Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Product Description
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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.

Product Description:
Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it's hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent. What Philips wants is to make your life and work easier - and more fun! And Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products to its consumers. Philips. "Let's Make Things Better".PRODUCT FEATURES: 3: 2 pull down Progressive Scan for high vertical resolution and razor sharp images; 96kHz/24 bits Audio DAC for high quality audio performance; Digital Coaxial Output for highest quality audio connection; 3D Sound: Virtual surround sound via 2-speaker output; Multi-format playability: plays DVD-Video, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD, VCD, S-VCD and Picture CD format; Picture CD: View digital pictures (JPEG) on TV; Disk Resume: 5 disk bookmark.

Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Regions 1 and 2 since Jan '04
  • Excellent DVD Player!!
  • Very good player!
  • Bad Buy
  • Very Good Performance
Philips DVD726 Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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  1. Basic DVD Hook-up Kit for Dummies (DUMBDVD2)
  2. Basic DVD Hook-up Kit for Dummies (DUMBDVD1)
  3. Monster Cable B SV1SV-1M Monster Standard S-Video Cable (3.28 ft.)
  4. Case Logic Nylon 128-Disc CD/DVD Wallet
  5. Atlantic 3010 5-Tier Adjustable Multi-Media Shelving (Black Steel)

Product Features:
  • 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

ASIN: B000093US2

Product Description

Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it's hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent. What Philips wants is to make your life and work easier - and more fun! And Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products to its consumers. Philips. "Let's Make Things Better".PRODUCT FEATURES: 3: 2 pull down Progressive Scan for high vertical resolution and razor sharp images; 96kHz/24 bits Audio DAC for high quality audio performance; Digital Coaxial Output for highest quality audio connection; 3D Sound: Virtual surround sound via 2-speaker output; Multi-format playability: plays DVD-Video, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD, VCD, S-VCD and Picture CD format; Picture CD: View digital pictures (JPEG) on TV; Disk Resume: 5 disk bookmark.

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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.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Regions 1 and 2 since Jan '04.......2006-04-23

The DVD 726 has performed adequately as a region free player since January '04. One caveat--it has only had to play regions 1 and 2, both PAL and NTSC.

Out of hundreds, the only DVD that the 726 has so far balked at is Trancers 6 (a region 1!). Since Full Moon has got a warehouse full of VHS tapes to unload before they burn the Trancers series on DVD, the glitch with playing their discs is only a minor problem.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent DVD Player!!.......2003-11-15

WOW!! What a great DVD player! I just bought this ... and hooked it up to my TV and stereo today. The picture is excellent and the sound is First-Class!
I own a JVC 3 disc DVD player that couldn't play my CD-R music and I needed a player that would. This DVD player plays ANYTHING I put in it! It even has a NTSC/PAL decoding capability so I can play European formats and don't have to be careful when buying some of the rare DVD's only available in other countries!
I love my JVC DVD player for it's video and sound reproduction, but I love this Philips player even more!!!
Anybody out there looking for a used JVC 3 disc player??

4 out of 5 stars Very good player!.......2003-08-24

Very nice player... and, the best thing: Has a hack to play all DVD's regions! Just turn it on, open the tray, press 9 9 9 9 0 and you will se "Region Code 0"... That's enough! You will be able to play dvd's from all regions!!!
The only bad thing is that it doesn't have optical output... if it's not necessary for you, buy this!

1 out of 5 stars Bad Buy.......2003-07-29

i got this DVD player a couple of weeks back, to realise that the coaxil cable outlet dosent work. Latter i found that it does not have a Optical output.
And the philips service guys havent been able to fix the coaxil cable output duct for the past 10 days.
If your home theater supports optical input, dont buy this DVD!

4 out of 5 stars Very Good Performance.......2003-07-22

I bought this DVD player for my run-of-the-mill 19" TV expecting average picture and ok sound, given that my TV is neither progressive scan nor digital. But I was amazed at how wrong I was, the picture and sound, even though they're analog, have the quality of digital. The price, too, is really good, especially with the free Die Another Day DVD I got with it. This DVD player is definitely a good buy for anyone who wants good quality for a good price. My only complaint is the layout of the front panel. I was pressing the power button for a while before I realized that it was the power button. The label is very discrete and it is in a bad place, right next to the disk tray. I should expect that an eject button would be there and the power button would be on the opposite side of the DVD player, were the eject button is. Overall, it is a great deal!

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