Panasonic DVD-S53K Up-Converting 1080p DVD Player Black
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Features
• 720p output
• Up-conversion to 1080i
• Supports DVD Audio (5.1)
• Dolby Digital and DTS decoders
• Plays DVD-R, CD-R & CD-RW; MP3, WMA, JPEG & MPEG4 playback with on-screen navigator |
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Panasonic DVD-S53K Up-Converting 1080p DVD Player Black Customer Reviews
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Pros and Cons of this over an S52
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Ok, first the cons.
Really, just one. I like to burn a few dozen of my music CDs to a DVD in MP3 format at 320/kps. You can fit a LOT of albums on one DVD and not need to buy a CD changer. You just have them queued up on a single DVD.
The S52 had a GREAT method of displaying the foler names on the DVD. Whereas a very long file or folder name would still be truncated, it would display out to 16 characters or so before that would happen.
With the S52, the dual column display is gone, and even worse it seems to display even less than conventional pc 8.3 filenames. A BIG dissapointment, this was one of the major reasons I have been sticking with Panasonic rather than a different brand.
The pros - It's cheaper than the S52 was, and the picture quality is the same. Very nice on my Samsung LCD panel. I wish they would throw in a better tray rather then the composite video/audio cable, which I doubt that anyone on the planet uses, but I have no complaints with playing DVDs on this unit. Plus, it plays Divx files just fine. The S52 would not play Divx files at all.
Bottom line - I have few Divx files and a lot of music CDs. I like the S52 better! Th4e S53 is a nice set, and if you have a lot of Divx files it is obviously better suited to your needs, but for displaying music file names the S52 was vastly superior.
I hope this helps you decide which to choose if you can still pick either or! |
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Panasonic DVD-S53K Up-Converting 1080p DVD Player Black home electronics.