Philips DVDQ35AT Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Philips DVDQ35AT Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Philips's affordable DVDQ35AT features high-end progressive-scan component-video outputs, built-in MP3 and AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) music decoding, and a dual-laser pickup for compatibility with not only DVDs and CDs, but also CD-Rs and CD-RWs. Whether you already have an HDTV or you're thinking of getting one, the DVDQ35AT 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, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The DVDQ35AT 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.

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 digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio-video receiver. This player also decodes Dolby Digital signals, offering six analog RCA terminals (for left, center, right, subwoofer, and left and right surround channels) for routing surround sound to multichannel receivers that don't have onboard Dolby processing. Playback options include five-disc resume, which lets you pick up where you left off on five most recently viewed DVDs, and 3D sound for virtual surround sound from two speakers.

Product Description:
This Digital Video Disc Player will allow you to enjoy better picture quality, clearer sound, and endless playback features on Digital Video Discs (DVDs). Expanding technology allows you to add options to your viewing - watch a director's cut of a movie, listen to the producer's comments, or play your favorite scene repeatedly. Hear a movie in different languages, or listen only to the soundtrack. The possibilities are limited only by your choices and the materials available on the DVD. Of course, you can listen to your favorite Audio Compact Discs (CDs) on this DVD Player, too. Determine the order in which you want to hear the songs, or play the Disc repeatedly - all while seeing the status of the Audio CD on your television.

Philips DVDQ35AT Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Average customer rating:

One year and going strong

Low quality equipment

One of the best Value for Money DVD players around

Value for money

Philips has a problem - now it's my problem

Philips DVDQ35AT Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Plays DVD Video, video CD, and audio CD

Compatible with CD-Rs and CD-RWs loaded with MP3 and AAC files

Includes progressive-scan compatibility 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

5-disc resume remembers your jumping-off point on the last 5 DVDs played

ASIN: B00006HI4I

Product Description

This Digital Video Disc Player will allow you to enjoy better picture quality, clearer sound, and endless playback features on Digital Video Discs (DVDs). Expanding technology allows you to add options to your viewing - watch a director's cut of a movie, listen to the producer's comments, or play your favorite scene repeatedly. Hear a movie in different languages, or listen only to the soundtrack. The possibilities are limited only by your choices and the materials available on the DVD. Of course, you can listen to your favorite Audio Compact Discs (CDs) on this DVD Player, too. Determine the order in which you want to hear the songs, or play the Disc repeatedly - all while seeing the status of the Audio CD on your television.

Amazon.com Product Description

Philips's affordable DVDQ35AT features high-end progressive-scan component-video outputs, built-in MP3 and AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) music decoding, and a dual-laser pickup for compatibility with not only DVDs and CDs, but also CD-Rs and CD-RWs. Whether you already have an HDTV or you're thinking of getting one, the DVDQ35AT 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, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The DVDQ35AT 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.

Customer Reviews:

One year and going strong.......2004-03-24

The picture quality on this is as good as any other DVD player I have seen. I have had it for a year and have watched a lot of DVDs, and there was only one DVD it had a problem reading, and it was only because that DVD (a rental) had some deep scratches on it.

Low quality equipment.......2004-03-06

I am extremely disappointed with this Progressive-Scan DVD player.
I am writing this to keep anyone from making the same mistake I
made being lured into the low price.

When watching DVDs, about 1 in 2 of the disks freeze in the middle
of watching. I've watched the same disks on other DVD players and
not had the problem. Frequently, I'll have to go to another scene
to continue the move.

Besides that problem, I find the system menus slow and
cumbersome, and unintuitive. This is obviously a cheaply made
equipment with very little quality.

One of the best Value for Money DVD players around.......2003-12-22

Frankly all of us when spending on something look for the best value that money can buy, especially Electronics and Cars!! It is this space that Philips' DVD Q35 falls. It started out with a price tag around $200 but in the last months of 2003 it has been selling for about $80 (read Fry's). At this price it is one of the best DVD player that one can buy. First, it plays every format, except DVD-Audio, SACD. Second it can support both NTSC and PAL video formats (very very few players in US market have this feature). Third and most important, this player can be made region free to play DVDs from all over the world. Fourth but not the final, the Video and Audio quality is excellent almost at par with high end Denon, Onkyo systems. Has all sorts of connection possibilities. Don't even think twice. Just get it, you wont be disappointed.

Value for money.......2003-10-06

Its worth paying. Its nice, plays MP3s, JPEG and all DVDs that I have tried. I have tried PAL VCDs as well.
The negative side - MP3 menu is too thin.
It does not play or hangs with some DVDs, the other player I have also does the same. Whereas my laptop DVD player plays that.

Philips has a problem - now it's my problem.......2003-07-26

I purchased the Philips DVDQ35 from Amazon about a 2 months ago. It played photo CDs and regular CDs fine. The problems came when playing DVDs. On EVERY DVD I play, it starts skipping and freezing after about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours into the movie. This even includes brand new DVDs fresh from the box. I called Philips and the said it sounded like a hardware problem to them. They shipped me a brand new unit - new serial and manufacture date. Guess what ... the new unit does the same thing - exactly. I searched the internet for "Philips DVD player skipping" and have since found out that there are a lot of people that have been junking their Philips DVD players for exactly the same reason - skipping and freezing during DVD playback. It seems Philips will gladly keep sending you new units with the same problem (YOU have to pay for the shipping back to them), but won't refund money or give you a comparable model that works. I guess instead of repeatedly sending back the players, I'll have to eat the loss and junk this one. No more Philips for me.

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