Panasonic DVD-A320 DVD Player

Panasonic DVD-A320 DVD Player

Product Description
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The Panasonic DVD-A320 DVD-video player incorporates a built-in Dolby Digital decoder and is compatible with Digital Theater Sound (DTS). The Dolby Digital decoder provides 5.1-channel surround sound audio when connected to an audio-video receiver with five or six inputs. The Panasonic DVD-A320 offers Advanced Virtual Surround Sound, high-speed smooth-motion scan, and a 10-bit video, 96 kHz/24-bit audio digital-to-analog conversion. It includes optical and coaxial digital-audio outputs, as well as composite video, component video, and S-video connections.

Other features include a Digital Cinema Mode, which combines brightness control with picture-noise canceling to give you a better picture under certain viewing conditions by adjusting picture contrast. Monitor select allows you to select from four monitor types (standard, CRT projector, LCD projector, and projection TV) so that your DVD player can adjust its picture for optimum video performance when the applicable monitor is selected. Virtual battery operation helps prevent AC power supply noise from entering into the audio circuitry.

Additional features of the Panasonic DVD-A320 include an illuminated universal joystick remote, an onscreen display, and a dialog enhancement mode.

Product Description:
Have a seat. You're about to enter the digital dimension. Inside this DVD/Video CD/CD Player, you'll find a Digital Cinema Mode that combines brightness control with picture noise canceling. The result is a clear and crisp image. And from the comfort of your chair, you can adjust the picture on your screen. Choose from Standard, CRT Projector, LCD Projector and Projection TV, then strap yourself in. Built-in dts and Dolby Digital provide channel surround sound that will blow back your hair. It's like going to the movies or a big concert without ever leaving your home. That's the digital dimension.

Panasonic DVD-A320 DVD Player
Average customer rating:

Panasonic. Just slightly ahead of their time...

THIS IS FUN!

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Panasonic DVD-A320 DVD Player

Manufacturer: Panasonic
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Panasonic Optical Cable (1 Meter)

Product Features:

Built-in Dolby Digital decoder

DTS 5.1 surround sound compatibility

Coaxial and optical digital-audio outputs

10-bit video, 24-bit audio digital-to-analog conversion

Illuminated universal remote control

ASIN: B00000J3YE

Product Description

Have a seat. You're about to enter the digital dimension. Inside this DVD/Video CD/CD Player, you'll find a Digital Cinema Mode that combines brightness control with picture noise canceling. The result is a clear and crisp image. And from the comfort of your chair, you can adjust the picture on your screen. Choose from Standard, CRT Projector, LCD Projector and Projection TV, then strap yourself in. Built-in dts and Dolby Digital provide channel surround sound that will blow back your hair. It's like going to the movies or a big concert without ever leaving your home. That's the digital dimension.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Panasonic DVD-A320 DVD-video player incorporates a built-in Dolby Digital decoder and is compatible with Digital Theater Sound (DTS). The Dolby Digital decoder provides 5.1-channel surround sound audio when connected to an audio-video receiver with five or six inputs. The Panasonic DVD-A320 offers Advanced Virtual Surround Sound, high-speed smooth-motion scan, and a 10-bit video, 96 kHz/24-bit audio digital-to-analog conversion. It includes optical and coaxial digital-audio outputs, as well as composite video, component video, and S-video connections.

Additional features of the Panasonic DVD-A320 include an illuminated universal joystick remote, an onscreen display, and a dialog enhancement mode.

Customer Reviews:

Panasonic. Just slightly ahead of their time..........2000-06-21

I've had this player for close to a year now, and it's an absolutly amazing piece of equipment. I'm very picky with things like this, and this was my third DVD player. I'd previously returned an RCA player, and a Hitachi player before settling on this one. No disapointment whatsoever. Great for those of us with a 6-ch input receiver, but no built in decoder in the amp. It gives you the ability to adjust almost every different aspect of the picture right on the player. You can adjust the volume and delay on every individual speaker, as well as tell it what size your speakers are. If you like lots of surround sound effect, just hook up some decent speakers, and tell the player to crank up the surround sound volume. Likewise for the subwoffer setting. The remote is GREAT and gives very easy to use features. While I'm completly satified with this player, here's my complaints with it...

1. it's only a 2x player, so when you fast forward in double speed, you can see every frame being played, but beyond that, it must skip frames to advance rapidly. Computer DVD-ROM's come at 12x already, so I think they could have made it faster. As it is, the player will advance anywhere from 2x to 100x in fast forward mode depending on your prefrence.

2. The dual layer DVD's give a VERY BRIEF pause while switching layers. Almost all players do this, but it'd be nice it the manufacturers would use a buffer to avoid the pause completely.

3. The "illuminated remote" is glow in the dark buttons that you can't see after the light's been off for more then 3 or 4 mintes. It'd have been nice if the remote was back-lit with an actual light inside.

4. The 1999 Hitachi and most 1998 Sony DVD players had dual laser pick-ups. The picture was read with one laser, and the audio with the other. This makes no noticable difference in the quality of viewing movies, but only players with the dual laser pickup will play CD-R discs like the ones you make in your computer's CD writer. Hitachi, since dropper the dual laser from it's player, and Sony now only has it on their top-of-the-line model.

5. If you stop the movie and do a picture or audio adjustment in the configuration menu, you have to manually re-find the spot you were at in the movie. If you just hit 'stop' and 'play' the player automatically goes back to where you were when you hit stop.

These are just small complaints, and for what it's worth, this is an awesome player.

THIS IS FUN!.......2000-06-19

A great DVD player with superb quality. There are no annoying lines traveling across you screen either. If you have and S-Video connection (with is on most newer TVs) I suggest you use that. However there are RCA jack connections. I lpve the sound too. If you have a good stereo on your TV or the external speakers it's like having the same experience of a LOEWS Cinema! Words do not express the greatness of it. Get it and see for yourself. Oh and it also plays CDs and maybe CD-R(I haven't tried CD-Rs on it yet).

Ultimate DVD Player.......2000-05-28

This is an awesome DVD player, and I haven't even been able to use all the features. The remote is real easy to use, and the remote will also turn your television on/off and you can adjust the TV volume and channels. This player offers great picture and sound quality (I haven't used the DTS mode), and being able to choose which kind of television you have to improve the picture quality is a great feature. It also does a great job at playing scratched DVD's. This is an expensive DVD player, but it is worth every penny--especially if you really love DVD's!