and their lack of heft hardly inspires confidence. Sometimes I yearn for the days when a player's quality could literally be weighed.

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Toshiba SD-4800 DVD-Audio/Video Player
David Ranada  |  Jan 13, 2003  | 
Finding a product that performs better than its price would lead you to expect is always a pleasure for a reviewer. Toshiba's SD-4800 is just such a product-a relatively inexpensive DVD player that's packed with all the latest features. For example, it plays DVD-Audio discs through its multichannel analog outputs, which also serve for Dolby Digital playback.
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Yamaha DVD-S2300 Universal DVD/SACD Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 18, 2003  | 
Photos by Tony Cordoza Not all that long ago, it seemed like the high-resolution DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD music formats were heading for a showdown. The two sides were entrenched on either side of no-man's-format land, and neither seemed willing to talk about a truce, let alone concede defeat.
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Samsung DVD-V2500 DVD Player/VCR
David Ranada  |  Mar 25, 2003  | 
Most of the Samsung DVD players we've tested have had something "different" about them. There were, for example, a couple of models with Nuon game-playing capability, and the last one we looked at could reproduce still pictures stored on Memory Stick flash-memory cards.
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Onkyo DV-SP800 Universal DVD/SACD Player
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 31, 2003  | 
Beginning as barely a trickle, it is now becoming a steady stream as more and more "universal" optical-disc players reach store shelves. The latest models can play DVD-Video discs (and home-burned DVD-R/RWs recorded in the DVD-Video format), DVD-Audio discs, CDs (including CD-R/RW discs and those with MP3 files), and Super Audio CDs.
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