Sony DVP-NS575P

Sony DVP-NS575P DVD Player Review

Sony's amazingly affordable and feature-rich Sony DVP-NS575P DVD player is everything a budget-savvy music and movie lover could ask for. The progressive-scan Sony DVP-NS575P plays just about any disc out there--including DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW--as well as spins your digital photos and MP3 files burned to CD-R/CD-RW discs. It will also play discs recorded in the DVD-VR format (which grants more flexible recording and editing options than do standard DVD-RW/+RW or DVD-RAM formats).

Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive (PCP) system uses specialized algorithms to detect image changes at the pixel level, as opposed to the scan-line level, resulting in a picture more faithful to the film or video source.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive (PCP) system uses specialized algorithms to detect image changes at the pixel level, as opposed to the scan-line level, resulting in a picture more faithful to the film or video source.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the Sony DVP-NS575P stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs through its Precision Cinema Progressive (PCP) output and 3:2 pulldown processing. 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.

Other DVD players detect image changes at the level of the scan-line level, while the Sony DVP-NS575P Precision Cinema Progressive (PCP) system detects them at the pixel level. The resulting picture is more faithful to the source, whether it's from film or video. That's because the player uses separate, optimized algorithms to handle the differing pixel behavior of each original format. It also uses separate algorithms to process the moving and still parts of an image, giving you sharp backgrounds and 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 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. Further, the player offers block noise reduction (which suppresses vertical edge distortions for a smoother, more natural picture) and digital video enhancement (processing that improves the crisp contrast of picture detail while controlling unwanted artifacts like "overshoot" and "ringing"). Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can also be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output for a simpler connection to a compatible AV receiver (but be aware that a digital-audio interconnect is 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. Early generations of Precision Drive technology were only able to compensate for warped discs by moving the entire optical block, which took more time and limited the amount of correction possible. This newer system simplifies the process by moving just the lens (instead of the entire optical block) for faster and more accurate error correction.

As soon as you hook up the Sony DVP-NS575P DVD player, a special Quick Setup screen appears ready to guide you through configuration, step by step, screen by screen. 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 up to six discs. Other playback features of the Sony DVP-NS575P include 10-second instant replay, DVD/CD Text display (with applicable discs), custom parental control memory for 40 discs, instant search (which provides audible scanning akin to cue and review features on cassette decks), as well as Advanced SmoothScan and SmoothSlow Modes. The Sony DVP-NS575P stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs through its Precision Cinema Progressive (PCP) output and 3:2 pulldown processing. 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.

Other DVD players detect image changes at the level of the scan-line level, while Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive (PCP) system detects them at the pixel level. The resulting picture is more faithful to the source, whether it's from film or video. That's because the player uses separate, optimized algorithms to handle the differing pixel behavior of each original format. It also uses separate algorithms to process the moving and still parts of an image, giving you sharp backgrounds and 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 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. Further, the player offers block noise reduction (which suppresses vertical edge distortions for a smoother, more natural picture) and digital video enhancement (processing that improves the crisp contrast of picture detail while controlling unwanted artifacts like "overshoot" and "ringing"). Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can also be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output for a simpler connection to a compatible AV receiver (but be aware that a digital-audio interconnect is 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. Early generations of Precision Drive technology were only able to compensate for warped discs by moving the entire optical block, which took more time and limited the amount of correction possible. This newer system simplifies the process by moving just the lens (instead of the entire optical block) for faster and more accurate error correction.

As soon as you hook up the DVD player, a special Quick Setup screen appears ready to guide you through configuration, step by step, screen by screen. 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 up to six discs.

Other playback features of the Sony DVP-NS575P include 10-second instant replay, DVD/CD Text display (with applicable discs), custom parental control memory for 40 discs, instant search (which provides audible scanning akin to cue and review features on cassette decks), as well as Advanced SmoothScan and SmoothSlow Modes.

What's in the Box?

Sony DVP-NS575P DVD player, remote control, 2 AA batteries, a stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect, a user's manual, and warranty information.

What Features Does the Sony DVP-NS575P Have?

� Color: Sony DVP-NS575P Silver or Black

� Disc capacity: 1

� Progressive scan: Yes

� 3:2 pulldown detection: Yes

� Memory card slot: No

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

� Aspect ratio control: Yes

� Region playback: Compatible only with discs coded for Region 1 and for All Regions

� Black-level adjustment: Yes

� Dialog enhancer: No

� Integrated receiver: No

� Front-panel operation: No

� Quick play: No

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

� Horizontal resolution: 500 lines

� Video DAC: 54 MHz/12-bit

� Audio DAC: 192 kHz/24 bits (with 96 kHz/16-bit linear PCM passthrough)

� Audio signal-to-noise ratio: 115 dB

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

� Bass management: No

� Picture enhancements: Precision Drive 3 system, block noise reduction, digital video enhancer

� Picture modes: Custom

� Dynamic tilt compensation: Yes

� Custom bookmarks: No

� 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 (6-disc memory)

� Track programming: Yes (up to 99 tracks)

� Reverse-frame step: Yes

� Screen dimmer: Yes

� Slow motion: Yes

� Text display: Yes (DVD/CD Text)

� VCR capability: No

� Audio outputs: 1 stereo analog (left/right), 1 digital (coaxial)

� Headphone jack: No

� Video outputs: 3 (1 composite-, 1 component-, 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

� Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

Conclusion

Plays DVD-Video, DVD-R & DVD-RW, DVD+R & DVD+RW, and Video CD * plays CD, CD-R & CD-RW, and MP3 CD-R & CD-RW * plays digital photo CDs (JPEG) * 54MHz/12-bit video DAC * selectable interlaced/progressive-scan component video output (progressive-scan requires an HD-compatible TV) *

Note: The Sony DVP-NS575P/S is the Silver version and the Sony DVP-NS575P/B is the Black version.

Best DVD Recorder Reviews Rating

7/10

Get the latest price for the DVP-NS575P

Sony DVP-NS575P DVD Player Review
Back to home page