Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
- Plays DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, JPEG image CD
- Compatible with CD-Rs and CD-RWs loaded with MP3 files
- Offers progressive-scan output with 3:2 pulldown for distortion-free viewing of 24 fps movies
- Optical and coaxial digital-audio outputs pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals
- Both PAL and NTSC compatible
Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
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Philips’s slim, affordable DVD726 features high-end progressive-scan component-video outputs and built-in decoding for MP3 music files, as well as JPEG image CD playback so you can enjoy digital slideshows right in the living room. It also is compatible with PAL- and NTSC-formatted discs (so long that your TV is PAL or NTSC compatible). The DVD726’s Smart Picture feature offers five preset picture settings: multimedia, rich, natural, soft, and personal, which let you tailor the image you see to the type of program your watching.
Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “someday,” the DVD726 stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. 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.
The DVD726 also performs 3:2 pulldown. 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.
The player will play JPEG images one by one automatically, letting you zoom in, rotate, or flip the picture vertically or horizontally. For MP3 playback, the player offers track time display, album and track selection, and repeat (disc/album/track). It supports nested directory levels up to eight levels, as well as a total of 32 albums and 500 different tracks.
A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player’s coaxial digital-audio output for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.
Playback options include five-disc resume and bookmarking, which lets you pick-up where you left off on your five most recently viewed DVDs (not applicable for MP3 or JPEG CDs), enhanced parental control (with 80-disc lockout), and picture zoom for magnification of select images.
What’s in the Box
DVD-Video player, zappa remote control with batteries, user’s manual, stereo analog audio interconnect, composite-video cable.
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