Sony DVP-NS775V

Sony DVP-NS775V DVD Player Review

The Sony DVP-NS775V DVD player is tantalizingly affordable and stocked to the gills with great features and innovative technology, it handles DVD-Video, audio CD, and Super Audio CD (SACD) media--including playback of recordable CDs filled with MP3 music and JPEG image files.

Onboard processing technologies, like Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive de-interlacer and 3:2 pulldown reversal, make every format shine, whether DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, or DVD+RW. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Precision Cinema Progressive technology uses a 12-bit video DAC (digital-to-analog converter) with high-bandwidth, 108 MHz processing to detect image changes at the pixel level, rather than at the level of whole scan lines. That makes this player's picture more faithful to the source--whether film or video--because it uses separate, optimized algorithms to handle different pixel behaviors. Separate algorithms are also used to process the moving and still parts of an image, resulting in sharp backgrounds with moving objects that are free from motion artifacts.

DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 reverse pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. Composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television. Depending on the disc, SACD music releases provide super high-fidelity multichannel and/or stereo sound. As an anti-piracy measure, the Sony DVP-NS775V performs its own decoding of SACD signals, passing high-resolution analog, not digital, audio to your integrated amplifier or surround receiver. This means you'll need an audio/video receiver with multichannel analog-audio inputs to appreciate multichannel SACD releases.

If you're not planning to use the SACD capability for multichannel programming, both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can also be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (1 each RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for simpler connection to a compatible receiver (multichannel analog and digital-audio interconnects are not supplied). Precision Drive 3 provides a mechanism for reading DVDs that are in less than perfect condition, eliminating errors in playback due to imperfect, scratched, or warped discs.

DVD resume memory kicks in whenever you stop a DVD. Later, when you come back to it, the player will pick up right where you left off before. The player holds resume points for an impressive 40 discs. Other playback features include 10-second instant replay, DVD/CD Text display (with applicable discs), a digital video enhancer, digital video EQ (equalization), custom parental control memory for 40 discs, as well as Advanced SmoothScan and SmoothSlow Modes.

What's in the Box?

Sony DVP-NS775V DVD player, remote control (RMT-D153A), 2 AA remote batteries, a stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect, a user's manual, and warranty information.

What Features Does the Sony DVP-NS775V Have?

� Color: Black

� Disc capacity: 1

� Progressive scan: Yes

� 3:2 pulldown detection: Yes

� Memory card slot: No

� Line doubling: No

� Playback formats: DVD-Video (NTSC), VR and video-mode DVD-R and DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, SACD (stereo and multichannel), CD, CD-R, CD-RW, JPEG image CD, and MP3 CD

� Region playback: Compatible only with discs coded for Region 1 and for All Regions Sony DVP-NS775V

� Aspect ratio control: Yes

� Black-level adjustment: Yes

� Noise reduction: Yes (block video noise reduction)

� Dialog enhancer: No

� Integrated receiver: No

� Front-panel operation: No (remote required for use)

� Quick play: No

� Multi-angle viewing: Yes (with applicable discs)

� Horizontal resolution: Greater than 500 lines

� Video DAC: 12-bit, 108 MHz processing with NSV

� Audio DAC: 192 kHz/24 bits (48 kHz/16-bit linear PCM passthrough)

� Audio signal-to-noise ratio: Greater than 115 dB

� Dynamic range (audio): CD: greater than 99 dB; DVD-Video: greater than 103 dB

� Harmonic distortion: .003 percent

� AV alignment: No

� Bass management: No

� Picture enhancements: Precision Drive 3 system with Dynamic Tilt Compensation, digital video enhancer, digital video EQ (equalization), variable coefficient filter

� Picture modes: Custom

� Dynamic tilt compensation: Yes

� Frame advance: Yes

� Still/freeze frame: Yes

� Forward/reverse play: Advanced SmoothScan and SmoothSlow modes

� Karaoke: No

� Multilingual support: Yes (English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese)

� Instant replay: Yes

� Instant search: Yes

� Remote control: Multibrand (operates most TVs)

� Parental controls: Yes (password-protect up to 40 discs; child lock for the player tray)

� Random play: Yes

� Recording capability: No

� Repeat play: Yes (one/all)

� Resume play: Yes (40-disc memory)

� Reverse-frame step: Yes

� Screen dimmer: Yes

� Slow motion: Yes

� Text display: Yes (DVD/CD Text)

� VCR capability: No

� Audio outputs: 2 stereo analog (left/right), 1 set of multichannel analog (left, center, right, left/right surround, subwoofer), 2 digital (1 optical, 1 coaxial)

� Headphone jack: No

� Video outputs: 1 composite-video, 1 component-video, and 1 S-video

� Surround-sound output: Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel passthrough and decoding; Digital Cinema Sound (five 4-channel surround modes); TV Virtual Surround (simulated surround sound from any two speakers)

� Simulated surround sound: Yes (4 modes)

� THX-certified: No

� Power source: AC 120V, 60 Hz

� Power consumption: 13 watts

� UPC: 0272426077740

� Item width: 17 inches

� Item height: 2.16 inches

� Item depth: 9.33 inches

� Item weight: 4.75 pounds

� Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

Conclusion

Watch your favorite movies on the Sony DVP-NS775V DVD player. Featuring Precision Cinema Progressive Technology and Precision Drive 3 systems, you will get a picture that is more faithful to the source, video or film, and virtually free of errors that warped discs can produce. You can even listen to MP3 music with ease.

Best DVD Recorder Reviews Rating

8.5/10

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